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Great! Thanks Paolo!
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I should ask, as I update the existing site, does this create any issues? Will the new versions have a place to add the keys?
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Thanks Paolo. Cheers
The reality though is that if people are going to comment, they are going to comment, and if a rating is forced, then they will still comment. And this happens on Amazon and the review sites. I can’t stop people from commenting if they want, but hopefully by not requiring people to leave a rating unless they want to, I can preserve the value and integrity of the ratings and make my site better than the other review sites.
Since this is a key function of a directory/review site, my hope is that this can be made a setting in the admin, then every site can choose how they want to handle this and everyone wins.
Adds more complexity to GD, yes, but hopefully that much better than everything else out there. As I’m sure you know, it’s far better to market your product on the differences than “we also’s,” especially when you are able to match the others as well as offer the differences.
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Paolo,
my concern is that there is no communication channel then. It would be one thing if there was separate “Review” and “Commenting” functions.
If it is combined, then anyone trying to simply comment ends up leaving a rating. The good thing at least is that if someone replies to a comment/review, it doesn’t leave a rating for that.
I see both sides and this seems like something that should be admin defined so that each site can have this handled specifically. If a rating is required, then additional language should be applied and instead of a default rating, it should require explicit rating.
Again though, my desired functionality would be that rating is optional. If ratings start getting skewed simply because the listing owner is replying to comments and others are leaving comments without actually reviewing, then the value of the ratings is completely lost.
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Paolo/Stiofan,
Regarding the commenting 1 star…I just tested this on my dev site and that is exactly what it does…
If someone simply comments without selecting a rating star, it automatically makes it a 1 star review.
IMHO this is completely wrong. The previous system which allowed someone to comment without having to explicitly leave a review was much better. That allowed for dialog between users, listing owner, etc. Even if someone changes their 1 star to an average 3 star, that will begin to skew the overall rating. And what happens if the listing owner replies to comments…if they don’t notice the star, it looks like they are giving their own listing a 1 star rating, if they make it a 5 star, it looks like they are trying to artificially lift their rating.
I’d rather see:
– the review count be a total count of all comments with ratings
– anyone can comment without having to leave a ratingHope this can be rolled back/corrected sooner rather than later.
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Just wondering about this item:
- If no rating star selected for review then it should save minimum 1 rating
Does this mean that if someone is “just commenting” on a listing that they have to provide a rating, and if they don’t it will result in a 1 star rating?
If that’s the case, then I’d propose a reconsideration. This means if someone is perhaps posing a question based on another comment, then they will be affecting the overall rating, no matter what they select.
Maybe I’m misunderstanding the change note though.
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Thanks guys. Cheers
This reply has been marked as private.This reply has been marked as private.All good, thanks.
Okay, thanks. I tried deactivating iThemes and Wordfence in case that was interfering, but no change. Strange that the regular URLs load, just seems to be with the redirect URL.
I run those URLs past the hosting IT and see if they know of anything that might be happening at the server level.
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BrianPaolo,
Just to make sure I understand…is it going from 5 to 7 stars, or having two different scales between the overall and secondary ratings?
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This reply has been marked as private.Turns out these were mostly submitted on the backend. Am seeing expiration dates on a couple that were added from the frontend.
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