how do i *force* a user to rate when submitting a reply?

what template do i edit, and what do i change in order to force a user to select a rating for when they reply to a thread?

[Admin]

...and I also don't know how to do that.

[212rikanmofo]

<script language="javascript">
<!--
var postmaxchars = $postmaxchars;
function validate(theform) {
	if (theform.message.value=="") {
		alert("Please complete the message field.");
		return false; }
	if (postmaxchars != 0) {
		if (theform.message.value.length > $postmaxchars) {
			alert("Your message is too long.\n\nReduce your message to $postmaxchars characters.\nIt is currently "+theform.message.value.length+" characters long.");
			return false; }
		else { return true; }
	} else { return true; }
}
function checklength(theform) {
	if (postmaxchars != 0) { message = "\nThe maximum permitted length is $postmaxchars characters."; }
	else { message = ""; }
	alert("Your message is "+theform.message.value.length+" characters long."+message);
}
//-->
</script>

i know it has something to do with this part of the newreply template, the thing is i don't know how to add it in, it checks to see if the user has selected a rating or not, and if not, it will pop up a window to tell him to please rate the thread, if not it wont submit the post.... thats what im looking for.... anyone know how to edit this part to do that?

[Atian]

shoulnt you just make something like

if $action=no_rating 
popup=<var=popup message=Please select a rating!>
else {
else if $rating $selected
echo <p>thanks,you will now be taken to the index</p> ;

i think im wrong,i really dont know,i thnik its something liek that...