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Rater plugin

PluginRater
Description Plugin for rate and vote functionality.
Type syntax
Author Taggic
Last update 2015-02-05
DW compatible Binky, Hrun
Depends none
Conflicts none
Similar stars
Download https://github.com/Taggic/rater/archives/master
Issues fcon - Rater issues

Rating

Rater
stars  from 8 votes

Voting

Rater
(3) (0)



Intro

This is a very simple plugin that will allow the inclusion of single or multiple Star Rating or Voting Systems on one page.
The rating details within an expandable box answering how many visitors vote per star level.
It utilises small text files to store it's required information instead of a database. It also delivers a configurable ip voting
restriction and the ability to set how many times a single ip may vote.

To see the plugin in action please visit: Rater examples

Installation

Install the plugin using the Plugin Manager and the download URL above, which points to latest version of the plugin.
Refer to Plugins on how to install plugins manually.

Or just download and extract it as folder “rater” into your “\lib\plugins” directory.

:!: External requirements:

  • none

Attention !

The update to version 2011-09-27 needed a change in ”.rating” file names. To reuse the former ”.rating” files please change the filenames in ”…/data/meta”-directory according following concept:

old filename format converted filename
rater_[ID][NAME][TYPE].rating rater_[ID]_[NAME]_[TYPE].rating
rater_1test1rate.rating rater_1_test1_rate.rating

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Configuration and Settings

Configuration of rater plugin can be done easily.

  1. Log in as administrator into DW
  2. click on Admin action link to open the Admin tools
  3. change to Configuration Settings
  4. jump to Rater Plugin Settings to adjust the options.

The following can be configured:

Item default value
restrict ip address voting true
allowed user votes 1
Exceeded user rate attempts msg You have already rated this item. You were allowed %s vote(s).
Missing rate value msg You have not selected a rating value.
Thank you for msg Thank you for voting.
generic item text this item
end of line character (OS specific) \n

There is also a css file but it is related to thumb output only.

Syntax

The following line contains all parameters and possible values: 

{(rater>id=1|name=item1|type=rate/vote/stat/localstat|trace=user/ip|end=09/25/10 / 25.09.2011|tracedetails=0/1|img= :taggic.png|zoom=30x30|headline=off/on|rater_hdl=test)})}

Following parameters:

idmandatory, uniquean id to differ between the rate/vote
namemandatory, uniqueusually the item name what will be voted/rated
typemandatorydefines of rate, vote or stat use case
traceoptionalcan be set to user or ip, where user is to be preferred for closed wikis
endoptionaldefines the end date of the rate/vote action, can be any valid date expression
tracedetailsoptionalcan be 0 or 1 and defines if the rate or vote details will be displayed
(:!: vote + tracedetails will display real user name or its ip ⇒ be carefully with this combination)
headlineoptionalcan be on or off to show or hide the headline of the rating
(if not set it is set to on - works only for the type “rate”)
rater_hdloptionala free-text headline to substitute that defined in language.php
imgoptionaldefines the DW path to the media file to include it into the ater box, pipe extensions and curly brackets are not allowed
zoomoptionalon statistics to define size of Image thumbnails when img is defined, follows media link definition
sidoptionalon statistics to Show a column containing the raters id

It is allowed to place more than one rate/vote function into the same page but I don't know about the performance impacts if you will place there hundreds.

Examples/Usage

Attention !

Please take care that the identifiers like   item1   must not contain space characters ! Instead of a space use an underline if needed (i.e.   item_1  ).





5 Star Rating

This delivers a picture of 5 stars and radio buttons below to rate. The rating will be countet and stored to a file at …dat/meta/*.rating
The code base is picked up from PHP, 5 Star Rating System \\ (using hReview) as mentioned within forum post Rating plugin.

item321
stars  from 213 votes 
 
{(rater>id=1|name=item1|type=rate)}
{(rater>id=1|name=Ein schön schräger Übermorgen|img= :taggic.png |type=rate)}

The image is included inside the rater box and zoomed at 45% of ist original size. To handover the image the beginning of the media link is used without curly brackets and pipe extension.

Ein schön schräger Übermorgen
stars  from 39 votes

Voting

This delivers up/down thumbs to vote for a certain topic.

item213
(273) (239)(Details)
{(rater>id=1|name=item1|type=vote|tracedetails=1)}
{(rater>id=1|name=Ein schräg schöner Übermorgen|img= :taggic.png?45% |type=vote)}

The image is included inside the rater box and zoomed at 45% of ist original size. To handover the image the beginning of the media link is used without curly brackets and pipe extension.

Ein schräg schöner Übermorgen
(5) (5)

Rater Statistic

Flam & Loleg asked for a statistic feature to see a list of all rater of a site sorted by highest rate. This is now implemented and the following syntax will deliver it (see also Examples). There are no more parameter necessary. Please take care that table sorting by Header click is just possible with newer DokuWiki Version (providing the jQuery capability), older DW versions do not sort it. 

{(rater>type=stat|sort=value|)}

The list layout can be customized within style.css. The list shows the Star rater first and the Voting below, all sorted according their value. The list shows only rater objects currently referenced on pages. Orphan rater object files cannot be detected (currently). Rater syntax inside code blocks will be ignored.

