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Hi Tocpe, I wil try and explain as best I can
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"...you should not change the configuration of the reviews categories..."
Does this mean after we open up the Reviews Module to our users, we can't add or modify categories? What about changing the categories name?
You may change the name of the category as the module tracks the actual id of the category. You may also add or delete categories, but if you delete a category that has reviews in it, the reviews will also be delete in that specific category.
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"...number of reviews categories,..."
Does this refer to the quantity of categories or some kind of marker number stored in the database?
I have added the code in such a way that it is possible to add new rating categories to a category, but there will not be any rating for that rating category
until the person who did the rating actually edits his review and saves it. If you delete a rating category all rating that have been done for that rating category will be delete, but not the entire rating the user did.
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"...number for the overall review..."
So as an admin we can't go back and modify the overall rating for a review, right? Fair enough.
This one is more tricky.
If you decide to have ratings between 1 and 5 (score) and users do some ratings and then you decide that you actually wanted the rating system to go from 1 to 10 (score) the ratings that have already been done will not be adjusted. This feature should be handled by only the administrator.
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"...and name of reviews categories because this will unlink the names from the data."
So what if we're rating something that's name might change? I mean chances are we're more likely to have mispelled the category, then for the name to need changing. But then again, what if we are reviewing something where the name does change? And we need to change the name of a category?
If you are correcting spelling mistakes it is ok, the system tracks it by id, but if you change the rating category in such a way that the previous ratings in that category and the new description for that rating category is totally different your totals will not make sence. The system will handle the changes, but humans may not. Changing the rating categories to be more descriptive sound about right
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And what about a review object's name, can we change that after it has voted upon?
Yes, but remember again all ratings assosiated with that object will stay with the object. What I am trying to say is if you change a rating name from "Madonna CD" to "Madonna like a Praire" it is still probably almost the same thing people voted on, but if you change it from "Modonna" to "Def Leppard" people are going to get confused, but not the system
I hope this helps
Grotmis
Riaan
