Actually there are many forums using GARS or ReviewPost and a review content type is in high demand on both vb as IPB.I can't imagine many forums would have need of such a feature.
It's best suited to a mod in my opinion.
Well said, I was to lasy to specify it, though it should be pretty clear to codersSomething similar to iReviews, GARS, jReviews and that will allow us to create our own review section, similar to tripadvisor, hotels.com, GSMarena.com, amazon.com, CNET, etc.
A review is basically the same as an article, but has custom fields functions, possibility to add predefined questions to those fields and rating functions. The author gives ratings. Users can respond to the review with comments and with ratings. This yields an average user rating.
Reviews should be loaded with interactive AJAX functions.
- Reviews should have different sections, so you could for example have sections for movie reviews, restaurant reviews and product reviews.
- permissions per section
- The overview of reviews of each section, should allow for different display options, to be set by the admin.
- Reviews should have:
- Author ratings, with pretty AJAX stars, bars and other pretty rating scales.
- Member ratings
- Combined rating averages.
- Rating value should have an alt text. For example: if you choose to have ratings with 1 - 5 stars, then hovering over a 5 star rating could state 'excellent', while hovering over a 1 star rating could stat
- Admins should be able to define rating questions and custom fields.
- Custom fields should allow:
1. fields that work like tags. i.e. clicking on the word 'spaghetti' in a custom field would lead to all restaurants that serve spaghetti.
2. fields with AJAX autofill functions.
3. single line text fields
4. multiple line text fields
5. mandatory fields
6. tickbox fields
7. payment methods icons- Google maps integration.
- amazon.com affiliate integration
- allow paid listing trough subscriptions and paid expanded listings. (when paid for more custom fields become visible)
- Ability to compare prices of all vendors that sell product X
- Summary charts for all restaurants that serve Y. i.e. a table that lists those restaurant, with the data from custom fields, as the admin defines.
- Search for restaurants that have specific data in custom fields X, Y and Z.
Sorry to say that, but your opinion is wrong. Check out vB forums for instance, it s one of the most requested (and still postponed feature). In fact, we will upgrade our boards, when somebody will make this option by default, and as Alfa stated, many users are stuck into 3d party solutions.I can't imagine many forums would have need of such a feature.
It's best suited to a mod in my opinion.
That was my train of thought as well.This will probably come with the CMS.
Thinking at a more abstract level, could another solution be to give more incentive to have 3rd party modifications?The fact that GARS is a third party mod and has been abandoned since years ago <snip>
the problem is with having major features as third party mods. Currently 4 of my major addons are abandoned or without a developer. (GARS, NuWiki, LDM, NuSEO)
Actually there are many forums using GARS or ReviewPost and a review content type is in high demand on both vb as IPB.
The fact that GARS is a third party mod and has been abandoned since years ago, has stopped a substantial number of vbulletin sites from upgrading to vb4. And for this reason many admins demanded this feature from IB, after IB had scrapped it from development. Even vb.org uses GARS. Although that isn't directly related to XF, it does show there is a lot of demand for reviews and also what the problem is with having major features as third party mods. Currently 4 of my major addons are abandoned or without a developer. (GARS, NuWiki, LDM, NuSEO)
Actually there are many forums using GARS or ReviewPost and a review content type is in high demand on both vb as IPB.
The fact that GARS is a third party mod and has been abandoned since years ago, has stopped a substantial number of vbulletin sites from upgrading to vb4. And for this reason many admins demanded this feature from IB, after IB had scrapped it from development. Even vb.org uses GARS. Although that isn't directly related to XF, it does show there is a lot of demand for reviews and also what the problem is with having major features as third party mods. Currently 4 of my major addons are abandoned or without a developer. (GARS, NuWiki, LDM, NuSEO)
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