[OzzModz] Reviews

[ozzy47]

Another mod brought to you by,
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2015/01/1.png


First off this mod, [Chris] Reviews (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=298223), has been taken over by me. It did belong to Christos Teriakis (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=443531). He has since given me full rights to the mod, so I am releasing it here. Only thing I have changed as of yet is the title, so it is basically the same mod.To upgrade from that mod is the same as any other time, unzip the files, load them to your server, overwriting the old files, then import the new xml. Please remember, this mod is as new to me as anyone installing it, so we are both on a learning curve. :)


1.- What's this mod?

It's better to say what it is NOT :). It is a Reviews system for those admins who want to review one type of items (eg Games, Books, Autos etc) and only one group of rating questions is acceptable for them. With the help of extra fields and a bit works from your side to configure it, you can have a very good reviews section in your site.
Supports unlimited categories.
You can set the word that will be use in the pages to identify the type of your reviews (eg Game - Games, Book - Books etc).
Supports Extra fields (but not searchable).
Supports one group of rating questions (but unlimited questions).
Supports users' reviews and overall rating.
Supports Headline, review text, positive points, negative points.
Supports Product photos or YouTube video if exists.
Has PM templates for:
PM user when admin approves his Review.
PM user when admin rejects Review.
Reviewer can temporary hide the review and a later time he can activate it again.
There are listings for:
Category Reviews.
Time-frame (What's New) Reviews.
User Reviews.
Search Results.
In view Review page the visitor can also see:
Editor Rating.
Community Rating.
Lowest Rating.
Highest Rating.
Editor other reviews on sidebar.
In all pages there are available the follow blocks having the appearance of widgets:
Category Menu.
Search Form.
Statistics.
Top Editor Products (Games, Books, etc).
Top Community Products.
New Reviews.
New Community Ratings.
RSS Feeds for latest 10 reviews.
Facebook Like Advanced (Shows users who liked a review).
ver.1.1.0 Added a setting to allow or not Audio files (in case that you want to review music). Default is OFF. If you turn on then the users can hear the audio file with the included (simple) audio player.2.- Installation
Download and unzip the files.
Upload the content of upload folder to the directory where your vB installation is. To be sure: reviews.php must be on the same directory as global.php, forum.php etc.
CMOD 777 the directories:
christeris/reviews/photos
christeris/reviews/photos/thumbs
christeris/reviews/photos/tmp
Go to ACP --> Plugins & Products --> Manage Products, and import product-reviews.xml.
Set the various settings in Reviews --> General Options.
Set usergroup permissions.
Check and modify Pm templates, Reviews --> PM Templates.
Set Categories, Reviews --> Reviews Categories.
Set Extra Fields, Reviews --> Review Extra Fields (in case that you want them).
Set Rating Questions, Reviews --> Rating Questions.
*** ATTENTION *** Double check that rating questins are ok before starting adding reviews. After the first review you CAN'T Add/Edit/Delete questions.
3.- SEO URLs
If you're using vbSeo open the file Reviews_vBSEO_Custom_Rewrite_Rules.txt and add them to your vbSeo installation.
If you're using .htaccasse file copy the contents of htaccess.txt and add it to your current .htaccess files. If you don't have such file and your server is compatible with such files, upload htaccess.txt to your vB directory and rename it to: .htaccess.4.- CMS Widget / Forum Sidebar block for Latest Reviews
Pre-Installation:
Shows latest 5 Reviews. If you want to change the number to another value change at 1st line: $maxreviews = 5;
Installation as CMS Widget
Goto Admincp-> vBulletin CMS-> Widgets.
Click "Create New Widget" at the list bottom.
Set Widget Type: PHP Direct Execution.
Give a Title which appears at the widget. eg Last Reviews, or.. Last 5 Reviews etc.
Click SAVE.
Find in the list the new widget and click configure at the right side.
Replace the example code, with the code from Widget_Block_Latest_Reviews.txt.
Click Save.
Goto Layout and add it in any section you want.
Click Save (Layout).
Installation as Forum sidebar Block
Goto Admincp-> Forums & Moderators -> Forum Block Manager.
Click Add Block.
In the next screen "Select block type: Custom HTML/PHP.
Click Continue.
Title: Latest Reviews.
Content Type: PHP.
Content: Copy & Paste the code from Widget_Block_Latest_Reviews.txt.
Click Save. The block will be now visible to your forum sidebar. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

If you like this mod please hit the https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2015/08/1.png button to the right ---->

Please remember to click the, https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2015/08/2.png button to the right if you installed the mod ---->

What does 'Marking As Installed' do ?

* It helps you to stay on top of updates - members who have installed modifications will be notified whenever new updates are available.

* For security issues - vbulletin.org will contact all members who have installed a modification whenever a security issue is brought to their attention.

* Marking a modification as installed also helps me know how many people are using my work, giving me extra incentive to provide more features and new modifications.

I appreciate the support!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

v1.4.0 Initial release.

v1.4.1 Fixed the following errors, Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in ..../reviews_usercp.php on line 695 AND Warning: Division by zero in ..../reviews_usercp.php on line 706

v1.4.2
Patched some vulnerability's that was found in the mod. No sites were affected by this, it was just found by a user and now is patched.

v1.4.3
Patched some more vulnerability's that were found in the mod, during the security check. No sites were affected by these, they were just found and patched.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Contributions Received (members who clicked on, and followed through with the Support Developer button)

jjohns12 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=516790)


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ozzy47]

Reserved.

[jjohns12]

Thats Great I use this mod and its great you picked it up! Is there a chance you will take over his Classifieds to.

Can't wait to see what you will improve on in this!:)

[ozzy47]

Yes I will be picking up on that too, but I have to pace myself on the releases, as all these mods are new to me.

Thanks for marking as installed. :)

[tbworld]

Thanks for undertaking this @Ozzy47. This should keep you busy. :)

[ozzy47]

Yeah I have about 20 mods to do now. :)

[Mariner1]

Great mod,thank you.
One problem though.Ive installed it on vb 4.2.2..Ive done a couple of test posts and when approving a review i get

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in ..../reviews_usercp.php on line 695

Warning: Division by zero in ..../reviews_usercp.php on line 706

The review still posts though

[ozzy47]

Ok I will check it out as soon as I have a chance. What is it you were doing to trigger those errors?
What version of php and vBulletin are you running?

[Mariner1]

Hi Ozzy

Im using vbulletin 4.2.2 and php 5.3
I was approving a test review i made when i get the errors

[ozzy47]

Ok load this file to your forum root, overwriting the one that is there and see if you still get the error.

[qpurser]

Thanks for taking this mod in your hands.
I noticed some cosmetic issues which I could post later but for now the biggest issue I have is when a user want to write his review to an already posted review and clicks on the "write a review" image it ends up with a blank page.
Noticed the image links to (replaced my domain name with mydomain.com): http://mydomain.com/V4backup/forums/#

[ozzy47]

I'll have to set up a testing environment and see if I am able to replicate that, I will try to get that done as soon as I have a chance.

[Mariner1]

ok ive tried that and i get this now when approving

Invalid argument supplied for foreach() ..../reviews_usercp.php on line 695

[ozzy47]

ok ive tried that and i get this now when approving

Invalid argument supplied for foreach() ..../reviews_usercp.php on line 695

Ok I will check on that also, gonna be a bit though, I am kinda backlogged at the moment.

