Based on comments from a few members (and mainly biocyberman) I've added a second rating option to the script. This option allows for posts to be voted on from 1 to 10 rather than just being marked as "helpful or not helpful".
The ten point scale is an optional feature which is enabled globally (either you use one or the other). There are a few features that won't work with the ten point scale including the profile stats, the no negative option and others. However there are also some new features with the ten point scale.
I encourage you to try this out on a test site (or your live site if you're looking to switch over) and give me your feedback.
To remove all previous votes (required if changing methods) run the queries:
Code:
UPDATE post SET goodrank = '', totalrank = '';
DELETE FROM helpfulanswer;
If you use table prefixes be sure to include that as well.
Note: This is in beta and while it works fine on my system I'm leaving 1.4.2 as the official version until I get some feedback on how this works.
Second Note: To get this done I used numbers (1 2 3 4 5....) for rankings rather than stars. I will be looking into adding a simple star image in the future and encourage suggestions on that image.