i understand that for any given listing there can be two types of ratings: 1) visitor/guest rating, and 2) member rating.

a login shouldn't be necessary for the visitor rating, correct?

the problem i'm running into is my site is asking for a login whenever i click the link to rate as a visitor. if i do login, it accepts the rating and updates the database.

however if i go back and rate as a member (while logged in), it accepts that rating too, and it is clear that both ratings are for different databases (one is a visitor rating and the other is a member rating).

how can i make it so that a login is not necessary for a visitor rating? here is what i mean:

http://www.fatscripts.com/Popular/

see how there are two ratings - one for visitor and one for member?

thank you in advance.. i'm a little stuck on this
-simon
http://www.fatscripts.com