Version 2.2 is available now! This update is released to fix a bug that prevents non-registered users from posting a comment (or “tag”) to the board, on default installations of WordPress. It should work correctly now.
The technical details are that the WP Discussion option labeled “Comment author must fill out name and e-mail” is checked by default when installing WP, and there is (currently) no e-mail field in the tagboard. For now, to get around this issue, the system will add a dummy address to anonymous taggers, but in the future I’m considering either (A) not applying that restriction to the tagboard entries or (B) providing an e-mail address field for non-registered users. Please let me know what you think would be the better solution.
Also, one other thing to note on the subject of WP Discussion options is that the restriction labeled “Comment author must have a previously approved comment” is also checked by default. If this is selected, the comments (or “tags”) to the tagboard will be held in moderation if that particular name has not had a previously approved comment (or tag). This will result in the tagboard appearing to not work for first-time commenters, until their tags get approved. The suggested workaround for this right now is to uncheck that option, but I’m also looking for feedback on that one. Would it be better to (A) ignore that setting for tagboard entries and/or (B) provide a separate checkbox (on the tagboard config page) for whether or not to apply that restriction to the tagboard.
I’d appreciate any feedback anyone has on those two issues. Thanks again for all those who have given it a try, especially those who have provided feedback. My apologies for the delay in fixing it; I’ll try to keep more on top of it from here on out.
UPDATE: Just followed up with version 2.2, which also includes a fix for the display of the tag count in the admin page, courtesy of this comment from the owner of the blogwae site. Thanks!