Getting Started
Welcome to Google Customer Reviews Magento 2 Extension! We would like to thank you for purchasing Google Customer Reviews Magento 2 Extension! We are very pleased you have chosen Google Customer Reviews Magento 2 Extension for your website, you will be never disappointed! Before you get started, please be sure to always check out this documentation.
Compatible with Magento:
Magento 2.1.x
Magento 2 Help:
Video Tutorials
Introduction
This extension allows you to show Google Customer Reviews Badge on your Magento 2 store as well as display survey opt-in to collect customer review on order success page.
Google Customer Reviews is a free program that lets you collect feedback from users who have made a purchase on your store. Ratings from Google Customer Reviews apply to your seller ratings eligibility. This ratings appear on search & Shopping ads, and on an optional badge that can be displayed on your store.
Features
Key Features
- Collect valuable reviews about your business for free.
- Display a badge on your site which includes the Google Customer Reviews logo
- Enable/disable badge and survey opt-in
- Absolutely no configurations required
- No development work required
- See how your visitor conversion and user experience improves!
Magento 2 Installation
To install the Magento 2 follow the instructions below:
1. Create an empty database with correct permissions in phpmyadmin.
2. Enter your Magento 2 url in browser and hit Enter.
3. Click on "Agree and Setup Magento".
4. Now Magento 2 will check your environment for readiness for the setup. Click on "Start readiness check".
4.1. If you pass all the checks, you can continue. Have you not, you must fix the error to continue. The 2 most often errors are php Settings Check and php Extensions Check.
PHP Settings Check: always_populate_raw_post_data error. To resolve this error, you need to access php.ini file. Using XAMPP, open this file like that: PHP Settings Check: Search this line: always_populate_raw_post_data = -1 Make sure the number is -1, then remove the semicolon ; at the beginning of the lines.
PHP Extensions Check: The usual missing extensions are xsl and intl. To resolve this, search extension=php_intl.dll as well as extension=php_xsl.dll, then both remove the beginning semicolon ; .
Please Note:
Now you need to stop both Apache and MySQL in XAMPP, then restart them again for new effects to be activated and resolved. Click Try Again in localhost for new result, after checking, hit Next.
5. Now enter Empty database that you created previously, where you want to install Magento2.
6. Click Next, now you will be asked for web configurations like store url, admin url, Apache rewrites, https options.
7. Click Next, now you can select Timezone, Currency and language in "Customize Your Store" section.
8. Click Next, Enter Admin username, email and password to setup Admin credentials.
9. Now Magento 2 is ready to be installed on localhost. Click on "Install Now". Don’t close your browser until setup is done.
10. After the installer has completed the setup, it will show Success page.
10. Open Magento Admin panel, enter your admin credentials given at the time of setup.
Extension Installation
To install the extension follow the instructions below:
Prepare InstallationWe recommend you to duplicate your live store on a development store and try installation on it in advance.
Backup Magento files and the store database.
Disable all cache related section that you have in your Magento.
Extension Installation1. Download extension package(hiddentechies-googlecustomerreview.zip) from your my account page
2. In your Magento 2 root directory create (if not exist) folder app/code/
3. Make new directory Hiddentechies/Googlecustomerreview inside app/code
4. Copy(upload) files and folders from extension archive to your Magento 2 app/code/Hiddentechies/Googlecustomerreview/ directory
5. In command line, using "cd", navigate to your Magento 2 root directory
6. Run below commands
- php bin/magento setup:upgrade
- php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -f
7. Flush store cache and log out from the backend and log in again to see changes.
8. Your extension is now installed and ready for work.
Settings Panel
Google Customer Reviews extension is installed, proceed to Magento 2 backend to finalize the cofiguration.
To set the configuration options go to Google Customer Reviews > Configuration.
These are the settings that affect google custom search accessibility, control layout and other functional aspects.
General- Google Merchant Id: Enter your google merchant id here You will get merchant id at https://merchants.google.com/Signup
- Enable: Select enable/disable
- Badge Position: Select the badge position (BOTTOM_LEFT,BOTTOM_RIGHT)
- Enable: Select enable/disable
- Estimated Delivery days: Enter approx estimated delivery days
- Opt in Styles: Select Opt in styles (CENTER_DIALOG, BOTTOM_RIGHT_DIALOG, BOTTOM_LEFT_DIALOG, TOP_RIGHT_DIALOG, TOP_LEFT_DIALOG, BOTTOM_TRAY)
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Help & Support
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