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What Is Covered

• Summary
• About the Modification
• Changelog
• File Listing
• Demonstration
• Install Instructions
• Usage Instructions
• Settings
• Frequently Asked Questions
     • What does purchasing a license entitle me to?


 

Summary

UBB.threads Reviews produces a Review Directory within your UBB.threads forum install. You can manage your reviews and their categories from the UBB.threads Control Panel (modification of files required for embedding links to UBB.threads Reviews), and users can submit reviews to your defined categories (user submissions are checked against Stop Forum Spam, and must be approved manually from the UBB.threads Reviews Control Panel pages). Outgoing links are tracked and the system has logic to detect unique clicks only.

You can manage all of your review data, and allow your moderators (with user edit access to the Control Panel) to edit your UBB.threads Reviews data, via the Control Panel by installing the UBB.threads Admin Modification Menu and populating the links for the admin_adminmenu.tmpl admin_modmenu.tmpl files.

There are several script configuration options that affect behavior, such as displaying outgoing hits, change the main page listing (top outgoing hits, items with no category set, latest reviews, and categories only), set a max-height for images, and allow/disable user submissions.

Development by James Corthell (Gizmo/Gremelin) of VNC Web Services.


 

About the Modification

• Requirements: UBB.threads 7.x (not compatible with UBB.threads 6.x or below)
• Current Build: 20200617
• License Information: This script is not freeware, it requires a license; by purchasing a license you're granted usage on 1 (one) UBB.threads installation. Any additional installations require an additional license. Updates are available for 1 year after initial purchase; after this timeframe, to aid in development costs, you must renew your access to updates (see the purchase review below for further information). You cannot freely provide this script to others without written permission from the author.
• Pricing: $50 (Purchase Here)
• Support: Support is available on the UBBDev thread UBB.threads Reviews.


 

Changelog

 20200617 (June 17th, 2020)
• Initial version released to the public.


 

File Listing

Your install archive will contain several files, namely:
• admin/do_review.php
• admin/review.php
• admin/review_manage.php
• languages/english/admin/review.php
• languages/english/review.php
• scripts/review.inc.php
• scripts/review_capture.inc.php
• scripts/review_manage.inc.php
• templates/default/admin/review.tmpl
• templates/default/admin/review_manage.tmpl
• templates/default/review.tpl
• readme.txt - A brief readme which gives basic tips on getting started, and a review here to the full documentation.


 

Demonstration

A Gardeners Forum


 

Install Instructions

 

Settings

The following configuration ticks can be found in the scripts/review.inc.php file:
// Configuration
$conf["hits"] = 0; // Should we display a tally of outgoing hits? (0*/No, 1/Yes)
$conf["limit"] = 25; // How many items per page?
$conf["listing"] = 1; // What should show on the index (0/Items with No Parent, 1*/Latest Entries, 2/Top Reviews, 3/Categories Only)
$conf["maxheight"] = 100; // What should the maximum height be for images in entries in pixels? (Default: 0/Off, #/Height)
$conf["submissions"] = 0; // Allow users to submit reviews? (0*/No, 1/Yes, 2/Guests - if enabled within UBB.threads, all users are checked against the Stop Forum Spam database before submissions are allowed)
// Configuration


 

Frequently Asked Questions

      

What does purchasing a license entitle me to?

By purchasing a license to the UBB.threads Reviews modification you're entitled to lifetime support of the script for the lifetime period of the script. You also receive access to a year of updates for free. After the year period; updates are purchased in blocks of 1 year for $50/yr to cover development costs. Please note that you are entitled to install this script on ONE domain per license; additional domains will require additional licenses.


Posted By Gremelin Posted on June 17th, 2020 · Updated on June 18th, 2020

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