Testimonial Manager Support Thread

[autoace]

1 - I think it actually says that "Testimonial Manager 1.3.7 is available in the downloads section" (the current version is 1.5

2 - This can be safely ignored. It means that there is already an entry for that information in the data base and that particular statement will be ignored.

1. Ok, thanks for the clarification on the version.

2. Should I just delete that statement (line 59, for me) from the sql file?

[clydejones]

1. Ok, thanks for the clarification on the version.

2. Should I just delete that statement (line 59, for me) from the sql file?

You can delete it if you wish.

[autoace]

You can delete it if you wish.

Hi Clyde,

This is really just for anyone else who might be having the same issue I did (errors when running the sql patch for new installs.)

Just an FYI, I had to comment out lines 56-59 in the sql file for new installs. I had to go one by one until I finally got a success message from phpmyadmin. I'm assuming its because I do have a number of addons installed on my site.

Hope that helps someone else save some time.

[shorti6877]

ok i just installed this and where on the stylesheet do I place :

.testimonial {
color: #000;
padding: 0 5px 5px 5px;
text-align:left;
}
.testimonial p {
margin: 0; padding: 5px 0;
}
.testimonial span {
float:right;
}
.testimonialImage {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
text-align: center;
}

metatags

//TESTIMONIALS:
case 'testimonials_manager_all_testimonials':

$sql = "select * from " . TABLE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . " where status = 1 and language_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "' order by date_added DESC, testimonials_title";
$testimonials = $db->Execute($sql);
while (!$testimonials->EOF) {
$testimonial_string_metatags .= zen_clean_html($testimonials->fields['testimonials_title']) . METATAGS_DIVIDER;


$testimonials->MoveNext();

} //EOF
define('META_TAG_TITLE', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER_ALL_TESTIMONIALS . $testimonial_string_metatags);
define('META_TAG_DESCRIPTION', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER_ALL_TESTIMONIALS . $testimonial_string_metatags);
define('META_TAG_KEYWORDS', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER_ALL_TESTIMONIALS . $testimonial_string_metatags);
break;

case 'testimonials_manager':
define('META_TAG_TITLE', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . $page_check->fields['testimonials_title']);
define('META_TAG_DESCRIPTION', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . zen_trunc_string($page_check->fields['testimonials_html_text'],TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH));
define('META_TAG_KEYWORDS', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . $page_check->fields['testimonials_title']);
break;

[clydejones]

open includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/css/stylesheet.css

scroll to the bottom of the page and add the following
.testimonial {
color: #000;
padding: 0 5px 5px 5px;
text-align:left;
}
.testimonial p {
margin: 0; padding: 5px 0;
}
.testimonial span {
float:right;
}
.testimonialImage {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
text-align: center;
}

the other section is used to add meta tags when vewing your testimonial pages and is not included in the stylesheet.

There are instruction earlier in this support thread on add the meta tag section (I just don't remember where exactly)

[MyDigitalFixation]

I downloaded this mod from the free software section and installed it. I added the below code to /includes/modules/mytemplatename/meta_tags.php

//TESTIMONIALS:
case 'testimonials_manager_all_testimonials':

$sql = "select * from " . TABLE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . " where status = 1 and language_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "' order by date_added DESC, testimonials_title";
$testimonials = $db->Execute($sql);
while (!$testimonials->EOF) {
$testimonial_string_metatags .= zen_clean_html($testimonials->fields['testimonials_title']) . METATAGS_DIVIDER;


$testimonials->MoveNext();

} //EOF
define('META_TAG_TITLE', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER_ALL_TESTIMONIALS . $testimonial_string_metatags);
define('META_TAG_DESCRIPTION', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER_ALL_TESTIMONIALS . $testimonial_string_metatags);
define('META_TAG_KEYWORDS', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER_ALL_TESTIMONIALS . $testimonial_string_metatags);
break;

case 'testimonials_manager':
define('META_TAG_TITLE', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . $page_check->fields['testimonials_title']);
define('META_TAG_DESCRIPTION', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . zen_trunc_string($page_check->fields['testimonials_html_text'],TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH));
define('META_TAG_KEYWORDS', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . $page_check->fields['testimonials_title']);
break;

Did this code need to be added to the meta_tags.php file or was that supplied for upgrades?

After adding it to the file, this string is showing up in the top/title of the browser window bar along with the title of the comment.


META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER

[clydejones]

I downloaded this mod from the free software section and installed it. I added the below code to /includes/modules/mytemplatename/meta_tags.php




Did this code need to be added to the meta_tags.php file or was that supplied for upgrades?

After adding it to the file, this string is showing up in the top/title of the browser window bar along with the title of the comment.


META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER

Adding this code is entirely optional

There is a post located in this thread on how to implement the code (I just don't remember where)

[MyDigitalFixation]

Adding this code is entirely optional
There is a post located in this thread on how to implement the code (I just don't remember where)

Oh, ok. I removed it for now. I'll get back to it when I have some more time to go through the threads again. Thank you and thanks for the mod too. I really like this one.

[ultimate_zc]

Clyde, first of all, thanks for all your contributions. I wanted to verify whether this was the proper way to add the code to the metatags.php.

When adding:

    define('META_TAG_TITLE', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . $page_check->fields['testimonials_title']);
    define('META_TAG_DESCRIPTION', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . zen_trunc_string($page_check->fields['testimonials_html_text'],TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH));
    define('META_TAG_KEYWORDS', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . $page_check->fields['testimonials_title']); 

I get the following on my metatags:

<title>META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGERGreat</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<meta name="keywords" content="META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGERGreat" />
<meta name="description" content="META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGERThis is just a test submission to show you how it looks, great, eh?" />

When deleting "META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER"

as in

    define('META_TAG_TITLE', $page_check->fields['testimonials_title']);
    define('META_TAG_DESCRIPTION', zen_trunc_string($page_check->fields['testimonials_html_text'],TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH));
    define('META_TAG_KEYWORDS', $page_check->fields['testimonials_title']); 

my meta tags show as they should...

<title>Great</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<meta name="keywords" content="Great" />
<meta name="description" content="This is just a test submission to show you how it looks, great, eh?" />

Will doing so will create any problems with other pages? I ask because I assume the original code worked for you and you added it for a reason...

Thanks

[clydejones]

Clyde, first of all, thanks for all your contributions. I wanted to verify whether this was the proper way to add the code to the metatags.php.

When adding:

    define('META_TAG_TITLE', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . $page_check->fields['testimonials_title']);
    define('META_TAG_DESCRIPTION', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . zen_trunc_string($page_check->fields['testimonials_html_text'],TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH));
    define('META_TAG_KEYWORDS', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . $page_check->fields['testimonials_title']); 

I get the following on my metatags:

<title>META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGERGreat</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<meta name="keywords" content="META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGERGreat" />
<meta name="description" content="META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGERThis is just a test submission to show you how it looks, great, eh?" />

When deleting "META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER"

as in

    define('META_TAG_TITLE', $page_check->fields['testimonials_title']);
    define('META_TAG_DESCRIPTION', zen_trunc_string($page_check->fields['testimonials_html_text'],TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH));
    define('META_TAG_KEYWORDS', $page_check->fields['testimonials_title']); 

my meta tags show as they should...

<title>Great</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<meta name="keywords" content="Great" />
<meta name="description" content="This is just a test submission to show you how it looks, great, eh?" />

Will doing so will create any problems with other pages? I ask because I assume the original code worked for you and you added it for a reason...

Thanks

Shouldn't have any effect on other pages.