Help Updated
Sunday, March 28th, 2010I have added a new getting started help topic. More help coming soon.
I have added a new getting started help topic. More help coming soon.
Version 2.2.1 has been released. New users can download the installer here, existing 2.2.0 users can download a patch here (2.1.2C users please apply the 2.1.2C – 2.2.0 patch first).
This releases includes a few small bug fixes and allows Joomla content plugins to work in reviews.
Version 2.1.2C users can now upgrade to version 2.2.0. Files can be found here. Please backup your site and database first and then follow the instructions in the readme file. You will loose any modifications to files as well as your configuration settings, so please back these up. This will be the last major change (in terms of file structure) and the next upgrades will not result in loss of configuration settings
Version 2.2.0 has been released. You can see some of the new features in this post. Apart from some bug fixes the main changes are usability and customisation. The user reviews functionality is about half done and was holding up this release so I decided it was more important to get these new features out, I hope to release user reviews very shortly – there is a change in 2.2.0 in that any back-end user can now create reviews rather than just the super administrator.
In the coming days I will release an upgrade for 2.1.2 users and some help guides on the new template system and what files to change.
Some things coming up in version 2.2:
I will most likely release a beta version in 1-2 weeks.
A native version of the search plugin is now available.
Please remember to enable it else it will not work.
It only works with Simple Review 2.1.2 and higher.
A user is reporting an issue after upgrading to Joomla 1.5.15. I believe that it is to do with changes to the WYSIWYG editor. If you are unable to save reviews after upgrading please respond in this thread. I am unable to reproduce the issue on a fresh installation of Joomla 1.5.15, but it does seem to be a known issue with some components. In the meantime please try some of the suggestions or try turning the Joomla ‘Default WYSIWYG Editor’ to no editor.
I have temporarily unreleased version 2.1.2 due to a bug where you cannot add new titles to a category.
In the meantime you can apply the fix yourself.
Directory: www\administrator\components\com_simple_review\addons\
modules\Category_Module\templates\Admin
File: CategoryForm.php
Line: 89
(insert a new line aftervar tm = new CategoryTitleManager("tm", "title", "", 20, tmLang);)
Add the following:
jQuery("#addTitle").click(function(){
tm.AddTitle('', tm.GetNextNumberedTitleName('Title'), 0, 'Text', 0);
});
Version 2.1.2 has been released. There is also an upgrade available for 2.1.1 users, please read the instructions carefully before upgrading – especially the part about adding missing names to your reviews (for pre 2.1.1 users). There are a few new features but it is mostly a bug fix and clean-up release. Special thanks to forum user NRyan115 for his assistance.
Full list of changes:
Review_Module.php:
Language_Module.php:
Tag_Module.php
www\administrator\components\com_simple_review\addons\modules\Category_Module\templates\Front\www\administrator\com_simple_review\admin\addons\modules\Review_Module\templates\Front\Default\Template.css
to (from display:inline-block;):
.scoreBox, .userScoreBox
{
display:block;
text-align:center;
}
The new HTML looks like – note that the class names have changed and the divs have been replaced with spans.
<span class="scoreBox">
<span class="ratingHeadingContainer"><span class="ratingHeading">Rating</span></span><br/>
<span class="ratingContainer"><span class="rating">0.0</span></span><br/>
<span class="ratingTextContainer"><span class="ratingText">out of 5</span></span><br/>
<span class="ratingFooterContainer"/>
</span>
www\administrator\components\com_simple_review\addons\modules\Review_Module\Review_Module.csswww\administrator\com_simple_review\admin\addons\modules\Review_Module\templates\Front\Default\Template.css
www\components\com_simple_review\images\
emptystar.png
emptystar-alt.png
fullstar.png
fullstar-alt.png
halfstar.png
halfstar-alt.pngwww\administrator\com_simple_review\admin\addons\modules\Review_Module\templates\Front\Default\
www\administrator\com_simple_review\admin\addons\modules\Category_Module\templates\Front\Default\
The reason for moving into both Review and Category folders
is incase you want smaller or different coloured star icons in the review listing (category page) or review page.
www\administrator\components\com_simple_review\addons\modules\Review_Module\imageswww\administrator\com_simple_review\admin\addons\modules\Review_Module\templates\Front\Default
www\components\com_simple_review\frontend\css.