Archive for the GD Star Rating Category
Cache support with W3 Total Cache plugin
If you use page caching for your website with some cache plugin, ratings may not be always up to date because most visitors will get cached version of the page with outdated rating. But, there is a way to fix this and allow display of actual ratings using dynamic loading.
Review system with new comment form
This is sort of a part 2 of the existing tutorial on how to set up review system using comment form. Previous tutorial was made for normal comment form, but this one will show same thing for comment form that is created new comment_form function added in WordPress 3.0.
Using comment form to set up review system
One of the most important uses of GD Star Rating plugin is to allow adding ratings for a post through comments form for a user/visitor reviews of the post. But, due to restrictions posed by WP and most themes, this is not auto plugin feature, it requires manual integration.
Advanced sorting of posts by ratings
GD Star Rating supports expanding of WordPress Query with several variables allowing you to sort posts using ratings. It works with all types of ratings, and it’s easy to set up. But regular method can be problematic for some uses, so here is the advanced method to do same thing.
Ratings Comments Integration
This is not actually a tutorial, but a link to one. Tutorial for comments integration is written by Teocomi on his blog. It covers the topic better than my old articles on official website, and I really recommend checking it out if you need something like that done on your blog.
Expand filtering of results: Custom Image
Here is another post about expanding results displayed in widget with some elements that are not available from the widget settings panel. This time, here is the info on using image for post other than image from custom field or first image from content. Example will include use of featured image.
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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.