The document discusses two Magento 2 extensions that leverage social proof to influence customer purchases:
1. The Product Images by Customers extension allows customers to upload photos of products to display on product pages, increasing reliability and encouraging purchases.
2. The Advanced Reviews extension provides more detailed reviews with pros and cons, voting, reporting, and sharing on social networks. It also includes review summaries and filtering.
Both extensions are configured through the Magento admin panel to control features like which customer groups can review, email notifications, and social sharing options.
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Magento 2 Social Proof Guide
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The Excellent Combo of Magento 2 Social
Proof Extensions
In e-commerce industry, there are hundred ways to trigger online shoppers to make
more purchases. However, the highlight today is Magento 2 Social Proof, which is
considered by psychologists, sociologists, and digital age marketers as the consumer
phenomenon of positive emotional influence.
The idea is that customers are more likely to change their behavior and choice
preferences based on the behavior and choice preferences of their peers. Hence, you
should leverage the power of Magento 2 Social Proof in the favor of your online
stores by collecting and displaying reviews and customer photos on your product
pages. To do this task, we provide you with the perfect combo of Magento 2 Product
Images By Customers extension and Magento 2 Advanced Reviews extension.
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PRODUCT IMAGES BY CUSTOMER
FOR MAGENTO 2
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Content
Product Images By Customers For Magento 2 Extension........................................2
1. Product Images by Customer for Magento 2 Extension Overview .....................4
2. How Does Product Images by Customer for Magento 2 Work? .........................4
2.1. Configuration .......................................................................................................4
2.2. Customer Product Images Management ..............................................................7
3. Upload Images...........................................................................................................9
Advanced Review For Magento 2 Extension ...........................................................12
1.Advanced Review for Magento 2 Overview..........................................................13
2.How Does Advanced Review for Magento 2 Work?............................................13
2.1. In Store – Configuration........................................................................................13
2.2. In Marketing – Advanced Review.........................................................................22
2.3. In Store - Rating ....................................................................................................23
Contact Us ...................................................................................................................25
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1. Product Images by Customer for Magento 2 Extension Overview
Magento 2 Product Images by Customer extension allows your buyers to upload
pictures of products to Magento stores. This will increase your reliability and
encourage next customers to buy without any hesitating.
2. How Does Product Images by Customer for Magento 2 Work?
2.1. Configuration
Please go to Admin Panel → Store → Configuration → BSSCommerce →
Product Images By Customer
2.1.1. General Configuration
In Enabled: choose Yes to enable the module, or No to disable it.
In Allow Guests to Upload Images: choose Yes to allow both guests and registered
customers to upload images, or No to not allow.
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In Email Required: choose Yes to force users submit emails to upload images, or No
to not require.
In Tab Title: edit tile for the tab that displays images upload by customers in the
product page.
In Tab Description: edit a message for customer product images.
2.1.2. Display settings
In Slideshow Speed: enter the transition duration (in seconds) between two
continuous slides.
In Number of Images per Slider: limit the number of images to be shown on the
customer product image tab.
In Limit Number of Uploaded Images at Once: enter the maximum number of
images that users can upload at once.
In Horizontal Image Dimension (in slider): set the width (px) of images displayed in
slider. The maximum number allowed is 200px.
In Vertical Image Dimension (in Slider): set the height (px) of images displayed in
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slider. The maximum number allowed is 200px.
To see the full size of images, users need to click on an image in slider then it will be
shown in a popup. The user can zoom in this image by hover over it.
In Horizontal Image Dimension (Zoom Image): set the width (px) of the image
when it is zoomed in.
In Vertical Image Dimension (Zoom Image): set the height (px) of the image when
it is zoomed in.
2.1.3. Set up email notification
The admin can set up to receive notification emails whenever customers have
uploaded images to website.
In Enable Email Notification to Admin: choose Yes to send emails to admin when a
customer has uploaded images, or No to not send.
In Email Sender: select an email sender.
