Insta Review Ver 3.0 Editing Templates

 

One of the key features of intsta review 3 is the template system. You can edit the way your review system looks by creating your own skin files.

The default skin file found at skins/default contains three HTML files:

post.htm
view.htm
main.htm

You can open them in any HTML editor and edit them. Every template file contains important variables enclosed in brackets { }. Here is a list of variables in each skin file and their function. The best way to edit skin files is to make a copy of the default directory and rename it to something else.

Variables

main.htm

{sort_drop_down}

Drop down box to sort the item list.

{start_loop_item_list}
HTML CODE {end_loop_item_list}

Whatever you enclose in between  item list loop code will be repeated when an item is displayed.

{item_name}

Item Name.

{item_description}

Item Description.

 {rating}

Average Rating in stars.

{read_reviews}

A link to view reviews if there are reviews posted for that item.

{post_reviews}

A link to post a new review.

{paging} Displays link to separate pages if there are more items than the limit specified in the settings
{copyright} Copyright tag

post.htm

{message}

Displayed "No reviews posted" message

{item_name}

Item name

{if_name_show_rev_form}
HTML CODE
{end_if_name_show_rev_form}

The form should be inbetween these tags.

{back}

Displays link to go back

{copyright}

Copyright tag

{item_id} This tag is found in the HTML and is necessary for the script to function. It in enclosed in the <form> tags as:
<input type="hidden" name="id" value="{item_id}">


view.htm

{message}

Displays flood warning, error message

{item_name}

Item name

{if_name_show_rev}
{start_loop_reviews}
HTML CODE
{end_loop_reviews}
{end_if_name_show_rev}

The HTML code to display a single review should be enclosed here. Whatever is in between these tags is repeated.
{title} Title of review
{posted_by} Name of poster
{date} Date the review was posted
{rating} Rating the poster gave for the item
{review} The review
{paging} Displays link to separate pages if there are more reviews than the limit specified in the settings

{back}

Displays link to go back

{copyright}

Copyright tag

If you have made your own cool skin don't forget to send it to us! Send them to instareview@vluvshahrukh.com. We just might upload them on our site!
 

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