hello Shane,

only registered users can post ratings.. (this is to avoid SPAM... we had an open system before and it got full of spam voting...)

there are of course code tweaks that you could make to make it public... but honestly I would not recommend it..! do you want me to tell you how?

Germi

After reading this I am hesitant... Does the sign up process need to be done through jomcomments or musicsolution comment engine? I'm confused about how people signup... do they have to log into musicsolution? I'm completely confused about the voting and comments and how someone goes about signing up for anything... Lastly, if through Jomcomments, is there a free version? I could only find jomcomments that you must purchase.

hello,

no, sign up process has nothing to do with Music Collection or JomComments. it's the normal process in joomla.

I believe JomComments does not have a free version.

however, I tell you again: you can make ratings / comments PUBLICLY available (wihtout the need that the user is registered) by doing some small code tweaks that I can tell you right away if you're interested.

I just said that I would think that twice, because this can be, sometimes, a cause of SPAM (robots posting ratings on your site)

Germi

Hi Germi,

i'd like to know how to make comments PUBLICLY available. would u mind sending me the code. thanks!

cheers,
shirell

for album page:
/components/com_muscol/views/album/tmpl/default.php line 235

there is a filter:

if($user->id)

just allow everybody, like this:

if(true)

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Germi,

I would like to do the same. I want to try it for a small period. However I could not find the code you referred. My default.php file has only 118 lines. I use Music Collection 3.0.7 version.

I am looking forward to your reply,
Harry.