In Email Receiver: enter email address to be sent notification emails.
Email Templates: select template of the notification email.
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Note: After settings, you need to press “Save Config” button to make your
configuration be effective.
- The scope of all config is store view, so you can setup for each one.
2.2. Customer Product Images Management
Please go to Marketing → Product Images by Customer → Customer Product
Images Management
2.2.1. Image Management grid
This grid display information of uploaded images.
- ID column: image’s ID
- Status column: the staus of uploaded images. It can be Approved or Not
Approved. The default status of pictures that have just been uploaded is Not
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Approved.
- Image column: image thumbnails
- Product SKU column: the SKU of product that is added image to.
- Customer Email column: email that customer submited when uploaded
images.
- Action column: linked to image details page.
You can approve/ disapprove/ delete multiple images right in the grid easily:
- Select the images that you want to add mass action.
- In Actions drop-down: choose Approved to enable images in the frontend, Not
Approved to disable them or Delete to delete them from your site.
2.2.2. Image details page
Please click on Edit link in the Action column to go to the image details page.
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In Approve: choose Yes to enable the image in the frontend, or No (set as default) to
disable it.
In Customer Email: the image that customer submited. You are not allowed to edit
this field.
In Image: the uploaded image. You can click on the image to view the full size pic,
Image Size and Image Resolution.
In SKU: product SKU. You are not allowed to edit this field.
In Store Views: select store views to enable the image.
3. Upload Images
3.1. Upload images to products from the frontend
In order to upload images from the frontend, please go to Customer Images tab in a
product page and follow the instructions:
- In Your Name: enter your name in this field.
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- In Your Email: enter your email in this field.
- In Choose Image: click on the button to select an image from your database.
- Click on Add more image to choose more images to be uploaded at once.
- Finally, Press UPLOAD button to complete
Note:
- * means Required Fields
- The maximum allowed size for uploaded images is 2MB.
3.2. Upload customer product images from the backend
To upload images from the backend, please press the Add New Image button on the
Image Management page.
In Image Edit page, you can upload multiple pictures and assign to a product.
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In Approved: choose Yes to enable the uploaded images in the frontend, or No to
disable them.
In Customer Email: enter an email address
In Image: upload images, you can browse to find or drag image to this field.
In SKU: enter a product SKU that you want to assign images to.
In Store View: select store views that the images are enabled.
Press Save Images button to complete.
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ADVANCED REVIEW FOR
MAGENTO 2
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1. Advanced Review for Magento 2 Overview
Advanced Review for Magento 2 Extension provides product page with an upgrade
review function. Customers now can write more detailed reviews by adding Pros and
Cons for each of them. Moreover, buyers are able to interact with other reviews by
voting or reporting as well as sharing reviews to other social networks. And the
feedbacks are displayed in the smartest way with the review rating summary and filter
– sort by – pagination function. All of these advanced features are easy to manage at
the backend.
2. How Does Advanced Review for Magento 2 Work?
2.1. In Store – Configuration
Please go to Stores Configuration BSSCOMMERCE Advanced Review
and start configuration.
2.1.1. General
In Enable Advanced Review: Choose Yes to enable the module , otherwise choose
No to disable it.
2.1.2. Pros and Cons Display Options
In Enable Pros, choose Yes to display the Pros values for customers to select when
writing reviews, otherwise choose No.
In Enable Cons, choose Yes to display the Cons values for customers to select when
writing reviews, otherwise choose No.
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In Number of Pros to display, choose the number of Pros values you want to display.
In Number of Cons to display, choose the number of Cons values you want to
display.
In Enable User-defined items, choose Yes to enable customers to add new values for
Pros and Cons attributes, otherwise choose No.
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2.1.3. Helpfulness Display Options
In Show Helpfulness, choose Yes to enable displaying helpfulness vote in each
product, otherwise choose No.
In Allow Guest Vote, choose Yes to enable not logged in customers to vote for
helpfulness, otherwise choose No.
