JVE - Joomla Vote Extended

Ajax-powered vote plugin for Joomla! with a fresh, modern look

This plugin is an extended version of the Vote plugin from the core package. You can display the rating stars before or after the content. It's possible to limit the loading execution only to the article view.

The votes are transferred via Ajax requests to the server which increases the user experience greatly (the page does not have to be reloaded completely).

You can add an intro text using a Joomla! language string and display statistics (overall rating and amount of votes) below the rating stars.

JVE uses the external script 'star-rating-svg' for the modern, fresh look. The library is a flexible, lightweight star rating jQuery plugin that uses the SVG format.

Features

• Extended version of the core Vote plugin
• Position of the rating stars - before or after content
• Limit execution only to the article view
• Ajax-powered transmission to the server
• Modern look using external jQuery library
• Scripts uses SVG format, no images have to be loaded
• Schema.org Structured Data - AggregateRating
• Show intro text - with language string override support
• Statistics (overall rating and amount of votes)
• Exclusion of articles is possible (over IDs)
• Languages: English and German

Installation

Install JVE with the help of the Installer component as usual. Then activate the plugin in Extensions -- Plugins -- Content - JVE - Joomla Vote Extended. Use the options in the "Settings" tab to adjust the plugin for your needs!

JVE uses this jQuery script: star-rating-svg by nashio

Note: Please disable the core plugin 'Content - Vote' if you are using this extended version. JVE uses core functions to count the votes (just like the core plugin).

Comparison between Vote plugin (Core) and JVE - Image

Changelog

Joomla! 4.x

Version 4.0.2.0-PRO - 2022-10-07

• + Added Exclude articles using their categories option. With this option, you may exclude all articles of specific categories. Thanks to Robin for requesting this feature!
• + Added Pro Security Token validation check. The Pro package contains a token file with an individual security token linked to the user account and checked against the validation server for authenticity.

Version 4.0.1.0-PRO - 2021-11-12

• + Added the built-in Download Key Manager support to enter your Pro Update ID without installing the update helper plugin.
  Important: Please copy your personal Pro Update ID using the second copy button in the Pro ID Manager and enter the key in System - Update - Update Sites - Select the entry of the Pro extension and enter the ID into the Download Key field.
• ^ Code optimisations

Version 4.0.0.0-PRO - 2021-09-08

• + First Pro release for Joomla! 4.x based on JVE Pro version 3.4.4.0-PRO

Joomla! 3.x

Version 3.4.4.0-PRO - 2021-06-18

• ^ Maintenance release
• ^ Changed the version number specification. The first number stands for the supported major Joomla! version. The following three numbers follow the Semantic Versioning Specification (SemVer), as it used to be previously.
• ^ Updated custom field
• ^ Code optimisations

Version 3.4.3-PRO - 2021-03-10

• ^ Reviewed item - Category - Google only allows categories from the list to generate rich results on the search page. Please select the category that fits best to your use case! Note: This will make the Rating snippet valid. The individual types could require more fields to make them correct as well. The focus of this plugin is the proper Rating snippet integration!

Version 3.4.2-PRO - 2021-01-17

• First release with increased technical requirements: Increasing Technical Requirements - Joomla! Core & PHP for Pro & Free Extensions
• ^ Updated language files and custom fields
• ^ Code optimisations

Version 3.3.4 - 2019-10-12

• ^ Removed the timestamp parameter from URL used by the AJAX request since Google might index the helper URL. The parameter was used to bypass the caching plugin but is not required anymore. Thanks to Franz for reporting it!

Version 3.4.1-PRO - 2019-10-12

• ^ Removed the timestamp parameter from URL used by the AJAX request since Google might index the helper URL. The parameter was used to bypass the caching plugin but is not required anymore. Thanks to Franz for reporting it!
• ^ Updated Custom Field

Version 3.3.3 - 2019-08-07

• # Fixed "Call to a member function get() on string" that occurred under certain circumstances - Thanks to Gero K. for reporting it!

Version 3.3.2 - 2019-07-16

• + Added Custom Field - Pro Button
• ^ Updated Custom Fields
• ^ Updated Project Page URL
• # Added article title as itemprop "itemReviewed" to satisfy the specification of AggregateRating - Thanks to J. Decker for reporting it!

Version 3.4.0-PRO - 2019-03-20

• + First Pro release based on JVE version 3.3.1
• # Added article title as itemprop "itemReviewed" to satisfy the specification of AggregateRating - Thanks to J. Decker for reporting it!

Version 3.3.1 - 2018-03-02

• ^ Code optimization
• ^ Updated language files
• ^ Added link to the JED entry
• ^ Updated custom field "krtitle"

Version 3.3.0 - 2017-01-08

• + Decimal Numbers - Overall Rating - Show the overall rating with decimal numbers to increase the accuracy. Thanks to Francois R. for suggestion!
• # Fixed small typo in German language file

Download

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