Component release notes:

• New. Support for Joomla 2.5.
• Fix. Turning star rating off in comments.
• Fix. Star rating JavaScript error in comments.
• Fix. JavaScript error if comment rating is turned off.

This is the last release that will support PHP 4 and the last release for the version 3.0 series.

A Joomla 1.7 compatible version of the search plugin has also been released (download).

Component release notes:

• New. Comments no longer require a body (configurable).
• New. Comments no longer require a rating (configurable).
• New. More debug information if a category could not be found.

A minor release which removes the restriction of reviews requiring a rating.

Release Notes:

• New. Reviews no longer require a rating.
• New. Updated jQuery Validation Plugin to 1.8.1.
• Fix. Placeholders. Issues with the following tags have been fixed: {Category:Alias}, {Category:ID}, {Category:Name}, {Review:ID}.

The main new features are support for Joomla 1.7 and paging in reviews.

Release Notes:

• New. Support for Joomla 1.7.
• New. Support for page breaks in reviews. Uses the standard Joomla page break button. Your templates template.css may require a new class to force the pager on a new line: .pagination{clear: both;}
• New. Basic Joomla 1.6 ACL support.
• New. Added support for getting comment avatars from phpBB via p8pbb.
• New. Added a setting for the date format in comments.
• Fix. Real name display not working in comments.
• Fix. Export comments. Not working in PHP4. Not working if using non-default database name. Export getting cached.
• Fix. Category page, Undefined variable: link.
• Fix. If you have switched Avatar Providers, try using the previous avatar if the Avatar Provider can’t find one for the user.

Note for Upgraders: Some of the default templates have been modified. Please follow the instructions in readme.txt.

It is recommended to use Disqus as the comment provider rather than the built in one (Simple Review -> Configuration -> Comments -> Comment Provider). You can see an example of Simple Review using Disqus here. Version 3.0.9 adds the ability to export your existing comments in Simple Review and import them into Disqus.

Release notes:

• New. Added support for getting comment avatars from phpBB via JFusion.
• New. Comments can now contain new lines.
• New. Can export existing Simple Review comments to Disqus.
• Fix. Issue with allowing multiple comments for a user per review and the star rating.
• Fix. If review listing paging is turned off (Category config ‘Number of displayed Reviews’ > 0) don’t show ‘Display #’.
• Change. Made the frontend review filters linkable. This also fixed some issues with the pager.

Also don’t forget to download the new search plugin.

The release contains some Joomla 1.6 fixes for user reviews and various smaller fixes and changes. Full list:

• New. When writing a review the ‘select category’ step is removed if there is only one category.
• New. Added star rating ability to forms.
• New. Option to show/hide the review alias on the user review form (defaults to hidden).
• New. Google image search for selecting user review images.
• New. Review and category aliases are now optional. If not entered it will be generated from the name.
• Fix. Issues with including jQuery and jQueryUI.
• Fix. Frontend user review listing not allowing editing.
• Change. Updated to jQuery 1.6.1.
• Change. Tidied up user reviews form (more to come).
• Change. User review alias is always filtered (based on tag configuration alias replacement setting).