[Mariner1]

no worries,thanks for looking into it

[ozzy47]

Actually try that file one more time please, with this one.

[ozzy47]

New version is available.

v1.4.1 Fixed the following errors, Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in ..../reviews_usercp.php on line 695 AND Warning: Division by zero in ..../reviews_usercp.php on line 706

[jjohns12]

Thanks for the fix! I upgraded to VB 4.22 and works so far

I ran into one big issue for me I forgot about his Classifieds :mad: and now i am getting

Warning: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in ..../christeris/classifieds/includes/functions.php on line 1166

and the css on Post Classifieds pages for sale and wanted etc will not display correct.

I know this is not the place this but have know way to contact you.

Thanks

[ozzy47]

Is that this mod that causes issues with classifieds, or does it happen on it's own?

[jjohns12]

Seems to be with the Classifieds only I do know when I orig tried to upgrade VB I had both Classifieds and the reviews spit out a errors but all seems fine with reviews what ever you fixed with it. I had errors with other mods that have been fixed now. I like this mod and need to get it back up and running.

Vb packaged panjo Classifieds with the upgraded version of 4.22 and had to uninstall it due to both use classifieds.php and reinstalled your future release of his Classifieds

[ozzy47]

Yeah the classifieds mod is next on my to do list, but I need to change quite a few things so it don't get overwritten by the panjo mod.

For now you can edit that file, look for this line:
$parser =& new vB_BbCodeParser($vbulletin, fetch_tag_list());

And change it to this:
$parser = new vB_BbCodeParser($vbulletin, fetch_tag_list());

BTW, thanks for the donation, it is much appreciated. :)

[jjohns12]

Again Thank you!
All working with edit Your the man!

css all cleared up also.

THANKS

P.S. Your welcome!

[ozzy47]

Not a problem, glad to help. I should have Classifieds released within the next week.

[Lustikus]

Very good mod, installed!

For future improvements: community want to rate grafics, music, style as well. In the same way as the Editor. Maybe this will be part in upcoming versions :-)

[Lustikus]

i cant use your rss feed, it is probably a good idea to post new reviews to own forums...

Reviews XML-Fehler: Invalid character in row 18

[RPSmedia]

I don't see where the member (or myself) can add a new review? Looks great so far!

[ozzy47]

I don't see where the member (or myself) can add a new review? Looks great so far!

Click on the Reviews Tab in the navbar. Make sure you have set up usergroup permissions in Usergroup Manager.

[ozzy47]

i cant use your rss feed, it is probably a good idea to post new reviews to own forums...

What was it you did to produce that error?

[Lustikus]

tried to setup a new rss feed in vbulletin

http://www.xo-forum.de/reviews.php?do=feeds

[ozzy47]

The feed looks ok to me, I see 10 reviews in that feed.

[Lustikus]

The feed looks ok to me, I see 10 reviews in that feed.

but i cant post the feed in vbulletin forums, but it could be a problem with the board as well:erm:

[ozzy47]

I have your feed set up on my test forum, we'll see what happens.

[ozzy47]

Hmmm I see the error, but it is a different line number, I have no clue why it would not work. I will have to do some research on it.

[bosanci28]

I am trying to install and test this, looking at the info instructions it say: reviews.php must be in same directory as : global.php,forum.php ! , i do have in root global.php and the reviews.php is there also , but do not have the forum.php there is this okay? with only the global file?
Thanks.

[RPSmedia]

I'm on the reviews.php page and I setup the admin usergroup to yes on all the reviews permissions but I still don't see where you can add a review?

[ozzy47]

I am trying to install and test this, looking at the info instructions it say: reviews.php must be in same directory as : global.php,forum.php ! , i do have in root global.php and the reviews.php is there also , but do not have the forum.php there is this okay? with only the global file?
Thanks.

There should be a forum.php in there, that is what your forum uses. What about activity.php, ajax.php

[ozzy47]

I'm on the reviews.php page and I setup the admin usergroup to yes on all the reviews permissions but I still don't see where you can add a review?

Did you also follow these steps?


Set Categories, Reviews --> Reviews Categories.
Set Extra Fields, Reviews --> Review Extra Fields (in case that you want them).
Set Rating Questions, Reviews --> Rating Questions.

[bosanci28]

There should be a forum.php in there, that is what your forum uses. What about activity.php, ajax.php
Hi, I don't have forum.php , i think if i remeber , i rename it from forum.php to index.php ... i think when some comes to our forum to go straight to index...

I see in my root , i do have a index.php_old so that meants i did rename the forum.php.

As for activity.php, ajax.php , yes they are in root.

I have installed the mod ,but looks like is not showing the info! only the title, no picture,youtube links...hmm

link here (http://www.wsogroupbuy.com/reviews.php?do=viewreview&reviewid=1).

Also i need to change that word: "Game" with something else.(
About this Game)(Game Link:)

Thank you.

(If you want to check i think you have an user name at my forum? ozzy22?)

[RPSmedia]

Did you also follow these steps?


Set Categories, Reviews --> Reviews Categories.
Set Extra Fields, Reviews --> Review Extra Fields (in case that you want them).
Set Rating Questions, Reviews --> Rating Questions.

Yes, I did those things.

[ozzy47]

Yes, I did those things.

Link to the site please.

[RPSmedia]

PM'd you

[ozzy47]

RPSmedia's issue is with the custom style not the mod, it works fine on the default style.

[ozzy47]

Hi, I don't have forum.php , i think if i remeber , i rename it from forum.php to index.php ... i think when some comes to our forum to go straight to index...

I see in my root , i do have a index.php_old so that meants i did rename the forum.php.

As for activity.php, ajax.php , yes they are in root.

I have installed the mod ,but looks like is not showing the info! only the title, no picture,youtube links...hmm

link here (http://www.wsogroupbuy.com/reviews.php?do=viewreview&reviewid=1).

Also i need to change that word: "Game" with something else.(
About this Game)(Game Link:)

Thank you.

(If you want to check i think you have an user name at my forum? ozzy22?)

For the videos to show up, you need to get the embeded url to the video which looks something like this:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/nkN7hfIoy8U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

All you need to enter from that into the YouTUBE video field is the following from the above:
//www.youtube.com/embed/nkN7hfIoy8U

[bosanci28]

Yes,works now,the youtube link ! i missed this part "/embed/" but now all okay!

Thank you for your help!

[ozzy47]

Not a problem, glad to help. :)

[ozzy47]

i cant use your rss feed, it is probably a good idea to post new reviews to own forums...

I figured out the issue with the rss feeds, you need to set the perms in the usergroup, Unregistered / Not Logged In,set the option, Can use Reviews? to Yes

[mwilson]

I like so far, Have not gone live with it yet, there are some things on my wish list.

The "Reviews Statistics" in the Left sidebar - This seems to be information of all of the reviews in the database? I would like to be able to have a sidebar box like this with statistics for the "category" currently being displayed.

Food for thought... Thanks for your efforts

Mike

[ozzy47]

I like so far, Have not gone live with it yet, there are some things on my wish list.

The "Reviews Statistics" in the Left sidebar - This seems to be information of all of the reviews in the database? I would like to be able to have a sidebar box like this with statistics for the "category" currently being displayed.

