Use native taglist and add translation file

Plugin.php

@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ class Plugin extends PluginBase
      */
     public $require = ['RainLab.Blog'];
 
-    /**
-     * @var array   Container for tags to be attached
-     */
-    private $tags = [];
-
     /**
      * Returns information about this plugin
      *
@@ -31,29 +26,14 @@ class Plugin extends PluginBase
     public function pluginDetails()
     {
         return [
-            'name'        => 'Blog Tags Extension',
-            'description' => 'Enables tagging blog posts and display related articles.',
+            'name'        => 'bedard.blogtags::lang.plugin.name',
+            'description' => 'bedard.blogtags::lang.plugin.description',
             'author'      => 'Scott Bedard',
             'icon'        => 'icon-tags',
             'homepage'    => 'https://github.com/scottbedard/blogtags'
         ];
     }
 
-    /*
-     * Owl Registration
-     *
-     * @return  array
-     */
-    public function registerFormWidgets()
-    {
-        return [
-            'Owl\FormWidgets\Tagbox\Widget' => [
-                'label' => 'Tagbox',
-                'code'  => 'owl-tagbox'
-            ]
-        ];
-    }
-
     /**
      * Register components
      *
@@ -70,11 +50,11 @@ public function registerComponents()
 
     public function boot()
     {
-        // Extend the navigation
+        // extend the blog navigation
         Event::listen('backend.menu.extendItems', function($manager) {
            $manager->addSideMenuItems('RainLab.Blog', 'blog', [
                 'tags' => [
-                    'label' => 'Tags',
+                    'label' => 'bedard.blogtags::lang.navigation.tags',
                     'icon'  => 'icon-tags',
                     'code'  => 'tags',
                     'owner' => 'RainLab.Blog',
@@ -83,50 +63,26 @@ public function boot()
             ]);
         });
 
-        // Extend the controller
-        PostsController::extendFormFields(function($form, $model, $context) {
-            if (!$model instanceof PostModel) return;
-            $form->addSecondaryTabFields([
-                'tagbox' => [
-                    'label'   => 'Tags',
-                    'tab'     => 'rainlab.blog::lang.post.tab_categories',
-                    'type'    => 'owl-tagbox',
-                    'slugify' => Config::get('bedard.blogtags::slugify', true),
-                ]
-            ]);
-        });
-
-        // Extend the model
+        // extend the post model
         PostModel::extend(function($model) {
-            // Relationship
             $model->belongsToMany['tags'] = [
                 'Bedard\BlogTags\Models\Tag',
                 'table' => 'bedard_blogtags_post_tag',
                 'order' => 'name'
             ];
-
-            // getTagboxAttribute()
-            $model->addDynamicMethod('getTagboxAttribute', function() use ($model) {
-                return $model->tags()->lists('name');
-            });
-
-            // setTagboxAttribute()
-            $model->addDynamicMethod('setTagboxAttribute', function($tags) use ($model) {
-                $this->tags = $tags;
-            });
         });
 
-        // Attach tags to model
-        PostModel::saved(function($model) {
-            if ($this->tags) {
-                $ids = [];
-                foreach ($this->tags as $name) {
-                    $create = Tag::firstOrCreate(['name' => $name]);
-                    $ids[] = $create->id;
-                }
-
-                $model->tags()->sync($ids);
-            }
+        // extend the post form
+        PostsController::extendFormFields(function($form, $model, $context) {
+            if (!$model instanceof PostModel) return;
+            $form->addSecondaryTabFields([
+                'tags' => [
+                    'label'         => 'bedard.blogtags::lang.form.label',
+                    'mode'          => 'relation',
+                    'tab'           => 'rainlab.blog::lang.post.tab_categories',
+                    'type'          => 'taglist',
+                ],
+            ]);
         });
     }
 }

lang/en/lang.php

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+return [
+    //
+    // plugin
+    //
+    'plugin' => [
+        'name' => 'Blog Tags Extension',
+        'description' => 'Adds tagging to RainLab.Blog posts.',
+    ],
+
+    //
+    // form
+    //
+    'form' => [
+        'label' => 'Tags',
+        'name_invalid' => 'Tag names may only contain alpha-numeric characters and hyphens.',
+        'name_required' => 'The tag field is required.',
+        'name_unique' => 'That tag name is already taken.',
+    ],
+
+    //
+    // navigation
+    //
+    'navigation' => [
+        'tags' => 'Tags',
+    ]
+];

models/Tag.php

@@ -40,16 +40,17 @@ class Tag extends Model
     ];
 
     public $customMessages = [
-        'name.required' => 'A tag name is required.',
-        'name.unique'   => 'A tag by that name already exists.',
-        'name.regex'    => 'Tags may only contain alpha-numeric characters and hyphens.'
+        'name.required' => 'bedard.blogtags::lang.form.name_required',
+        'name.unique'   => 'bedard.blogtags::lang.form.name_unique',
+        'name.regex'    => 'bedard.blogtags::lang.form.name_invalid',
     ];
 
     public function __construct(array $attributes = [])
     {
         if (Config::get('bedard.blogtags::slugify', true)) {
             $this->rules['name'] .= '|regex:/^[a-z0-9-]+$/';
         }
+
         parent::__construct($attributes);
     }
 
@@ -58,21 +59,26 @@ public function __construct(array $attributes = [])
      */
     public function setNameAttribute($value)
     {
+        if (Config::get('bedard.blogtags::slugify', true)) {
+            $value = str_replace(' ', '-', $value);
+        }
+
         $this->attributes['name'] = mb_strtolower($value);
     }
 
      /**
      * Sets the "url" attribute with a URL to this object
-     * @param string $pageName
-     * @param Cms\Classes\Controller $controller
+     *
+     * @param string                    $pageName
+     * @param Cms\Classes\Controller    $controller
      */
     public function setUrl($pageName, $controller)
     {
         $params = [
             'id' => $this->id,
             'slug' => $this->slug,
         ];
-       
+
         return $this->url = $controller->pageUrl($pageName, $params);
     }
 }