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JReviews themes use microformats to create rich snippets for google search results. More info about rich snippets is available here:
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Read [[How to add Structured data for rich snippets]]
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/05/introducing-rich-snippets.html
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By default, JReviews themes use '''hReview''' and '''hReview-aggregate''' microformats.
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Using the [http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets Google Rich Snippets Testing Tool], we can check how Google recognizes microformats on our site:
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[[File:RichSnippets1.png]]
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You can improve the rich snippets by adding additional microformats. For business listings, we can include '''hCard''' microformat. More info: http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard
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To include hCard microformat, we need to add additional code to the theme file of the listing detail page:
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*<span style="color: blue">com_jreviews/jreviews/views/themes/{your_theme}/listings/detail.thtml</span>
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Find this code:
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<source lang="php">
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<h1 class="contentheading item">
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  <!-- BEGIN TITLE AND ICONS -->
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  <span class="fn"><?php echo $this->action == 'detail' ? $Routes->content($listing['Listing']['title'],$listing) : $listing['Listing']['title'];?></span>
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  <span class="jr_hidden"><?php echo $introImage;?></span>
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</source>
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and replace it with this:
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<source lang="php">
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<h1 class="contentheading item vCard">
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    <!-- BEGIN TITLE AND ICONS -->
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    <span class="fn org"><?php echo $this->action == 'detail' ? $Routes->content($listing['Listing']['title'],$listing) : $listing['Listing']['title'];?></span>
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    <span class="jr_hidden"><?php echo $introImage;?></span>
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    <span class="jr_hidden adr">
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        <span class="country-name"><?php echo $CustomFields->field('jr_country',$listing); ?></span>
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        <span class="region"><?php echo $CustomFields->field('jr_state',$listing); ?></span>
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        <span class="locality"><?php echo $CustomFields->field('jr_city',$listing); ?></span>               
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        <span class="street-address"><?php echo $CustomFields->field('jr_address',$listing); ?></span>                   
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        <span class="postal-code"><?php echo $CustomFields->field('jr_postalcode',$listing); ?></span>       
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    </span>
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    <span class="jr_hidden geo">
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        <span class="latitude"><?php echo $CustomFields->field('jr_latitude',$listing); ?></span>
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        <span class="longitude"><?php echo $CustomFields->field('jr_longitude',$listing); ?></span>       
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    </span>
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</source>
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If your listings don't have certain fields, you can remove them from the code. Also, if your custom fields are named differently, adjust the names.
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The list of other available hCard properties is available here: http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard
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The new hCard microformat is generated like this:
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[[File:RichSnippets2.png]]
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[[Category:JReviews]]
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[[Category:Themes]]
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Revision as of 16:16, 15 July 2016

Read How to add Structured data for rich snippets