Ratings/Multi-Ratings styling with grouped fields such as Tabs.

Not sure, but the current integrated rating has to be "placed" and "styled" in a custom template. Sorry, had no time to play with it in detail, yet. But you are right, an extra field plugin makes still sense.

BTW, rating field is/was in heavy discussion ;-)

http://support.mightyextensions.com/en/mighty-resources-cck-joomla-component/ideas/Completed +Review+and+Rating+system+in+Resources+6G-1148.html

http://support.mintjoomla.com/en/cobalt-7/ideas/Rating +-+author+and+users+average-1446.html

The rating in template is simple

echo $item->rating

You can move it anywhere you want. But I afraid this will require custom template. No option for opt of the box solution.

Ken,

in the Cobalt backend, go to Templates--> Article and copy the default template to a new name (example "rating").

Between Line 185 and Line 186 insert following lines:

            <?php if ($group_name =='XXX') {

                group_start($this, 'Rating Tabber', 'group'.@$i++);

                echo $this->item->rating;

                group_end($this);

            } ?>

so that you have something like this:

            <?php group_end($this);?>

            <?php if ($group_name =='XXX') {

                group_start($this, 'Rating Tabber', 'group'.@$i++);

                echo $this->item->rating;

                group_end($this);

            } ?>

        <?php endforeach;?>

Replace the XXX with the name of the Tabber element after which the Rating-Tab should appear.

Rename the label of your Rating tabber to your liking.

Delete line 136 - 138

    <?php if($this->item->rating && $params->get('tmpl_core.item_rating')):?>

        <?php echo $this->item->rating;?>

    <?php endif;?>

This is just a quick example, you can refine it with the rating parameter settings etc.

Hope it helps a bit.....

The last PHP code block was modified by the PHP formatter (inserted the smile class). It should read:

<?php if($this->item->rating && $params->get('tmpl_core.item_rating') ) :?>

    <?php echo $this->item->rating;?>

<?php endif;?>

тв last version is enable use HTML in titles. So it have to be much easier.

Also I am looking to change the Multi-Ratings Word "General" to something else like, "Total" Or "Total Rating" I looked everywhere in the Cobalt folder but couldnt find it in any of the files, can you point me in the right direction?

Thank you very much! I will keep my eye out if I see it change anything else but it looks good so far.

But if you do not want to miss your changes on update you need to create language override.

add file

/components/com_cobalt/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_cobalt.ini

And add all changes there. So you do not lose it on update.