Set the checkbox to enable the Reviews feature.

Set the checkbox to only allow shoppers that have purchased the product to write reviews.

Note: If this field is set, the "Enable Email Reminder" field below must also be set, as it will be through the email reminder that the customer can choose to write a product review. If you want shoppers to be able to write product reviews from within your store, this field must be cleared.

Specify the minimum number of characters to allow for a product review.

Specify the maximum number of characters to allow for a product review.

Set this checkbox to enable reCAPTCHA human validation when shoppers submit their reviews.

Use this text box to provide shoppers with helpful suggestions when they write a review. Defaults to "Detailed reviews help other people the most. For example, you can list pros vs. cons, or you can review the product based on several criteria, such as ease of use, functionality, design, etc."

Set this checkbox to include additional HTML around products that may help with search engine optimization for the products that receive reviews.

Set this checkbox to send an email to shoppers, reminding them to write a review.

Note: This is the only way to get product reviews if the "Who can write a review" field above is set.

Specify the number of days after receiving the order that ShopSite should wait before sending the reminder email. This defaults to '10'.

The subject line for the reminder email. Defaults to "Would you like to review your recent purchase?"

The content of the reminder email. Defaults to "Dear [BUYER_NAME], You have recently purchased the following products:
[PRODUCT_LIST]
Would you like to review them?"

Set this checkbox to require human validation through reCAPTCHA for requested reviews.

When enabled, featured reviews allow the merchant to present customers with the product reviews that best represent a product, both the positive and the negative, so customers can make the best decision for themselves.

Set the checkbox to display featured reviews. Provide the number of positive reviews and the number of negative reviews to display. ShopSite will select the longest reviews as featured reviews by default, but the merchant can manually select which reviews are to be featured.

Provide the number of stars to use for rating a product. '5' and '10' are the most common, but any number can be used.

Select which image to use for the product rating.

Select which date format to use when displaying reviews.

The options include:
mm/dd/yyyy
dd.mm.yyyy
yyyy-mm-dd

Provide the title for the reviews page. Defaults to "Reviews".

Provide any other text you want to appear on the reviews page.

Select which template to use for the layout of the reviews page. Defaults to "rv_ReviewsDefault.sst".

Select the width of the reviews page. Choose whether you want the width to be a set number of pixels or a percentage of the screen size. Remember: the reviews page is a popup window.

Actively set the text color for the reviews page. This will overwrite whatever the default color is for the selected template.

Actively set the background color for the reviews page. This will overwrite whatever the default color is for the selected template.

Actively set the link color for the reviews page. This will overwrite whatever the default color is for the selected template. The link color is the color of the linking text.

Actively set the visited link color for the reviews page. This will overwrite whatever the default color is for the selected template. The visited link color is the color the link turns after it has been clicked. This includes returning to the page after clicking the link.

Actively set the active link color for the reviews page. This will overwrite whatever the default color is for the selected template. The active link color is the color the link turns when moused over.

Select whether you want to approve all reviews manually or automatically approve reviews that meet certain criteria. The criteria can include rating minimums and can exclude reviews with blacklisted words. Click the "this list" link to add or remove words from the blacklist.

Note:

As adding reviews to a merchant's site requires republishing the HTML pages, setting automatic approval for the Product Reviews feature will not automatically post the reviews to the merchant's site. It will, however, pop up the "Publish" notification in the back office whenever a review is approved. The merchant will still need click "Publish" to post the review.

The heading that appears above the featured reviews on more info pages. Defaults to "Reviews".

The text for the link to write a review. Defaults to "Write a review".

The text for the link to the reviews page for a product. Defaults to "Read all reviews".

The sub-heading that appears above the featured positive review(s) on the More Info page. Defaults to "Featured positive reviews".

The sub-heading that appears above the featured negative review(s) on the More Info page. Defaults to "Featured negative reviews".

The label for the text box where customers put their name when writing a review. Defaults to "Your name".

The label for the text box where customers put their email address when writing a review. Defaults to "Your email".

The label for the text box where customers put the title for the review when writing a review. Defaults to "Review title".

The error text that appears when a customer forgets to fill in the "Your name" textbox when writing a review. Defaults to "Please enter your name".

The error text that appears when a customer forgets to fill in the "Your email" textbox when writing a review. Defaults to "Please enter your email".

The error text that appears when a customer enters an invalid email address in the "Your email" textbox when writing a review. Defaults to "Please enter a valid email".

The error text that appears when a customer forgets to fill in the "Review title" textbox when writing a review. Defaults to "Please enter review title".

The error text that appears when a customer forgets to rate the product when writing a review. Defaults to "Please enter product rating".

The error text that appears when a customer's review does not meet the minimum number of characters required for a review to be accepted. (See "Minimum review length", above) When displayed, this text is followed by the value provided in the Minimum review length field above, then the " characters" field below. The entire error text is taken from the "Please write a longer review, at least" field + the "Minimum review length" field + the " characters" field. Defaults to "Please write a longer review, at least".

The error text that appears when a customer's review does not meet the minimum number of characters required for a review to be accepted. (See "Minimum review length", above) This text is preceded by the "Please write a longer review, at least" field above, and by the value provided in the Minimum review length field above. The entire error text is taken from the "Please write a longer review, at least" field + the "Minimum review length" field + the " characters" field. Defaults to " characters".

The label for the text box where customers put the text of their review. Defaults to "Write your review".

The label next to the number of remaining characters for the review. Defaults to "Remaining characters".

The error text that appears when a customer enters an invalid CAPTCHA. Defaults to "Please enter a valid email".

The text on the submit button. Defaults to "Submit review".

The text that appears on the "Submit review" button while CAPTCHA is verified. The button is disabled while CAPTCHA is verified, but this message should keep customers from repeatedly clicking the "Submit review" button. Defaults to "Working...".

The label that appears next to the reviewer's name above the review. Defaults to "By".

The text that appears after the number of approved reviews on the More info page. this lets customers know the total number of reviews written for the product. Defaults to "reviews".

The text that in the Featured Reviews section that appears when there are no approved reviews for the product. Defaults to "No reviews for this product."

Label next to the stars that show the average rating for the product on the product more info page. Defaults to "Average rating"

Label next to the stars rating on the Write a review popup. Defaults to "Your rating"

The label that appears above the CAPTCHA of the Review Submission popup. Defaults to "Type the following words".

The message to display after the customer submits the review if ShopSite is set to automatically approve reviews. Defaults to "Thank you for your review!"

The message to display after the customer submits the review if reviews must be manually approved. Defaults to "Thank you for your review! Give us a couple of days to go over it (we won't edit anything, just approve it or not)."

The text for the button that will close the reviews popup after the shopper submits the review. This button appears when shoppers are allowed to review products that they haven't purchased. Defaults to "Close this window".

The text for the button that will close the reviews popup after the customer submits the review. This button appears when customers review products that they've purchased by clicking the emailed link. Defaults to "Go to store front"