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JReviews is one of the first and most powerful Content Construction Kit (CCK) extension for Joomla; with a strong emphasis on performance and SEO. It has powerful review and media features that easily makes it one of the best CCK extensions you can buy. It's been in development since 2006. This presentation is a beginners guide to JReviews. With a detailed explanation of the concepts used and how they all fit together. It also has a quick step-by-step guide to help you get started so you can build amazing websites.
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JReviews Introduction & Quick Setup Guide
Joomla
ClickFWD LLC Copyright © 2010-2014 http://www.reviewsforjoomla.com
JReviews
JReviews overview and concepts Setup JReviews in just a few quick steps You should have already installed Joomla and JReviews Reference Table of Example Fields and Field Options Look at this page while setting things up
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JReviews
JReviews is for much more than just reviews!
• Single content type
• Standard fields
• Schema.org markup limited to
‘Article’ object type.
Joomla Joomla + JReviews
• Multiple content types (CCK)
• Standard fields + custom fields
• Better Schema.org markup: Per listing type; breadcrumbs
markup and review markup.
• Custom and dynamic page titles, meta keywords and
description tags using custom fields
• Article URLs without numbers using the included SEF Plugin
• Powerful review system with custom fields
• Rich media: photos, videos, attachments and audio uploads
in listings and reviews with HTML5 playback
• Easy video embed from popular sources
• Integrated with most popular community extensions
• Add-ons to further extend functionality
• And so much more ….
JReviews extends and improves the native Joomla Content System with an emphasis on performance and SEO.
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JReviews
A conceptual view of JReviews
Listing Types
Field Groups
Rating criteria
Detail page widgets
Sub-categories
Joomla Categories
JReviews Directories
Listings
Listing Type
Listing Type
Custom Fields
Detail Page Widgets
Standard Fields
Optional
The Listing Type is the heart of JReviews. Field groups feed into Listing Types and Listing Types are associated with Joomla categories. All listings in a category inherit its Listing Type settings.
Overrides for: • Config settings • Access settings • Media settings
Listing Field Groups
Custom Field
Custom Field
Custom Field
Review Field Groups
Custom Field
Custom Field
Custom Field Reviews
Rating criteria
Custom Fields
Standard Fields
Media
Media
Review Discussions
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JReviews
A practical view of JReviews – City Guide Restaurants
Restaurant Listing Types
Field Groups
Rating criteria • Food • Atmosphere • Service • Pricing
Detail page widgets • Nearby restaurants
(requires GeoMaps Add-on)
‘Restaurants‘ Category
‘City Guide‘ Directory
Listing Type
We take the conceptual view and transform it into a practical example to illustrate how all the parts fit together to build a Restaurant Listing Type.
Restaurants Address Restaurant Info
‘Restaurant ABC‘ Listings
Custom Fields
Detail Page Widgets
Standard Fields
Reviews
Rating criteria
Custom Fields
Standard Fields Address Restaurant Info
Nearby Rest.
‘Location‘ Listing Group
State
City
Street address
‘Rest. Info‘ Listing Group
Cuisine
Meals Served
Postal code
‘About Me‘ Review Group
I am from
Age group About me
Media
Media
Review Discussions
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JReviews
JReviews overview and concepts Setup JReviews in just a few quick steps You should have already installed Joomla and JReviews Reference Table of Example Fields and Field Options Look at this page while setting things up
ClickFWD LLC Copyright © 2010-2014 http://www.reviewsforjoomla.com
JReviews
Setup JReviews in just a few quick steps
JReviews has hundreds of settings and tons of features, but you can get started fairly quickly and explore all the possibilities once you familiarize yourself with the setup process.
JReviews uses the Joomla content system, so the first thing you need to do is create a few categories in Joomla that you want to use with JReviews.
For ease of use, custom fields are grouped together and all groups can be re-used in different Listing Types.
Lots of choices here: select lists, radio buttons, checkboxes, datepicker, website, email, text, textarea, code, numeric, banner and related listings.
Choose the field groups you want to use, add the rating criteria, create some detail page widgets and override almost any global setting.
Joomla categories are grouped together as a directory to display a nice overview of your setup to end users and to search engines.
Let JReviews know which Joomla categories are part of the JReviews system and associate each category with a Listing Type and Directory.
Create required Joomla menus and a few JReviews ones to display different types of pages.
