Major Additions - [OzzModz] Reviews

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First off this mod, [Chris] Reviews, has been taken over by me. It did belong to Christos Teriakis. 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

1. Download and unzip the files.
2. 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.
3. CMOD 777 the directories:
   1. christeris/reviews/photos
   2. christeris/reviews/photos/thumbs
   3. christeris/reviews/photos/tmp
4. Go to ACP --> Plugins & Products --> Manage Products, and import product-reviews.xml.
5. Set the various settings in Reviews --> General Options.
6. Set usergroup permissions.
7. Check and modify Pm templates, Reviews --> PM Templates.
8. Set Categories, Reviews --> Reviews Categories.
9. Set Extra Fields, Reviews --> Review Extra Fields (in case that you want them).
10. Set Rating Questions, Reviews --> Rating Questions.
11. *** 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

1. Pre-Installation:
   1. Shows latest 5 Reviews. If you want to change the number to another value change at 1st line: $maxreviews = 5;
2. Installation as CMS Widget
   1. Goto Admincp-> vBulletin CMS-> Widgets.
   2. Click "Create New Widget" at the list bottom.
   3. Set Widget Type: PHP Direct Execution.
   4. Give a Title which appears at the widget. eg Last Reviews, or.. Last 5 Reviews etc.
   5. Click SAVE.
   6. Find in the list the new widget and click configure at the right side.
   7. Replace the example code, with the code from Widget_Block_Latest_Reviews.txt.
   8. Click Save.
   9. Goto Layout and add it in any section you want.
   10. Click Save (Layout).
3. Installation as Forum sidebar Block
   1. Goto Admincp-> Forums & Moderators -> Forum Block Manager.
   2. Click Add Block.
   3. In the next screen "Select block type: Custom HTML/PHP.
   4. Click Continue.
   5. Title: Latest Reviews.
   6. Content Type: PHP.
   7. Content: Copy & Paste the code from Widget_Block_Latest_Reviews.txt.
   8. Click Save. The block will be now visible to your forum sidebar.

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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!
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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.

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

jjohns12


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[ozzy47]

Are you set to super administrator in config?

[DreadsUK]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

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]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

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]

Originally Posted by 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

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

[DreadsUK]

Originally Posted by 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

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