Using the SharePoint 2013 Trending Tags Web Part Outside of My Sites
Bernado Nguyen-Hoan has found an easy to follow method for using the Trending Tags Web Part outside of My Sites. You can view his post here:
The one challenge I faced was that since I needed to work in SharePoint 2013 Online, and am hesitant about activating the My Site Host feature, I would get errors when someone clicked on a hashtag related to a missing display template.
However, Bernado had an excellent suggestion of copying the Control_Tagfeed.html display template from a My Site and uploading this to the non-My Site destination I needed to use it in. The display template is found in the Master Page Gallery via the following path:
Site Settings > Web Designer Galleries > Master Pages > Display Templates > System
You then copy the Control_Tagfeed.html file to the Master Page Gallery in your destination Site Collection. Please note that only the HTML file is required, as SharePoint will generate the corresponding JavaScript file for you.
IMPORTANT: Make sure to publish the generated JavaScript file as users with “View” access will not have full functionality while users with “Contribute” can.
Happy tagging!