Rate and Comment based on usergroup?

Hello, is there anyway to make different access to rating and comment?

for example:
user that is "Administrator" can rate and comment/review
user that is "Registered" user can only rate but cannot comment/review [their vote still count]

Hello,
Don't think that there is an option to do that, so the solution will probably be to :
- Go to "Hikashop->Display->Views"
- Edit the "form" file of the "vote" view of your front-end template
- Change that line :

  <p class="hikashop_form_comment ui-corner-top"><?php echo JText::_('HIKASHOP_LET_A_COMMENT'); ?></p>

<?php
$my = JFactory::getUser();

jimport('joomla.access.access');
$config =& hikashop_config();
$userGroups = JAccess::getGroupsByUser($my->id, (bool)$config->get('inherit_parent_group_access'));//$my->authorisedLevels();

if(!empty($userGroups)){
  foreach($userGroups as $userGroup){
    if($userGroup == YourGroupID){
?>
  <p class="hikashop_form_comment ui-corner-top"><?php echo JText::_('HIKASHOP_LET_A_COMMENT'); ?></p>

<?php
}
?>

<?php
}
   }
  }
}
?>

Thank You.

The code will make validate whether it's administrator or normal user right?
and hide/show the comment textbox right?
but how if comments and vote connected? The empty comment validation will prevent normal user to vote

any suggestion?

That code will only hide the comment text area and submit button for users which are not from the user group that you have set through the YourGroupID variable.
Isn't it what you wanted ?

Hi,
I try to follow your instruction but I don't where is the code
<?php
}
?>
=> I find two and reply by your sugguested code but the page still load error