Community Reviews Options

Requirements

WebPAC requires Community Reviews to use the options listed on this page.

This page describes the Web options for the Community Reviews options group. Review these options to determine any necessary setup that your organization might need to perform.

ICON_PATREVIEW[_lang]

This option defines the display of the My Reviews link to show in the patron record display. This option accepts an HTML value that defines the text or an image to use as the link. For example:

ICON_PATREVIEW=<span class="patFunc">My Reviews</span>

For a graphic link example:

ICON_PATREVIEW=<img src="/screens/patreview.gif" alt="My Reviews" border="0" />

If this option is not defined, the system uses the following default setting:

ICON_PATREVIEW=My Reviews

This option can vary by language.

ICON_PATREVIEW_ABUSE[_lang]

This option defines display of the Report Abuse icon in the record display. This option accepts an HTML value that defines the text or an image to use as the link. For example:

ICON_PATREVIEW_ABUSE=<strong>Report Abuse</strong>

For a graphic link example:

ICON_PATREVIEW_ABUSE=<img src="/screens/patreview_abuse.gif" alt="Report Abuse" border="0" />

If this option is not defined, the system uses the following default setting:

ICON_PATREVIEW_ABUSE=Report this review to Library

Reporting Inappropriate Reviews

This option does not enable the functionality to report inappropriate reviews. Set the PATREVIEW_ABUSE_NOTIFY option to enable this functionality.

This option can vary by language.

ICON_PATREVIEW_ADD[_lang]

This option defines the display of the Add a Review link in the record display. This option accepts an HTML value that defines the text or an image to use as the link. For example:

ICON_PATREVIEW_ADD=<strong>Add a Review</strong>

For a graphic link example:

ICON_PATREVIEW_ADD=<img src="/screens/patreview_add.gif" alt="Add a Review" border="0" />

If this option is not defined, the system uses the following default setting:

ICON_PATREVIEW_ADD=Add a Review

This option can vary by language.

ICON_PATREVIEW_MODERATE[scope][_P#][_lang]

This option defines display of the Moderate link that displays for staff in a record's public view. This option accepts an HTML value that defines the text or an image to use as the link. For example:

ICON_PATREVIEW_MODERATE=<strong>Moderate</strong>

For a graphic link example:

ICON_PATREVIEW_MODERATE=<img src="/screens/patreview_moderate.gif" alt="Moderate" border="0" />

If this option is not defined, the system uses the following default setting:

ICON_PATREVIEW_MODERATE=Moderate

This option can vary by scope, patron type (P TYPE), and language.

ICON_REVIEW_OVERLAY_CLOSE[scope][_lang]

This option defines the display properties for the Close link in an overlay review window. This option accepts an HTML value that defines the text or an image to use as the link. For example:

ICON_REVIEW_OVERLAY_CLOSE=<strong>X</strong>

For a graphic link example:

ICON_REVIEW_OVERLAY_CLOSE=<img src="/screens/overlay_close.gif" alt="Close" border="0" />

If this option is not defined, the system uses the following default setting:

ICON_REVIEW_OVERLAY_CLOSE=X

This option can vary by scope and language.

PATREVIEW[scope][_P#]

This option enables Community Reviews for organizations that have acquired this product. This option accepts the following settings:

Value Description
'0' Disable Community Reviews
'1' Enable Community Reviews

If this option is not defined, Webpac Pro uses a default value of '0' (disabling Community Reviews).

This option can vary by scope and patron type (P TYPE).

Limiting Functionality

You can limit this functionality to staff users by setting this option for your staff P TYPE.

PATREVIEW_ABUSE_NOTIFY

This option specifies the attributes of the notification email sent to library staff when a user reports an inappropriate review. The format is:

PATREVIEW_ABUSE_NOTIFY=[subject line]|[from]|[email]

Element Description
[subject line] The subject line for the notification email.
[from] The "From" address that appears in the email header.
[email] The email address that receives the notification email.

For example:

PATREVIEW_ABUSE_NOTIFY=Contested review|exporter|moderator@library.com

This option does not have a default value. If this option is not defined, the system does not send a notification email to library staff when a user reports an inappropriate review.

PATREVIEW_DELETE

When this option is set to a "true" value (any word starting with 't', 'T', 'y', 'Y', or the number '1'), the system allows patrons to delete their own reviews from the system. If this option is set to a "false" value (any word starting with 'f', 'F', 'n', 'N', or the number '0'), only library staff can delete patron reviews from the system.

If this option is not defined, the system uses the following default:

PATREVIEW_DELETE=true