jQuery Star Rating plugin for Rails

Simple integration of jQuery Star Rating plugin into the asset pipeline.

The original jQuery plugin is http://www.fyneworks.com/jquery/star-rating/

Install

Install with

gem install jquery-star-rating-rails

or in your Gemfile

gem 'jquery-star-rating-rails'

Requirements

Requires Rails 3.1 and higher

Usage

In your application.js javascript file include the following

//= require jquery-star-rating

and if you want support for split/partial star ratings

//= require jquery.MetaData 

and in your application.css stylesheet

*= require jquery-star-rating

In your view (e.g. new.html.erb) add the "star" class to your radio buttons:

<%= f.label :rating, "Rating" %>

<%= f.radio_button :rating, "1", :class => "star" %>
<%= f.radio_button :rating, "2", :class => "star" %>
<%= f.radio_button :rating, "3", :class => "star" %>
<%= f.radio_button :rating, "4", :class => "star" %>
<%= f.radio_button :rating, "5", :class => "star" %>

or like this:

 <% (1..5).each do |i| %>
	 <%= radio_button_tag(name, value, checked?, :class => "star") %>
<% end %>

<% (1..5).each do |i| %>
	 <%= f.radio_button :rating, i, :class => "star" %>
<% end %>

Changelog

v0.0.1

• NEW: added jquery star rating plugin, use require jquery-star-rating to require javascript and require jquery-star-rating to require stylesheet.