Food for thought... Thanks for your efforts

Mike

I will take it into consideration for future versions.

Don't forget to mark as installed if you are using it. :)

[Lustikus]

I figured out the issue with the rss feeds, you need to set the perms in the usergroup, Unregistered / Not Logged In,set the option, Can use Reviews? to Yes

does it work for you? Permissions are set to yes for all usergroups, but that makes no difference for me....I still get the same error message:(

[ozzy47]

Yes I was able to have my reviews post into a forum on my test site, the error I was getting before went away. I did not try on your site.

[bosanci28]

Other question for you: How to rename the word" Reviews" at main page "Tab" ? Can't figure out where to edit... Thank you.

[ozzy47]

You would rename the tab in the Navigation Manager. :)

[bosanci28]

Hmm,i did not know about those settings there! thank you!

[ozzy47]

Not a problem, glad to help. :)

[Andy.H]

We're currently testing this on our forum to see if it meets our needs. So far it's working without incident... nice work so far :D

Is there a way to allow images in the body of the review as you would in a normal forum post, I.e. using image tags or similar? We run a car forum, someone reviewing say, a car wax for example might want to place a photo of their end results in the body of the review for people to see. I looked in the settings, but I couldn't see an obvious setting to allow this.

Also, unless I'm going crackers, I can't see a way for mods/admin to edit a review after it's been approved and posted?

Many thanks :)

[ozzy47]

I don't know how difficult it would be to add a image in the body, but I can see at some point.

Your not going crackers, I don't see a way to edit the review either, I'll have to see about adding it in there, as I think that may be a important feature.

[Spangle]

Great to see that some one has taken up the baton on this one, and kept it free.

I disabled this when Chris left VB.org good to know that DB haven't got hold of it, and would charge the earth for a lite version of what is a great MOD.

Will be re-installing for book and Video reviews.

[ozzy47]

If you still have the old mod installed, you can just upload the files, and import the XML, and should not have any loss of information.

Don't forget to mark as installed. :)

[Spangle]

I'm getting this database error when I try to upload the XML install file

Database error in vBulletin 4.2.2:

Invalid SQL:
ALTER TABLE usergroup ADD reviews INT( 10 ) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL;

MySQL Error : Duplicate column name 'reviews'
Error Number : 1060
Request Date : Sunday, November 17th 2013 @ 01:52:15 PM
Error Date : Sunday, November 17th 2013 @ 01:52:15 PM
Script : http://www.footballlounge.net/admincp/plugin.php?do=productimport
Referrer : http://www.footballlounge.net/admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd
IP Address : 86.178.72.43
Username : Condor
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.5.32-cll

[ozzy47]

I'm getting this database error when I try to upload the XML install file

Database error in vBulletin 4.2.2:

Invalid SQL:
ALTER TABLE usergroup ADD reviews INT( 10 ) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL;

MySQL Error : Duplicate column name 'reviews'
Error Number : 1060
Request Date : Sunday, November 17th 2013 @ 01:52:15 PM
Error Date : Sunday, November 17th 2013 @ 01:52:15 PM
Script : http://www.footballlounge.net/admincp/plugin.php?do=productimport
Referrer : http://www.footballlounge.net/admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd
IP Address : 86.178.72.43
Username : Condor
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.5.32-cll

Download the zip again, and re import the new XML, I have suppressed the errors. Don't forget to mark as installed. :)

[Spangle]

Download the zip again, and re import the new XML, I have suppressed the errors. Don't forget to mark as installed. :)

Many thanks, that fixed it.

Marked as installed

[ozzy47]

Good deal, glad that fixed it up. :) Thanks for marking as installed.

[Toorak Times]

Hi Ozzie, have had Chris' mods for a while, glad I checked in. Having trouble with Rating Questions, I can see no way to add them in admincp http://www.tooraktimes.com.au/reviews.php

I have upload your files, check chmod and imported and overwrote xml,
Thanks for taking these on

[ozzy47]

Do you have any reviews added yet?

[Toorak Times]

Yeah, I think I blew the upgrade though, I'll get back to you, cheers

[ozzy47]

Since you have reviews already, you can not add any questions.

2.- Installation
Download and unzip the files.
Upload the content of upload folder to the directory where your vB installation is. To be sure: reviews.php must be on the same directory as global.php, forum.php etc.
CMOD 777 the directories:
christeris/reviews/photos
christeris/reviews/photos/thumbs
christeris/reviews/photos/tmp
Go to ACP --> Plugins & Products --> Manage Products, and import product-reviews.xml.
Set the various settings in Reviews --> General Options.
Set usergroup permissions.
Check and modify Pm templates, Reviews --> PM Templates.
Set Categories, Reviews --> Reviews Categories.
Set Extra Fields, Reviews --> Review Extra Fields (in case that you want them).
Set Rating Questions, Reviews --> Rating Questions.
*** ATTENTION *** Double check that rating questins are ok before starting adding reviews. After the first review you CAN'T Add/Edit/Delete questions.

[Toorak Times]

Yes I do have reviews in there mate...I think I know how I stuffed up. Can I delete the reviews and start agian I only have 5?

[ozzy47]

Yeah then unfortunately you can not add any questions.

[Toorak Times]

So totally delete the mod then re install it and start again, too easy I suppose

Thanks for quick response mate

[ozzy47]

Yeah if you are not concerned about loosing your reviews, :)

[Toorak Times]

Cheers mate

[ozzy47]

Not a problem, hope all goes well. :)

[Toorak Times]

Did all that and when uploading 5th question I got a data base error, I tried Don't Bother then went Forget instead and all cool, don't think it likes ( ' ) apostrophes

[ozzy47]

Do you recall the error?

[Toorak Times]

<a href="http://www.tooraktimes.com.au/reviews.php" target="_blank">http://www.tooraktimes.com.au/reviews.php</a>

I stuffed it up again lol, when I got in there I realised it was a lot more complex and every question has a whole 1-10 list of its own. As you can see I'm trying to use it for multi reviews so this question thang needs more thought from my end AND I gotta renistall after deleting again...lol

[ozzy47]

Yeah I don't quite fully get it all yet either, but it seems quite useful once ya get it set right.

[Toorak Times]

It was the (')


Database error in vBulletin 4.2.2:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO reviews_review_questions
SET question = 'Recomm'end',
description = 'Would you tell others about it?',
displayorder='0';

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'end',
description = 'Would you tell others about it?',
' at line 2
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Monday, November 18th 2013 @ 02:24:44 PM
Error Date : Monday, November 18th 2013 @ 02:24:45 PM
Script : http://www.tooraktimes.com.au/admincp/reviews_admin.php?do=questions
Referrer : http://www.tooraktimes.com.au/admincp/reviews_admin.php?do=questions
IP Address : 220.244.250.7
Username : Mick Pacholli (Admin)
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.96-community-log

[ozzy47]

Ok I will see what I can do about that when I get a chance.

[Toorak Times]

Really appreciate you are onto it mate, I love Chris' mods and any development would be awesome.

http://www.tooraktimes.com.au/reviews.php?do=viewreview&reviewid=1

I'd like to change Game link name if possible to site link or sumthin , can I do that?

