Star Rating Using Select Dropdown Box

by bizamajig

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.jhwebdesigner.com/rating-system/rating-system/rating_simple.css">
<select name="my_input" id="rating_simple">
    <option value="0" selected="selected"></option>
    <option value="1">Poor</option>
    <option value="2">Below Average</option>
    <option value="3">Average</option>
    <option value="4">Good</option>
    <option value="5">Excellent</option>
</select>

JavaScript

(function (a) {
    a.fn.webwidget_rating_simple = function (p) {
        var p = p || {};
        var b = p && p.rating_star_length ? p.rating_star_length : "5";
        var c = p && p.rating_function_name ? p.rating_function_name : "";
        var e = p && p.rating_initial_value ? p.rating_initial_value : "";
        var d = p && p.directory ? p.directory : "images";
        var f = "";
        var g = a(this);
        b = parseInt(b);
        init();
        g.next("ul").children("li").hover(function () {
            $(this).parent().children("li").css('background-image', 'url(http://www.jhwebdesigner.com/rating-system/rating-system//nst.gif)');
            var a = $(this).parent().children("li").index($(this));
            $(this).parent().children("li").slice(0, a + 1).css('background-image', 'url(http://www.jhwebdesigner.com/rating-system/rating-system//sth.gif)')
        }, function () {});
        g.next("ul").children("li").click(function () {
            var a = $(this).parent().children("li").index($(this));
            f = a + 1;
            g.val(f);
            if (c != "") {
                eval(c + "(" + g.val() + ")")
            }
        });
        g.next("ul").hover(function () {}, function () {
            if (f == "") {
                $(this).children("li").css('background-image', 'url(http://www.jhwebdesigner.com/rating-system/rating-system//nst.gif)')
            } else {
                $(this).children("li").css('background-image', 'url(http://www.jhwebdesigner.com/rating-system/rating-system//nst.gif)');
                $(this).children("li").slice(0, f).css('background-image', 'url(http://www.jhwebdesigner.com/rating-system/rating-system//sth.gif)')
            }
        });

        function init() {
            $('<div style="clear:both;"></div>').insertAfter(g);
            g.css("float", "left");
            var a = $("<ul>");
            a.attr("class", "webwidget_rating_simple");
            for (var i = 1; i <= b; i++) {
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