Chapter 1 Everywhere Add-on Overview & Installation

1.1 Overview

The Everywhere add-on for JReviews extends the user review system functionality of JReviews to other Joomla components such as: business directories, galleries, e-commerce stores, file repositories, social networking and more.

Integration is convenient and incredibly powerful!

Manage all of your site's reviews and ratings with one system and a uniform, themeable look. You don't lose flexibility because the configuration for each component can be different:

  1. Multiple sets of rating criteria: each category in your component can have a different rating criteria set. For example, in a business directory, suppliers of services could have different rating criteria than suppliers of goods.

  2. Custom fields in reviews: you can use JReviews’ custom fields system for reviews to expand the review form by asking additional questions such as: date of purchase, pros/cons, experience with product, would you recommend?, etc. All the custom field types used for jReviews can also be used for jReviewsEverywhere in reviews.

  3. Comprehensive MyReviews page: Reviews submitted in all components are shown together in a user's MyReviews page and they link back to the appropriate component detail page.

  4. Moderate reviews in one place: All component reviews are moderated in the JReviews administration.

Important: The Everywhere add-on does not integrate with 3rd party component rating systems, it remains a separate rating system. For example, a top rated list for your 3rd party component will not use user ratings from Everywhere add-on. Also, the Everywhere add-on doesn't enable searching for user reviews in 3rd party components.

1.2 List of components currently integrated with the Everywhere Add-on

1.3 Examples of Everywhere Add-on usage

Using the Everywhere Add-on for EasySocial profile reviews:

1.4 Installation

The Everywhere Add-on doesn't require installation. For convenience it is integrated into JReviews and unlocked only if the addon is purchased for the JReviews license. If active, you'll find the link for the addon in the JReviews administration:

If you first purchased JReviews and later ordered the add-on, go to the JReviews admin license screen, clear the local key text area and re-submit the license number. This will fetch a new local key that includes the addon information.