=== Rich Reviews ===
Contributors: foxytechnology
Donate link: http://www.foxytechnology.com
Tags: reviews, review, testimonials, testimonial, hreview, rating, ratings, google, rich snippets, review widget, seo, shortcode, plugin, snippet, snippets
Requires at least: 3.4
Tested up to: 3.5
Stable tag: 1.2
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Embed user reviews and Google Rich Snippet ratings anywhere on your site.

== Description ==

Rich Reviews empowers you to easily capture user reviews and display them on your wordpress page or post and in Google Search Results as a Google Rich Snippet.

With Google Places, Google Plus and Google Local emphasizing the importance of Testimonials.  Reviews are becoming integral for the success of any product or service online.

<h4>Rich Snippet Features:</h4>

* Moderated submissions, allowing you to choose which reviews are added to your site.
* Built completely around shortcodes, allowing you to include any of the three key features on any page, post, sidebar, footer, or widget on your site.
* Simple design allows compatibility across themes.
* Includes external stylesheet for ease of customization.
* Shows aggregate reviews microformat (hReview-aggregate) so that site ratings are viewed in Google results with Google Rich Snippets.
* Minimalist, lightweight, and efficient code means that your users won’t notice any hiccups.

<h4>Try it out!</h4>

If you want to see for yourself what Rich Reviews has to offer, check out the demo pages <a href="http://www.foxytechnology.com/review-foxy-tech/">here</a>, <a href="http://www.foxytechnology.com/foxy-reviews-all/">here</a>, and <a href="http://www.foxytechnology.com/foxy-tech-reviews/">here</a>!

<h4>More Information</h4>

Visit the <a href="http://www.foxytechnology.com/rich-reviews-wordpress-plugin/">Rich Reviews</a> for more information about Rich Reviews.

== Installation ==

1. You can download and install the Rich Reviews plugin through the built-in Wordpress plugin installer. Alternately, download the zip file and upload the '/rich-reviews/' folder to your '../wp-content/plugins/' folder.
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. Use the shortcodes [RICH_REVIEWS_FORM], [RICH_REVIEWS_SHOW], [RICH_REVIEWS_SHOW_ALL], and [RICH_REVIEWS_SNIPPET] as described in the Rich Reviews settings page within a page, a post, or a widget area.
4. Periodically check the Rich Reviews menu in the Wordpress control panel to see if there are any pending reviews which need to be approved (or deleted).

== Screenshots ==

1. Show some or all of the reviews that you have approved to be shown on your site.
2. A simple review submission form can be placed anywhere on your site, and will not be displayed publicly until YOU give it the okay. An admin menu lets you choose which reviews are real and which are spam.
3. A simple shortcode allows you to post an aggregate review score on any page, which means that Google will display a star-rating whenever your page comes up in a search.


== Changelog ==

= 1.2 =
* Fixed a large bug where the MySQL database was not created properly if plugin was installed fresh, and hence no reviews could be sent, stored, approved, nor displayed! (Thanks, Mik!)

= 1.1 =
* Altered CSS to make the reviews and the review form more pretty (Thanks, Andrew!)
* New, altered CSS allows reviews to properly be displayed and stacked vertically (for example, in a sidebar)
* Integrated/fixed support for non-English characters (Thanks, IvicaD!)
* Split menu up into three parts: instructions, pending reviews, and approved reviews
* New "Approved Reviews" admin menu allows you to view every review you have ever previously approved, and change its status (to pending, or mark it for deletion) at will

= 1.0 =
* Initial release

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 1.2 =
This version is essential, as it fixes a bug where the MySQL database was not created unless the plugin had been installed at version 1.0

= 1.1 =
This version pretties up the reviews and the form, and fixes the CSS to allow vertical stacking of reviews in, say, a sidebar. Also implements an "approved reviews" menu to view and change the status of previously-approved reviews.

= 1.0 =
Initial release