The Custom Properties component appeals you, but you are not sure if it fits your need? You'd like to give it a try but you lack a test Joomla! installation at the moment? Wait no further.

Enter the Custom Properties Demo Site.

You can define your own properties, assign them to content items and experiment with different access level configurations. There are 2 modules that search different sections. Registered user will be able to add tags directly from the frontend. The component is configured to show the result summary.

We've also installed the Joom!Fish component so that you can try Custom Properties in a multi language environment. Have fun but remember that the whole demo site is zapped and reloaded every hour on the hour.