Was the topic rating removed in IPS5?

[Adriano Faria]

 

I am asking because I see a lot of "ratings" in templates and files but no option in the forums to enable it.

		{{if $topic->container()->allow_rating}}
			{template="rating" group="global" location="front" app="core" params="'large', $topic->rating_hits ? ( $topic->rating_total / $topic->rating_hits ) : 0"}
		{{endif}}

etc.

Edited November 26 by Adriano Faria

[Marc]

Yes, there are no topic ratings on v5. 

[EliasM]

This was originally a useless tool, it's good that they removed it

[Matt]

You can still do this in Pages databases.

[Adriano Faria]

19 minutes ago, EliasM said:

This was originally a useless tool, it's good that they removed it

For you? I really don’t care but don’t try to speak for others. 

12 minutes ago, Matt said:

You can still do this in Pages databases.

No, thank you.

[SeNioR-]

21 minutes ago, EliasM said:

This was originally a useless tool, it's good that they removed it

I agree, most of my users have never used it. In fact, I've had it completely disabled for years, so it seems like an unnecessary module to me.

However, I understand that on other communities it could be used for some purpose.

 

Edited November 26 by SeNioR-

[Adriano Faria]

4 minutes ago, SeNioR- said:

I agree, most of my users have never used it. In fact, I've had it completely disabled for years, so it seems like an unnecessary module to me.

Yes, that’s why there was a way to disable it.

[SeNioR-]

I understand that you used it for Movies and other apps, but the fact that this module was removed shouldn't surprise anyone because Matt or Marc (I don't remember) wrote about it a few months ago. In fact, I think it was even listed in the Deprecation Tracker, although I don't see it now.

[Adriano Faria]

19 minutes ago, SeNioR- said:

I understand that you used it for Movies and other apps, but the fact that this module was removed shouldn't surprise anyone because Matt or Marc (I don't remember) wrote about it a few months ago. In fact, I think it was even listed in the Deprecation Tracker, although I don't see it now.

Nope, it wasn’t there. 

I guess the rating system still exists. It was removed from Forums apparently. Anyway, not a big deal for my apps as I can write my own rating system. Also, not for me; a client has an interesting use of it and we’ll be impacted.

Edited November 26 by Adriano Faria

[EliasM]

4 hours ago, Adriano Faria said:

For you? I really don’t care but don’t try to speak for others. 

I'm not speaking for you, I'm talking to Mr. Marc. 

I don't understand why you're so angry! Do you have a problem with me?🤔

4 hours ago, SeNioR- said:

I agree, most of my users have never used it. In fact, I've had it completely disabled for years, so it seems like an unnecessary module to me.

Frankly, I did not understand the reason for adding it in the first place, as it is useless and there is no way to use it, no one uses the evaluation system for forum topics

[Adriano Faria]

19 minutes ago, EliasM said:

I'm not speaking for you, I'm talking to Mr. Marc.

Ok, my mistake.

[opentype]

On 11/26/2024 at 5:00 PM, Matt said:

You can still do this in Pages databases.

So, was ratings for Pages even touched? Do ratings for Pages database records remain or are they converted somehow as suggested earlier this year. 

[Marc]

1 hour ago, opentype said:

So, was ratings for Pages even touched? Do ratings for Pages database records remain or are they converted somehow as suggested earlier this year. 

Is this what you are referring to? 🙂 

 

[opentype]

I am looking for clarification regarding the original claims about changing the rating functionality. 

• Matt said Ratings would be removed from 5.x, which I am not seeing (except for not exposing ratings in forums anymore). So was it cancelled? Postponed? What’s the official position and status?
• Matt said ratings in Pages might be kept and existing ratings might be converted. Was that implemented? Or is not necessary because nothing has actually changed so far (which is what it seems to me). 

[Marc]

Ratings have not been removed from pages. Only forums. So there isn't anything for you to do there

[salvi]

9 hours ago, Marc said:

Ratings have not been removed from pages. Only forums. So there isn't anything for you to do there

Clarification please. The system/settings/posting & editor/content section has a setting for "Reviews" that applies to what? Pages and Articles but not forums?

I wanted to allow members to create posts in forums for movies and music that could be discussed, reviewed, and rated. Now, aside from polls, which tool would work for that purpose?

Edited December 12 by salvi

[Hatsu]

After removal of the topic rating in Forums this seems to only relate to records in Pages / Files in Downloads and Gallery I guess.. You have to switch to a Pages database where the possibility to rate a record is still available.

Edited December 12 by Hatsu

[Marc]

10 hours ago, salvi said:

Clarification please. The system/settings/posting & editor/content section has a setting for "Reviews" that applies to what? Pages and Articles but not forums?

I wanted to allow members to create posts in forums for movies and music that could be discussed, reviewed, and rated. Now, aside from polls, which tool would work for that purpose?

Reviews are used in quite a few areas. Forums dont have reviews (not previously either). Areas like downloads, commerce products, and pages databases if switched on would have reviews

[salvi]

21 hours ago, Marc said:

Reviews are used in quite a few areas. Forums dont have reviews (not previously either). Areas like downloads, commerce products, and pages databases if switched on would have reviews

Please define "Reviews." Using search here reveals no reference to "Reviews" in the documentation. Do you mean star ratings or just comment fields categorized as reviews?

[opentype]

A rating is just a value (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), a review necessarily contains a review text in addition to the numerical value. 

[salvi]

13 hours ago, opentype said:

A rating is just a value (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), a review necessarily contains a review text in addition to the numerical value. 

yes, i see that now after i turn on the Permissions on Articles. We can Rate the article in the article post and/or add a Review (which is a comment that includes a  star rating system, which i assume would add to the star rating within the original article post).

the details are missing from the help docs on a lot of things, though i understand that there's a great deal to cover.

[Marc]

On 12/14/2024 at 7:59 PM, salvi said:

the details are missing from the help docs on a lot of things, though i understand that there's a great deal to cover.

Feel free to ask as you have, on anything you are unsure of 🙂