FV Testimonials Changelog

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Next version of Foliopress Testimonials is comming next week. All the compatibility issues with latest WordPress will be resolved.

Peter

peter at September 3rd, 2010 around 12:43 am

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Yes please Peter. I’m not having much success with other testimonial plugins. I’m hoping yours will do the job I need it for.

Sheldon Nesdale at September 5th, 2010 around 8:01 pm

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Interested in trying out this plugin. Do you expect to have version compatible with WP 3.0.1 soon? – Thanks!

Scott at October 29th, 2010 around 10:40 am

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Hi Scott,

We’ll have a WordPress 3.x compatible version available on Tuesday.

Thanks!

alec at October 29th, 2010 around 11:13 am

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Has the 3.0 version been released?

Sharon at November 28th, 2010 around 2:34 pm

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Hi Sharon,

yes the version compatible with WP3.0 has been released – FV Testimonials 0.9.4 Basic, you can download it above.

Zdenka

zdenka at November 29th, 2010 around 2:55 am

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Hi everybody,

if you need help on using FV Testimonials, visit the Management Guide and Users Guide FV Testimonials.

Zdenka

zdenka at November 29th, 2010 around 6:21 am

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I got the plug in installed fine and was able to create and have post a testimonial.

However, when I try to insert an image I get this error;

Warning: move_uploaded_file(D:\Inetpub\wwwroot\defaultweb\ra-wordpress.com//original/lynn.jpg) [function.move-uploaded-file]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in D:\Inetpub\wwwroot\defaultweb\ra-wordpress.com\wp-content\plugins\fv-testimonials\model\image-class.php on line 373

Warning: move_uploaded_file() [function.move-uploaded-file]: Unable to move ‘C:\WINDOWS\Temp\php119.tmp’ to ‘D:\Inetpub\wwwroot\defaultweb\ra-wordpress.com//original/lynn.jpg’ in D:\Inetpub\wwwroot\defaultweb\ra-wordpress.com\wp-content\plugins\fv-testimonials\model\image-class.php on line 373

Kaye Barnes at December 8th, 2010 around 8:44 am

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Hi Kaye

could you please go to the Options, and check if you have set the path where the uploaded images should be stored?
Just write in the directory, for example /testimonials then click Save.
Now you can go back to your testimonial and the image uploading should work.

Thanks for reporting this problem,
Zdenka

zdenka at December 8th, 2010 around 9:18 am

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Thank you and good computer Karma to you today! :)

Kaye Barnes at December 8th, 2010 around 10:00 am

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You’re welcome Kaye.
You actually discovered a bug here, we just released a fixed version it so this won’t happen again.

Zdenka

zdenka at December 8th, 2010 around 10:20 am

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Hello,
I’m using your FVeditor on one website, and FV testimonials seems also very interesting since it has images support. But I’ve a question:
Does it is possible to show *only one and random* testimonial?

Ivan at December 20th, 2010 around 2:59 am

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Hi Ivan,

at the moment you can display one testimonial, but the random feature is not included. We will consider adding this in the next release.
Thanks for your comment,
Zdenka

zdenka at December 20th, 2010 around 3:37 am

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How do I add testimonials to the sidebar?? Adding the shortcode is not working… [Testimonials: f ] Please provide some inputs

Jacob at December 27th, 2010 around 5:21 pm

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Just curious, will FV Testimonials 0.9.4 Basic be/is compatible with WordPress 3.1 (WP 3.1 RC 2 as of this posting)?

I know some plugin authors already have their plugins compatible with 3.1 just wandering about FV Testimonials 0.9.4 Basic.

Thanks, and thanks for a great plugin.

Roy at January 4th, 2011 around 10:26 pm

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Hi Roy,

yes, FV testimonials are compatible with WP3.1 RC2.

Zdenka

zdenka at January 5th, 2011 around 1:38 am

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Hi Jacob,

adding testimonials anywhere to the template is possible with the function fpt_get_testimonials, which is available only in PRO version of FV Testimonials.

Zdenka

zdenka at January 5th, 2011 around 3:40 am

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Hi Zdenka.

