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[razorblade]

i have searched the forum and can't find an answer. i do not want anyone who visits my site to be able to rate a product. how do i make this feature only available to members that are signed into their account?

[balinor]

There isn't a setting in admin for that, only for adding reviews. You would need to tweak the code to hide the rating option for non-logged in people.

[jdiehl]

And it shouldn't very hard. Look at the code for the auth panel that shows a logout button, it obviously only displays if someone is logged in.

[razorblade]

Originally Posted by jdiehl

And it shouldn't very hard. Look at the code for the auth panel that shows a logout button, it obviously only displays if someone is logged in.

thanks, i checked it out, but honestly i am a ant in the world of xcart. any mod i incorpaorate has only come from detailed instructions, blind luck, or trial and error. and i am terrified of wrecking my xcart.

could you possibly be a little more specific as to which templates and what i need to change. if not no biggy, thanks!

[jdiehl]

It must be your lucky day. I'm working in a fresh X-Cart install and I'm feeling generous so I looked it up for you. Try this and see if it works:

Open /xcart/skin1/modules/Customer_Reviews/vote.tpl and in version 4.0.19 it is line 24-36, find the following:

<TR>
<TD><BR>{$lng.lbl_customer_voting}</TD>
<TD>
<BR>
<SELECT name="vote">
<OPTION value="" selected>{$lng.lbl_select_rating}</OPTION>
<OPTION value="5">{$lng.lbl_excellent}</OPTION>
<OPTION value="4">{$lng.lbl_very_good}</OPTION>
<OPTION value="3">{$lng.lbl_good}</OPTION>
<OPTION value="2">{$lng.lbl_fair}</OPTION>
<OPTION value="1">{$lng.lbl_poor}</OPTION>
</SELECT>&nbsp;<INPUT type="submit" value="{$lng.lbl_rate_it}">
</TD></TR></FORM>

And replace with this:

{if $login ne ""}
<TR>
<TD><BR>{$lng.lbl_customer_voting}</TD>
<TD>
<BR>
<SELECT name="vote">
<OPTION value="" selected>{$lng.lbl_select_rating}</OPTION>
<OPTION value="5">{$lng.lbl_excellent}</OPTION>
<OPTION value="4">{$lng.lbl_very_good}</OPTION>
<OPTION value="3">{$lng.lbl_good}</OPTION>
<OPTION value="2">{$lng.lbl_fair}</OPTION>
<OPTION value="1">{$lng.lbl_poor}</OPTION>
</SELECT>&nbsp;<INPUT type="submit" value="{$lng.lbl_rate_it}">
</TD></TR>{/if}</FORM>

And that should work. I didn't try it myself though. Keep in mind that if you can also add an else statement to notify people that they must be logged in to set a rating.

[razorblade]

worked like a charm. but the lbl_customer_voting causes the word "Voting" to appear twice. so i created a new one called

lbl_customer_votinglimit

"Voting - members only"

and change the first lbl_customer_voting to lbl_customer_votinglimit

looks great. (and i think i am finally starting to see how it all works)

thanks!