# Rating, hit count & Popularity

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rating-hit-count-popularity/119526>\
**Category:** Radiant CMS\
**Created:** [November 7, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rating-hit-count-popularity/119526 "2007-11-07T19:00:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rating-hit-count-popularity/119526/1 "2007-11-07T19:00:13Z")

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Hi! I’m thinking of adding popularity ratings to the content on my  
site. Basically, there are 2 metrics that I’m thinking of.

The first is the ability to rate the content - and then, find the  
highest rated articles.  
The second is to maintain a page hit count and find the most viewed  
content.

Any ideas or suggestions? Any plugins/ extensions to recommend?

Thanks,  
Mohit.  
11/8/2007 | 1:59 AM.

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rating-hit-count-popularity/119526/2 "2007-11-07T19:13:40Z")

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I’ve laid down the basic structure for a rails plugin  
(acts\_as\_starrable) that does what you need.

Unfortunately it’s not ready yet, so if you have a bit of patience you  
can contact me next week and I’ll hopefully be more helpful 🙂

2007/11/7, Mohit S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rating-hit-count-popularity/119526/3 "2008-01-28T16:58:39Z")

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Giovanni I. wrote:

> I’ve laid down the basic structure for a rails plugin  
> (acts\_as\_starrable) that does what you need.
> 
> Unfortunately it’s not ready yet, so if you have a bit of patience you  
> can contact me next week and I’ll hopefully be more helpful 🙂

Hi Giovanni,

I was just looking through my emails and realized that it’s been more  
than a week (since Nov 2007) - so, I thought I’d ping you up to see if  
this ever got released 🙂

Cheers,  
Mohit.  
1/28/2008 | 11:58 PM.

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rating-hit-count-popularity/119526/4 "2007-11-07T19:29:27Z")

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Giovanni I. wrote:

> I’ve laid down the basic structure for a rails plugin  
> (acts\_as\_starrable) that does what you need.
> 
> Unfortunately it’s not ready yet, so if you have a bit of patience you  
> can contact me next week and I’ll hopefully be more helpful 🙂

Thanks Giovanni,

I have patience - there’s plenty more to do on my site, and since it’s a  
voluntary site for a community, I don’t have “client pressures” to  
meet! Do announce to us if it’s working out well (and I’ll bug you a  
bit again at the end of next week).

Cheers,  
Mohit.  
11/8/2007 | 2:28 AM.