How do I do have a "featured reviews" bar

[busterw]

Chuck, I saw on your site you have a "featured reviews" sidebar. Is that a custom code or am I missing it somewhere in the control panel? If it's in the CP, how do I set it up?

Thanks!

[Chuck S]

http://www.photopost.com/forum/revie...tin-3-5-a.html

this should help

[busterw]

Awww man, you're gonna make me research. You can't give me the code that you have in your block to make it easy?

Thanks!
Buster

[Chuck S]

LOL that is the code. The code is the inc_reviews.php file and you echo the variable

include('../reviewpost/inc_reviews.php');
echo "$reviewpostfeature";

[busterw]

Hmmm, well I screwed something there. I posted the code you noted above but with the full path to the inc_reviews.php file and I get this:

Content visible to verified customers only.

[Chuck S]

It all depends on what your doing

Did you fill out the mysql_select_db lines and link lines with the correct database info and uncomment them

[busterw]

Oh Chuck, you just went way over my head. Where do I look for this and what is it exactly I need to change?

In that little piece of code you gave me, obviously I have to look elsewhere to do this. Can you point me?

Thanks!
Buster

[busterw]

Am I needing reviewpost, photopost and vbportal all in the same DB to be able to "recent blocks" feed between the bunch or can I do it with them in separate DBs?

Thanks!

[Chuck S]

You can have them in separate databases but in the inc_reviews file you need to uncomment the mysql and link lines by removing the // in front of those lines and fill out the proper database info

Content visible to verified customers only.

[busterw]

And this will hav no adverse effects on the rest of reviewpost stuff?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Chuck S

You can have them in separate databases but in the inc_reviews file you need to uncomment the mysql and link lines by removing the // in front of those lines and fill out the proper database info

Content visible to verified customers only.

[Chuck S]

Nope it is a self contained file you include in vbulletin.

[busterw]

So I just uncomment those line, update the db reference and don't have to turn anything else on in this piece of code you gave me?

Content visible to verified customers only.

[busterw]

OK, did that, now I get this:

Content visible to verified customers only.

[Chuck S]

Did you place your reviewpost table prefix in your edit integration settings in admin?

[busterw]

If you mean in the reviewpost Admin, Yep.

[busterw]

And I'm assuming in inc_reviews.php I was spose to put the connect info to my reviewpost DB?????

[Chuck S]

Yes the reviewpost table prefix goes in the edit integration settings then you edit the inc_reviews file you place the reviewpost database settings on the lines I noted above and then at the bottom of the file you uncomment the database line and place the forum database

Based on the errors posted you have either not put the proper reviewpost table prefix in the edit integration settings or your reviewpost database info is incorrectly placed in the noted file.

[busterw]

Yeah, that fixed me to an extent. I can preview it now in vbportal and I don't get errors. However, I also don't get any results. I added it to a new right side php block and the block doesn't show up. I'm guessing b/c the results are empty. How do you make a review a "featured review" or is that automatic somehow. I'm assuming it would have to be designated as featrued but don't recall the ability to do that in the reviews.

Thanks Chuck!
Buster

[Chuck S]

If you have reviews and you have it set to display in vbportal it should show.