[ozzy47]

Look in the settings, change Reviw item (Plural) from Game to Review

[Toorak Times]

Thanks

[ozzy47]

Not a problem. :)

[Toorak Times]

My system sent me these whilst I had the db error running, hope they make sense to you.
It is up and running well now mate cheers


Database error in vBulletin 4.2.2:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT * FROM reviews_reviews WHERE active=1 AND status=1 AND logo<>'' ORDER BY postdate DESC LIMIT 5;

MySQL Error : Table 'toorak_dev.reviews_reviews' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Request Date : Monday, November 18th 2013 @ 01:55:48 PM
Error Date : Monday, November 18th 2013 @ 01:55:49 PM
Script : http://www.tooraktimes.com.au/content.php?page=96
Referrer :
IP Address : 123.125.71.44
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

[ozzy47]

Do you have the cms widget running for reviews?

[Toorak Times]

Yes I have http://www.tooraktimes.com.au/content.php

[Toorak Times]

<a href="http://www.tooraktimes.com.au/showthread.php/18641-Historical-Change-at-Leo-s" target="_blank">http://www.tooraktimes.com.au/showth...hange-at-Leo-s</a>

I plugged the RSS into a forum also, a content:encoded feed would be awesome

ps It was working, got one through, I went back to check it and saw this

XML Error: Invalid character at Line 18

Do you want this info as I'm testing it out mate?

[ozzy47]

For this error:
Invalid SQL:
SELECT * FROM reviews_reviews WHERE active=1 AND status=1 AND logo<>'' ORDER BY postdate DESC LIMIT 5;

I suspect it was during the uninstall/install process and a bot hit the page, and triggered the error, I would not worry about it. Cause obviously the table is there, as you are able to add reviews. :)

What happens if you edit the feed, and click on the Preview Feed button?

[Toorak Times]

For this error:
Invalid SQL:
SELECT * FROM reviews_reviews WHERE active=1 AND status=1 AND logo<>'' ORDER BY postdate DESC LIMIT 5;

I suspect it was during the uninstall/install process and a bot hit the page, and triggered the error, I would not worry about it. Cause obviously the table is there, as you are able to add reviews. :)

What happens if you edit the feed, and click on the Preview Feed button?


Preview feed sends unexpected on line 32 - I just noticed there is no rss.php for reviews like the Classifieds to upload anyway so that's probs the issue

[Toorak Times]

XML Error: Invalid character at Line 32

[ozzy47]

The rss for reviews is in the reviews.php file, no separate file like classifieds.

[Unfolded90]

Hey ozzy i noticed this up on every review. How do i remove it?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/11/4.jpg

It happens from vBShout i have it globally on all templates
If i disable Sound Notifications it goes away


Also Unregistered users cannot rate a review.

[ozzy47]

I'm not sure, I'll look into it when I get a chance.

[RPSmedia]

Just like the classifieds, some ideas I'm posting.

1. Can it also have a quick reply box at the bottom or another way for people to know where to add their review. People are so used to seeing the vbulletin style of reply at the bottom they don't know to look at the top or side for the post reply button.

2. Can it have the ability to show how many times its been viewed?

3. I had an issue where it wasn't showing the youtube video and the main picture at the same time.

Thanks again, love your work!

[ozzy47]

Once I have the time to work on a full feature update, I will look into the possibility of those. :)

[RPSmedia]

Awesome, make it a premium and I'll pay! :)

[ozzy47]

It's not going to be right away. I am about to launch my site, and have a couple of mods to release.

Then the next thing would be any major bugs to fix, then once that is tested by the users, then I can do feature updates.

I hate doing feature updates, when there is bugs, either minor or major, hard to tell if any new bugs that may be introduced are caused by a recent change, or just in the newly added features. :)

[mort2412]

In the drop down menu's for the reviews numbers 1 to 10, where can add an extra one to them so I can have 0 - 10? and edit the names like 'masterpiece' etc

Thanks

[ozzy47]

I don't believe you can change the numbers at this time.

As for the names, search for them in Phrase Manager. :)

[mort2412]

ok thx ozzy, was hoping there was a template i could edit

[ozzy47]

No, it looks like it is done in the javascript.

[RPSmedia]

Was it figured out about RSS? I'm not getting anything to show up on the feed?

[Zighinno]

Hi, it's not compatible with vbulletin 4.1.12?

Thanks

[ozzy47]

It will, other than no navigation Items will show.

[Loversama]

File: reviews_usercp.php
$reviewtext = preg_replace('#\[img\].*?\[/img\]#i', '', $reviewtext);

This is the only thing holding back images as BB Code in the system, it seems like all BB code is possible in the reviews system however image BB was giving the developer a problem so this snippet was added to take it out, Ill look into fixing this ^_______^

Also, my reviews system is super modded, heres my examples:

http://www.sinfulshadows.com/reviews.php

Its still work in progress, but I think it looks awesome ;o

[RPSmedia]

File: reviews_usercp.php
$reviewtext = preg_replace('#\[img\].*?\[/img\]#i', '', $reviewtext);

This is the only thing holding back images as BB Code in the system, it seems like all BB code is possible in the reviews system however image BB was giving the developer a problem so this snippet was added to take it out, Ill look into fixing this ^_______^

Also, my reviews system is super modded, heres my examples:

http://www.sinfulshadows.com/reviews.php

Its still work in progress, but I think it looks awesome ;o

Yours is very nice!!!!

[RPSmedia]

It would be nice if you could add more pictures to the reviews like you could with the classifieds.

[ozzy47]

I'll check it out when I am doing the next feature update. :)

[RPSmedia]

Please let us know when you are ready to do feature updates..I have a few ideas for you :)

[fallen1087]

ozzy74 Nice MOD ..Installed!

Going now to Check how its works :D

[fallen1087]

cant add photo i just see this on photo field when i write review :

Select a Photo that best shows the review that you are selling. Don't forget that a photo is worth of 1,000 words!!

and next after it is youtube video field....

P.S. Ah ye I Find where is Button to Browse For Photo is in top of site on left corner ..so is near my logo...its possible to fix it?

[Jurg]

Just installed, and it looks a very good system. Just a couple of quick queries:

The keywords, publisher and item URL fields are not applicable to the way I want to use this add-on. They appear to be hard-coded into the product, with no option to remove them. Is it possible to easily remove these fields from the user interface?

Also it would be useful if the extra fields could be moved below the main text field, or below the positive and negative points. Can this be done easily?

Many thanks,

John

[ozzy47]

I will look into the code when I have a free moment. Thanks for marking as installed. :)

[goxy63]

This looks awesome :eek:
Will install ASAP, would like to see some ironing of this mod, this can have huge potential I think.

Thank you

[ozzy47]

Glad ya like it, and thanks for marking as installed. :)

[RPSmedia]

are you going to be doing a pro version? There are a few tweaks this one needs to make it the best out there and I'm willing to pay for it to help it get done faster. :)

[ozzy47]

I might, I have not come to that bridge as of yet though.

[dizzynation]

Downloading and Installing - Could be a good one for Filmmaker Forum

[ozzy47]

Yeah it just might fit. Thanks for marking as installed. :)

[RPSmedia]

Ozzy, were you able to look into the htaccess problem where it's not working with vbseo?

