VERSION 2 DISCUSSION: What do you want in v.2?

[nickmattern]

Ok ladies and gents, here is the master thread for features you want in Version 2.

Right now, in addition to some surprise features, we're adding the following:



Import to custom fields
Google maps integration
Zip code radius search (User enters a ZIPCODE and they are shown posts that are within X miles of that ZIP)
Specifiy Page or Post when importing (Either import everything to a page or a post, or a field in the CSV determines if it's a page or post)
Import to subcategories (Attorneys > Family Law, Attorneys > Criminal Law)
Widgets

[medicalhumor]

looks like a great start.

how about the ability to add some text to the reviews, perhaps via .csv or a madlib script?

[bigbyte]

Avatars - it would be great to have some custom avatars available. Not people or faces or so - rather some more generic ones and option to tell how many reviewers get an avatar so that it looks more natural (maybe 3 out of 5 have an avatar).

Custom comments: Allow to add custom comments from a csv file to have more randomization and more "unique" looking comments.

[mojoxrisen]

First of all..great plug!

I would like to be able to have the plug pull comments at random from a txt file that I supply. The plug could rate and comment or just rate without commenting randomly.

[Xdreamer]

I would love to see this plugin in multi language available. I could provide a list with german male/female names.

[trigatch4]

Great to see V2 is already being discussed. Google Maps integration would be my most desired feature and I'll wait on developing a bunch of sites simply because I don't want to have to redo it all! But a good list so far and some other ideas/suggestions I'd like to throw out there:

1) Ability to change the ORDER that review fields are shown. Say you're rating a book based on Title, Cover, Content and you want it in that order... it will always list them as Content, Cover and then Title

2) SORT BY function needs work. For example look at my blog - http://buildandearn.com - the affiliate marketing, domains and hosting sections i want listed by best ranking. However, when I choose that option it also lists my main posts in order of ranking which screws everything up since regular posts don't even have rankings (and are thus pushed down).

See here:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts#Orderby_Parameters

2) Averaged numbers. If 30 people voted, option to show (3.76 out of 5) or whatever. Gets tricky considering multiple rating criteria but something like this.

3) Option to use simple Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down instead of rating criteria. Perhaps not necessary but I think a kind of cool idea.

4) Would be nice to have easier access to changing template/css of ratings... maybe I'm just a doofus though

5) Delete fake/generated comments/ratings

Awesome work so far - I'll chime in if I can think of anything else.

[snaps]

How about that UTF-8 Support...

[awfgal]

looks like a great start.

how about the ability to add some text to the reviews, perhaps via .csv or a madlib script?

EXACTLY!
This would be so freaking awesome. I've tried a nontechie work around. Basically to beef up some of the posts, I created a separate row where I added "quotes" just to give it something else. If there were a way to do some madlibbing ala Elli's bluehatseo post that would totally rock. Maybe if we say had a list of variables or synonyms and a random one was grabbed.

I don't know how much this would take but that would be great. That way we could build database driven wordpress sites with alot of unique content that much faster....

[Woody]

Echo all of the above.
A truly great script!

Definitely agree with the ability to add comments. I've used link building scripts where you have say 3 columns of part phrases which can be concatenated randomly to produce unique links, I think this should be possible with comments too?
Also the ability to randomise the posting dates of comments too. Unless I've missed something, mine have random times but all are the same date, would it be possible to add a couple of fields "from" and "to" to specify a range of comment posting dates which could be randomised?
The script works great but just needs a little more tweaking to make it feel more natural.
Thanks again brilliant work so far! :cool:

[optimizedads]

A couple more:

- Ability to re-date the posts
- Ability to select a top level category when adding posts.

[RockDiesel]

I just want Shareasale .csv's to cleanly import. I'm sick of cleaning them up myself:)

[medicalhumor]

I hear ya on that one. Their data is a mess.

I just want Shareasale .csv's to cleanly import. I'm sick of cleaning them up myself:)

[Lori]

Would be great to be able to integrate random text comments a la caffeinated content perhaps... or maybe some similar comment generator...

[Xdreamer]

Another great add-on would be a to do the import scheduled like every day 5 records :)

[nickmattern]

Another great add-on would be a to do the import scheduled like every day 5 records :)

Can already do that. Have a list of 150 posts, set your import date range to 30 days and BAM, an average of 5 posts done each day! Some 4, most 5, some 6.

[Xdreamer]

Thats awesome, didn't knew that, thanks a lot :)

[rgordon83]

Would be cool if i could import as pages instead of posts and also have the option to make sub pages of a parent page based on a CSV column

[medicalhumor]

any idea when the new version will be released???

[nickmattern]

any idea when the new version will be released???

We're working on it, should be in the next week or two. We need 2 beta testers if you're interested!

[medicalhumor]

hell yeah :)

We're working on it, should be in the next week or two. We need 2 beta testers if you're interested!

[pfgannon]

We're working on it, should be in the next week or two. We need 2 beta testers if you're interested!
Also interested ;)

[rogerd]

What about a feature of specifying a column of the csv is an image url field and enter a separate images path that can use the column name variable tags.

Then during an import, each records image is downloaded into your defined path like: /images/products/%model%/%imgfile%

AND, in the post template you can reference that local image path.

So we're not hotlinking or at risk of the provider taking down their images.

[nickmattern]

What about a feature of specifying a column of the csv is an image url field and enter a separate images path that can use the column name variable tags.

