Uses
DragonByte Reviews is an advanced review system that allows you to get your users interacting with your forums on a new level.
With a wide range of permissions, you can allow your users to create/rate reviews, and customize it to your liking. You can also setup separate instances of the review system with different rating questions, custom fields and a review front page look.
You can even tie the review system into any product system with a little custom work.
Major Features
Multiple Instances You can run an unlimited number instances of the review system on the same forum with same set of files! Each instance can have a different look and feel to it with the help of the customizable display blocks, custom fields and custom rating questions.
AJAX integration We used AJAX wherever we could to help reduce the page reloads, including adding/viewing comments and rating reviews
Automatic image resizing All images added to the review system will be resized and have a thumbnails generated. This will help reduce the page load time but not having to dowload the full image when you just need the thumbnail.
Images in WYSIWYG editor We added the vB WYSIWYG editor with the ability to add inline images into the review text so that you can create reviews that pop.
User or Staff reviews Different usergroups have different levels of permissions. Staff's reviews can be auto approved while user submitted reviews can be set to require approval. All reviews are created through an easy to use feature rich front end.
Front End and ACP Approval Review approval and editing can be done quickly through either the front end by moderators or in the ACP by adminstrators.
Lite Feature List
Reviews
Approvals
Integrations
Categories
StyleVars
Per Instance Permissions
Custom Fields
Review Front Blocks
Forum SideBlocks
Importers
Pro Feature List
Approvals
Categories
Per Instance Permissions
Custom Fields
Review Front Blocks
Forum SideBlocks
DragonByte Reviews is an advanced review system that allows you to get your users interacting with your forums on a new level.
With a wide range of permissions, you can allow your users to create/rate reviews, and customize it to your liking. You can also setup separate instances of the review system with different rating questions, custom fields and a review front page look.
You can even tie the review system into any product system with a little custom work.
Major Features
Multiple Instances You can run an unlimited number instances of the review system on the same forum with same set of files! Each instance can have a different look and feel to it with the help of the customizable display blocks, custom fields and custom rating questions.
AJAX integration We used AJAX wherever we could to help reduce the page reloads, including adding/viewing comments and rating reviews
Automatic image resizing All images added to the review system will be resized and have a thumbnails generated. This will help reduce the page load time but not having to dowload the full image when you just need the thumbnail.
Images in WYSIWYG editor We added the vB WYSIWYG editor with the ability to add inline images into the review text so that you can create reviews that pop.
User or Staff reviews Different usergroups have different levels of permissions. Staff's reviews can be auto approved while user submitted reviews can be set to require approval. All reviews are created through an easy to use feature rich front end.
Front End and ACP Approval Review approval and editing can be done quickly through either the front end by moderators or in the ACP by adminstrators.
Lite Feature List
Reviews
- Preview before submission
- Rich Snippets
- Google+ Author Integration
- Google Maps
- Inline images
- Automatic image resizing
- Fully integrated WYSIWYG editor
- VBAA Integration
- Social Media Links
- Google+
Approvals
- Quickly approve or reject a review with a reason
- Rejected reviews can be resubmitted with a message differentiating them from new reviews
Integrations
- Live Feed & User Wall
- vBNotifications
- Advanced Post Thanks/Likes (Coming Soon!)
- Any Product/Shop System (With minor integration coding)
Categories
- Unlimited Nested Categories
- Categories Unique to Instance
StyleVars
- "Checkmark" image in the Packages / Discounts display
- Border around the reviews & side blocks
- Padding around the reviews & side blocks
- Thumbs Up/Down images
Per Instance Permissions
- Set instance to display if one isn't specified
- Add link to navigation dropdown and specify link title
- Set number of reviews to display per page
- Set the types of image files allowed to upload
- Set rating questions associated with this instance
- Usergroup permission: Can View Reviews
- Usergroup permission: Can Add Reviews
- Usergroup permission: Auto Approve Reviews
- Usergroup permission: Can Approve Reviews
- Usergroup permission: Can Rate Reviews
- Usergroup permission: Can Modify Others Reviews
- Usergroup permission: Can Delete Reviews
- Usergroup permission: Can Delete Others Reviews
- Usergroup permission: Can Comment
- Usergroup permission: Can Delete Comments
- Usergroup permission: Can Delete Comment on Others Reviews
Custom Fields
- Links automatically covert to bbcode
- Single Line Text
- Multiple Line Textbox
Review Front Blocks
- Highest Rated By Reviewer
- Highest Rated By Users
- Latest Reviews
- Most Commented
- Most Popular (View Count)
- Reviews by X (specific User ID)
Forum SideBlocks
- Latest Reviews
- Highest Rated
- Most Popular (View Count)
- Random
Importers
- [chris] Reviews
Pro Feature List
Approvals
- Can be done through front end or ACP
Categories
- Per Usergroup visibility
Per Instance Permissions
- Allow google map integration (looks up by address)
Custom Fields
- Select Dropdown
- Checkboxes
- Radio Buttons
Review Front Blocks
- Latest comments
- Tag Cloud
Forum SideBlocks
- Tag Cloud