It probably took longer to actually upload this (using SVN) than it did to fix the bug! What an awful system that is.
Anyway: By way of a patch by John Berdard here’s my Wordpress plugin “Starred Review” which now works on Wordpress 2.8.4+
You can download Starred Review from the plugin homepage. Or by clicking the ‘update plugin’ button in your Wordpres Dashboard. I apologise for the time it took to fix this, ultimately the fix came from John- thanks a million!
[edit: i've now added Starred Review to the Wordpress Plugin Directory as version 1.1a which from now on automatically updates itself. enjoy]
I’ve added support for Wordpress Widgets to Starred Review. Along with some minor backend formatting alterations, no where near the quality it should be, but that’s for another day. I’ve also tidied-up the actual output, a bit more readable- less of that ‘classes’ jumble.
So Download Starred Review 1.1a, just overwrite the current plugin and make sure (if you’re not using widgets) you’ve got the new badge code:
<?php starred_review_badge('limit', 'category');?>
Starred Review 1.1 supports Wordpress 2.7.1, will soon have a Dashboard Widget for OS X and be listed on the WP Plugin Repository (if only they’ll email me confirmation?) all that good stuff just round the corner! Thanks to Peter at Apartment One Six for his widget tutorial.
If you’d like to see any future updates / additions, just let me know (via the comments feed or email). I’m pretty happy with this revision but let me know if you find any issues with this one!
Not a return to form as such. A return to formlessness and oddly enough it does fit. 4 Years have passed, time to catch up. Podcast 11:
Drag the above link into your iTunes ‘library’ (or Firefox Bookmarks / alternate Podcatcher) that’ll install the feed- you’ll now recieve the updates as/when we make ‘em. Or you can subscribe through the iTunes Store. Enjoy.
Two years ago I released a patched version of a great little Wordpress plugin called “Starred Review” by Marc Hodges. It didn’t really work that well, it still doesn’t rock the casbah but is now stable on Wordpress 2.7.
Download Starred Review for Wordpress.
You need to upload the starred-review folder and starred-review.php to your ‘plugin’ directory. There’s a readme file in the folder. A changelog too. Fun, eh? Notice (old Starred Review users) that the ‘badge’ code has changed (at least this is true with Wordpress 2.7.1), it is now:
< ?php starred_review_badge('limit', 'category'); ?>
Here’s the homepage: metacomment.com/starred-review/, I promise to upload some CSS magic, an installation tutorial and make good on some old ideas. Thank you!
I’ve made Starred Review (a plugin now unsupported by its author) play with Wordpress 2.2+ [Download Starred Review 1a]. It still needs a little tinkering, but I really love this little plugin, this weekend I should get round to clearing up. If you’re interested drop me a line. There was a little interest last year when I released a ‘patched’ version, and although there are other plugins out there that do the same thing- but since I’ve got my database setup for Marc’s “Starred Review” it seems to make sense to carry it forward. Any requests?
Short Term Goals:
- Support for Wordpress 2.1+
- Images (Album Artwork)
- RSS
- Built in Amazon / iTS [automation of linking]
Long Term:
- Multiple Pages / Search
- Widget for OS X [add reviews from Dashboard / iPhone]
- A word or two [space for a mini 'review' rather than just stars]
- CSS control from the options panel
For now, I’m sorry I lost the original patched version- the file doesn’t exist on my hard disk, and I don’t have .Mac anymore… that was where the file was hosted. I do have the Archive.org version of the original how-to / files.
Update: You can now Download Starred Review. It sort of works too.
