Straightforward review/rating facility
Please see TODO file
To use the last stable release of spree_reviews, add the following to your Gemfile:
gem 'spree_reviews', '0.50.1'
If you'd rather install from git:
gem 'spree_reviews', :git => 'git://github.com/romul/spree_reviews.git'
Now bundle up with:
bundle
Next, run the rake task that copies the necessary migrations and assets to your project:
rake spree_reviews:install
And finish with a migrate:
rake db:migrate
Now you should be able to boot up your server with:
rails s
That's all!
Action "submit" in "reviews" controller - goes to review entry form
Users must be logged in to submit a review
Three partials:
- ./app/views/products/_rating.html.erb -- display number of stars
- ./app/views/products/_shortrating.html.erb -- shorter version of above
- ./app/views/products/_review.html.erb -- display a single review
Administrator can edit and/or approve and/or delete reviews.
reviews table is quite obvious - and note the "approved" flag which is for the administrator to update
ratings table holds current fractional value - avoids frequent recalc...
Some points which might need modification in future:
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I don't track the actual user on a review (just their "screen name" at the time), but we may want to use this information to avoid duplicate reviews etc.
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Rating votes are tied to a review, to avoid spam. However: ratings are accepted whether or not the review is accepted. Perhaps they should only be counted when the review is approved.