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JReviews already includes some incredible functionality that can be easily controlled through settings. However, sometimes you may need to do something that's not readily available with a setting. This blog series provides practical development examples that you can learn from so you can find new ways to extend the functionality of JReviews.
Building and Consuming a Read-Only REST API - Part I
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Alejandro Schmeichler
October 13, 2020
Extending JReviews these days is easier than ever. In the first part of this development blog post you are going to learn how to use JReviews hooks to build a simple read-only REST API that can can be consumed by external services, or even a mobile app, to display listings and reviews from your site. In the 2nd part of this blog post, I will show you how to create an iOS widget to display listings and introduce you to Alpine JS to create a little web app that communicates with the API. ...
Calculating a paid price average from user reviews
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Alejandro Schmeichler
December 18, 2019
In this blog post you will learn how you can extend the functionality of JReviews using its powerful Events system, to calculate an average "paid price" for products or services using information provided by users through review custom fields. This is a great way to utilize the information you already have on your site to provide even more value to your site visitors.
How to do E-commerce with Stripe Checkout
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Alejandro Schmeichler
November 15, 2019
In this practical development blog post I am going to show you how to take advantage of the extensibility features in JReviews to create an e-commerce solution for Joomla and WordPress, so you can sell products and services right from your listings, and without having to use a separate e-commerce platform and its associated overhead.
With this tutorial you'll be able to easily add a "Buy" button for one-time payments to your listings with Stripe payment processing and accept payments with Credit Card, Google Pay, Apple Pay and iDEAL.
How to create your own profanity and spam blocker
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Alejandro Schmeichler
September 13, 2018
In this tutorial you will learn how to create your own profanity and spam blocker for the various forms in JReviews that allow user generated content submissions. We are going to take advantage of Developer Filters introduced in JReviews 3, which allow you to extend the functionality of your directory and review site.
How to share new listings on Pinterest using Zapier
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Alejandro Schmeichler
August 23, 2018
Today I want to share with you a tutorial to show you how easy it is to extend the functionality of JReviews 3 to work with different services. You will learn how to integrate JReviews with Pinterest using Zapier to automatically create a pin when a listing is created. To build this integration we are going to take advantage of JReviews Developer Events, introduced in JReviews 3, which allow you to extend the functionality of JReviews without the need for core customizations.
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