I have been working on a simple solution for letting users comment on a node AND having the option to rate the node.

At the moment im using:

There is alot of different modules outthere to do this with but I cant really seem to get any of them to work.

I have followed the topic thread about combining Fivestars and NodeComment (http://drupal.org/node/148150).....this thread ends without really solving any problems (atleast for me and alot of others in there). Also a user called "Michelle" has been very active on this topic and I have tryed to follow a guide she made, again with no luck......

At its core my problem is that all the votes given by users, while commenting on a node, dosent gets tally'd in the "parent" nod. So I have alot of comments with individual ratings but in the Node they are trying to rate I just see 5 blank stars (as if no votes was made at all).

Searching widely on different forums and such I find that a HUGE amount of people have the exact same problem. So what to read in to that? Is it simply too hardcore for me? Do you need a hardcore PHP core hacking degree? Is Voting API just too bugged in current releases?

To be honest it almost seems like a joke, that a content management tool like drupal which has achieved so much and works so well, dont have a better module designed for voting. (I didnt mention it but im a php newbie with only the basic understanding of programming.)

Final Question: Is it still a huge burden to all (almost all) to make a simple system where votes in a comment is tallyed in the "parent"?

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eaton commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

VotingAPI module is a backend storage and tallying API for votes and ratings. Other modules, like Vote Up/Down and Fivestar, provide specific implementations and user interaction styles for rating and voting. To the best of my knowledge, none have been created that do just what you describe. There's nothing preventing anyone from doing it, but demand simply hasn't been as high as some of the other features that do get attention (Digg and Amazon style voting, for example).