Joomla Categories
Field Groups
Fields
Listing Types
Directories
JReviews Categories
OPTIONAL
OPTIONAL
Menus
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In the Joomla Category Manager create the ‘Restaurants’ category and save. You can always come back and add more categories or sub-categories.
1. Joomla Categories
Joomla Categories
Field Groups
Fields
Listing Types
Directories
JReviews Categories
Menus
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Add New Category
Title*: Restaurants
Content
Category Manager
✔ Save
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Title*:
Address
✚ Add
2. Field Groups
In the Field Groups Manager create ‘Address’ and ‘Restaurant Info’
Listing Groups. Then select ‘Reviews’ from the Location dropdown list
and add the ‘About me’ Review Group. At this point just fill out the
Field Group title and ignore other settings.
JReviews
SETUP JREVIEWS
Field Groups Manager
Fields Manager
Listing Types Manager
Directories Manager
Categories Manager
Field Groups Manager
Location: LISTING
Location: Listing
Review
Components Joomla
Categories
Field Groups
Fields
Listing Types
Directories
JReviews Categories
Menus
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JReviews
Online Documentation
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3. Fields – Create Listing Fields
✚ New
In the Fields Manager first add the ‘Address‘ and ‘Restaurant Info‘ groups custom
fields, only paying attention to the Title, Type and Field Group settings.
Custom Fields Manager
Location: Listing
Review
✔ Save
Custom Field
Type Single select
Title: State
Field Group Address
A C B
In the ‘Address‘ Field Group create: • ‘State‘: Single select • ‘City‘: Single select • ‘Street Address‘: Text • ‘Postal Code‘: Text In the ‘Restaurant Info‘ Field Group create: • ‘Cuisine‘: Multiple select • ‘Meals served‘: Checkboxes • ‘Price Range‘: Single select
JReviews
SETUP JREVIEWS
Field Groups Manager
Fields Manager
Listing Types Manager
Directories Manager
Categories Manager
JReviews
SETUP JREVIEWS
Field Groups Manager
Fields Manager
Listing Types Manager
Directories Manager
Categories Manager
Next, create field
options
Joomla Categories
Field Groups
Fields
Listing Types
Directories
JReviews Categories
Menus
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Online Documentation
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JReviews
3. Fields – Add Field Options
✚ New
Access the Field Options Manager for the ‘State‘ field to start adding the options. Then do the same for the ‘City‘ field and establish the relation with the ‘State‘ field and value. Continue with ‘Cuisine‘, ‘Meals Served‘ and ‘Price Range‘ in the Restaurants Info Field Group.
Custom Fields Manager
Location: Listing
✚ Add
Field Options Manager: City
Text
jr_state (State)
JReviews
SETUP JREVIEWS
Field Groups Manager
Fields Manager
Listing Types Manager
Directories Manager
Categories Manager
JReviews
SETUP JREVIEWS
Field Groups Manager
Fields Manager
Listing Types Manager
Directories Manager
Categories Manager
Address
Group Title Options Type
Address State Select
Address City Select
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Value
boston
Control Field
Boston
Massachusetts
Control Value
• First add the options for the ‘State‘ field without filling out Control Field and Control Value.
• Then add the City options, selecting for each one the Control Field and Control Value.
Joomla Categories
Field Groups
Fields
Listing Types
Directories
JReviews Categories
Menus
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A C B
Next, create review
fields
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3. Fields – Create Review Fields
To create the Review Fields, first select the ‘Review’ Location in the Fields Manager and click ‘New’. In the next step we create a Listing Type that uses the created Field Group.
Joomla Categories
Field Groups
Fields
Listing Types
Directories
JReviews Categories
Menus
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A C B
✚ New
Custom Fields Manager
Location: Listing
Review
✔ Save
Custom Field
Type Text
Title: Location
Field Group About Me
In the ‘About Me‘ Field Group create: • ‘Location‘: Text • ‘Age Group‘: Radiobuttons Then add the ‘Age Group’ field options as shown in the previous step.
