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Alright, I need to figure out a way to make it so that people can rate an article when they view it... I need to find out how to script it so that it doesn't allow the same ip address to vote more than once and I need to figure out how to keep a running total of the rating and number of votes...
Don't use an IP Address, many users behind a firewall would appear with the same IP. Dial-up accounts often reassign IP's next time the person dials in.
You need to look at cookies/sessions or something like that.