joshvaz89

lol that too. Reason I use do_shortcode() function because I made a custom style for it and my text widget has it’s own style layout which i do not want the reviews to be under.

I believe he may work on that for the next update. But for now you need to use the shortcode function called do_shortcode()

In order to do it within the sidebar you must add <?php do_shortcode(‘[WPCR_SHOW POSTID=”ALL” NUM=”3″ SNIPPET=”” MORE=”” HIDECUSTOM=”0″ HIDERESPONSE=”0″] ‘) ?>

Sorry I didn’t respond earlier, been really with other projects. As soon as I have a chance I will test this out and see if it works. Another thing also, I was reading about hReviews and how they work with Google. Apparently, more than likely Google will not read hidden divs, so what I have done in your plugin was instead of using “display:none” I used “text-indent:-9000px; position:absolute; top:0px;” which doesn’t hide the div but move it’s position. Which on the page it wont show since it’s moved off the page. Yet, I am still not sure if Google will read that or not.

Hey Bompus,

You are awesome!!!!

We are actually happy that you fix that issue, and my boss wants to thank you for that.

I know you have been ask way too many questions to fix or add certain abilities to the plugin. But I notice one thing when using the shortocde in general. It does not show the star ratings. Is there a simple way to fix that? Sorry to bug you on that.

Sorry for the typos, just to make it clearer what I meant was the ability to have custom rating fields. For example, you have a product and you allow users to rate its value, performance, stability, etc. Than being able to grab the user’s overall rating from each custom rating field in one form. From there grab ALL user’s overall ratings and make an overall rating of that. Than an SEO like Google will grab that. Hopefully that makes sense. I know people will want to see multiple ratings of a product or service.

And the rss trick didnt work, it manage to pull the review content. But it pulled everything, including the hidden fields and form.

Hey no problem, I hope it will work out. ??

My next step is to actually try using an rss feed to pull it into a sidebar.

Also I read another forum here of someone mentioning about adding extra rating fields. Such as, a rating for stability, performance, value, etc. If you were to rate a product for example. I actually try adding an extra rating field into the plugin and it worked, but i haven’t manage or had the chance to have it upload to the database yet. I realize though by doing that you will have 2 different ratings and the hReview will only aggregate the overall ratings of all users. So I thought what if you had the option to have multiple rating fields in form, than somehow grab the average or overall rating of each field. Than from there grab each overall rating from each user than an SEO will grab that. Just a thought and that will make more complex. lol

Oh wait I just realize just by reading:

the sidebar contents would need to be setup as a page, so the code can be inserted.

Pretty much I have to create a page and make that specific page set to look like a sidebar. I now understand. Hmm, strange I made a widget to display a page with that shortcode and yet it only display the shortcode itself not the actual review content. I believe I had restated already. lol

I had thought of the same idea. I manage to actually get into the code and made an extra rating field. But I haven’t actually manage to have it upload to a database. And you have to remember, Google will take an overall rating if you have the settings set to aggregate the ratings from all users.

If you were to add extra rating fields in the form then you will have to somehow grab the average overall rating from each field. Than from there grab all the overall ratings from every users than Google or any other SEO will grab that.

It gets a bit complex, I been trying to see if could mess with the plugin to do that. Which later I may try to. I am still having issues just trying to load the reviews on the sidebar. lol

I recently installed your awesome plugin it works great! But I still can’t figure out how to display the reviews on the sidebar. I notice Customer Reviews under Settings it mentions:

An example would be to use this in the sidebar contents of a page, or maybe on the homepage. For this to work in a sidebar, the sidebar contents would need to be setup as a page, so the code can be inserted.

I been trying to figure this out for the past several hours, and I still cannot manage to display any of the reviews with the shortcode in the sidebar. I try displaying a page within a sidebar with the shortcode. But it only shows the shortcode itself not the actual reviews. I also try using the do_shortcode function to display that specific shortcode. Yet I still do not get any results. I even add the filter to display shortcodes in text widgets and still it does not work.

If possible could you please help me out on this, a client of of mine is need of this. I appreciate it thanks! ??