If you want to consider just the rater objects of the same page then use ollowing syntax: 

{(rater>type=localstat)}

Furthermore if you provide a zoom option like for media links, then the lit will contain thumbnails of that size of the rater objects (if immages provided inside the box). The zoom parameter decides if thumbnails will be displayed and what size. Take care:

  1. No zoom Option = no thumbs !
  2. No rates/votes no entry !
  3. No Image within rater box = no thumbs !

So think about the usage and style that it will not that being crauted like following table: 

{(rater>id=66|type=localstat|zoom=30x30|sid=on|sort=value|)}
Thumbs ID Item Value Details
rater 1Rater3.753.75 stars  8 votes
rater 321item3211.421.42 stars  213 votes
1Ein schön schräger Übermorgen0.000.00 stars  39 votes
rater 2Rater6 votes
Pro (3)  100.00%  
Contra (0)  0.00%  
213item213511 votes
Pro (273)  53.32%  
Contra (239)  46.68%  
1Ein schräg schöner Übermorgen48 votes
Pro (5)  50.00%  
Contra (5)  50.00%  

Development

Recent releases

Known Bugs and Issues

Please use Rater Issues to report a problem.

Change Log

Date Changes
soon
Id Created Product Version Severity Status Title Resolution
278 2015-02-27 10:46:00 Rater 2015-02-05 feature requestFeature Request in progressIn Progress Rater ID optional in separater Spalte
2015-02-05 NewFeature: - (#274) Thumbnails part of Statistic
- (#273) Display Pictures inside the rater box
- (#270) shorten item title in stat output
2015-02-04 NewFeature: - (#269) rater statistic for single wiki page where syntax is on
BugFix: - (#261) Rating end message in Details mixed up
2014-02-04 BugFix: - (#208) language corrections
2014-01-06 NewFeature: - Dutch language file added
BugFix: - (#205) Rater headline hardcoded
2012-10-28 BugFixes:
     - (#155) stat box not display the IP of the voters
     - (#154) disturbing blue message boxes after voting
2012-10-22 NewFeature: - make stat table sortable
BugFix: - issue #149
2012-10-17 secure that 'eol_char' is not empty
2012-09-21 rater top-line syntax switch added, css for rater styling extended
2012-06-03 Statistic improved to also display votes
Statistic does now ignore rater syntax within code blocks
2011-12-16 BugFix: Vote details link prevented if tracedetails switched off
2011-09-26 handle end of vote periods
2011-09-26 trace user real names instead of ip (e.g. for closed wiki to prevent problem of temporary ip)
2011-09-26 text output customizable by language files
2011-09-27 output statistic of all rate items
2011-10-05 rater as element of namespace templates

FAQ

1. Can I use multiple rater on the same page ?

Yes, of course. The rater plugin allows you as many as you want. Therefore you have to define by syntax unique id's. All 3 parameters will be used together as filename.

2. Where are the information stored to ?

All information are stored into files. So you don't need to use a database. The files are within the \dokuwiki\data\meta folder and have a suffix .rating . The filename containing the id, item and type parameter from syntax.
Example:
The syntax {(rater>id=1|name=issuetracker|type=vote)} cause information storage to a file named rater_1_issuetracker_vote.rating .

3. Can I change the Style ?

Currently the style of rate details expandable box and statistic layout can be customized by style.css stored in the rater plugin folder. How to use css and what parameter are possible is explained many times by articles in the internet (e.g. W3C school).

The rating-details-css defaults are 

.rating__details {
	border:        1px #BDBEC1 solid;
	font-size:                0.85em;
	text-align:                right;
	background-color:        #F2F2F2;
	padding-right:              10px;
	padding-left:               10px;
	margin-left:              0.75em;
	margin-right:             0.75em;
	border-radius:               5px;
	box-shadow:         3px 3px #666;
}

4. There are more rate attempts possible than configured

That is the case if you have set trace=ip. Web provider may give their users dynamic ip's, changing per day. For closed wiki you could use the trace=user option where the real user name is logged.

5. Former results disappeared after rater plugin update

The update to version 2011-09-27 needed a change in ”.rating” file names. To reuse the former ”.rating” files please change the filenames in ”…/data/meta”-directory according following concept:

old filename format converted filename
rater_[ID][NAME][TYPE].rating rater_[ID]_[NAME]_[TYPE].rating
rater_1test1rate.rating rater_1_test1_rate.rating

6. How to use rater as part of namespace template ?

This is possible by using following syntax within your __template.txt file. It is better to use the ID replacement pattern instead of PAGE to prevent mismatch of file names caused by multiple same named pages in different namespaces. 

{(rater>id=1|name=@ID@|type=rate|trace=ip)}

Further information on namespace templates can be found here ...

7. What to be done on explode-warnings ?

If you click to rate/vote and following Warnings appear: 

Warning: explode() [function.explode]: Empty delimiter in ....../wiki/lib/plugins/rater/syntax.php on line ...
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in ...../wiki/lib/plugins/rater/syntax.php on line ...
Warning: Division by zero in ...wiki/lib/plugins/rater/syntax.php on line ...

This explains that the data strings cannot be split into the necessary parts due to a configuration setting is empty. Therefore please check your plugin settings via Configuration Manager. The related parameter is 'eol_char'. This should be set to '\n'.

Future Versions (beyond 2012-09-21) will set this parameter to default '\n' if configuration attribute is empty.

Discussion

Please use only the DokuWiki Forum for discussion and Rater - IssueTracker to report incidents, ask questions or for new features.

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