Rating System

Yes, it definitely can be enhanced with a Star Rating as sites use today. I supplied the class with 2 base structures (select box, group radio) I could add a third option for ‘star’.

The Rating System has been updated YouMa, please check out the live version to see the updates (Star Rating).

I am actually writing some JSON / AJAX classes right now that will be included in another item I will be selling. If you wish send me an email through my profile page, and once it get approved I will included them in this item and update it to ajax.

I am about to go on holidays for a week (out of country), but when I come back I can start working on the upgrade. I just finished upgrading another one of my items and I have been working on a project with a client but this is also on my list.

I plan to have an upgrade out for this near the end of January or beginning of February.

It can be setup to use IP Based voting. Is this something you are looking for?

Hi Globaltower, thank you for purchasing the item. There is documentation included in the purchased package which you can always refer to (as well as the example page).

However, once you find a rating style you like; all you need to do in your own PHP Code is write a small bit of code. (such as the following)

require_once 'Rating.php'; $Rating = new Rating(0, 5, 0, 'thankyou.php'); // To display on a page use the following print $Rating->rate_item('star', 1205);

Quick explanation. When you create the class Rating you want to give it the minimum amount the user can vote (0) and the maximum (5). If you are going to show the percentage of voting (results) you should specific the decimal places (0). Finally the last page (thankyou.php) is where you want to take the user after they clicked on rating.

When you print out (print $Rating->rate_item(‘star’, 1205) it will display the rating (in this case Stars). The 2nd parameter is telling the system what item they are voting (if you use it for multiple items then each call to rate_item() should have a unique 2nd parameter.

If you need more help feel free to send a message through my profile.

Hi myfriendtodd,

You can easily add a new style into the ts_rating_stars.css that will hold which ever rating you are using along with the current star rating.

Example

ts_rating_stars.css .picked_4{ background-position:0 -64px;}

This will tell the CSS to move the background over to the 4th star.

You would need to do some coding to add something like the following html <ul class="rating_star rating_star_5 picked_4"> <li class="">0</li> <li class="one">1</li> <li class="two">2</li> <li class="three">3</li> <li class="four">4</li> <li class="five">5</li> </ul>

I am thinking about upgrading this script shortly to include these types of features if it would help.

Currently there is only the true PHP rating. However, depending how much free time I get in/out of clients I am working on a few upgrades to this system (one being AJAX ).

Sorry for the confusion.

What I am saying is in the current system there is no AJAX however, you can have it on multiple pages and have it redirect to any place you want it to (example: back to the page you were just on).

When you declare your Rating class $Rating = new Rating(0, 5, 0, 'page1.php); // Minimum = 0, Maximum = 5, Decimals = 0, Redirect = page1.php $Rating->rate_item('select', 3); // Show a select box with an ID of 3

So when the user rates the item they are redirected to page1.php

Thus on another page you can do the same thing $Rating = new Rating(0, 5, 0, 'page47.php); // Minimum = 0, Maximum = 5, Decimals = 0, Redirect = page47.php $Rating->rate_item('select', 88); // Show a select box with an ID of 88

So if a user rates this item, they are redirected to page47.php and not index.php

Check out the constructor and you will see all the options (See Rating.php and the function “Rating”).

Hope that makes sense, if not feel free to email me (or reply here)

Hi Kevin,

could you please send me a message through my profile? We can continue this discussion through email then.

Thanks, Mickey