[ozzy47]

I have had no luck with that, no one has answered my posts. :(

[dizzynation]

In adminCP this language is a bit confusing -->" Let if NO if you are using vbSEO "

Also, i have a forum called reviews and it is under .org/reviews/ I wonder if that will effect it. Currently since the install I have "Denied All" for the review forum - Will keep you posted. :)

I am using vBSEO with 4.2.1 (fyi)

[RPSmedia]

In adminCP this language is a bit confusing -->" Let if NO if you are using vbSEO "

Also, i have a forum called reviews and it is under .org/reviews/ I wonder if that will effect it. Currently since the install I have "Denied All" for the review forum - Will keep you posted. :)

I am using vBSEO with 4.2.1 (fyi)

do you have it working with vbseo? When I add the vbseo htaccess text into the file it kills the forum.

[dizzynation]

Ozzy, I am not 100% clear on what the Questions/Description is? Can you clearify please :) - Also, seems a bit harsh to not be able to delete them, so that is why I am asking before I fill in the fields for my test review.

do you have it working with vbseo? When I add the vbseo htaccess text into the file it kills the forum.

Its working so far, I have not added a review yet but I will let you know once I do. Still trying to figure out how to create a review or how others can create reviews. Also, you need to add the ReWrite rules in your VBSEO control panel under "Custom Rewrite Rules"

[ozzy47]

Well the question / description would be what you are asking in the review, as in the screenshot.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=147085&d=1383963273

I did not code the mod, but I suppose it was dome that way so once the questions are generated, they can not be changed at a later time to manipulate the rating.

[RPSmedia]

ok let me try that.

also, I'm not able to add anymore rating questions

[ozzy47]

Yeah as it states in the first post:
*** ATTENTION *** Double check that rating questins are ok before starting adding reviews. After the first review you CAN'T Add/Edit/Delete questions.

When I do get time to look into the mode more, I will see if it is feasible to change that, among other things.

[RPSmedia]

dizzy, I added it to the custom vbseo rewrites and it didn't kill the forum = good stuff.

but, the review url is now seo friendly but when I click on it I get "page not found" and nothing fixes it.

Can you try adding a part and see if it works for you?

[RPSmedia]

Yeah as it states in the first post:
*** ATTENTION *** Double check that rating questins are ok before starting adding reviews. After the first review you CAN'T Add/Edit/Delete questions.

When I do get time to look into the mode more, I will see if it is feasible to change that, among other things.

That. Sucks.

[dizzynation]

You must 'Like' someone else's post before liking any more by ozzy47. :(

thanks for that screenshot, really helped.

So I got everything set, but I cannot find where to start a new review



Can you try adding a part and see if it works for you?

Im down to help, but I am not sure what you mean,

[RPSmedia]

You said " I have not added a review yet but I will let you know once I do" so I was asking if you could add some and see if it worked.

[dizzynation]

You said " I have not added a review yet but I will let you know once I do" so I was asking if you could add some and see if it worked.

Ahhh, lol - Yes of course. Once I figure how to add a review :)

[ozzy47]

:(
So I got everything set, but I cannot find where to start a new review


Did you give yourself the proper permissions in usergroups?

[RPSmedia]

after you give yourself permission in usergroups, look under the navbar

[dizzynation]

Just noticed something: You might have an open <center> tag or <div> ?

Here is footer in Reviews.php
http://www.digipress.us/pics/centar2.png

Here is footer on all anything but reviews
http://www.digipress.us/pics/center.png

[ozzy47]

I have not run across that before, what mod are you using for the footer?

[RPSmedia]

Update on rating questions

I went into phpmyadmin and added questions and it works just fine.

[ozzy47]

Cheater, cheater pumpkin eater. :P

[dizzynation]

Notes:

#1 this is awesome!
#2 will have to change some phrases (easy)
#3 The rewrite rules do not seem to be work, but no broken links

http://www.digipress.us/pics/picpic.png

[ozzy47]

If you could find a way to get the rewrite rules to work, that would be great. I have no idea how to do it, and I have asked a few people, and got no help.

[RPSmedia]

Cheater, cheater pumpkin eater. :P

It's not cheating if it fixes an issue :P (plus I bet it comes back up later)

Now if we could get Ozzy to put a few more tweaks into it this would be amazing

1. ability to upload more pictures
2. embed youtube in the description
3. place for an affiliate link
4. ability to see how many views each review has had

boom! :)

[dizzynation]

I have not run across that before, what mod are you using for the footer?

No Mod, just html added to the footer. Strange that it is only happening with reviews.php - Hey, it could be something on my end, if no one is having an issue then thats cool. Just wanted to keep you updated.

[ozzy47]

I will look into those when I get some time to get deeper into the mod, and do a update.

[ozzy47]

No Mod, just html added to the footer. Strange that it is only happening with reviews.php - Hey, it could be something on my end, if no one is having an issue then thats cool. Just wanted to keep you updated.

Can you PM me the HTML you are using, and I will see if I can replicate it on my dev site?

[Action-N]

If you use the Firefox browser there is a plugin that you can get called "Html Validator 0.9.5" that I've been using to find issues with my code. Bet it could help track down yours as the plugin finds unclosed tags. I would have looked for you, but it was not visible. Anyway I'm sure there is some validator you can find to use easy.

[ozzy47]

I'll have to check that out, thanks for the heads up. :)

[RPSmedia]

I also keep having text spacing issues. After you submit the review, all of the spacing goes away.

[ozzy47]

Hmmm, I'll look into that as well, and see if I can reproduce it.

[RPSmedia]

I've gone in several times and separated the paragraphs each time and when I save it jumbles all together.

[dizzynation]

Ok, so I set my questions for Short films, then I created another category for feature films, which will require different questions, but I do not see an option to add a new question.

[ozzy47]

That is the how the original developer designed it. But what you can do is download the following PHP file, and uploaded it to your admincp directory overwriting the one that is there. That should allow you to do what you need.

Let me know it that works.

[dizzynation]

Thanks!

I have been working on the re-write rules, I have the first one done, and half way on the second.

'^reviews\.php$' => 'reviews.html'
'^reviews\.php\?do=main&catid=(.*)$' => 'reviews/category/[NF]$1'

Just need to get the title of the category in the url - Once I figure out the second, the rest will come easy

[ozzy47]

Great, hopefully you can get it to work properly. I sent you a PM on my site, if you would not mind checking it out.

[RPSmedia]

Hmmm, I'll look into that as well, and see if I can reproduce it.

this is happening for both the reviews and classifieds and I'm starting to get lots of complaints. Hopefully it can be an easy fix.

[ozzy47]

Crud, I guess I got to look into it and see why it is like that. :(

[RPSmedia]

thanks Ozzy, I really appreciate it. Let me know how I can help

[ozzy47]

Ok I think I got it, open the file, reviews.php found in your forum root, and look for the following code:

$templater->register('comment_reviewtext', htmlspecialchars_uni($comment[reviewtext]));

And replace it with this code:

//$templater->register('comment_reviewtext', htmlspecialchars_uni($comment[reviewtext]));
$templater->register('comment_reviewtext', '<pre>'.$comment[reviewtext].'</pre>');

That should get it to work for the time being.

[dizzynation]

That is the how the original developer designed it. But what you can do is download the following PHP file, and uploaded it to your admincp directory overwriting the one that is there. That should allow you to do what you need.

