Creating a Content Rater
Great article by Scott Mitchell.
Introduction
If you ever read an article on Microsoft's MSDN Web site, such as my article An Extensive Examination of User Controls, you'll notice that at the bottom of the article there's an interface for the reader to rate the content. (See the screenshot to the right.) Specifically, the user can rate the quality of the article on a scale from 1 to 9, with 1 being Poor, and 9 being Outstanding. In addition to affixing a numerical rating of the article, the reader can also provide optional comments in a textbox. Also included is a graph showing how other readers have rated the article. (CoDe Magazine's Web site uses a similar content rating system.)
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