Sorting a table by a “vote” count

Wow–incredible timing mosey, I was just checking that plugin out a moment ago. That plugin is so so so close to what I’m looking for, but it doesn’t look like it gives readers the ability to vote themselves. The “rating” itself is static, to the amount that I assign it. But, thanks for the suggestion.

I’ve thought about the post-rating plugins that currently exist, on that note. I’m sure one of them would kind of fit the bill, but most of them miss out in one key aspect–usually, giving the reader the ability to vote right from that table, rather than having to go to each individual page.

The reason that’s so important is because the importance of this table I’m imagining basically hinges on the ability to show who’s getting the most votes (by sorting it according to votes). With most of the post rating plugins, there’s no way to take those voting totals and display them in another page (ie, the table) for the sort.

Hmm, that’s interesting. The category idea is a decent idea, now that you mention it. I dabbled in a bit of HTML in school, but it was nothing beyond making frames and things like that–so, I’m kind of re-educating myself as I go. I’d need to learn a little more about playing with the categories page.

There are plenty of sample tables out there that pretty much show exactly what I’m looking for, although most of them are just user-input stars (like the Star Ratings for Reviews plugin). So, I’m fairly confident that it’s possible–whether it will require the cooperation of many plugins or not.