Let me know it that works.

Thats a fix that will make alot of people happy! Well done! It worked!!!!!

[ozzy47]

Cool, glad it worked as intended, and did not add the new questions to the old stuff you had already set up. :)

[dizzynation]

Hey Ozzy,

I am having a hard time finding out how to change the Game phrase. I have searched all templates, and also when viewing the source code it is very difficult to find out which templates are using what.

Anyway, phrases - Any help?

http://www.digipress.us/pics/game.png

Also, adding links to the "game" does not seem to link out correctly, this is the link it produced.

http://www.filmmakerforum.org/www.therecordingmovie.com

[ozzy47]

Ok lets go one by one.

1) About this Game, the About this part is the phrase, reviews_about_this and Game is the setting, Review item (Singular)

2) Publisher should be the phrase, reviews_publisher

3) Game Link, the Game part is the setting, Review item (Singular) and the link is the phrase, reviews_link

[dizzynation]

Which template is the facebook like button in? I am going to add a facebook share as well

[ozzy47]

Should be the template, reviews_view_review

[dizzynation]

Ozzy! I just found out that users (community) can still only see one question when they review. Even though I added more with the php file you gave. I can see all of the questions with I "Post a new review" but comminuty can only see the first one I did before your new file.

Please fix and I and many others would appreciated that!!

[ozzy47]

Were the reviews written before or after you added the new questions?

[dizzynation]

Were the reviews written before or after you added the new questions?

After

[ozzy47]

Ok I will check it out and see what I can come up with.

[ozzy47]

What page are we talking about here? I just added a question, and it shows in Reviewer Rating.

Can you do a screenshot of the area you are talking about?

[dizzynation]

What page are we talking about here? I just added a question, and it shows in Reviewer Rating.

Can you do a screenshot of the area you are talking about?

you have to log in as a regular user, can click on "Write a review" this will go in the "community" ratings. But the new questions do not appear.

[dizzynation]

I have found the issue. I guess community votes can only choose one rating instead of multi questions like the reviewer.

Its looking great so far!

http://www.filmmakerforum.org/reviews.php?do=viewreview&reviewid=5

[ozzy47]

Ahh, I got ya, I thought the questions you were answering when you set up the review were not showing.

Yeah it is a overall review for users that did not set the review up.

[ckgb]

How do I moderate the comments left along with user ratings? Is there a way to delete/edit those?

Thank you

[ozzy47]

I do not believe there is a way to do either of those at this time. :(

[dizzynation]

Ok, just wanted to give you an update. I have made some changes but overall this is going very well.

http://www.filmmakerforum.org/reviews.html

As you can see, it is populating pretty quick.

[ozzy47]

That's good, glad you are having success with it. :)

[ckgb]

Ok, just wanted to give you an update. I have made some changes but overall this is going very well.

http://www.filmmakerforum.org/reviews.html

As you can see, it is populating pretty quick.

Have you ran into a necessity to delete/edit a user comment style rating?

[dizzynation]

Have you ran into a necessity to delete/edit a user comment style rating?

I have not :erm:

[Chickenpotpie]

Very nice!:D Installed to a client bored. I did have to make a few modifications stylewise to fit the skin, but otherwise, does what I was looking for. (I do not have a live copy of it just yet, but test board worked very well) When I'm allowed to go live I'll certainly post a link:)

[insidegames]

Very nice plugin. I'm looking for my new website psn-senioren.de (http://www.psn-senioren.de)

is it possible to change color on right sidebar?

[HotLink]

Interesting mod but:

1. If possible, multiple product review (different questions for different product review) should be added. I believe it would be a nice and useful feature as not all the forums are niche.

2. If there is no moderation option, it should be added. Right now i guess it can be done via phpmyadmin but not everyone can do it safely.

I know you dont really have much time to add new features Chris, but perhaps some day you will implement those.

[Toorak Times]

Hi Ozzy,

Is it possible to drag a bit more content into the widget, like a pic and author?

[majjed2008]

Hello

Can I edited some one reviews : some of them need picture or link to site as admin can i do that ?

Thank you

[ozzy47]

No that ability was not added by the previous developer, it is something I will be looking into for a future version though.

[Chickenpotpie]

Oh btw my clients board is open and they're enjoying the review function.

http://bottlesplit.com/forum/reviews.php

At the moment I'm still styling a few of the pages but it looks great, works even better. When I'm finished with styling the pages I'll share what I did, its pretty easy though.

[Pieper]

As this mod is 'almost similar' to the classifieds mod, would it be hard to add the code/script to attach extra thumbnails like in the classifieds addedit_item ( and view_item) ?

[nrms?]

@ozzy47, good mod... with vb4.1.12 it works...?!

[ozzy47]

It will but you will have to manually add the navigation tab & links.

[goxy63]

How you would set two different set of questions here, I would like to use this on two different things

For example one is movies and another one is food or products that member has purchased....so questions just cant be same....

Just to set categories? I marked this as installed but I am about to do so ... hope it will be simple as that or I will have to think of some universal questions?

Thank you

[ozzy47]

Yes it would have to be universal type questions.

[goxy63]

Is there any chance that this mod gets improved in a way mentioned above, two or more sets of questions?

Thank you

[ozzy47]

Maybe at some point, but I can not say when that would be.

[RPSmedia]

Have there been any updates to it lately?

[ozzy47]

Nope, none recently.

[goxy63]

pardon my intrusion again, but...

Just had time to check all options and what this mod really needs is new way to set questions for different type of things

You just cant set universal questions for music and movies, not to mention [for example] music and food....

Apart this I love this mod, its neat and all functions are just fine

Think this should be one of top 10-20 mods here, I just cant believe only 38 people installed this

Thank you

ps
Nominated for "MOTM"

[ozzy47]

Yes it is in need of some work, when the original developer created it, this is how he visioned it. Hopefully I can do some work to this sometime in the summer.

[londoner]

Thank you for this great mod., this mod only needs delete and edit options, Although these are very very important options, as I can approve a miod that has illegal content (by mistake) and I have no way of deleting it or editing it out, an edit or delete option has to be avaulable for such mod, sorry Uninstalled, but wow this is a great modification, to bad u cant undo anything that goes wrong in a review

[MaLTRaiN]

Hi!!! I have the original mod from Chris and it need something (I told him and he was going to do it, but never did): the option for editing the reviews from admins.

Other thing, should be appreciated if YouTube links were the normal url and not the embed ones. :)

[londoner]

Sorry mate you can edit your entries, from "my reviews", sorry re-installed
I still cant edit other [peoples reviews, but I know how to do it from phpmyadmin so all is good.

thx and installed (again)

[Pieper]

It's possible to edit a users review when using:

yourdomain/reviews_usercp.php?do=addedit&reviewid=x ( x is the number of the review)

[Pieper]

You can edit a users review with the link below:

/reviews_usercp.php?do=addedit&reviewid=x ( where x is the number of the review)

[DreadsUK]

Hi Ozzy,

I've installed this and there is no admin CP 'reviews' box as show in the top left of this image
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=147079&d=1383963245

General options and PM templates are the only accessable options via
Settings > Options

When i go to dreadsuk.com/review.php i get a blank page

[ozzy47]

Are you set to super administrator in config?