I have done the install, added a testimonial, and added the shortcode [testimonials:all] to the text of the page where I want them to display, but they are not displaying.

I should be able to do this with the basic version, correct? I’m not editing the template, just calling the testimonials from the text area using the shortcode.

Any thoughts?

You can take a look at my pages on the above link, under Client Testimonials.

Sharon Bender at January 20th, 2011 around 5:41 pm

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Hi Sharon,

did you approved the testimonial you’ve added? All testimonials are unapproved right after adding, so in the list of testimonials you should click the link ‘Approve’ next to the testimonial name. Approved testimonials have darker gray background, while unapproved have border around them. Only approved testimonials are displayed.
Hope this helps,
Zdenka

zdenka at January 21st, 2011 around 1:20 am

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Oh Zdenka! I feel stupid now! No, I had missed the “status” section where I had to approve the comment! It’s working perfectly now, and FV Testimonials has one of the nicest layouts I’ve seen.

Thank you so much for correcting my stupidity!

Anyway, thanks again, it’s working beautifully!

Sharon Bender at January 21st, 2011 around 3:51 pm

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Greetings. I researched your site before installing the Testimonials plugin to ensure it was compatible with WordPress 3.1. I see the post by Roy and Zdenka claiming that it is. However, when I attempt to install and activate, I got the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or ‘}’ in /home/content/29/3996029/html/devroot_sohgave/wp-content/plugins/fv-testimonials/model/main-class.php on line 18

So the question remains…do you have an idea when the plugin will be compatible with version 3.1? Thanks… this plugin looks promising… assuming I can get it to work with 3.1.

Shawn at April 5th, 2011 around 9:37 am

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Hi Shawn,

The error you’re getting is probably because your server is still running some old version of PHP. You’ll need at least PHP 5 here.

Thanks for asking,
Zdenka

zdenka at April 5th, 2011 around 10:55 am

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Shawn, here is a site that is running this plugin with 3.1 (not sure about 3.1.1 that came out today).
http://www.croftvs.com, look at lower right corner of the site.

Roy at April 5th, 2011 around 11:37 am

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Thanks for the feedback Zdenka/Roy. Unfortunately I’m required to stay on PHP4 :( so that means I can’t use this particular plugin which is a shame. Nice work though and glad to know where the problem lies. I’ll keep my eye on this plugin for future endeavors. Keep up the good work and again, thanks for the feedback.

p.s. I like Croftvs.com. Well done.

s

Shawn at April 6th, 2011 around 10:31 am

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I added to my page [Testimonials: all] and that worked great to display them.
However, how do I give visitors to the site the ability to add a testimonial. I don’t see a shortcode or anything to do that.

Valerie at May 13th, 2011 around 5:28 pm

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Hi Valerie,

you’re right, there is no option for adding testimonials directly from visitors.
Testimonials section should be nice, well kept with good formatting. Therefore we think it is better if you enter testimonials yourself. If you can use some form for collecting testimonials, why not use comments?

Zdenka

zdenka at May 16th, 2011 around 5:28 am

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Hi Valerie,

We often think about adding an add your own testimonial form (with picture).

Thanks for the suggestion.

Zdenka, let’s try to add this to at least the pro version sometime soon. We can use the built-in WordPress text parsing for comments and just need an image uploader. Of course the image uploader is a security issue but I think we have one now which is safe (i.e. disallows anything other than images and won’t allow execution of the files until they are vetted: it should also not let the visitor know where the files are going – when approved the image should be moved to a different directory).

alec at May 16th, 2011 around 9:20 am

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Is it possible to use the FV Testimonials Pro version and add my testimonials to one of the text widgets in my sidebar? (Or any other widget…)

And if so, what is the exact text that I would add?

I have added and approved one testimonial. ID 1 Featured. Approved.

Edward at June 1st, 2011 around 3:42 am

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Hi Edward,

at the moment the shortcode for testimonials doesn’t work in ordinary text widget. We’re sorry for this inconvenience and we’ll work towards improving this and making the shortcode work in normal text widgets.

