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Alright chaps,

I’m currently developing a gaming magazine in EE, and I want to include a feature where when the readers join the discussion on any given review or preview, they can enter a score (percentage) if they’ve played it or not. I’d then like to display an average reader score akin to the amazon rating system, I guess.

There’s lots of ways to do something like this, but I’m wondering what everyone thinks the best way is. Currently I’m learning towards a custom PHP script and a separate database table.

Thanks in advance.

You could always look into Solspace’s Rating module. It’s very nice.

I second that. It was made for stuff like that.

You could also look into a js library system that has this ability built in. jquery rating plugin. I use the jquery libraries.

But, that being said, it would take a bit more work than using something like the Solspace option.

All the Jquery plugin controls is the original inputs. You would still need something like the Solspace module to run the backend side of things, like saving, sorting and reconciling the ratings.

yeah actually I was noticing that when i read my own link. It wouldn’t save anything.

Also EzRate. Simple but doing the job of average rating.

I’ll bookmark these for further investigation, Cheers guys