Then during an import, each records image is downloaded into your defined path like: /images/products/%model%/%imgfile%

AND, in the post template you can reference that local image path.

So we're not hotlinking or at risk of the provider taking down their images.

Assuming you have the images, you can do that with version 1. Make sure the record in the CSV identifies what image should be displayed, for example, the IMAGE1 field has product2.jpg as a value.

Copy the images from your PC to /images/ on the domain. (or wherever you want to copy them)

Then you would use:

<img src="http://www.domain.com/images/[IMAGE1]">

in the template to display the image in the post.

[rogerd]

Thanks Nick! I've been using the plugin like that already.

I'm really looking for the auto-image downloader during a csv import. Because I usually don't have the images locally.

The csvs I've tried all had image urls on the vendors server, which I had to manually download on the server, then find & replace with my image path in the csv.

Also, I figured dynamic control of the upload path would be good for organizing/seo purposes.

[doug102938]

The ability import fields in the csv as custom values in wordpress posts. Just specify the Value like wordpress value:Price CSV value [Price].. this way once imported you can easily reference these values with the meta data wordpress functions and use them in themes or even to auto import certain values as seo pack keywords or description values.

[larrybn]

How much is version 2 going to cost? I presume it's free for existing members?

[nickmattern]

How much is version 2 going to cost? I presume it's free for existing members?

We haven't released prices yet, but there will be an upgrade charge involved. There will be multiple editions of version 2 and prices will vary.

[larrybn]

We haven't released prices yet, but there will be an upgrade charge involved. There will be multiple editions of version 2 and prices will vary.

Thanks for answering, when I purchased WFreview I was under the impression that the updates would be free, now it seems I a going to have to pay for bug fixes. :confused:

[nickmattern]

Thanks for answering, when I purchased WFreview I was under the impression that the updates would be free, now it seems I a going to have to pay for bug fixes. :confused:

Bug fixes, if any, for version 1 will always be free. Enhancements and new features in version 2 will not be free.

As of now, there are no known bugs and our current version is 1.1.3, which is downloadable from your member panel.

[larrybn]

Bug fixes, if any, for version 1 will always be free. Enhancements and new features in version 2 will not be free.

As of now, there are no known bugs and our current version is 1.1.3, which is downloadable from your member panel.

Cool makes sense. I'll definitely take a look at the new version, see if I want to pay the upgrade fee. Sorry if I came off rude, I just freaked out thinking I'd have to shell out another 100+ bucks for the new version.

[Tangy]

Bug fixes, if any, for version 1 will always be free. Enhancements and new features in version 2 will not be free.

As of now, there are no known bugs and our current version is 1.1.3, which is downloadable from your member panel.

A few of us were discussing this on IRC when we got the survey email stating that "one respondent would receive a free copy".

This is pretty disappointing. Given the price, the first version was lacking in a few features that I think are key, including the ability to import using multiple levels of parent categories. I've literally stopped doing anything with the current version of WFReview because of this.

I hope you will reconsider the upgrade fee from version 1 to version 2, considering the amount of feature feedback and ideas you have received from the version 1 users. It simply feels like v1 users paid to beta test the product, and will be asked to pay again to get a somewhat more feature-complete version.

-Erik

[BeerNuts]

I have to agree with Tangy on this one. I never expected to pay $130 for a script and then be charged more every time you guys make a new version. How much do you expect to milk us for by the time version 3? 4? 5? comes out. This isn't windows.

Unless this upgrade cost is like $10 I don't think ill bother and ill have to change my stance on promoting this product also. I have a shit ton of affiliate sales for this script and I feel bad having told people about it if this is how the business is going to be run.

Why did we even bother to buy version 1 when 2 was coming out a few months later?

[nickmattern]

I have to agree with Tangy on this one. I never expected to pay $130 for a script and then be charged more every time you guys make a new version. How much do you expect to milk us for by the time version 3? 4? 5? comes out. This isn't windows.

Minor versions are free upgrades, major version releases are almost never free, in any industry, in any case. We've taken your feedback into consideration and you won't be charged for an upgrade. Keep in mind we had planned on offering 3 editions of version 2. A free edition, a silver edition, and a gold edition. Features that are yet unannounced are in the silver and gold editions. You will have a free upgrade path to an edition of version 2, but we haven't settled on what versions will do what.


Unless this upgrade cost is like $10 I don't think ill bother and ill have to change my stance on promoting this product also. I have a shit ton of affiliate sales for this script and I feel bad having told people about it if this is how the business is going to be run.

Until anything is announced, don't assume we're raking anyone over the coals. We've not settled on a price for our next release, nor have we settled on who is getting what for free. You guys are really jumping the gun on this one and seeing things that aren't there.

Why did we even bother to buy version 1 when 2 was coming out a few months later?

You know as well as anyone this biz changes that fast and we tried to keep up with what you the customers asked for. If anyone dislikes having a proactive software supplier, we're not the company for you.



We ask that you're patient and simply wait for us to come out with a bug-free version 2. I think you'll all agree Version 1 was rock solid after about a week, mainly due to the time we spent testing it. It isn't fair to you all to put out a shitty bug-filled version 2 simply because some folks have pending projects.

[Sadymn]

Im just posting on this thread because I havent been in ANY conversations and I didnt want you guys to forget about me....but ah, I got nothing.

[Sadymn]

Well today was the last day of school for me. Im so happy But I will miss all of my friends. I found out that Im like one of the last ones to get out of school - everyone got out before me.

When were you let out of school?

-Chunk Munk