New Voting System

[sancho]

Hi,

I love JComment but I don't like the current voting system. I was wondering if a feature can be added to make the voting system much like Youtube one, where a 'like' and 'dislike' totals are visible all the time. This way you can tell how many liked and disliked the comments.

The current system doesn't really show how many people liked and disliked the comment. Thanks.


Sancho

[smart]

You could change this in JComments template:

1. Open file /components/com_jcomments/tpl/default/tpl_comment.php
2. Find code:

Code: (php)

<span class="vote-<?php echo $class; ?>"><?php echo $value; ?></span>

and replace with:

Code: (php)

<span class="vote-good"><?php echo $comment->isgood != 0 ? '+' . $comment->isgood : ''; ?></span>/<span class="vote-poor"><?php echo $comment->ispoor != 0 ? '-' . $comment->ispoor : ''; ?></span>

[imwarrior]

hi smart...i would like to vote for a rating sytem like this see image
its almost similar to what we have in jcomment with an extra recommended option plus sorting of comment

[sancho]

Hi Smart,

I finally got through in implementing the code you gave. Thanks for that. However, I have one more request. Is it possible to remove the positive sign "+" and the negative sign "-" in the numbers and display it in one line as opposed to two lines that it is displaying now.

Also, when voting, I would like the thumbs up/down to be replaced with 'Like' and 'Dislike', can you tell me which file to modify to achieve this? 

Thanks for your help again.


Regards,


sancho

You could change this in JComments template:

1. Open file /components/com_jcomments/tpl/default/tpl_comment.php
2. Find code:

Code: (php)

<span class="vote-<?php echo $class; ?>"><?php echo $value; ?></span>

and replace with:

Code: (php)

<span class="vote-good"><?php echo $comment->isgood != 0 ? '+' . $comment->isgood : ''; ?></span>/<span class="vote-poor"><?php echo $comment->ispoor != 0 ? '-' . $comment->ispoor : ''; ?></span>

[sancho]

I forgot one more thing smart. I want '0' (zero) to be displayed instead of blank when there aren't any likes or dislikes. How can I achieve this? Thanks.


sancho