The way how you can get the testimonial shortcode into the widget now is the PHP widget plugin. Once this plugin is installed, you can use the ‘PHP Code’ widget. You will need to insert following code inside:
<?php echo apply_filters('the_content', '[Testimonials: your_settings]'); ?>

You can see the normal testimonial shortcode wrapped into piece of code – use the setting of your choice instead ‘your_settings’.

Zdenka

zdenka at June 1st, 2011 around 11:07 am

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Your instructions worked perfectly to display on the widget. Now I cannot get either the excerpt or the image to show up on either the Testimonials Page or the new widget. Any ideas?

Edward at June 1st, 2011 around 12:55 pm

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Hi Edward,

so if I understand it correctly, you can display the testimonial, but not the excerpt or the image. THis is hard to debug without actually see the problem. Could you please post the shortcode and ideally also the site where this doesn’t work?
Thanks!

Zdenka

zdenka at June 1st, 2011 around 1:01 pm

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Yes, the ability for a user to enter their own testimonial makes most sense :)

Valerie at June 7th, 2011 around 1:13 pm

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I’d be very interested in purchasing this if it had the ability for a customer to enter a testimonial themselves, which are left pending until approved/deleted.

Also a testimonial rotator, with a link to see more/full testimonials.

Vitaly at June 10th, 2011 around 10:37 pm

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Hi Vitaly,

at the moment we don’t have form for adding new testimonials by users themselves, but we’re planning to add this feature soon.

A testimonials rotator is available in PRO version, and it can be set up by adding the corresponding code into the theme template.

Zdenka

zdenka at June 13th, 2011 around 1:16 am

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Hi,
I changed my wordpress url and now when using the testimonials i get the following error: Warning: move_uploaded_file(/xxx/original/phanny-chan-convergys.jpg) [function.move-uploaded-file]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /xxx/wp-content/plugins/fv-testimonials/model/image-class.php on line 740Warning: move_uploaded_file() [function.move-uploaded-file]: Unable to move ‘/data/20/tmp_new/phpMvDip1′ to ‘/xxx/original/phanny-chan-convergys.jpg’ in /xxx/wp-content/plugins/fv-testimonials/model/image-class.php on line 740and Error while moving uploaded file to it’s new location: ‘/xxx/original/phanny-chan-convergys.jpg’ Everything else was updated except from images !Testimonial updated if i change my url back to include /wpadmin by default it works without issue. I have deleted the plugin and reinstalled the plugin but still not working. Please advise what is causing this error asap as this is effecting my site.
thanks

allen at June 30th, 2011 around 3:57 am

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Hi Allen,

this sounds like a problem with permissions, have you tried Maintenance Checks in the Testimonials options tab?

Zdenka

zdenka at June 30th, 2011 around 4:11 am

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Is there a way to randomly display one testimonial at a time.

Michele at July 21st, 2011 around 4:45 pm

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Hi Michele,

at the moment we do not have a shortcode for this in the free version of this plugin.

Displaying one random testimonial is enabled only in the PRO version so far, when adding directly in the template.

Zdenka

zdenka at July 21st, 2011 around 11:19 pm

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Hi Zdenka,

I’ve been trying to display it in the php code widget with the following;

All I’m getting is a fast cgi error

What am I doing wrong?

Bernie at July 24th, 2011 around 6:39 am

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I have a client who has the title and company name in addition to the name of the person, and I’d like to attach CSS styles to them individually, so I could italicize the company name for instance. Are there additional fields for this in the pro version?

Michelle Dodd at July 29th, 2011 around 1:43 pm

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Hi Michelle,

You don’t really need individual fields. You can add a class to title, the company and the name.

We’re considering adding additional fields but at the same time, we’re trying to keep FV Testimonials easy to use straight out of the box.

What the pro will do for you is give you multiple images and give you categories so you can show testimonials for individual services and products.

Making the web work for you, Alec

alec at August 1st, 2011 around 4:24 am

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Hello everybody,

submission of comments has been closed here, please post your questions into our SUPPORT FORUM.

Thanks,
Matej

matej at August 15th, 2011 around 6:09 am

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Hello everybody,

submission of comments has been closed here, please post your questions into our SUPPORT FORUM.

Thanks,
Matej

matej at August 15th, 2011 around 7:59 am

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