JReviews
SETUP JREVIEWS
Field Groups Manager
Fields Manager
Listing Types Manager
Directories Manager
Categories Manager
JReviews
SETUP JREVIEWS
Field Groups Manager
Fields Manager
Listing Types Manager
Directories Manager
Categories Manager
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4. Listing Types
Joomla Categories
Field Groups
Fields
Listing Types
Directories
JReviews Categories
Menus
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✚ New
Listing Types Manager JReviews
SETUP JREVIEWS
Listing Types Manager
✔ Save
Listing Type
Main Settings
JReviews
SETUP JREVIEWS
Field Groups Manager
Fields Manager
Listing Types Manager
Directories Manager
Categories Manager
Rating Criterion Required Weight Tooltip
Food
Atmosphere
Service
Pricing
Title
Address Restaurant Info About Me
Comments & ratings
Allow comments & ratings
Select Field Groups to Associate with this Listing Type
Restaurants
Rating Criteria
✚ Add new criterion
Create the ‘Restaurant’ Listing Type. Associate the previously created Field Groups and add the Rating Criteria that will be used in Restaurant reviews.
Online Documentation
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JReviews
5. Directories
Joomla Categories
Field Groups
Fields
Listing Types
Directories
JReviews Categories
Menus
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Directories Manager JReviews
SETUP JREVIEWS
Field Groups Manager
Fields Manager
Listing Types Manager
Directories Manager
Categories Manager
Title*
City Guide
✚ Add Name*
city-guide
Create the ‘City Guide’ Directory that will be used to group all City Guide related categories such as ‘Restaurants’, ‘Hotels’, etc.
Online Documentation
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JReviews
6. JReviews Categories
Joomla Categories
Field Groups
Fields
Listing Types
Directories
JReviews Categories
Menus
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✚ Setup New
Categories Manager JReviews
SETUP JREVIEWS
Categories Manager
✚ Setup New
Categories Manager JReviews
SETUP JREVIEWS
Field Groups Manager
Fields Manager
Listing Types Manager
Directories Manager
Categories Manager
X
Select Listing Type
Restaurants
Directory
City Guide
Select one or multiple categories
Uncategorized Restaurants
✔ Save
The JReviews Category Manager is where you choose which Joomla Categories to include in the setup; and associate them with a Listing Type and Directory. Online
Documentation
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JReviews
7. Menus – Create Required Joomla Menus
Joomla Categories
Field Groups
Fields
Listing Types
Directories
JReviews Categories
Menus
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Add New Menu Item
Menus
Top Menu We chose the ‘Top Menu’ as an example.
Menu Title* Restaurants
✔ Save
Details
Menu Item Type Category Blog Select
Choose a Category Restaurants
This is a very important step! Joomla requires that you create Joomla Category Menus to be able to generate nice looking URLs for articles, which are equivalent to JReviews listings. They are also necessary to be able to assign modules to Category and Listing detail pages. By enabling the Jreviews SEF Plugin, which is installed by default, the Joomla Category Menus will render as very-nice-looking JReviews Category pages. Otherwise you will also need to create the corresponding JReviews Category Menus.
Choose Articles / Category Blog
A B
Online Documentation
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7. Menus – Create JReviews Menus
Joomla Categories
Field Groups
Fields
Listing Types
Directories
JReviews Categories
Menus
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Menu Title* Submit Restaurant
✔ Save
Details
Menu Item Type Submit New Listing Select
A B
Create your very first JReviews menu to start submitting listings in the Restaurants Category which you can view using the menu created in the previous step.
Choose JReviews / Submit New Listing
Menu Title* Submit Restaurant
✔ Save
Choose a Category Restaurants
JReviews Details
Directory Select Directory
Menus
To have the form default to the ‘Restaurants’ category you can select it here, but this is optional.
Online Documentation
ClickFWD LLC Copyright © 2010-2014 http://www.reviewsforjoomla.com
JReviews
JReviews overview and concepts Setup JReviews in just a few quick steps You should have already installed Joomla and JReviews Reference Table of Example Fields and Field Options Look at this page while setting things up
ClickFWD LLC Copyright © 2010-2014 http://www.reviewsforjoomla.com
JReviews
Reference Table of Example Fields and Field Options Field Type Location Field Options Control Field Control Value
‘Location‘ Group
State
City
Street address
‘Rest. Info‘ Group
Cuisine
Meals Served
Postal code
‘About Me‘ Group
I am from
Age group
Select
Select
Text
Text
Select Multiple
Checkboxes
Text
Radiobuttons
Listing
Listing
Review
•Massachusetts •California •New York
•Boston •San Francisco •New York
State •Massachusetts •California •New York
French, Italian, Spanish, American
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Dessert
18 & below, 19-25,26-32,33-45, 46-69, 60 & above