Planning and organizing JReviews setup

Since JReviews uses Joomla’s content system, it is required to create Joomla Sections and Categories for JReviews listings.

Joomla 1.5. provides only two levels of categories: Sections and Categories. JReviews gives you a third level: Directory - which becomes the top level: Directory -> Section -> Category

Examples how to organize Directories, Sections and Categories

Directories	Sections	Categories
Products	Computers	Desktops, Notebooks, Netbooks, Servers ...
	Cell Phones	Nokia, Samsung, Apple, Sony Ericsson, Motorola
Books	Business	Economics, Marketing, Sales, ...
	Fiction	Drama, Essays, Classics, Poetry, ...
	IT	Programming, Web Development, Databases, Networking, ...
Software	Graphics	Adobe, Corel, ...
	Internet	Browsers, Instant Messengers, Web tools, ...
	Games	FPS, Racing, RPG, ...
Articles	News	World, Business, Entertainment, Sport, ...

• in some cases it is not easy to find the best Section/Category set-up because of Joomla limitations: it is not possible to use the same category in more than one section or to add categories on the fly while submitting listing and it is not possible for one article/listing to be published in more than one category
• this is where JReviews also helps. For those types of categories, instead of setting them up in Joomla Category Manager, you can use JReviews Custom Fields
• for Products subcategories you would create JReviews Single select field (or Multiple select if you want to put your listings in more than one subcategories), for example: "Category" field with options (Computers, Cell Phones, TVs, Game Consoles, ...)
• if you enable "Click to Add" in the field's preferences, you will be able to add new category options while writing a listing
• but you still need to create at least one Directory, Section and Category
• when using JReviews custom field for categorization, it's best to have the minimum number of joomla sections and categories, for example:

Directories	Sections	Categories
Directory	Reviews	Products, Books, Software, ...

JReviews Setup Steps

1. Field Groups Manager - create field groups that will contain listing or review custom field. You will assign field groups to different listing types in Criteria Manager.
2. Fields Manager - create listing or review custom fields and assign them to field groups.
3. Listing Type (Criteria) Manager - create different listing types and assign field groups and rating criteria for editors and users to rate the listing.
4. Directories Manager - directories will be assigned to Joomla categories.
5. Categories Manager - select Joomla categories you will use with JReviews and assign Directory and Criteria Set for each category.