Here’s a new plugin called wlk_helpful. I just finished the installation portion of the plugin this evening (auto-creation of the database tables).

This is a Textpattern article rating plugin that allows users to give a thumbs up or down (yes/no, plus/minus) to an article. There is also a function that you can then use to then display a list of the most popular (positive rating) or least popular (negative rating) articles.

You can download it here. There’s also a javascript file you’ll need to make it work that can be downloaded here

This particular plugin makes liberal use of jQuery (included in your Textpattern 4.0.5 directory) to make it work well using ajax queries. Also, because of some extra work I put in on this one, you can place in an article form that shows up in, say, a list and it will still work just fine.

Just make sure you follow the installation directions which include the creation of the page that will accept the ajax requests.

Big ups to Jon Greene & Josh Minnich for helping me out on this one.