2.1.2C to 2.2.0 Patch Available

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 :)

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Version 2.2.0 Released

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.

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Development Update : Version 2.2

Some things coming up in version 2.2:

  • Configuration is now more robust and is easier to backup, all configuration files live in www/administrator/components/com_simple_review/config/.
  • The old web-based review template system has been renamed to Default Content as this better reflects what it does. Reviews can now have a file based template as well as default content.
  • Templates now live in www/components/com_simple_review/templates/

    www/components/com_simple_review/views/.
  • Captcha has been fixed and now works with Security Images 5.1.2.
  • I have started work on user submitted reviews. Reviews submitted from the front-end cannot contain any HTML, but they can enter BBCode which will probably be provided via the yvBBCode plugin.

I will most likely release a beta version in 1-2 weeks.

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Search Plugin Released

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.

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Joomla 1.5.15

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.

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2.1.2C Released

I have released version 2.1.2C which fixes this issue.
If you already have 2.1.2 you can either patch it yourself or just download 2.1.2 and upload the mentioned file CategoryForm.php.

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2.1.2 Unreleased

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 after
var tm = new CategoryTitleManager("tm", "title", "", 20, tmLang);)

Add the following:

jQuery("#addTitle").click(function(){
tm.AddTitle('', tm.GetNextNumberedTitleName('Title'), 0, 'Text', 0);
});

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2.1.2 Released

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:

  • Added a new tag {sr_name} to display the name of the review.
  • Added pathway/breadcrumbs.
  • Added new language strings:
    Category_Module.php:

    • FormTemplateCategory
    • FormTemplateCategoryTip
    • Error404Title
    • Error404Description

    Review_Module.php:

    • Error404Title
    • Error404Description

    Language_Module.php:

    • ConfigPluginFooter
    • ConfigPluginFooterTip
    • ConfigPluginHeader
    • ConfigPluginHeaderTip

    Tag_Module.php

    • TagReviewName
  • Added frontend 404 error pages to be displayed if a review or category is not found or not published.
  • Added a template for categories. This will be used when the user visits a category i.e. clicks your reviews menu item and sees the list
    of categories and their reviews.
    The templates are found in:
    www\administrator\components\com_simple_review\addons\modules\Category_Module\templates\Front\
    To modify the template copy the ‘Default’ directory and give it a name e.g. ‘MyTemplate1′.
    Edit the HTML in MyTemplate1\Template.php (editing area is marked with START EDITING).
    Edit the CSS in MyTemplate1\Template.css
    Go to the Category administration page and change the ‘Category Template’ to your new template ‘MyTemplate1′.
  • Changed the HTML and CSS for the rating boxes – they will now be displayable horizontally (and inside P tags) rather than the forced vertically.
    To revert to vertical change the css in:
    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>

  • Changed Administration Review listing to now use the review name instead of title 1, 2 and 3.
  • Changed and improved the plugin selection configuration.
  • Fixed a bug where if Joomla ‘Search Engine Friendly URLs’ was turned off a user will be redirected to the main page rather than the review after adding a comment.
  • Fixed a bug where you could not view a review if ‘ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY’ was turned on in MySQL.
  • Fixed star rating not being shown on category listing.
  • Fixed configuration options:

    Category:

    • Sort options. Added “Review Name” as the default sort field.
    • Limit Top N to Current Category
    • Removed option ‘Show Review Count’ (edit via category template see here)
    • Removed option ‘Show Reviewer’ (edit via category template see here)
    • Removed option ‘Title 2 is Review Link’ (edit via category template see here)
    • Removed option ‘Title 3 is Review Link’ (edit via category template see here)
  • Moved:
    www\administrator\components\com_simple_review\addons\modules\Review_Module\Review_Module.css
    to:
    www\administrator\com_simple_review\admin\addons\modules\Review_Module\templates\Front\Default\Template.css
  • Moved:
    www\components\com_simple_review\images\
    emptystar.png
    emptystar-alt.png
    fullstar.png
    fullstar-alt.png
    halfstar.png
    halfstar-alt.png

    to:
    www\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.

  • Removed file Category_Module.css and merged it into the Default template.
    If you have made changes to this file copy them into the template.
  • Removed directory:
    www\administrator\components\com_simple_review\addons\modules\Review_Module\images
    and merged the contents in:
    www\administrator\com_simple_review\admin\addons\modules\Review_Module\templates\Front\Default
  • Removed directory:
    www\components\com_simple_review\frontend\css.
    File Simple_Review.css has been merged into the Default Review and Category template CSS files.
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2.1.1 Released

Version 2.1.1 of the component and modules have been released; an upgrade is also available for 2.1.0 users.

Notable changes:

  • Works with PHP 4.
  • Reviews now have a name field. This will be used in the page title and as the displayed text in the top and latest modules.

If you are upgrading from 2.0.7 you will need to perform the database upgrade from patch 2.0.7 to 2.1.0 first, then you can apply the full 2.1.0 to 2.1.1 patch (file and database).
If you are upgrading make sure you backup your files and database first. Once upgraded make sure your review created dates are correct and check that each review has a sensible name (new field).

Full list of changes:

  • Added ‘Name’ to review which will be used in the page’s title and by the top modules.
  • Added strings to languages files Review_Module.php (FormName, FormNameTip).
  • Added new CSS classes to the review rating boxes.
  • Added a default timestamp to the review dates as in somecases without it ‘on update CURRENT_TIMESTAMP’ was being applied.
  • Changed category name and description to be a database text field rather than varchar(255).
  • Changed review image URLs to be a database text field rather than varchar(255).
  • Fixed the comment email link.
  • Fixed issues with PHP 4.
  • Fixed superfluous spaces in review character filter.
  • Fixed Tag table not being deleted.
  • Fixed Admin Pagination.
  • Fixed Comment form float clearing.
  • Fixed review form text inputs being too small.
  • Fixed review title quote escaping while editing .
  • Removed Category configuaration options (now done via templates in ‘www\administrator\components\com_simple_review\admin\addons\modules\Category_Module\templates\Front\’):
    • Show Title 1
    • Show Title 2
    • Show Title 3
    • Show Rating
    • Show Reviewer
    • Show Date
    • Title 2 is External Url
    • Title 3 is External Url
    • Title 2 is Review Link
    • Title 3 is Review Link
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SR 2.1.0 and PHP 4 Issues

There are a few issues in PHP 4 which will causes errors such as:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR in
I am working on a fix at the moment. PHP 5 is fine.

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