[this post needs to be reformatted and elaborated on, but for now here are the links that helped me get both AUTHOR and RATING rich snippets working on my blog ]

VERY nice info on configuring GD Star Rating

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/add-rich-snippets-reviews-wordpress-blog/

Good general overview of the task at hand and all the related info

http://yoast.com/rich-snippets-everywhere/

http://www.sakthiganesh.com/integrating-google-rich-snippets-wordpress

http://wpprobusiness.com/4390/add-rich-snippets-wordpress/

How to test to see if your rich snippets are formatted correctly and visible to Google

http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets

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