Next few versions leading to release of 1.2.0 will introduce some very important changes and bugfixes that will in consequence have impact on some of the plugin features. This changes will not have significant impact on normal plugin use and will not affect majority of plugin users.
So, here is the list of such changes that will be included with 1.2.0:
- Saving votes: right now plugin can use AJAX for saving votes (default), but also AJAX can be disabled. But, since AJAX is defacto standard that will remain only available rating mode. Non AJAX voting code will be removed starting with 1.2.0. For some time I have stopped updating this old code, and some things will not work without AJAX, and I decided that only AJAX rating should be included.
- Database upgrade: for this plugin I have created database installation procedure that can automatically detect new columns and tables and create what is missing from the provious installation. Also, this procedure can execute update (alter) scripts that will change already created columns. Due to the problems with different mySQL versions there are many such alters right now. But right now I have made all the changes plugin needs and there is no need to check for them every time. So, 1.2.0 will not be able to upgrade database for plugin versions older than 1.1.6. If you updated plugin regularly with every new version, everything will be fine, but if you skip several updates this can be a problem. So, I reccoment to update to 1.1.6 as soon as it’s available because it features very important database changes.
- Templates System: next 1.1.6 version will feature alpha version of new, unique and very powerful templates system that will totally replace current one. This new system (currently called T2) allows you to have multiple templates for each rating type and you can assign this templates freely.
That’s it for now. I strongly reccomend updating to 1.1.6 next monday because it will fix few very important bugs with database and multi ratings. If you have some suggestions, please leave a comment.
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Hey, when will a query_posts filter be added such as is available in WP-PostRatings? I would be willing to pay you to add this feature.
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There is a plan for that, and I have been doing some testing with modifications to the wp_query. But I just can’t find enough free time for all the planned feature. But donation will sure help speed things along.
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Perhaps you can help me. I don’t mean to downplay your time but I am sure that you know your features and setup and could easily take a moment to answer this slight question.
I want to setup reviews on a per category basis.
But I want the reviews to be a part of the text comment section of wordpress.
Simply put each post has a rating displayed. This rating is based on the rating system integrated into the post comments with individual comments and ratings being displayed as usual on each post page.
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I am not sure what do you mean by reviews per category. Reviews are set by post authors. If you meant rating, there will be category based rules added. Also, I plan to add soon comments integration instruction for multi ratings.
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