Album & Song Ratings

shane
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How do users rate songs and albums? Do they need to login to a system to do so? My users are not going to take the time to sign in to any system as it's touch and go, so if I can allow any viewers to rate the song that would be great.

If anyone can point me to documentation on these modules that would be great. I have no been able to locate anything substantial that gives me any idea how anything works.
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    Tuesday, July 26 2011, 03:50 PM - #Permalink
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    hello Shane,

    only registered users can post ratings.. (this is to avoid SPAM... we had an open system before and it got full of spam voting...)

    there are of course code tweaks that you could make to make it public... but honestly I would not recommend it..! do you want me to tell you how?

    Germi
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    shane
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    Tuesday, July 26 2011, 04:39 PM - #Permalink
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    After reading this I am hesitant... Does the sign up process need to be done through jomcomments or musicsolution comment engine? I'm confused about how people signup... do they have to log into musicsolution? I'm completely confused about the voting and comments and how someone goes about signing up for anything... Lastly, if through Jomcomments, is there a free version? I could only find jomcomments that you must purchase.
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    Friday, July 29 2011, 04:54 PM - #Permalink
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    hello,

    no, sign up process has nothing to do with Music Collection or JomComments. it's the normal process in joomla.

    I believe JomComments does not have a free version.

    however, I tell you again: you can make ratings / comments PUBLICLY available (wihtout the need that the user is registered) by doing some small code tweaks that I can tell you right away if you're interested.

    I just said that I would think that twice, because this can be, sometimes, a cause of SPAM (robots posting ratings on your site)

    Germi
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    shirell
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    Sunday, September 18 2011, 03:32 PM - #Permalink
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    Hi Germi,

    i'd like to know how to make comments PUBLICLY available. would u mind sending me the code. thanks!

    cheers,
    shirell
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    Sunday, September 18 2011, 03:34 PM - #Permalink
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    for album page:
    /components/com_muscol/views/album/tmpl/default.php line 235

    there is a filter:

    if($user->id)

    just allow everybody, like this:

    if(true)

    USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) ;)
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    xarlap
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    Monday, February 08 2021, 06:33 PM - #Permalink
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    Hi Germi,

    I would like to do the same. I want to try it for a small period. However I could not find the code you referred. My default.php file has only 118 lines. I use Music Collection 3.0.7 version.

    I am looking forward to your reply,
    Harry.
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