GD Star Rating 1.0.0: Halloween Edition

datePosted on 00:40, November 1st, 2008 by Millan

Finally, after 4 months of development first stable release of WordPress rating plugin with tons of features and options. Plugin features post, page and comments rating, rating rules, moderation, time restricted voting, trend calculations, detailed voting log, import and export of votes, customizable images fro stars and trends, extensive control panel, PDF user guide and more.

This version has numerous bug fixes and few changes from previous RC4 version. I have added voters log where you can see who voted for what and where you can delete votes. Also, time restricted voting is completed but this feature might need some more testing, so I expect the feedback and bug reports.

You can expect regular updates and new features in the future. Roadmap is updated so you can check out what to expect soon. So, install fresh or upgrade plugin and try out new version.

New Graphics

This is the Halloween edition, and it contains one new image set with pumpkins. Also, I have updated additional image sets and now they include most popular stars set in GIFformat mated on white or black if you need that to avoid lack of IE6 transparent PNG support.

PHP4 & mySQL4 Compatibility

With many changes in the past few days I have (hopefully) fixed all problems related to PHP4 and mySQL4. Still, the tests were done only with PHP 4.4.7, and I can’t guarantee that there are no problems with some older version of PHP. But since PHP4 is not officialy supported anymore, I will not going to add support for older versions anyway.

Time Restricted Rating

Picture on the right show two states of time restrictions. First image shows remaining time until the rating for the post is closed, and the second one is closed voting state. You can use countdown timer or set the date when the rating will expire.

This rating restrictions uses two sepparate rating text templates, one for active rating and the other when the rating is closed.

WordPress 2.7

Plugin fully supports new upcoming WordPress, with some minor visual differencies that will be sort out before the official WP2.7 is released. First next version of the plugin will have all these things sorted out.

Thank you for all the support, suggestion and help in finding and fixing bugs. If you find bugs, report them on Google Code page, or forum, or as a comment here. I will, as always, try to fix all problems as soon as possible.

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10 Responses to “GD Star Rating 1.0.0: Halloween Edition”

  1. mistrtim on November 1st, 2008 at 3:44 am

    Millan,
    You’ve done an amazing amount of work, and I think it’s a superb plugin! I hope others appreciate it for it’s value. What great timing too! I had already planned to use the plugin as it was starting Nov 1. See it in use on http://blognetawards.com
    Even though the exchange rate is going to kill me, I’m donating something in my appreciation and recognition of your work.
    Bravo! and Thanks again.

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    Rating: 3.8/5 (4 votes cast)
  2. jasonboche on November 4th, 2008 at 1:08 am

    I installed 1.0 today with the default options (first time ever trying this plugin). It’s showing Voting Closed for all posts, pages, and comments. Any ideas to check? Thank you, Jas

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  3. Millan on November 4th, 2008 at 2:59 am

    Very strange, I did few clean installs last few days and I had no problems. But, I will check if I maybe missed something. Try to use plugin setup panel to reinstall database and remove all settings for plugin.

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  4. Millan on November 4th, 2008 at 3:09 am

    I have found the bug. I will release new version tomorrow that will fix that.

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  5. @Hadi on November 5th, 2008 at 4:17 am

    I used this widget for my new site too. its great but the time restriction doesnt work. but it doesnt matter for me ;-) i just want to know if its possible to save the ip adress from voters. because if i clear my cookies i can vote again and again. and when the widget would save the incoming ip the cokkies doesnt matter or not?

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  6. rotheblog on November 5th, 2008 at 6:16 am

    You commented you found the bug, look forward to the new release, found the plugin tonight, looks awesome. I just wanted to note that I also am having issues with the rating being closed on all posts.

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  7. Millan on November 5th, 2008 at 10:06 am

    Yes, I have fixed the time restriction bug, and will release new version tonight.

    Also, there will be some changes in saving user agent and ip data. Right now if there is no cookie, but ip is loged, visitor can’t vote.

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  8. cennatian on November 6th, 2008 at 12:51 pm

    HI,

    I used this plugin and it works well, but by default, it appears in the end of the post of the front page and how can I to move his position to my Comments page in my own theme.

    Are there any settings I can change or shortcode I can add ?

    Thank you

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    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)
  9. cennatian on November 6th, 2008 at 12:52 pm

    HI,

    I used this plugin and it works well, but by default, it appears in the end of the post of the front page and how can I to move his position to my comments page in my own theme.

    Are there any setting I can change or shortcode I can add ?

    Thank you

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    Rating: 4.0/5 (1 vote cast)
  10. Millan on November 6th, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    Read the user guide, there is description of custom functions you can use in the theme and also shortcodes.

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