Here is the new version of rating plugin. Since I have completed all work I have planned on my Starscape theme, I will have more time for this plugin. And this new version adds few new things, introduces many changes and bug fixes.

Since this is still far from final stable release, database handling code is still not completed, and right now there are many uneeded calls made to the database when it comes to comments rating. Also, I had to change some things in database layout, and I have added upgrade code, so this should be working ok. In any case, after you upgrade, please check if the votes are recorded properly, and report any errors you find with that. I have tested upgrading on few test blog, and there were no problems.

And as always, mind that this is still in development, and is not recommended to use it on your production blog.

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Well, laste few days I have received a lot of emails and there was a discussion in the forum and on this blog about the features for GD Star Rating plugin. So, I have decided to slow down with new version, and instead I will do a rewrite on some parts of the plugin to add new things, and to make possible easier expansion for the future versions.

So, the planned 0.8.0 Beta will not be released befoe all these things are done. But, the most important thing is to make a list of the things that will be changed. If you are interested in these features, please continue reading.
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New version is ready. This one will hopefully fix duplicate voting, header sent error message and few other small errors. I have tested it last two days on different blogs, with WordPress 2.5.1 and WordPress 2.6, and so far I couldn’t find any problem. If you still getting errors, please report it in the forum and add exact error you get along with version of WordPress you are using.

This version has working widget. There is still work to be done, but for now widget supports multiple instances, and you can add as many differently set rating widgets in sidebars as you want. For now you will have a list with rating displayed.

Also, shortcode support is expanded, new options are added into TinyMCE3 plugin settings and now you can have rating displayed with stars. You can see the example on the screenshot on the right.

Next version will be availbe in the next few days with some changes to widget and control panel.

For some time now Forum is active, and there is sub forum for each of the plugins. Here are direct links:

GD Star Rating
GD Plugin Core
GD Pages Navigator
GD LinkedId Badge

Here you can post bug reports, suggestions and feature request for each of these plugins. Also, release of each version will be announced in these forums. It’s best to keep all these in one place, instead of using post comments on this blog. I will update the missing contents with archive links in the next few days.

I will visit forums at least once a day, and I will try to respond as soon with progress reports on bugs and everything else. Also, you need to register to post there, annonymous posting is not allowed.

Well, new version is now available. This one has some important bugs fixed including the bug that allow duplicate posting with page refresh after voting. Stars can now be GIF or JPG. There is a problem with older IE (5.5 and 6.0) that can’t render transparent PNG’s. So, you can create stars in GIF with regular 1bit transparency. I have included one stars style with GIFs.

Most important new feature is shortcode support that will alow you to add ratings table into your posts. Also, there is a tinymce button that can help you generate shortcode using simple popup form like any other tinymce plugin. Generated table uses default CSS style, but you can change this to any style you want. CSS template for this table is included and you can either change this file or create another one similar.

Next version will have working widget and user guide. Translation support is also still in works.

Thanx for all suggestions and bug reports, and as always don’t hesitate to ask for a feature. I will see what I can add in the future releases. And again, plugin is still in development phase, so there are still errors. Please report any error you find.

There is one more problem with multiple votes, but this one is not that offten and is caused by slow response from server. This will be fixed with next version.