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Using Config files, part 2

posted on: Oct 22, 2009 | author: MillaN | 4 Comments »

Few months ago I have published the first part of the using config articles, and some things were changed in these latest version, with one more change coming in the 1.7.3 release. So, before reading this post, you need to read part one.

Using GD Star Rating with cache plugins

posted on: Oct 20, 2009 | author: MillaN | 2 Comments »

GD Star Rating supports dynamic loading of ratings using AJAX calls from early 1.6.x versions, and from 1.7.0 this support is completed. With this you can use plugin on websites running some cache system or cache plugins like WP Super Cache.

T2: Translate Templates

posted on: Sep 17, 2009 | author: MillaN | 9 Comments »

All default templates are in english, and there are a lot of users that need them translated into own languages. With recent changes in 1.6.4 translating is much easier because reassigning the templates is now done automatically by the plugin.

T2: Explained #2

posted on: Aug 31, 2009 | author: MillaN | 9 Comments »

There were some changes in T2 in the last few versions, and some of the changes are added to make using T2 easier. T2 panel now has 3 tabs. Also, few new options are added to template editor panel. That and more will be explained in this post.

Displaying rating results

posted on: Aug 12, 2009 | author: MillaN | 38 Comments »

Widgets are not the only way to display list with rating/review results. You can add results into post (using shortcode) or anywhere in the theme you want (using function). This is first post to go deeper into this type of rendering. More to come soon.

Using Config files

posted on: Aug 12, 2009 | author: MillaN | 12 Comments »

If you use plugin on standard WordPress installation, and you don’t need advanced access control for the plugin, you can safely skip this tutorial. If your wp-content is moved or you are user of WordPress MU I strongly recommend reading this.

Shortcodes

posted on: Jul 27, 2009 | author: MillaN | 7 Comments »

All shortcodes plugin supports are very complicated, and have a lot of settings. It’s not a good idea for anyone to actually remember all that or even need to go through list of all those settings. But as it turns out you don’t need to remember all that.

Add ratings to RSS feed

posted on: Jul 21, 2009 | author: MillaN | Comments Off

Even before 1.0.0 version of the plugin was released I have added a feature allowing integration of rating results into RSS feed. But for a long time this only worked with standard rating results. Now, with release of 1.5.6 this is finally expanded.

How to: Set voting rules

posted on: Jul 20, 2009 | author: MillaN | 6 Comments »

GD Star Rating allows you to set rules for voting that can be global, per category and per post. This way you can set very precise rules through out the blog and control the voting process. This post will explain how voting rules work and how to use it.

T2: Explained #1

posted on: Jul 13, 2009 | author: MillaN | 8 Comments »

I realized that some users didn’t quite understand everything about templates, so I decided to go through all the T2 options and the way the plugin uses Templates. Before asking any T2 related questions you need to read this post first.

How to reorder posts

posted on: Jul 3, 2009 | author: MillaN | 29 Comments »

Now that finally GD Star Rating from 1.5.0 supports reordering posts on any page using ratings and reviews data, from both standard and multis ratings, it’s time to explain for less experienced users how to do it. And as it turns out, it’s very simple.

Categories management

posted on: Jun 24, 2009 | author: MillaN | 10 Comments »

One of the new things in GD Star Rating 1.4.6 is functions Categories panel for categories based management of rules, restrictions and integration. Categories hierarchy is fully supported, and settings can be inherited from parent categories.