function get_the_tags() {

        $buffy = '';

        $terms_ui_array = array();
        $tags_spot_text = __td('TAGS', TD_THEME_NAME); // the default text for tags - on CPT we can overwrite this via the panel

            // on single posts we deal with tags
            $td_post_tags = get_the_tags($this->post->ID);
            if (!empty($td_post_tags)) {
                foreach ($td_post_tags as $tag) {
                    $terms_ui_array[$tag->name] = array (
                        'url' => get_tag_link($tag->term_id)
                    );
                }
            }


        if (!empty($terms_ui_array)) {
            $buffy .= '<ul class="td-mega-menu-tags td-tags td-post-small-box clearfix">';
            $buffy .= '<li><span>' . $tags_spot_text . '</span></li>';
            foreach ($terms_ui_array as $term_name => $term_params) {
                $buffy .=  '<li><a href="' . $term_params['url'] . '">' . $term_name . '</a></li>';
            }
            $buffy .= '</ul>';
        }

        return $buffy;
    }