Customer reviews - suggested improvements

[Jörgen]

Hello GJC

Handling unregistered users with the secret password for the order number would be great. But maybe the first selector would be the user email. This could get a list of reviewable items with ordernumbers. Then the password should be used ?

Just a thought.

Regards

Jörgen @ Kreativ Fotografi

[GJC Web Design]

Hi Jörgen,

yes - good idea.. also worth considering ..  now just need the time...   

[bpos]

My thinking was to drift away from just the "proven buyer" idea. I actually use virtuemart as a catalog rather than a store front. Feedback is still important in this case. Customers still purchase from me but not through the store front. So if they don't use the store to purchase then there is no order number?
Lets suppose the moderator might want to add a rating or review themselves? There are lots of cases where items never get rated and are very good but just lack the exposure for whatever reason?
All of this might sound seedy but there is no way to add a rating without a sale online.
What if the moderator was able to issue a number to use as a password to leave rating/review?  Maybe add an email address?

Just some thoughts

Bill

[GJC Web Design]

Any moderator can make a review in the admin with what ever details he chooses and link it to any product, email etc etc
Or fill in a review sent from a user etc

[bpos]

Ok I am missing something.. I do not see that order form anywhere. Where do I find this? I am using VM 3.0.16

[GJC Web Design]

the screen is from my extension:  http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=123514.0

[bpos]

Ah. I see. I was thinking that this was part of the existing VM design. It does look great from the demo and such but a 3rd party extension presents new challenges for me.  How does this extension implement into the existing rating system? There are product rating places where ratings stars show now but perhaps wont on another extension? For instance. ratings show on vm product slider in the slider module? Also on the product page the rating shows next to the product and there is a review tab down below the product image? How does this implement into yours? Will I need to disable the current rating system to get yours to work?

I do like your extension but I don't want to upset the rating places that show now? I was just thinking that there might be an easy way to add a admin/guest  screen (order-rating) such as yours to the existing setup without disturbing much of the original setup?

Just some thoughts..

[GJC Web Design]

http://www.gjcwebdesign.com/eximg/productreview/GJC_VMReview.1.6.0_Virtuemart_3_J3.pdf

example of site using my extension

http://www.misterfesta.com/component/vmreview/?view=orderrev1ewss&productid=1374
http://www.misterfesta.com/webstore/coordinati-tavola/piatti-doraemon-dettaglio

but I'm wondering if you've read this thread?

[bpos]

Ha ha.. Yes I did sift through it. I suppose I was just wishing that there were some simple changes to the core system.

[Milbo]

It is in the core system, since vm3.0.16 (for members only), since vm3.0.17 for everyone, payed by membership http://extensions.virtuemart.net/support/virtuemart-supporter-membership-detail