To those who follow such matters, i have uploaded my dissertation proposal (click here), which i hope to defend in the upcoming weeks...
Feel free to critique my work, rate this blog (based on my work), etc.
Enjoy.
This is just a preliminary blog entry to post the code for two new plug-ins for Elgg. Of course, i am aware that Elgg goes live with version 1.0 in a matter of weeks, but for those interested in using the plug-in with older versions of Elgg, here is the code. In the upcoming weeks, i plan to release the code on the Elgg open source community.
rate_my_blog plug-in (click for src code)
1. Rate Blogs on a 5-star scale
Provides Elgg users with the capability to rate other blog posts
* Users must be logged into the site
* Users cannot rate their own images
2. View Ratings
Provides Elgg users with the capability to view how others have rated blogs across the site
* Users do not need to be logged into the site to view blog ratings
recommender plug-in (click for src code)
1. Requires rate_my_blog plug-in
2. Provides recommendations with the recommendation plug-in
3. Uses Pearson's constrained correlation coefficient to determine strength of recommendation
