Testimonials Widgets and Blocks

There are following widget types available:

Contents

1. Animated list widget
2. Review block widget
3. Full testimonials list widget
4. Testimonial form widget
   • Testimonial submit form captcha via widget

Animated list widget

Shows rotating testimonials list in side panel.

• Using widget:

{{widget type="testimonials/widget_list" show_block_design="1" items_number="5" view_time="10000" anim_duration="1000"}}

• Using layout XML:

<reference name='left'>
    <block type="testimonials/widget_list" name="testimonials">
        <action method="setShowBlockDesign"><flag>0</flag></action>
        <action method="setItemsNumber"><value>5</value></action>
        <action method="setViewTime"><value>10000</value></action>
        <action method="setAnimDuration"><value>1000</value></action>
    </block>
</reference>

Options:

• show_block_design - add/remove block title and link.
• items_number - number of testimonials to show.
• view_time - view time of each item.
• anim_duration - speed of change animation.

Review block widget

Shows number of testimonials and average testimonial rating in side panel.

• Using widget:

{{widget type="testimonials/widget_review" show_block_design="1"}}

• Using layout XML:

<reference name='left'>
    <block type="testimonials/widget_review" name="testimonials">
        <action method="setShowBlockDesign">
            <flag>0</flag>
        </action>
    </block>
</reference>

Options:

• show_block_design - add/remove block title and link.

Full testimonials list widget

Full testimonials list to use on custom CMS pages.

• Using widget:

{{widget type="testimonials/widget_listFull" show_title="1"}}

• Using layout XML:

<reference name='content'>
    <block type="testimonials/widget_listFull" name="testimonials">
        <action method="setShowTitle">
            <flag>1</flag>
        </action>
    </block>
</reference>

Options:

show_title - show/hide testimonials page title.

Testimonial form widget

Testimonials submit form to use on custom CMS pages.

• Using widget:

{{widget type="testimonials/widget_form"}}

• Using layout XML:

<reference name='content'>
    <block type="testimonials/widget_form" name="testimonials">
    </block>
</reference>

Testimonial submit form captcha via widget

To show captcha in testimonial submit form inserted with widget, you need to include captcha javascript to cms page. Go to Design tab of CMS page edit form, insert the following xml code in Layout Update XML field and press Save Page button:

<reference name="head">
   <action method="addJs"><file>mage/captcha.js</file></action>
</reference>