made tags on the questions save in the same order as entered

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/askbot/forms.py b/askbot/forms.py
index d2369c69..223574c6 100644
--- a/askbot/forms.py
+++ b/askbot/forms.py
@@ -170,23 +170,29 @@ class TagNamesField(forms.CharField):
                 entered_tags.append(tag)
 
         #normalize character case of tags
+        cleaned_entered_tags = list()
         if askbot_settings.FORCE_LOWERCASE_TAGS:
-            entered_tags = set([name.lower() for name in entered_tags])
+            #a simpler way to handle tags - just lowercase thew all
+            for name in entered_tags:
+                lowercased_name = name.lower()
+                if lowercased_name not in cleaned_entered_tags:
+                    cleaned_entered_tags.append(lowercased_name)
         else:
             #make names of tags in the input to agree with the database
-            cleaned_entered_tags = set()
             for entered_tag in entered_tags:
                 try:
                     #looks like we have to load tags one-by one
+                    #because we need tag name cases to be the same
+                    #as those stored in the database
                     stored_tag = models.Tag.objects.get(
                                             name__iexact = entered_tag
                                         )
-                    cleaned_entered_tags.add(stored_tag.name)
+                    if stored_tag.name not in cleaned_entered_tags:
+                        cleaned_entered_tags.append(stored_tag.name)
                 except models.Tag.DoesNotExist:
-                    cleaned_entered_tags.add(entered_tag)
-            entered_tags = list(cleaned_entered_tags)
+                    cleaned_entered_tags.append(entered_tag)
 
-        return u' '.join(entered_tags)
+        return u' '.join(cleaned_entered_tags)
 
 class WikiField(forms.BooleanField):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/askbot/skins/default/media/js/utils.js b/askbot/skins/default/media/js/utils.js
index 2d59abd2..2b95113a 100644
--- a/askbot/skins/default/media/js/utils.js
+++ b/askbot/skins/default/media/js/utils.js
@@ -8,7 +8,16 @@ var copyAltToTitle = function(sel){
 };
 
 var getUniqueWords = function(value){
-    return $.unique($.trim(value).split(/\s+/));
+    var words = $.trim(value).split(/\s+/);
+    var uniques = new Object();
+    var out = new Array();
+    $.each(words, function(idx, item){
+        if (!(item in uniques)){
+            uniques[item] = 1;
+            out.push(item);
+        };
+    });
+    return out;
 };
 
 var showMessage = function(element, msg, where) {