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Module: Rate This Thread

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Module: Rate This Thread
November 25, 2009 06:13PM
This is a module for rating threads, it was created by Ravenswood. :)

Rating options:
- Stars
- Numbers
- Thumbs up/down

Other Settings Options:
- Submit comment with vote (individual user's vote will show up with their comment in a post, Amazon-review-style).
- Allow/disallow anonymous users to vote.
- Select any number from 0 - 100 as a rating option (shown either as numbers or stars) for voters.
- Rating settings can be unique to each forum (One forum can be 0-5 stars, another can be 0 - 10 stars, another can be thumbs up/down, etc).
- Folder-wide settings can be inherited to subforums or overridden by individual subforums as needed.
- Option to view voting results poll-style after a vote has been submitted.
- Several template design options to choose from.


Enjoy! :)



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Re: Module: Rate This Thread
November 25, 2009 06:48PM
Congratulations! Well done!
Maybe there should be a restriction to users voting on their own threads?!
Also, it would be elegant at some point to click icons instead of choosing from drop-down menus.
Other than that it looks like a winner! Thank you for your efforts!!
Re: Module: Rate This Thread
November 25, 2009 07:08PM
It was created by Ravenswood for me, but I wanted it to be available to everyone when he was done with it. So now it's done, and here it is :) I tried to plan it with many flexible options built in so that it could be used for a variety of purposes, in keeping with Phorum's theme.

I like the idea of not letting people vote on their own threads, I'll bring that up with Ravenswood :) Maybe an option where you can choose to allow or disallow voting on your own threads.
Re: Module: Rate This Thread
November 26, 2009 09:52AM
Have you also considered displaying poll results on the list page? It will save time if users do not have to "digg" into the read page in order to check the popularity of the according post. Another interesting option of course would be a set of routines listing messages by popularity, most visited, etc. But this will require core work.
Re: Module: Rate This Thread
November 26, 2009 10:19AM
Korsakov you have a lot of great ideas, but I really think you need to consider having a php programmer or two on retainer ;-)


Joe Curia (aka Azumandias)
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Re: Module: Rate This Thread
November 26, 2009 10:48AM
True, Joe! If I only could find individuals my entrepreneurial spirit and both sides of my brain could agree with..
Re: Module: Rate This Thread
December 07, 2009 04:52PM
I have been trying out this module, and there is a small issue when it runs on a system that incorporates search engine friendly URLs:

In rate_this_thread.php the urls to the graphics (i.e. the stars) are all relative which is fine normally. But not in SEO friendly URLs, where the page level URL will be re-written to be in folders (i.e., something like http: //mysite.com/2/3/topic_foo).

Example, a line of code like this:
$s .= '<img src="mods/rate_this_thread/images/rating70px-zero.gif" border=0 />';
results in a broken image because it is relative to http: //mysite.com/2/3/

I suppose we could make it the author of module "SEF URLs" problem, but one easy solution here is to just preface each image URL with $PHORUM["http_path"], example:
$s .= '<img src="'.$PHORUM["http_path"].'/mods/rate_this_thread/images/rating70px-zero.gif" border=0 />';

Anyway, I am continuing to try this module out and this is how I worked around the problem. Thought I would pass it along.

-phil.
Re: Module: Rate This Thread
December 07, 2009 05:49PM
Actually, we advertise always using absolute URLs instead of relative URLs for Phorum. So your proposol is perfectly sound. See the developer docs for some of the reasoning behind this.


Maurice Makaay
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Re: Module: Rate This Thread
December 07, 2009 09:38PM
Hi! Thanks for the compliments, and the feedback. I'm glad everyone likes this module.

I'll update it soon, to fix the issue Phil Connolly mentioned. Then when I get some time, I'll incorporate some of the other suggestions people have made. They're all very good ideas.

Thanks again!

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Re: Module: Rate This Thread
January 08, 2010 05:41PM
Hi, thanks for the great module!

I'm just having one issue- when a user edits his/her original post (with the poll) all of the poll data is erased. What can I do to prevent that?
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