Modules and Help Updated

Posted on April 4, 2010 by row1

I have released a new version of the Top and Latest review module. You can now hide the numeric position and also show the reviews thumbnail. You can download it here. The CSS and layout has slightly changed, you can see an example here before deciding if you want to upgrade.

I have also added a help page for translating Simple Review.

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Help Updated

Posted on March 28, 2010 by row1

I have added a new getting started help topic. More help coming soon.

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Version 2.2.1 Released

Posted on March 28, 2010 by row1

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.

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2.1.2C to 2.2.0 Patch Available

Posted on March 27, 2010 by row1

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

Posted on March 22, 2010 by row1

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

Posted on February 16, 2010 by row1

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

Posted on January 24, 2010 by row1

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

Posted on January 11, 2010 by row1

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

Posted on December 20, 2009 by row1

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

Posted on December 15, 2009 by row1

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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