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One feature readers have requested for our comment ratings is the ability to simply cancel a rating (aka, a “ding”) and remove a vote. The method that we’ve been using only allowed you to reverse your ding — in other words, you could only change your rating from plus to ...
Tech Note, LGF Blog Engine, Spinoff Links, Ratings, Comments
By popular demand (actually by request of two or three people) the ratings for spinoff links can now be reversed, just like the ratings for comments and articles. And the ratings buttons now have those super keen CSS rollover effects as well.
Our individual comment pages now include all the tools that are visible on the full comment threads, including ratings, favorites, and reporting. You get to one of these individual comment pages by clicking the number of a comment (at top left of each comment). It’s a way for you to ...
Tech Note, LGF Blog Engine, Comments, Ajax, Javascript, Ratings, Favorites
If you’re registered and logged in to your account, you can click the icon next to the username in comments to show that commenter’s profile. Now included in the profile information is the “karma,” the sum total of all the “up” ratings Username X received, minus the “down” ratings Username ...
In our left sidebar you will now discover a widget titled “Top 10 Comments.” When you click it, you’ll see the top-rated comments posted by LGF lizards during the last 24 hours. The list of top comments is produced with an Ajax call, so it updates each time it’s displayed. ...
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Turnabout’s fair play. Half of one, six dozen of the other. What I’m trying to say here is that if you have an LGF account and you’re logged in, you can now rate my front page posts, the same way ...
LGF, Technical Info, Javascript, Refactoring, Ajax, jQuery, Comments, Ratings
Several readers have requested a way to see the total number of ratings for a comment, and how many plus or minus ratings it got, in addition to the cumulative total. You can now get this information by clicking the rating number. The rating itself will be updated to the ...
LGF, Technical Info, Javascript, Refactoring, Ajax, jQuery, Comments, Ratings
Here’s an open thread for an egalitarian Thursday evening. Some small but helpful interface enhancements in the comment rating system: * The numbers are slightly larger, and now are colored green for positive numbers, black for zero, or red for negative numbers. * When you rate a comment, your choice ...
LGF, Technical Info, Javascript, Refactoring, Ajax, jQuery, Comments, Ratings
Here’s an open thread for a sunny Wednesday morning... I received several emails complaining that the new comment rating system was slowing down page loading, especially on longer threads. So I looked into it, and discovered that I’d forgotten to index a rather vital database field, used in the lookup ...
LGF, Technical Info, Javascript, Refactoring, Ajax, jQuery, Comments, Ratings
I discovered a couple of bugs in the comment rating code that were causing some of you to not see the ratings. If this happened to you, log out and log back in, and your settings will now “stick.” And remember that if you really hate the idea of comment ...
LGF, Technical Info, Javascript, Refactoring, Ajax, jQuery, Comments, Ratings
Hey, the new feature’s here! The new feature’s here! If you’re logged in to your account, you will now be able to rate any comment with our jaunty new plus and minus buttons. The running total (positive, negative, or zero) is shown next to the buttons, and after you rate ...
LGF, Technical Info, Javascript, Refactoring, Ajax, jQuery, Comments, Ratings