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[Chris] Reviews · **Released**: 05-15-2013

Reviews
by Christos Teriakis (aka ChrisTERiS)

Please note that from
11 Aug 2013
you can get support only in my site
http://www.teriakis.com

Demo: http://www.christeris.net/dev42/reviews.php
Demo Accounts:
demouser1 / demopass1
demouser2 / demopass2
demouser3 / demopass3

1.- What's this mod?

Is better to say what is NOT

. For sure is not that mod requested for years now at this thread. But is a good Reviews system for those who want to review one type of items (eg Games, Books, Autos etc) and one group of rating questions is ok 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
Revier can temporary hide the review and a later time he can activate it again.
There are listings for:
- Category Reviews
- Timeframe (What's New) Reviews
- User Reviews
- Search Results
In view Review page the visitor can see also:
- 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 file Reviews_XXXX.zip
Upload the content of upload folder to the directory where your vB installation is. As a check: reviews.php must be on the same directoru as global.php, forum.php etc. SL Reviews are not working out of vB installation directory.
CMOD 777 the directories:
1. christeris/reviews/photos
2. christeris/reviews/photos/thumbs
3. christeris/reviews/photos/tmp
Goto Admincp and import product-reviews.xml. Double check before if you have another product with the same name.
Set the various settings in Reviews->General settings
Set usergroup permissions
Check and modify if you want PM templates.
Set categories
Set Extra fields (in case that you want them).
Set 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:
1. Shows latest 5 Reviews. If you want to change the number to another value change at 1st line: $maxreviews = 5;
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)
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

5.- Copyright link

Since the time that DBTech released their Copyright Manager, I've removed my own copyrights. I found their action insulting me to maximum. Their wording "Site is powered by vBulletin AddOns and Modules by Dragonbyte Tech" (and not "Some parts of this site"), means that everything there is their own work, ignoring on the worst way the fact that there are 100's of other coders and designers who are supporting this community for years. So, I'm letting the glory to them. No copyrights from my side.

Enjoy it
Christos Teriakis
aka ChrisTERiS

albibak · #**142** 05-24-2013, 06:56 AM

I know, but it's idea no more...

GamerPerfection · #**143** 05-24-2013, 08:15 AM

Is it possible to have a save as draft feature? People may not be ready to sit there and type a whole review in one go. I know there are other options like type it up in notepad then copy paste when it's complete, but it would be better if there was a save as draft option.

CharlieDelta · #**144** 05-24-2013, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christos Teriakis

Edit:
1.- reviews_usercp.php
2.- reviews_modcp.php

Find:

Code:

$includecss['container'] = 'reviews.css';

Replace with:

Code:

$includecss['reviews'] = 'reviews.css';

Thanks Chris but the problem still exists.

Christos Teriakis · #**145** 05-24-2013, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CharlieDelta

Thanks Chris but the problem still exists.

Then disable the Reviews Widget and/or Reviews Forum sidebar block. Only at that point there is this code. But again it's how the template treats the code. Has nothing to do with what they said there. In programming (if its coding error) it appears always and not sometimes appears and sometimes not. To appear sometimes and sometimes not has to do with the template or special code.
In final word.... does it appears with the your default template (even ...sometimes)?

Chris

Dave_The_Don · #**146** 05-24-2013, 03:53 PM

hi, just wondering if the photo's added to reviews when clicked are supposed to open with the lighbox.js
if so this is not working.

Christos Teriakis · #**147** 05-24-2013, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave_The_Don

hi, just wondering if the photo's added to reviews when clicked are supposed to open with the lighbox.js
if so this is not working.

I know it... I'll add it on the next version. The original coding was for games and thus at that point I was expecting to open the video player.

Dave_The_Don · #**148** 05-24-2013, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christos Teriakis

I know it... I'll add it on the next version. The original coding was for games and thus at that point I was expecting to open the video player.

cheers chris

Dave_The_Don · #**149** 05-24-2013, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toorak Times

Works for me, when you get mods and a coder this good and so approachable...GOLD... I have donated and will again (see I want the Auction mod as well....)

indeed well said

donation just sent hehehehe

shanef · #**150** 05-25-2013, 02:52 AM

hello, i followed all the steps and created a category fine but when i click on the category link on the cms page i get this

The requested URL /forum/reviews/2/websites.html was not found on this server.

could someone be so kind as to help me please. thank you

___________FIXED__________

Turned off SEO Friendly URLs and all is well

Dave_The_Don · #**151** 05-25-2013, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shanef

hello, i followed all the steps and created a category fine but when i click on the category link on the cms page i get this

The requested URL /forum/reviews/2/websites.html was not found on this server.

could someone be so kind as to help me please. thank you

___________FIXED__________

Turned off SEO Friendly URLs and all is well

sounds like you forgot to add this code in the .htaccess file :-

PHP Code:


			
RewriteEngine On



RewriteRule ^reviews/([^/]*)/ ./reviews.php?do=main&catid=$1 [L,NC]

RewriteRule ^review/([^/]*)/ ./reviews.php?do=viewreview&reviewid=$1 [L,NC]

RewriteRule ^reviewer/([^/]*)/ ./reviews.php?do=reviewer&reviewerid=$1 [L,NC]

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