{"id":1296,"date":"2015-05-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knowband.com\/blog\/?p=1296"},"modified":"2022-08-13T12:01:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T08:38:51","slug":"opencart-review-incentive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knowband.com\/blog\/user-manual\/opencart-review-incentive\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenCart Review Incentive – User Manual"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to install OpenCart Review Incentive<\/a> plugin on your server<\/h2>\n

1. Folder structure of the Review Incentive plug-in folder.<\/p>\n

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2. Open the upload folder and you will find the following folder structure:<\/p>\n

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\nYou must have VQMOD installed for this plug-in to work. If VQMOD is not installed please download and install from the URL below:
\nhttps:\/\/code.google.com\/p\/vqmod\/<\/p>\n

3. Select all the folder and drag and drop them to the root directory of your OpenCart store through FTP.<\/p>\n

4. You will be able find the plug-in ready to be installed in the Modules in your OpenCart store as shown below.<\/p>\n

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5. Click on the Install link to install the plug-in. This will also add a drop down option in your menu bar which will list all plug-ins by Velocity installed on your store for fast navigation. This drop down also has a message box, using which we can inform you about new launched plug-in or new update.<\/p>\n

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6. Delete the Vqcache files from the vqmod\/vqcache folder.<\/p>\n

7. To access Review Incentive plug-in click on edit button in module section as shown below:<\/p>\n

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8.On clicking edit button the module for plug-in will open. It contains navigational bar at top, menu at left
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\n<\/a> \"268\"<\/a>and main content at center as shown below.<\/p>\n

1. General Settings<\/h3>\n

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1. To enable\/disable plug-in, Switch the enable button OFF to ON \/ ON to OFF this is just to the right of
\nEnable\/Disable label.<\/p>\n

2. Incentive Criteria – Select Buyer if you wish to give incentive to only those customers who purchased the product he\/she reviewed. If you wish to give incentives to all customers who reviewed the product then select Any Customer.<\/p>\n

3. Incentive Amount – Set the amount to give as incentive to customers on writing a review.<\/p>\n

4. Review Description – Set content to show on left column in Write Review page.<\/p>\n

2. Automatic Emails tab<\/h3>\n

1. Here admin can set values for sending automatic emails to customer for inviting them to write review.<\/p>\n

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2. Automatic Invite Email – Enable or Disable sending of automatic emails<\/a> to customers.<\/p>\n

3. Email frequency – Set the number of days after which the automatic email will be sent to customers.
\nAdmin can set multiple reminders (in days) using semicolon(;) as separator. If admin wish to send reminder after 2 and 3 days then he should set email frequency as 2;3.<\/p>\n

4. Automatic email if order status – Set order status after which automatic email will be sent to customer.<\/p>\n

5. Email Content – Set the content of email to be sent to customer .<\/p>\n

6. Admin can use following variables in email content.
\n[[store_name]] — To write name of store.
\n[[customer_name]] –To write name of customer.
\n[[order_date]] — To write date on which order was made.
\n[[order_id]] — To write order id of order.
\n[[product_table]] — To show all products of order in tabular form.<\/p>\n

7. If admin sets Email frequency as 2 and Order Status as Complete then automatic email.
\nwill be sent to customer 2 days after his\/ her order status is Complete.<\/p>\n

8. If admin sets Email frequency as 2;3 and Order Status as Complete then automatic email will be sent to customer 2 days and 3 days after his\/ her order status is Complete.<\/p>\n

3. Redeem Requests tab<\/h3>\n

1. Here admin can see list of requests made by customers to get coupon as exchange of their incentives.<\/p>\n

2. If their are no pending requests then this tab will look as follows:<\/p>\n

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3. If their are some requests then this tab will look as follows:<\/p>\n

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4. Click on edit link provided in front of each request to generate a coupon for the customer.<\/p>\n

5. On clicking the edit link a new page will open to add coupon for the customer.<\/p>\n

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6. Enable\/Disable: Enable or disable new coupon.<\/p>\n

7. Coupon Name: Set name of new coupon.<\/p>\n

8. Coupon Code: Set unique coupon code.<\/p>\n

9. Discount: Fixed discount to give on coupon. This value should be same as requested by customer,but admin can change this value.<\/p>\n

10. Total amount: The total amount that should reach before the coupon is valid.<\/p>\n

11. End Date: Expiry date for coupon. Start date will be the date of enabling the coupon.<\/p>\n

12. An email will be sent to give coupon code when new coupon is set enabled and saved.<\/p>\n

13. Total number of awaiting coupon requests is also displayed in dashboard of admin.<\/p>\n

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4. Reviews tab<\/h3>\n

1. Here admin can see list of reviews made by customers and can edit those reviews.<\/p>\n

2. If their are no reviews then this tab will look as follows:<\/p>\n

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3. If there are some reviews then this tab will look as follows:<\/p>\n

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4. Click on edit link provided in front of each review to edit\/approve that review.<\/p>\n

5. On clicking the edit link a new page will open to edit review.<\/p>\n

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6. Product: Set name of product.<\/p>\n

7. Title: Set title of review.<\/p>\n

8. Review Description: Set main text of review.<\/p>\n

9. Rating: Set rating points for the product.<\/p>\n

10. Total Helpful votes: Set the total number of users who found this review helpful.<\/p>\n

11. Total Not Helpful votes: Set the total number of users who found this review not helpful.<\/p>\n

12. Author: See the name of Author who wrote the review.<\/p>\n

13. Email: Email of customer\/author who wrote the review.<\/p>\n

14. Incentive: Set incentive given to customer for writing the review.<\/p>\n

15. Certified Buyer: Add or remove badge of certified buyer from the review for the customer.<\/p>\n

16. Enable\/Disable: Enable or Disable the review.<\/p>\n

5. Reports tab<\/h3>\n

1. Here admin can see different reports related to review incentives.<\/p>\n

2. Admin can select the type of report, start date and end date.<\/p>\n

3. On clicking Show Report button, selected report will appear on screen.<\/p>\n

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\n4. If admin selects Product report then product wise report will appear.<\/p>\n

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\n5. If admin selects Category report then category wise report will appear.<\/p>\n

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\n6. If admin selects Manufacturer report then manufacturer wise report will appear.<\/p>\n

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\n7. If admin selects Customer report then customer wise report will appear.<\/p>\n

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6. Themer tab<\/h3>\n

1. By clicking on themer tab, you will have an option to change the theme of Review Incentive admin panel .
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7. Get Support<\/h3>\n

1. By clicking on Get Support tab, you will be redirected to our support website, where you can contact our support<\/a> for help. Use this tab in case you some query\/issue or found some bug.<\/p>\n

8. Short hand Code<\/h3>\n

1. Admin can show average rating of product at any position on web page by calling a function in tpl file.<\/p>\n

2. Admin should call function show Rating(product_id, store_id) as
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3. Here first argument is the id of product whose rating is to be displayed and second argument is id of the store.<\/p>\n

4. This function will show average product rating at the place where it is called.<\/p>\n

5. Average rating is displayed in black box in following image:
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Screenshots<\/h4>\n

Review tab in product page showing reviews of product.
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Certified Buyer badge is added to those customers who purchased the product from your store.<\/p>\n

Screenshot of Write Review page.
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\nScreenshot of Reviews page<\/p>\n

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Recommendations<\/h4>\n

1. Top administrator should give permissions to access page reviewincentive\/reviewincentive after moving the plug-in to root folder of your store.<\/p>\n

2. Set cron file to run everyday.<\/p>\n

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