=== GD Star Rating === Contributors: gdragon Donate link: http://www.gdstarrating.com/donate/ Version: 1.1.7 Tags: vote, ratings, post, page, widget, rating, star, gdragon, ajax, templates, trends, comments, review, multi Requires at least: 2.5.0 Tested up to: 2.7.1 Stable tag: trunk GD Star Rating plugin allows you to set up rating and review system for pages, posts and comments in your blog. == Description == GD Star Rating plugin allows you to set up rating and review system for posts, pages and comments in your blog. You can set many options for displaying the rating stars, and also add widgets into the sidebars for displaying top ratings and other statistics generated by the plugin. Plugin includes advanced settings panels that will allow you to control many aspects of rating. Plugin also supports multi ratings. = Included Languages = * English * Serbian * Spanish * French * Polish * Italian = Features = * Rating of posts and pages * Rating of comments * Multiple ratings * Review rating for posts and pages * Review rating for posts and pages with multi ratings * Review rating for comments * Ajax rating support using jQuery * Voting rules on post/page base * Voting rules based on categories * Auto inserting rating code * Moderation of votes * Multi language support * Advanced templates support * Charting support with pChart library * Administration dasboard widget * Post and comments based votes administration * User based votes administrations * Saving of voting data for registered users and regular visitors * Calculation of voting trend data for each post, page and comment * Different trend and star styles and sizes * Saving cookies with votes * Saving IP and user agent data for each vote * Widget with list of ratings * Widget with top blog rating * Widgets with multi instance support * Widgets support templates * WordPress shortcode support * Preview stars and trends image sets * Various additional tools for maintenace and bulk operations * WordPress editor button and tinyMCE3 plugin for shortcode * Manual placement functions of the rating code and template integration * Alternative rendering to generate rating stars as static images * Banning IP's, IP ranges and masked IP's * Filtering out search bots * Import data from other rating plugins * Export data into csv file * Expanding support based on WordPress actions * Support for QTranslate plugin * RSS Integration for powered by button * RSS Integration for post ratings * Extensive PDF User Guide * Cache support for storing rendered images = Import Data = Plugin can import data from different rating plugins: * Star Rating For Reviews [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/star-rating-for-reviews/] * Post Star Rating [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/post-star-rating/] * WP Post Rating [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-postratings/] == Planned Features == * Comments Widget * Reccomendation ratings * WP Super Cache support * Support for custom modules * Expanding export features * More charts * Chart caching * Customization of BOT filter == Configuration == Plugin administration consist of 12 panels: * Front Page: General info about the plugin and links * Articles: Votes and ratings for each post and page * Categories: Category based voting rules * Users: Votes organized on user base with IP lookup for each vote * Mulit Sets: Main panel for multiple ratings feature * Settings: All options for this plugin are here * Tools: Various tools for cleanup and global updates * IP: Banning IP addresses * Templates: Rating text and shortcode templates * Import: Import voting data from other rating plugins * Export: Export rating data to CSV format * Setup: Upgrade and setup options == Installation == = Requirements = * PHP: 4.4.x or 5.x.x * mySQL: 4.0, 4.1 or 5.x * WordPress: 2.5.0 or newer = Browser Notice = * Multi review feature on administration Post Edit page will not work properly with IE6 browsers. = Basic Installation = * Plugin folder in the WordPress plugins folder must be `gd-star-rating`. * Upload `gd-star-rating` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory * Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress = WordPress 2.5 = * plugin doesn't require any more changes. = WordPress 2.6 / 2.7 = * if you don't change location of `wp-content` folder, then you don't need to make any more changes. * if your `wp-content` folder is moved out of WordPress web location, then you must edit `gd-star-config.php` file and set value with exact location of `wp-content` file for `STARRATING_WPCONFIG` in line 3. Without this some plugin feature will not work. == Frequently Asked Questions == = Where can I see an example of the plugin? = My Wordpress blog has this plugin installed, so you can see it in action there. = Is there a user guide for this plugin? = Yes, there is a PDF file with detailed explanations on over 30 pages. You can download it from official plugin blog. = I have encountered a potential bug? = Plugin has debug into log file feature built in. Information on activating this can be found in user guide. == Screenshots == 1. Plugin settings General tab 2. Post And Pages Voting And Rating statistics 3. Templates T2 Editor 4. TinyMCE3 plugin 5. Post that uses shortcode with rating stars 6. Example rating stars 7. Example multi rating block == Source SVN == * svn checkout http://gd-star-rating.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ gd-star-rating-read-only == Website == * Plugin Home: http://www.gdstarrating.com/ * Feedburner: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GdStarRating * GDragoN Home: http://www.gdragon.info/ * GDragoN Blog: http://wp.gdragon.info/ == Support == * Forum: http://forum.gdragon.info/viewforum.php?f=9 * PDF User Guide: http://www.gdstarrating.com/downloads/user-guide/ * Tutorials: http://www.gdstarrating.com/category/tutorials/ * Database Layout: http://code.google.com/p/gd-star-rating/wiki/DatabaseTablesFormat * Email: starrating@gdragon.info == Communities == * Google Code: http://code.google.com/p/gd-star-rating/ * Ohloh: https://www.ohloh.net/p/gd-star-rating/ * WordPress Extend: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gd-star-rating/ == Thanx To == 1. Ryan Masuga (http://www.masugadesign.com) for Unobtusive AJAX Rating Bars 2. Angus Turnbull (http://www.twinhelix.com) for IE PNG Alpha Fix 3. Jean-Damien Pogolotti (http://pchart.sourceforge.net/) for pChart