#findtags

Hey! It's been a while since I've updated here, and honestly this whole thing was in need of a major overhaul. I've completely rewritten findtags and am ready for it to be tested! It has basically everything the previous React version had and some new features.

For now, the old react version is still available at the old url, but you can try out the update here!

Returning (that was previously missing in the old version): 1. Searching by timestamps 2. Page navigation

New Features:

Favorite tags

Return to your most recent search (and the timestamp that you were on)

Search by date

NPF and legacy post support

The newest update to the new version of findtags is content filtering! You can add/remove as many filters as you want.

When you come across a post that contains one of your filters, it will warn you. By default there will be an option to open the original post:

But you can disable this:

Back in 2020, findtags was released. It was written using jQuery and hosted directly on this blog. There were several problems with this:

jQuery isn't necessarily 'wrong', but there are better, more modern ways to handle this (here's some examples).

I couldn't test anything without publishing it first (yikes)

I couldn't properly hide the api key (double yikes)

So what's the future of findtags?

Findtags isn't going away, but it is moving away from being hosted on this blog. In the process I have completely rewritten findtags using TypeScript and React.

What's changed?

On this blog, nothing has really changed yet! I intend on keeping the new version as similar to the old/current version as possible. I did add a little warning at the top of the blog to help the transition:

Feel free to use/test the new version and let me know if you run into any problems! Until the official release, the old findtags will still be available to use on this blog.

It’s not live yet, though. I still have a few more things to add.

Introducing findtags

Are your post sometimes hidden in tag results?  Are you not seeing all of the posts in your tracked tags? Are you missing out on content in the fandom tags you’re looking through? 

Findtags fixes that by pulling all of the posts in a tag using the API.

How does findtags help?

Some posts are being filtered out of tags, especially if they have external links. Because the API will pull every post (as long as the tag is within the first 5 tags of a post), those posts will not be hidden from these search results. 

Findtags makes it easier for artists and other content creators to be seen, and for you to accurately look through your tracked tags. 

How do you use it?

Go to @findtags and enter the tag you want to look at! The results will automatically be added to the page.

Please let me know if you encounter an issues using findtags, or if you have suggestions for additional features! 

Hey! I've mentioned this a few times, but findtags will sometimes get timed out as there is a limit to how many times it can be used in an hour. It's currently working for me, so try to check back periodically if this happens!