Star rating/voting plugin

[ron4mac]

This plugin provides for a bit of improved user interface when voting/rating a gallery item. The initial version configuration provides for selection of stars or hearts to be used and a variable size for the selector popup.

Please provide feedback for any issues or make suggestions.

[406man]

Thanks for creating the plugin. I've tried it in one of my galleries and here are some comments.

As installed the new voting stars are much bigger than the standard ones and I like the configuration option in the plugin to set their type and size. Bigger ones mean it's easier to position the cursor suitably when voting which is an advantage. The heart icon looks really good and I can see it being popular. 

I think it would help the individual stars to visually stand out if there was a border between them as currently they merge together. The hearts are fine as they already have a border.

CPG potentially will display the voting stars in three different places:
1.   Below the thumbnail in the thumbnail display, if enabled.
2.   Below the image in the image view where you vote
3.   In the image view if an image has received any votes the Rating will be displayed.

In standard CPG all three places display the same star icon. With the rating plugin the voting star icon changes in 2 above but 1 and 3 remain as before. For visual consistency I think it would be better to use the same voting/rating icon in all three places if that's possible. As it is, when hearts are selected the "Select to rate" below the image on the Image View screen has hearts but the Rating in the File Information section below still has stars which is confusing.

[ron4mac]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll work at resolving these things for version 1. Not sure how I missed those other spots that ratings get displayed   I also hope to have more shape selections (6point star, 5point star, 4point star, heart, diamond and circle) and an option for color.