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The Magic of Metatags, part 2
Jan. 31st, 2013 06:29 pm(Glossary)
Are you the type of person who wants to make sure they get ALL THE WORKS, or would you rather make sure the only works you find are the ones you want, even if you miss a few?
AO3 accommodates both styles by using metatags.
If you prefer ALL THE WORKS, filter by (or click on) the highest level metatag possible. If you prefer to only see specific types of works, even if you'll miss some that might be interesting to you, filter by more specific subtags. You choose!
If you're browsing the filters right now and you see a specific tag, there's a possibility that that tag has more general metatags or more specific subtags. How to find out? You need to get to that tag's landing page.
Landing pages are accessed one of three ways:
1. Click on a tag. You'll be taken to the Works page for that tag. Now click on the tag's name at the top of the page (where it says "# works in TAG NAME"). You're there!
2. Use the tag search to find tags of interest. Click on the tag. You're there!
3. If you're pretty sure a tag exists but don't want to go searching for it, in the URL bar type http://archiveofourown.org/tags/TAG NAME, replacing TAG NAME with your tag. Press Enter. You're there!
(If your tag has a "/" in it, type "*s*" in place of the "/". For "&", type "*a*". For "?", type "*q*". For a period (full stop, you might call it), type "*d*".)
Having trouble getting to a landing page? Or any other questions about metatags?
Freeform of the day: Meta Poetry (the other kind of meta :D)
Are you the type of person who wants to make sure they get ALL THE WORKS, or would you rather make sure the only works you find are the ones you want, even if you miss a few?
AO3 accommodates both styles by using metatags.
If you prefer ALL THE WORKS, filter by (or click on) the highest level metatag possible. If you prefer to only see specific types of works, even if you'll miss some that might be interesting to you, filter by more specific subtags. You choose!
If you're browsing the filters right now and you see a specific tag, there's a possibility that that tag has more general metatags or more specific subtags. How to find out? You need to get to that tag's landing page.
Landing pages are accessed one of three ways:
1. Click on a tag. You'll be taken to the Works page for that tag. Now click on the tag's name at the top of the page (where it says "# works in TAG NAME"). You're there!
2. Use the tag search to find tags of interest. Click on the tag. You're there!
3. If you're pretty sure a tag exists but don't want to go searching for it, in the URL bar type http://archiveofourown.org/tags/TAG NAME, replacing TAG NAME with your tag. Press Enter. You're there!
(If your tag has a "/" in it, type "*s*" in place of the "/". For "&", type "*a*". For "?", type "*q*". For a period (full stop, you might call it), type "*d*".)
Having trouble getting to a landing page? Or any other questions about metatags?
Freeform of the day: Meta Poetry (the other kind of meta :D)
