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4  The voting module is a simple five star voting/rating  The voting module is a simple five star voting/rating
5  system.  It uses an embedded Flash movie so that the page  system that depends on the votingapi module.  Five star
6  does not need to reload when a user votes.  Source .FLA  voting systems like this are often used for photo
7  file is included.  A voting plugin for TinyMCE is also  galleries, news articles, etc.  It uses an embedded
8  included.  Flash movie so that the page does not need to reload when
9    a user votes.  The source .FLA file is included.
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11  The voting module can be used several different ways.  The voting module can be used in a couple different ways.
12  * You can enable/disable it for different types of nodes.  * You can enable/disable it for different types of nodes.
13  * You can add a voting control anywhere by editing your  * You can add a voting control anywhere by editing your
14    theme file (or hacking a module).    theme file (or hacking a module).
15  * You can insert a voting control (or several) into a post  
16    with a special drupal filter code.  This system works with nodes, comments, or any other type of
17  * You can install the drupalvoting plugin for the TinyMCE  content.  Since it uses the votingapi module it could also be
18    WYSIWYG editor so that voting controls can more easily  used with other votingapi based voting systems.
   be added to any post (and edited) without typing the  
   filter code.  
   
 This system is completely separate from the Drupal moderation  
 system.  It works with nodes, comments, or any other type of  
 content.  Voting systems like these are often used for photo  
 galleries, news articles, etc.  Other features could be added  
 (in this module or another) to take advantage of a user's  
 ratings to provide personalized recommendations or a popular  
 content block.  Please add your ideas using the feature  
 requests feature.  
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21  Author  Author
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23  Benjamin Shell <drupal@benjaminshell.com>  Benjamin Shell <drupal@benjaminshell.com>
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26  Demo Sites  Demo Sites
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28  http://www.benjaminshell.com/jokes  http://www.benjaminshell.com/jokes
29  http://www.saccf.com/photos  http://www.saccf.com/photos
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32  TODO  TODO
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34  - Add "un-vote" functionality (maybe a double-click)  - Add "un-vote" functionality (maybe a double-click)
 - Add personalized "recommendations" block dependant on  
   how a user rates content  
 - Add a popular content block based on highly rated content  
35  - Add alternate voting forms besides Macromedia Flash.  - Add alternate voting forms besides Macromedia Flash.
36    HTML radio button or dropdowns would be an easy first step.    HTML radio button or dropdowns would be an easy first step.
37    AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) would be better.    AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) would be better.
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