How can I create item ranking along with user comments?

item ranking and user comments how-to

[magickingdl]

I am creating a website based upon comparing recipes for specific foods ... something similar to software comparisons on download.com.

I would like to post multiple recipes for a certain dish and have site visitors comment and rate the recipe they tried. These recipes would then be displayed in overall ranked order based upon user criteria along with user comments. User criteria would include categories such as taste, time to prepare, expense, etc.

I'm not proficient at writing code, so is there software available to help me create this functionality or is there a simple way for me to write the code myself?

[mincklerstraat]

Finding a script that does exactly this for you would be the easiest way, of course. Another way would be to find a script built for something else (your software example isn't bad) that has a similar functionality - the ability to organize things according to various organizational principles - your 'categories' - and just rename these categories to what you want them to be. There might be a bit of 'kluge' work with different data types - (i.e., price is a number, the other things are text), but that won't necessarily be such a problem if you aren't too picky.

Software directory scripts sound like not a bad way to start, though you'll probably have to change a lot of words on the page, and maybe remove download links. If you go this route, though, it'd be a good idea to know a tiny bit of the language the script is written in so you can modify it. PHP has a pretty easy learning curve so you might want to go with that.

[magickingdl]

Is there a script that allows a user to rate an item for example using a drop-down list or radio buttons similar to websites like <snip>?

[edited by: trillianjedi at 8:49 am (utc) on Nov. 17, 2004]
[edit reason] TOS [/edit]

[magickingdl]

I found something similar to what I am looking for at ... <snip>

[edited by: trillianjedi at 8:49 am (utc) on Nov. 17, 2004]
[edit reason] TOS [/edit]