jmd_rate: A CSS star rater

jm · 2008-03-03 12:02:14

<txp:jmd_rate/> is a comprehensive CSS star rater that features customizable output, article_custom for ratings, and a rating-CSS generator.

Requirements

TXP 4.0.6
PHP 5
A star image (example image, Illustrator file)

Example syntax

<txp:hide>Either in an article or article form:</txp:hide>
<txp:jmd_rate>
	<txp:if_jmd_rate_votes>
		<p>
			Currently rated <txp:jmd_rate_rating/>/<txp:jmd_rate_max/> after <txp:jmd_rate_votes singular="vote" plural="votes"/>.
		</p>
	<txp:else/>
		<p>
			This article hasn’t been rated.
		</p>
	</txp:if_jmd_rate_votes>

	<txp:jmd_rate_display/>

	<txp:if_jmd_rate_voted>
		<p>
			Thanks for voting.
		</p>
	</txp:if_jmd_rate_voted>
</txp:jmd_rate>

For <txp:jmd_rate_article/>:

<txp:hide>Page or form template:</txp:hide>
<ol>
	<txp:jmd_rate_article form="highest_rated" max_value="10" min_value="8" section="articles" />
</ol>

<txp:hide>Article form: highest_rated</txp:hide>
<li>
	<txp:permlink>
		<txp:title/>
	</txp:permlink>:
	<txp:jmd_rate>
		<txp:jmd_rate_rating/>/<txp:jmd_rate_max/>
	</txp:jmd_rate>
</li>

Credits

Many thanks to the following people:

Jukka Svahn for tons of plugin help
Mary Fredborg for showing me the ropes of admin plugins
Michael Manfre for schooling me with PHP classes and database design
Jeremy Amos for eliminating a query
Ruud van Melick’s zem_contact_reborn for the fcgi redirect
Rogie King for the CSS star rater
ClimaxDesigns for initial PHP

Edit: Wrong version number (0.3 instead of 0.4).

Last edited by jm (2009-06-12 06:23:44)

Gocom · 2008-03-03 12:04:31

Nice one jm :-) Does it make coffee when you hit gold mine? :P

candyman · 2008-03-05 09:23:14

It would be nice to add the “half-star” option, in case, for example, I’d like to rate a film with 2.5 stars out of 5 (filling the relative custom field).

Bloke · 2008-03-05 09:30:31

candyman wrote:

It would be nice to add the “half-star” option, in case, for example, I’d like to rate a film with 2.5 stars out of 5

Or just make it out of 10 and stick to integers :-P

jm · 2008-03-05 11:13:17

Hehe nice Stef. candyman, integers make sense for the star input, but the plugin calculates the overall rating, which can draw half stars.

~~I’ve got a newer, more customizable version almost complete. It should be done later on today.~~ It’s up.

Last edited by jm (2008-03-06 13:33:29)

Niconemo · 2008-03-06 10:01:03

:-(

Looks nice… but :

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or ‘}’ in /mysitepath/textpattern/lib/txplib_misc.php(574) : eval()’d code on line 166
Erreur lors du chargement du plugin ci-dessus jmd_rate

Between step 2 an 3 of the “Getting started”…

jm · 2008-03-06 13:33:42

Nico, try the new version.

Niconemo · 2008-03-06 15:04:54

Thanks !

edit :

;-) There is a difference :

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or ‘}’ in /mysitepath/textpattern/lib/txplib_misc.php(574) : eval()’d code on line 303
Erreur lors du chargement du plugin ci-dessusjmd_rate

Last edited by Niconemo (2008-03-06 15:07:04)

Gocom · 2008-03-06 15:29:29

Niconemo, are you sure that you are using it on PHP5? The version 0.1 beta worked for me, when we were testing it out.

candyman · 2008-03-06 19:51:43

Ops, I didn’t read carefully… I thought it was a plugin to set the star rating in review by the author of the article and not a system to allow the reader to vote the article itself…

Niconemo · 2008-03-08 17:28:07

Gocom wrote:

Niconemo, are you sure that you are using it on PHP5? The version 0.1 beta worked for me, when we were testing it out.

Oh my… I’m completely sorry ! You’re right. My default setting for all site is PHP 5.0.2 but I’m currently testing on a site that was set to PHP 4 (don’t remember why… probably because of an old plugin…).

Everything seems to work with the default 4 star rater (I’ve got some troubles when testing with 5 stars but it’s probably my fault again, I’ll try again later)

Thanks for all !

jm · 2008-03-20 05:24:55

0.3 is up! This fixes the irritating fcgi redirect bug, so jmd_rate should work on all servers. Next stop: Ajax!

lozmatic · 2008-03-28 12:02:38

Works wonderfully in FireFox but not in IE6, but I think it must be something to do with my setup here at work.

Can I suggest a variation on the theme? A very useful one, I think.

The idea is to have the voting option as part of a comment form so that with each rating a user needs to add a comment too. Pretty much like you see on Amazon.

jm · 2008-03-28 19:23:58

Are you getting styling errors in IE6? I don’t support IE6, but I imagine the fix for whatever error is height: 1% :P.

I haven’t played too much with adding events to the comment form, but I’ll give it a shot.

lozmatic · 2008-03-31 16:49:38

jm, i’ve changed php to 5 and are having some problems.

Firstly, I’m not sure where the images should go. The links to the graphics you posted don’t work. I’ve got my own starts but I don’t know what to call them or where to place them.

Withotu stars I get a list of options more or less like this:

* Currently rated * 1/4 * 2/4 * 3/4 * 4/4

The numbers are linked correctly (eg: http://www.domain.com/page?rating=1) but clikcing them will not register a vote – status doesn’t change from “his article hasn’t been rated”.

I haeb a feeling there is something extrenmely simple I am not doing.

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