[DreadsUK]

Are you set to super administrator in config?

Yes, i'm SA

[ozzy47]

I have seen you have similar issues with other mods, what kind of setup is your server?

[DreadsUK]

I have seen you have similar issues with other mods, what kind of setup is your server?

where would i find this. Is there spacific information i need to know?

thanks

[ozzy47]

I have a feeling you might be installing your mods incorrectly, perhaps read through this article, it may help, https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=201864

[DreadsUK]

I have a feeling you might be installing your mods incorrectly, perhaps read through this article, it may help, https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=201864

ah awesome. thanks mate. I'll study that ;) :thumbsup:

[DreadsUK]

I have a feeling you might be installing your mods incorrectly, perhaps read through this article, it may help, https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=201864

I've read is through thoroughly and can confirm i did everything exactly as stated.

still not showing anything in the navigation bar called 'reviews'
http://imageshack.com/a/img854/3919/n8w4.png

I have managed to get the review adminCP box by manually moving one of the adminCP php files into a different part of the server.
http://imageshack.com/a/img691/6823/t9ck.png
but onlt the first and the last are showing options. the middle three only give an empty page.

Im guessing its something to do with the way my server folders are set up which are placing the folders in the wrong places.

[Bluefin221]

Installed this last night, suffered the wall of text problem which I have fixed.

Is there a way to add images within the text yet? As I have looked around the thread and dont see a solution as yet.

Also how does a user review an item as at this point I dont see any option for this?

[Toorak Times]

Hi Ozzy,

Hoping you can help, and these things have probs been asked for before.
www.tooraktimes.com.au.

I have convinced my Review writers to use this mod SPECIFICALLY to do their Theatre, Film Restaurant, Music and Wine reviews in here only but they are spitting chips at me that the widget only shows the headline and makes it uninteresting as a CMS widget and they feel their stories are now undervalued and wont get read as much.

I am hoping we can get more of a preview into the widget, and can I make the image larger?

With a decent text preview and larger thumbnail this is the ultimate widget for what I need.

If that can't be done is possible to feed the Reviews into a Forum like you have done to the Classifieds or a Publish to Article button which would be the optimum, that way we could Feature the best Reviews in the CMS.

[joeychgo]

Added the mod..

When I go to POST REVIEW, I get the following above the header....



Warning: Illegal string offset 'pm_messagelist' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 146

Warning: Illegal string offset 'pm_newpm' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 151

Warning: Illegal string offset 'pm_trackpm' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 152

Warning: Illegal string offset 'pm_editfolders' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 153

Warning: Illegal string offset 'substhreads_editfolders' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 169

Warning: Illegal string offset 'profile' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 180

Warning: Illegal string offset 'profilepic' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 183

Warning: Illegal string offset 'avatar' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 190

Warning: Illegal string offset 'signature' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 197

Warning: Illegal string offset 'privacy' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 204

Warning: Illegal string offset 'password' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 216

Warning: Illegal string offset 'options' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 217

Warning: Illegal string offset 'connections' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 220

Warning: Illegal string offset 'usergroups' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 227

Warning: Illegal string offset 'ignorelist' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 232

Warning: Illegal string offset 'paid_subscriptions' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 235

Warning: Illegal string offset 'buddylist' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 247

Warning: Illegal string offset 'event_reminders' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 252

Warning: Illegal string offset 'attachments' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 262

Warning: Illegal string offset 'deleteditems' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 276

Warning: Illegal string offset 'moderateditems' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 314

Warning: Illegal string offset 'newitems' in ..../includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 367

[ozzy47]

Off the top of my head I am not sure, have not come across that before.

[sonic83]

Hi Ozzy. I'm translating to Spanish this mod. How can I share with the community my translation?

[Lon]

This only happened when my host upgraded it's PHP Version to 5.4.

I think I know why those errors are occurring.

Edit: As expected they are tying to deprecate loose key references, i.e., without quotes. I came up with a fix but I wanna make sure all references are fixed before I pass it along to you ozzy. Unless you already created a fix? :P

Edit 2: For now you can do the following and everything will fix itself until the code is updated to run on PHP 5.4

Edit your /includes/config.php file and add this line directly below the first line which is: <?php


define('SKIP_ALL_ERRORS', true);

And you should be set until a fix is made officially. You'll be able to post reviews and stuff now.

[Toorak Times]

Ozzy,

I was going to try and feed the RSS into a forum but My RSS feed says this when I try to use it

XML Error: Invalid character at Line 13

I also can't work out how to get commuity reviews ratings going. Can you help please mate?

[MIWASA]

thanks ozzy works s like a charm on 4.2.2

[MaLTRaiN]

Little questions:

* I know I can't add or delete a "rating question"... but... can I edit one in some template or something? I need to fix an error...

* Sometimes, when users write a reviews, they text is a wall of words... do you know what's wrong?

Thanks!!!

[MaLTRaiN]

Other thing... I have the Chris mod and I'm afraid I could lose some translations if I use your xml... is that possible? And how should I install your mod without losing anything?

PD: I reaaaaaally hope a PRO version... I'd pay for it.

[Toorak Times]

Ozzy,

I was going to try and feed the RSS into a forum but My RSS feed says this when I try to use it

XML Error: Invalid character at Line 13

I also can't work out how to get commuity reviews ratings going. Can you help please mate?


Bump - Can someone please tell me how I use the Community Review section www.tooraktimes.com.au, I can't figure out how to post Community Review

[sonic83]

Hi there. I post reviews about 4 months ago, but today I can not edit the content. Nor I can edit the user reviews. I have admin permissions.

And I can erase a full review?

I do wrong?

Thank you

[robbyg]

It's possible to edit a users review when using:

yourdomain/reviews_usercp.php?do=addedit&reviewid=x ( x is the number of the review)

Pieper your the Man!!

Ozz you really need to add an edit or at the least a Delete option to this Mod.
Almost every user of this Mod will eventually approve a Review that should not have been approved and at that point you either leave it, which could be really bad or you just have to ditch the whole mod.

Also the removing of spaces and line feeds really messes up the look of the review.

Pieper edit saved me, but a update would really be nice.

Rob

[ozzy47]

I know this needs a update, I will try to get to it as soon as I can.

I see you don't have the mod marked as installed though?

[robbyg]

Hi Ozz
Sorry about that, I just marked it as installed.
I also noticed that I cannot edit or remove a community rating/comment. Worst yet I cant even moderate them! So if someone decides to leave a very nasty comment it just goes up on the board live under the main review.

I know your a busy guy, but please see if you can help us. This is a good Mod but it just needs a little TLC to make it great.

[robbyg]

Ozzy I did find out that users can actually edit or delete their own Ratings/Comments using the "my reviews" option but the Admin or Mod cannot edit or delete it. Could even this one thing be transferred from the members control to the Admin? Seems like it could be an easy patch.

Rob

[Toorak Times]

I am using this mod quite solidly now, though still have a few issues I can't work out. Look forward to any updates mate! Great mod

[MIWASA]

Hey Ozzy, this is definately a great Mod so i give a big thumbs up. From my side the only issue was the RSS feed as well. I came right with the Classifieds mod. However i see there is a missing rss.php file which classfieds has but not reviews. Looking forward to the update bud

[robbyg]

I am using this mod quite solidly now, though still have a few issues I can't work out. Look forward to any updates mate! Great mod

How are you preventing abusive comments from your members?
Are you just limiting the review section to Mods?
I agree that this is a great piece of software but how do you implement it for regular members if you have no moderation over what they post?

