AutoTags v2.1 released!!

So I recieved a message from Mike on http://our.umbraco.org asking whether we'd be interested in utilizing alternative tagging services, such as http://tagthe.net.

Previously I hadn't thought about building a provider based design as (at the time) there wasn't a call for it, but on the back of a few requests I've decided to re-architect the underlying model of the AutoTags project to a provider model, and is being released as part of v2.1.

This means that other developers can write their own tag providers and with a simple config change use the new tag provider with little difficulty. Hows this done you ask? Well all you have to do is implement the GrailTechnology.AutoTag.Provider.ITagProvider interface and in config/autotag.config set the Provider value to be the fully qualified type and assembly name and thats it! It couldn't be easier.

As part of v2.1 I have included a tag provider for TagThe.Net; the config Provider value for which will be:

<Provider>GrailTechnology.AutoTags.Provider.TagTheNetService, GrailTechnology.AutoTags.Providers</Provider>

The provider can be chosen during the install process although by default the package will still use the OpenCalais Service we all know and love, so don't worry if you just replace the dlls.

The package is available at  http://our.umbraco.org/projects/backoffice-extensions/open-calais-autotag

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