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Settings for user and editor reviews.
 
  
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== General settings ==
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'''View All Reviews Canonical (SEO)''' - outputs a canonical tag to the listing detail page in the view all reviews page for a listing (to avoid Google considering the "view all reviews" page as a duplicate of the listing detail page).
*'''Enable User Reviews'''
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*'''Enable Editor Reviews'''
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**''One editor review per listing''
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**''Multiple editor reviews per listing''
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**''No editor reviews''
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*'''Userids' of editors''' - only reviews written by these users will be automatically recognized as editor reviews
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*'''Multiple user reviews per listing''' - valid for registered users only. Checking is done against IP address and userid.
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**''Disable IP address check for multiple reviews'' - Valid for both guest and registered users. Users will see "You already submitted a review" message
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*'''Stop users from reviewing their own listings''' - Also disable the review form in listing submission in Configuration => Standard Fields
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'''Enable User Reviews''' - if enabled, users will be able to review listings.
  
== Rating Settings ==
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'''Enable Editor Reviews''' - available options:
*'''Rating scale''' - enter a number higher than zero. Once you have reviews on your site you must not change this setting!
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*'''Rating selector in review form'''
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**''Star Images''
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***[[File:RatingStars.png]]
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**''Select List''
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***[[File:RatingSelectList.png]]
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*'''Rating graph type''' -  display stars or bars to graphically represent the ratings
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*'''Pre-select N/A for optional rating criteria''' - if enabled, users don't need to click on the N/A option to ignore a criterion
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*'''Hide non-rated criteria from detailed ratings''' - can be useful when all criteria voted as N/A so review shows as comment
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*'''Show rating count in detailed ratings''' - this can be informational when users gave N/A ratings to certain criteria
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* ''One editor review per listing''
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* ''Multiple editor reviews per listing'' - this option will allow multiple multiple editor reviews by different users. It is not possible for a single user to submit more than one editor review.
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* ''No editor reviews''
  
== Owner Replies ==
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'''Comma list of JReviews Editors user IDs''' - only reviews written by these users will be automatically recognized as editor reviews. Addittionaly, any review can be marked as an editor review in the review moderation menu.
*'''Enable listing owner replies to user reviews''' - listing owner will see a "Reply to this review" at the bottom of each review:
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[[File:OwnerReply.png]]
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'''Multiple user reviews per listing''' - valid for registered users only. Checking is done against IP address and userid.
  
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'''Disable IP address check for multiple reviews''' - performs check on user id only.
  
<span style="color: blue">Example of how the reply will be displayed:</span>
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'''Stop users from reviewing their own listings''' - also disable the review form in listing submission in Configuration =&gt; Standard Fields.
  
[[File:OwnerReply2.png]]
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'''Default Ordering''' - choose how reviews will be ordered:
  
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* ''Most Recent''
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* ''Oldest''
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* ''Last Updated''
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* ''Highest user rating''
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* ''Lowest user rating''
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* ''Most helpful''
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* ''Least helpful''
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* ''Most discussed''
  
== Review Discussions ==
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[[File:conf-reviews2.png]]
*'''Enable review discussions''' - if you enable review discussions, a "Comments" link will be displayed at the bottom of each review. When someone clicks on that link, he will go to review detail page with all review comments where he can join the discussion. You can see the example on the [http://demo.reviewsforjoomla.com/component/jreviews/discussions/review/id:5/ JReviews Demo Site]
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'''Rating scale''' - enter a number higher than zero. Once you have reviews on your site DO NOT change this setting.
  
== Review Reporting to Administrators ==
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'''Rating increment''' - choose between 0.5 and 1.
*'''Enable reporting of user reviews''' - a "Report this review" link will be displayed at the bottom of each user review
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*'''Enable reporting of editor reviews''' - a "Report this review" link will be displayed at the bottom of each editor review
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'''Rating selector in review form''' - choose between ''Star Images'' and ''Select List''.
  
== Review Helpfulness Voting ==
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'''Pre-select N/A for optional rating criteria''' - if enabled, users don't need to click on the N/A option to ignore a criterion.
*'''Enable user review voting'''
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*'''Enable editor review voting'''
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*'''Vote summarize period''' - The review votes are first stored in a temporary table and later summarized and transferred to a final table. This setting determines the time period after which each vote will appear on the site. It helps prevent multiple voting by one person.
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'''Hide non-rated criteria from detailed ratings''' - useful if there are many optional criteria.
  