[Action-N]

Use this link to check your rss feeds. Either post your link an ozz can see the errors or post the error if it's not to much.
http://validator.w3.org/feed/

[MIWASA]

Use this link to check your rss feeds. Either post your link an ozz can see the errors or post the error if it's not to much.
http://validator.w3.org/feed/

Ozz is aware of the error, as it was the classifieds mod i first had issues with. The error received when i try to preview the feed in reviews is : XML Error: XML_ERR_NAME_REQUIRED at Line 147. Thanks for the validator which says the feed does not validate. Yet is obtained when click the get rss button

[robbyg]

Has anyone found a method for allowing users to make comments and use community ratings but still be able to moderate, edit or delete them? I cannot figure out a way to make this add-on useful to the community if I cannot at least do basic moderation on the comments they make.
Is there any kind of kludge work around that someone has found?

[robbyg]

Until Ozzy can get some fixes for the the Community ratings section I did find a temporary Kludge solution.

1) Go into CP of your host and run phpadmin.
2) Open the "VB3_reviews_user_ratings" section and look for the user review you want to delete.
3) Press Edit on that review and set the isreview value to "1" and it will no longer be visible.
4)You can also leave isreview = 0 and edit the review comments if you want to keep it but just want to change the wording or remove foul language.

Warning if you leave it and just change the wording the original author can easily open it again using "my ratings" and change it back. Unfortunately as the Admin you will have to go back and do the same thing again manually.

If you set the "isreview" to 1 then he cannot access it again but his ability to make a comment will be reset and he can make a new comment if he decides to keep playing games with you.

Hope this helps someone.
Rob

[robbyg]

Ok I think I got it, open the file, reviews.php found in your forum root, and look for the following code:

$templater->register('comment_reviewtext', htmlspecialchars_uni($comment[reviewtext]));

And replace it with this code:

//$templater->register('comment_reviewtext', htmlspecialchars_uni($comment[reviewtext]));
$templater->register('comment_reviewtext', '<pre>'.$comment[reviewtext].'</pre>');

That should get it to work for the time being.

This works great if the reviews are not moderated but once you add moderation the text gets all jumbled together again. Did anyone ever find a fix for that?

Thanks
Rob

[ozzy47]

v1.4.2
Patched some vulnerability's that was found in the mod. No sites were affected by this, it was just found by a user and now is patched.

[Toorak Times]

v1.4.2
Patched some vulnerability's that was found in the mod. No sites were affected by this, it was just found by a user and now is patched.


Uploaded the files and it fixed my issue with Community Ratings too!

[robbyg]

Oh man sweet... Thanks Ozzy I can't wait to try it out.

Thanks

[ozzy47]

Sorry for the back to back updates, but better to be safe than sorry.

v1.4.3
Patched some more vulnerability's that were found in the mod, during the security check. No sites were affected by these, they were just found and patched.

[robbyg]

Ozzy first off thanks for the security fixes, I am not sure what they are but it's nice to know the review section is safer from hacks.

Ozzy I was kind of hoping this fixed the moderation problems.

1) Admin or moderator still cannot edit a review to remove any foul content, we can only approve or Delete.

2) Reviews that go through approval process end up with the text all jumbled into one. If I make the reviews go through without approval they are not jumbled but posting unapproved reviews is really not a good option.

3) Community Rating reviews still have no approval or edit ability and the text is also jumbled into one.

4) It would really be nice if the community ratings could use all of the rating bars that the main review uses and not just one bar. (this is not critical but it would be nice)

Are these fixes in the works? If so I will wait until you get to them.
At this point I am really happy that you have picked back up this project.

Rob

[sonic83]

Ozzy first off thanks for the security fixes, I am not sure what they are but it's nice to know the review section is safer from hacks.

Ozzy I was kind of hoping this fixed the moderation problems.

1) Admin or moderator still cannot edit a review to remove any foul content, we can only approve or Delete.

2) Reviews that go through approval process end up with the text all jumbled into one. If I make the reviews go through without approval they are not jumbled but posting unapproved reviews is really not a good option.

3) Community Rating reviews still have no approval or edit ability and the text is also jumbled into one.

4) It would really be nice if the community ratings could use all of the rating bars that the main review uses and not just one bar. (this is not critical but it would be nice)

Are these fixes in the works? If so I will wait until you get to them.
At this point I am really happy that you have picked back up this project.


Rob

Thank you very much all over Ozzy.

I agree with all requests for Rob.

Hopefully you can implement them in other future version.

Thank you

[Pieper]

Probably a stupid question, but to update the mod I just upload everything ( and overwrite) without losing my settings and reviews etc?

So upload and overwrite all the files( ftp) en update the XML ( and allow overwrite) ?

[ozzy47]

Correct, same as any other update.

[Pieper]

:up:Thanks!

[sonic83]

Hello, please, can you tell me What word I have to look at the translator, to replace the user name with another word??

Attached photo

Thank you

[robbyg]

Any further news on fixes Ozzy?

[ozzy47]

No not yet, have not had the time to sit down and go over the mod.

[robbyg]

OK thanks Ozzy for the update

[robbyg]

Ozzy do you do paid custom updates?
Deadline for project is a month away and I am willing to pay for the needed fixes.

Thanks
Rob

[NarutoFTW]

Anyone know why the post new review button won't show up for me? I've already chmodded the folders, made the categories / rating questions, set user group permission + set category permission. But it still won't show up any idea why?

[jjohns12]

Anyone know why the post new review button won't show up for me? I've already chmodded the folders, made the categories / rating questions, set user group permission + set category permission. But it still won't show up any idea why?

There is no post new review button on the review page you must go to your settings page to add a review :up: maybe when updated it could be added.

P.S forgot to mention links are under review tab also.

[Toorak Times]

I love this Mod, I finally worked out how to get it fully functional for the Community Reviews.

One wish is that the CMS widget could draw a preview of the Content out as well as the thumbnail. I use this on my Home CMS page as a secondary New Content window as New Reviews, but I can't get my contributors to use it much as they like to see the preview text on the Home page mate.

[MIWASA]

Hey Chris,

We have been trying to get our vb mobile app to go through and gets rejected due to error on our side, which they had let us know on a support ticket, giving us this as the error. And the blame is put on third party mods. Don't want to disable this hack as really brings importance to our site

Error :

<style>
.minigraph {
float:{vb:stylevar left};
background-color:#cecece;
border: 1px solid #003366;
position:relative;
width:70px;
padding:0
}
.minigraph .minibar {
display:block;
position:relative;
background-image:url(christeris/reviews/images/bargraph.gif);
background-position:{vb:stylevar left} center;
background-repeat:repeat-x;
border-{vb:stylevar right}:1px solid #003366;
text-align:center;
color:#fff;
height:14px;
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:8pt;
line-height:1.4em
}
.minigraph .minibar span {
position:absolute;
{vb:stylevar left}:1em
}
</style>

Any ideas much appreciated

[MIWASA]

Any ideas on the above, trying to get mobile publisher working. Thanks in advance