The tag cloud is not only a craze. Thanks to it, navigation and relinking on the website in many respects becomes simpler. However if you decided to put a tag cloud on the resource, do not forget to monitor that it did not turn into medley then.
Instruction
1. Download a plug-in which will help you to install a tag cloud on your website from the official site of WordPress (http://www.wordpressplugins.ru). For example, the most normal - Simple Tags. After downloading unpack archive in any folder on the computer or at once in the root directory on your server / wp-content/plugins. For completion of installation open the administrator's panel on the website, click the link "Plug-ins" and activate thus the copied module.
2. That tags in a cloud were displayed correctly and did not mix up with each other, set right parameters. For this purpose on the page with the installed plug-in refer to the Setup menu or find the corresponding point in the section "Parameters". As this module is completely Russified, setup will not take you a lot of time.
3. Select those parameters which are necessary for you. Select the size and width, configure automatic adding of links. Solve whether you want to sort tags alphabetically or by date of adding. Pay attention to color of a cloud as if it matches on color a background of pages, it can be regarded by search engines as attempt of so-called "black optimization" (fine tuning of the veiled code in the page). As the result, the website can be blocked.
4. There is also a number of obligatory settings. To avoid hashing of tags, select the option "Uniform Arrangement of Tags". After you set all parameters, add a tag cloud on the page. For this purpose it is necessary to enter in its code the corresponding line with the code of a plug-in.
5. If you wish to add a tag cloud to a side bar of the website (sidebar), it is optional to add the code of a plug-in to the sidebar.php file. Pass into the administrator's panels in the section "Widgets" and copy the module in one of panels, holding it the left mouse button. In that case to change settings, open a widget, set new parameters and click "Save".