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A reviews plug-in allows writers and members with the right permissions to submit reviews to articles. The reviews are added to articles in three flavors: Games, Movie and Music reviews.
You may start creating new articles with reviews, but also can add reviews to existing articles. Every review is displayed in a box you put on desired place within the article page.
You need to access to the Plug-ins section. Click on the Plug-ins link which is located in the Main menu at the top of your administration panel.
A list of all plug-ins currently registered to the system is displayed on the right hand side of the screen.
To install Reviews you need to click on the install icon on the right side of the plug-in name.
This will take you to the page where you may choose particular review flavor you want to have installed.
After you run the installation, you will be informed that the plug-in was successfully installed.
You may easily go back to the Plug-ins page, by following the link: Click here to go to Plug-in
To uninstall Reviews you need to click on the uninstall icon on the right side of the plug-in name
This will take you to the page with the link for uninstall: Click here to Uninstall the plug-in
You will be informed that the plug-in was successfully uninstalled and you may return to the Plug-ins page by clicking the link: Click here to return to Plug-in home page
The path to the Reviews plug-in:
Click on Articles link (which is located in Main menu at the top of your administrator panel).
Choose to add or edit an article so tab(s) for adding reviews will be included.
This plug-in can be accessed by users with writing privileges.
Choose Articles section from your Vivvo administration and click on the 'Add new article' link if you want to add a new article with review, or choose to edit an article from the list if you want to add a review to existing article. Additional tab(s) should appear next to 'Edit article' tab (depending on what you have chosen during the installation).
Show games review - this option is set to 'No' by default, so you will need to change it to 'Yes' for some particular review article in order that review box appears on the article page
Publisher, Developer, Platform, Genre - add optional information about the game
Editor rating - rate the game (depending on your rating, 1 - 5 stars will be displayed in the box)
Release date - enter the release date manually or simply use the built-in calendar
Buy now - enter the link to the online store the game can be purchased from
Show music review - this option is set to 'No' by default, so you will need to change it to 'Yes' for some particular review article in order that review box appears on the article page
Performer, Album/Single, Publisher, Genre - add optional information about the album/single
Release date - enter the release date manually or simply use the built-in calendar
Editor rating - rate the album/single (depending on your rating, 1 - 5 stars will be displayed in the box)
Buy now - enter the link to the online store the album/single can be purchased from
Show movie review - this option is set to 'No' by default, so you will need to change it to 'Yes' for some particular review article in order that review box appears on the article page
Release date - enter the release date manually or simply use the built-in calendar
Starring, Director, Genre, Runtime - add optional information about the movie
MPAA rating - refer to this page for further information and ratings: http://www.mpaa.org/FilmRatings.asp
Editor rating - rate the movie (depending on your rating, 1 - 5 stars will be displayed in the box)
Trailer (url) - enter the link for the trailer preview
Buy now - enter the link to the online store the movie can be purchased from
To have review box visible in the article page, you will need to add the following code on desired place in article template file (VIVVO_ROOT/templates/CURRENT_TEMPLATE/article/default.tpl):
<vte:include file="{VIVVO_TEMPLATE_DIR}box/plugin_review_games.tpl" />
<vte:include file="{VIVVO_TEMPLATE_DIR}box/plugin_review_music.tpl" />
<vte:include file="{VIVVO_TEMPLATE_DIR}box/plugin_review_movie.tpl" />
