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require login before adding rating?
I had a directory (different software) before, and one of the problems was that people seemed to randomly rate links low.

I see from the demo that you can require that someone be logged in before they add a review (which would tend to discourage spam posts, since I'd know who added the review if it was inappropriate?) Can it also be required to be logged in before rating a link?

Also, I see that when you add a review, you also indicate a rating? Is that rating factored into the over all "stars" shown with a link listing?

Thanks,
Terri Z


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terriz wrote:
I had a directory (different software) before, and one of the problems was that people seemed to randomly rate links low.

I see from the demo that you can require that someone be logged in before they add a review (which would tend to discourage spam posts, since I'd know who added the review if it was inappropriate?) Can it also be required to be logged in before rating a link?

Also, I see that when you add a review, you also indicate a rating? Is that rating factored into the over all "stars" shown with a link listing?

Thanks,
Terri Z

Hi Terri,
you can hide the rate link for non logged users. Just a small change in the template.
You can even combine review rating and link rating, but that's a bit more complicated.
see: http://www.gossamer-threads.com//perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=297578#p297578

Matthias

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