Hello,

I currently have my registered users input a comment (review) and a rating for an entry.  It often happens that someone writes a comment with a rating, and then later comes back to add an additional comment.  In this case I would like them to only be able to submit a comment but not another rating, as this would inflate averages..

I would like to prevent this type of user from seeing the ratings box if they have already submitted one.  Allow Duplicates doesn’t work because it prevents them from submitting another comment.  Any ideas on how to do this?

Thanks in advance!

DM

Can you use a different form name? It would de-couple the rating and review (first one), but I haven’t needed to keep them together, so perhaps you don’t either…

That is a good idea, I will see how it looks on the page.  Thanks!

Any other ideas are greatly appreciated!

I can’t see how it would look any different to your user, so it should be fine.

Well the problem is that I like how the users comments and the ratings are together as one.  For an example check out http://www.djbooth.net/index/tracks/review/chingy-ft-amerie-fly-like-me/

Right, just make it two forms. It doesn’t affect how it appears though. Just separate the two, it doesn’t add any HTML elements to the page - the user won’t know. Try it.

Wouldn’t I have to have two seperate submit buttons for each form?  Or can I combine them into one submit button?

Do an onclick="this.form.submit()" for your star rating.

Thanks!