Testimonial Manager Support Thread

[clydejones]

Hmmm... I don't see that file in the specified location. Neither in my over-rides file or the file that it would over-ride. There is the testimonials_manager.php. Here is that entire page:

<?php
/**
 * Testimonials Manager - display Testimonials sidebox
 *
 * @package templateSystem
 * @copyright 2007 Clyde Jones
  * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003-2007 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 * @version $Id: Testimonials_Manager.php 7-25-2007 clyde $
 */
 
// test if box should display
$page_query = $db->Execute("select testimonials_id, testimonials_image, testimonials_title, testimonials_html_text, date_added  from " . TABLE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . " where status = 1 order by rand(), testimonials_title limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER_TITLES ."");
if ($page_query->RecordCount()>0) {
      $title =  BOX_HEADING_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER;
      $box_id =  testimonials_manager;
      $rows = 0;
      while (!$page_query->EOF) {
        $rows++;
        $page_query_list[$rows]['id'] = $page_query->fields['testimonials_id'];
        $page_query_list[$rows]['name']  = $page_query->fields['testimonials_title'];
        $page_query_list[$rows]['story']  = $page_query->fields['testimonials_html_text'];
        $page_query_list[$rows]['image'] = $page_query->fields['testimonials_image'];

        $page_query->MoveNext();
      }
      $left_corner = false;
      $right_corner = false;
      $right_arrow = false;
      $title_link = false;
      require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_testimonials_manager.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_testimonials_manager.php');
      require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
    }
?>

I am using Jade's Apple Zen template, however, which forces a single, right-hand only sidebox.

Thats the right file and it looks like it is calling the things it should.

what are your setting in admin -> configuration -> testimonial manager
for the following options:

Display Truncated Testimonials in Sidebox
Length of truncated testimonials to display

[MeltDown]

Thats the right file and it looks like it is calling the things it should.

what are your setting in admin -> configuration -> testimonial manager
for the following options:

Display Truncated Testimonials in Sidebox
Length of truncated testimonials to display

Display Truncated Testimonials in Sidebox - True

Length of truncated testimonials to display - 25

I've just seen that if I set the truncated testimonial to false it shoves everything on the page to the right.

[clydejones]

Display Truncated Testimonials in Sidebox - True

Length of truncated testimonials to display - 25

I've just seen that if I set the truncated testimonial to false it shoves everything on the page to the right.

The sidebox displays only the title of the testimonial then "read more" and the links to the view and add page(s).

What happens if you try the mod with another template?

[clydejones]

The sidebox displays only the title of the testimonial then "read more" and the links to the view and add page(s).

What happens if you try the mod with another template?

Your testimonial images should be stored in your main images directory:

images/testimonials

and not in

includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/images/testimonials

[thomasw98]

I just installed it on my in-the-process-of-building zencart site. It works great!

One question: I am running a bilingual site. So ideally, if the customer leaves a testimonial in English, it should only be visible on the English language "view all testimonials" page and sidebox. And vice versa for a Chinese language visitor. But it seems like the Testimonial Manager is not set up this way.

Questions:
1. Am I correct is assuming it is not set up this way?
2. Is it possible to modify it to work this way?

As an example, I can point to the 5-star product review system that is a part of the standard 1.3.7 zencart. The 5-star review system only shows Chinese visitors the reviews entered by other Chinese language visitors, and only English reviews to English language visitors. Kind of a nifty feature that I would like to continue with Testimonials Manager.

Thanks!

[clydejones]

I just installed it on my in-the-process-of-building zencart site. It works great!

One question: I am running a bilingual site. So ideally, if the customer leaves a testimonial in English, it should only be visible on the English language "view all testimonials" page and sidebox. And vice versa for a Chinese language visitor. But it seems like the Testimonial Manager is not set up this way.

Questions:
1. Am I correct is assuming it is not set up this way?
2. Is it possible to modify it to work this way?

As an example, I can point to the 5-star product review system that is a part of the standard 1.3.7 zencart. The 5-star review system only shows Chinese visitors the reviews entered by other Chinese language visitors, and only English reviews to English language visitors. Kind of a nifty feature that I would like to continue with Testimonials Manager.

Thanks!

Correct, at this time testimonials manager does not support multi-languages

I will look into adding this capability in a future upgrade.

[thomasw98]

Correct, at this time testimonials manager does not support multi-languages

I will look into adding this capability in a future upgrade.

This is a fairly big problem with languages like Chinese, since these turn into total gibberish when displayed on an English page. If it was French on an English page, it would not be such a big issue.

I am not going to use the sidebox for now anyways, so I will only display a menu link to "view all testimonials" on my Chinese header and leave this off of the English header. If some day you add the bilingual feature, I will then turn on the menu button on the English pages also.

Thanks for the nice contribution!

[clydejones]

This is a fairly big problem with languages like Chinese, since these turn into total gibberish when displayed on an English page. If it was French on an English page, it would not be such a big issue.

I am not going to use the sidebox for now anyways, so I will only display a menu link to "view all testimonials" on my Chinese header and leave this off of the English header. If some day you add the bilingual feature, I will then turn on the menu button on the English pages also.

Thanks for the nice contribution!

The attached should allow you to use multi-languages with the testimonials MOD

The zip file contains only the files necessary to add multi-language capabilities.

as always, unzip the file, rename the YOUR_TEMPLATE directories to match the name of your custom template
includes/modules/sideboxes/YOUR_TEMPLATE
includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE

Copy the upgrade_testimonials_manager.sql and paste it into
admin -> tools -> install sql patches and click the send button.

upload both the admin and includes folders to your server.

Attachment 2611

I'll include these changes in an upgrade in the downloads section very soon.

[thomasw98]

Wow, I really appreciate the fast work! Thanks again.

[clydejones]

Wow, I really appreciate the fast work! Thanks again.

I'd been thinking about doing this for a while anyway, you just gave me the shove I needed.