django-valuate 1.0-beta-2

Easy plugging of user evaluation system to any django object.

Valuate
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A portable application to easily associate a user valuation (rating, like etc)
to any object, just on the basis of template tags. No configuration of existing
models and views required.


Installation
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- Run `python setup.py install`
- Include 'valuate' in your installed apps settings.
- Add `(r'^valuate/', include('valuate.urls'))` to your main urls.py.
- Ensure you have request context preprocessor added in the list of preprocessors
or pass request varible context to views.


Usage
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Create a valuation type from admin site.
Let us say:
**Rating**

- Excellent 5
- Good 4
- Average 3
- Bad 2
- Poor 1

or

**LikeDislike**

- Like 1
- Dislike 0


**Available settings:**

`DEFAULT_VALUATION_TYPE_ID`: The ID of default valuation type to be used in the project
Load the template tags: `{% load valuation %}`

**Available tags:**

{% render_valuate form of object for valuation_type %}
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Renders the valuation form for the provided object.
Override template: 'valuate/form.html' for modifying the look.

{% render_valuate form of object for valuation_type %}
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Renders the status according to the score of various choices.
Override template: 'valuate/status.html' for modifying the look.

{% get_valuate ajax_fields of object for valuation_type as variable %}
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Get the fields as dictionary required for an ajax post request in the context
or directly.
Variables available:
For post request: 'content_type','object_pk', 'choice' (to be selected
by user, can have an initial value if user has already submitted once)
'choices': dictionary of choices for user to provide the 'value' data.
'target': target for the request.
'vtype'": the valuation type.
On a successfull request, true will be retuned.
If you are not using a popular javascript liberary, pass on a POST
variable with name `ajax` and a `true` value.

{% get_valuate form of object for valuation_type as variable %}
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Gets the valuation form in context or directly.
User `form_name.target` to access the target for the post request.

{% get_valuate score of object for valuation_type as variable %}
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The average score of the object using the corresponding values
of chioces.

{% get_valuate choice_count of object for_chioce choice_name for valuation_type as variable %}
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Returns the score count for a perticular choice of an object. Choice
should be provided with quotes (as string).

*The `for valuation_type` and `as variable` are optional arguments*

And Thats it!