Difference between revisions of "Creating JReviews Menu Items"

Revision as of 09:53, 23 August 2009

To create a JReviews menu item, go to one of your Menus and click on a 'New' button.
Under Internal link click on jReviews

SEF Menu Name - if filled in, this is the text that will be used for the SEF urls for menu types other than section and category lists. It's especially useful for languages with special characters.
Type of Menu - choose a menu type.
Directory ID - required for Directory, Section and Category list pages and can be used for other options to narrow results.
Section ID - use to limit results to the specified section, not used in the directory option.
Category ID - use to limit results to the specified category, not used in the directory option.
Criteria ID - for Advanced Search, use it to display the form directly for a particular criteria, otherwise a dropdown list with different options will be shown.
Page Total - total number of entries.
Limit per page - number of entries per page.
Show Menu name/Title - Show/Hide the title at the top of the page.
Page Title - of you enter something here, it will be used as page title instead of the menu name or directory title in the configuration.
List view template - overrides the section and category setting of the template manager (Tableview, Blogview or Thumbview).
Template suffix - only necessary if you want to use a different style for this template.

Directory - "yahoo style" directory page
Section List - display all listings belonging to specified section(s)
Category List - display all listings belonging to specified category
Submit New Listing - listing submit form
Top User Rated - display all listings sorted by highest user rating on top
Top Editor Rated - display all listings sorted by highest editor rating on top
Most Recent - display all listings sorted by latest submitted
Most Popular - display all listings sorted by the number of views
Most Reviews - display all listings sorted by number of user and editor reviews
Featured - display all listings sorted by featured on top
My Reviews - logged in user will see all reviews he submitted
My Listings - logged in user will see all listings he submitted
My Favorites - logged in user will see all listings he added to favorites
Advanced Search - search by any custom field (alternative is Advanced Search Module)
Reviews - Latest reviews (all)
Reviews - Latest user reviews
Reviews - Latest editor reviews
Discussion - Latest comments