If you integrate ratings into comments form, it can be useful if you can make them mandatory. So, if the user doesn’t enter rating, form will not be submitted. To implement this, you need to add some JavaScript code that uses the plugin implemented functions to check this.
As you might know, I have written about plugins optimization many times already, including benchmarks. And, it is a great thing to know that some developers have taken the time to improve their own plugins based on my recommendations. Here is the story about one great optimization.
Here is the new maintenance release for GD Press Tools Pro, bringing fixes for several reported bugs (DropBox backups upload, beta/nightly updates problems), updated libraries (gdr2 and several jQuery ones), updated translation POT file and few other minor changes.
While the work toward the public Alpha of GD Star Rating 2.0 continues, here is a small preview of the most important admin panel used to set up rating objects. Here you can see images form the tabs of the editor for basic settings and for setup of voting and revoting rules.
Here is the latest update for the free Lite version of the GD Custom Posts And Taxonomies Tools plugin with small updates for the upcoming WordPress 3.4 and few other changes, including updated links and readme file. There are no new features in this version.
Plugin comes with 4 widgets that can be used to display one or more products from product types, compare basket widget to set up products comparison and search widget to allow search products in selected product type. Video shows how to configure and use these widgets.
Here is the minor (numerically speaking) update for the plugin, bringing several very important updates and new features. Post types and taxonomies panels are reworked to improve user experience, theme templates advisor for post types added, new custom field for resolution.
Make comment form integrated ratings required
If you integrate ratings into comments form, it can be useful if you can make them mandatory. So, if the user doesn’t enter rating, form will not be submitted. To implement this, you need to add some JavaScript code that uses the plugin implemented functions to check this.