<span style="color: blue">Example:</span>
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'''Show rating count in detailed ratings''' - this can be informational when users gave N/A ratings to certain criteria.
  
[[File:HelpfulnessVoting1.png]]
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[[File:HelpfulnessVoting2.png]]
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'''Enable listing owner replies to user reviews''' - listing owners will be able to reply to reviews.
  
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'''Enable review discussions''' - a 'Comments' button will appear in every review that will take users to a separate review detail page where they'll be able to discuss the review.
  
== Editor Reviews ==
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'''Enable reporting of user reviews''' - if enabled, every user review will display a &quot;report review&quot; icon in bottom right corner. All reports will be sent to the JReviews administration area.
* settings for editor reviews
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'''Enable reporting of editor reviews''' - if enabled, every editor review will display a &quot;report review&quot; icon in bottom right corner. All reports will be sent to the JReviews administration area.
  
== User Reviews ==
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'''Enable user review voting''' - if enabled, visitors will be able to vote on review helpfulness.
* settings for user reviews
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'''Enable editor review voting''' - if enabled, visitors will be able to vote on review helpfulness.
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'''Disable ip address check for votes''' - by default, JReviews will prevent visitors from voting multiple times. Here you can disable IP address check (for testing purposes).
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[[File:conf-reviews4.png]]
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Settings for editor reviews.
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[[File:conf-reviews5.png]]
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Settings for user reviews.
  
  

Latest revision as of 10:45, 5 January 2014

Conf-reviews1.png

View All Reviews Canonical (SEO) - outputs a canonical tag to the listing detail page in the view all reviews page for a listing (to avoid Google considering the "view all reviews" page as a duplicate of the listing detail page).

Enable User Reviews - if enabled, users will be able to review listings.

Enable Editor Reviews - available options:

  • One editor review per listing
  • Multiple editor reviews per listing - this option will allow multiple multiple editor reviews by different users. It is not possible for a single user to submit more than one editor review.
  • No editor reviews

Comma list of JReviews Editors user IDs - only reviews written by these users will be automatically recognized as editor reviews. Addittionaly, any review can be marked as an editor review in the review moderation menu.

Multiple user reviews per listing - valid for registered users only. Checking is done against IP address and userid.

Disable IP address check for multiple reviews - performs check on user id only.

Stop users from reviewing their own listings - also disable the review form in listing submission in Configuration => Standard Fields.

Default Ordering - choose how reviews will be ordered:

  • Most Recent
  • Oldest
  • Last Updated
  • Highest user rating
  • Lowest user rating
  • Most helpful
  • Least helpful
  • Most discussed

Conf-reviews2.png

Rating scale - enter a number higher than zero. Once you have reviews on your site DO NOT change this setting.

Rating increment - choose between 0.5 and 1.

Rating selector in review form - choose between Star Images and Select List.

Pre-select N/A for optional rating criteria - if enabled, users don't need to click on the N/A option to ignore a criterion.

Hide non-rated criteria from detailed ratings - useful if there are many optional criteria.

Show rating count in detailed ratings - this can be informational when users gave N/A ratings to certain criteria.

Conf-reviews3.png

Enable listing owner replies to user reviews - listing owners will be able to reply to reviews.

Enable review discussions - a 'Comments' button will appear in every review that will take users to a separate review detail page where they'll be able to discuss the review.

Enable reporting of user reviews - if enabled, every user review will display a "report review" icon in bottom right corner. All reports will be sent to the JReviews administration area.

Enable reporting of editor reviews - if enabled, every editor review will display a "report review" icon in bottom right corner. All reports will be sent to the JReviews administration area.

Enable user review voting - if enabled, visitors will be able to vote on review helpfulness.

Enable editor review voting - if enabled, visitors will be able to vote on review helpfulness.

Disable ip address check for votes - by default, JReviews will prevent visitors from voting multiple times. Here you can disable IP address check (for testing purposes).

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Settings for editor reviews.

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Settings for user reviews.