I’ve been thinking that Del.icio.us is a bit too “free form” — that is, it’s completely flat with no real hierarchy or structure. Yes, you can do “and” searches, but that’s not really structure (”this”:2 is an example of an “and” search). This has changed with the addition of a new “Experimental” feature called _tag bundles_.

It’s a bit hard to explain what _tag bundles_ are, so I thought I’d run you through the creation of one.

Making sure that you are logged into del.icio.us, click on the _Settings_ tab in the upper left hand corner (the _Settings_ tab will not display if you are not logged in). Under the normal settings controls, you’ll find the _Experimental_ features. Click on _tagged bundles_.

!/img/delicious_tag_bundles1.png!

From here, click the _create a new bundle_.

!/img/delicious_tag_bundles_3.png!

This is where the action is. This page is where you actually create the bundle by entering in a name for the bundle on the left (right above _submit a query_), while on the right you enter the tags you would like to bundle together. After filling out both fields, click on _submit a query_.

!/img/delicious_tag_bundles_4.png!

Here’s an example of a completed bundle that I created for the “ZoingerPosts”:4 Del.icio.us account (the Del.icio.us tagged post archive for this blog). I bundled all of my WordPress category tags together under the name _Categories_.

!/img/delicious_tag_bundles2.png!

Going back to the main Del.icio.us page under _Bookmarks_ reveals a new section in the “tags” area called _Categories_. Instant hierarchy and structure of sorts. Yippie!

!/img/delicious_tag_bundles_final.png!

Compare the above screenshot with this one which I made before creating the _Categories_ tag bundle.

!/img/delicious_tag_bundles_first.png!

The Del.icio.us user “Remy”:3 is a good one to check out for an example of someone making extensive use of this feature _*Update: 2005-04-26*_ — or check out Del.icio.us user “ubi.quito.us”:6.

I’ll be using this tagged bundles more in the future to organize things for the two Zoinger Del.icio.us accounts (i.e., “Zoinger”:5 for interesting bookmarks and “ZoingerPosts”:4 for archived posts).

[6(ubi.quito.us uses lots of tagged bundles)]http://del.icio.us/ubi.quito.us

[5(Zoinger Del.icio.us bookmarks)]http://del.icio.us/zoinger

[4(Zoinger's Del.icio.us tagged post archive)]http://del.icio.us/ZoingerPosts

[3(Remy's Del.icio.us bookmarks)]http://del.icio.us/Remy

[2(Searching Zoinger's del.icio.us site for blogging and Flash )]http://del.icio.us/zoinger/blogging+Flash