2.1.4. Abuse Report
In Enable Report, choose Yes to enable customers to report inappropriate review or
spams, otherwise choose No.
In Allow Guest Report, choose Yes to enable not logged in customers to report
inappropriate review or spams, otherwise choose No.
Here is how Helpfulness and Abuse report will be displayed in reviews.
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2.1.5. Review Summary Block
In Enable, choose Yes to display Review Summary block, otherwise choose No.
Module allows to display the percentage, total votes of each rating value, rating
stars.(1-5 stars).
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2.1.6. Recommend to a Friend
In Enable, choose Yes to enable Recommend to a Friend feature for each review.
In Answer Options, enter the value for the answers of Recommend to a Friend box.
In Answer Options to Display in Summary Graph, enter the value for the answers
which will be used to calculated the percentag for summary graph in the below
section.
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2.1.7. Access Options
In Who Can Review The Product?, choose either All, Only customer or Only
those who bought the product can review it to select customer groups you want to
enable review.
2.1.8. Social Sharing
In Enable, choose Yes to enable Social Sharing, otherwise choose No.
In Add Social Network, choose the Type of social networks you want to display
along with the Images for them. The image can be uploaded at store backend or other
hosting. The best image size for display is 40x40.
Click Add to add more social networks.
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2.1.9. Sorting and Filter
In Enable, choose Yes to enable Sorting and Filter, otherwise choose No.
In Available Page Limiter, choose the number of reviews available for customers to
choose to be displayed in a sorting and filter page.
In Default Page Limiter, choose the default number of reviews to be displayed in a
sorting and filter page. The default limiter must be among the above available limiter.
Allow Sorting by, choose among Date, Rating or Helpfulness for sorting options.
In Allow Filter Review, choose Yes to enable Filter Review, otherwise choose No.
In Filter by Pros, choose Yes to enable Filter by Pros, otherwise choose No.
In Filter by Cons, choose Yes to enable Filter by Cons, otherwise choose No.
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When admins enable filter and sorting, customers can easily search for reviews.
2.1.10. Email Notification
In Enable New Reviews Notification, choose Yes to enable sending notification via
email when there are new reviews, otherwise choose No.
In Send Emails to, select the email receiving the notification.
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In Email Sender, select the email sending the notification.
In Email Template, select the email template for the notification.
2.1.11. AntiSpam Protection
In Enable, choose Yes to enable anti-spam protection, otherwise choose No.
In Site Key, click on Create a site key and get the Site Key to create reCAPTCHA
for your site fill in the configuration.
In Secret Key, click on Create a site key and get the Site Key to create reCAPTCHA
for your site then fill in the configuration.
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2.2. In Marketing – Advanced Review
Please go to Stores Marketing Advanced Review and start configuration.
2.2.1. Manage Pros
Tick on the Pros value and click on the Actions box to choose either Delete or Update
Status.
Click on Add New Pros to add more Pros value.
In Edit Pros, admin can assign Name, choose Status and the Visibility of each Pros
value.
2.2.2. Manage Cons
Tick on the Cons value and click on the Actions box to choose either Delete or
Update Status. Click on Add New Cons to add more Cons value.
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In Edit Cons, admin can assign Name, choose Status and the Visibility of each Cons
value.
2.3. In Store - Rating
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Click on Add New Rating to new Rating Value.
In Default Value, enter the default value for the new rating. If you are using multiple
store view, fill in the value for each store view below.
In Visibility, set the visibility for the store views you want to show the rating
In Is Active, check to active the value.
In Sort Order, enter the order of the rating value in the frontend.
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Contact Us
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Support: support@bsscommerce.com
Skype: support.bsscommerce
BSS Support team is always ready to aid you with any issue referring to our
products. Additionally, we also give you Website development and Administration
Support.
We do offer:
1. Free installation services for commercial products.
2. Free updates within offered support period.
Our duties:
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2. Help with technical queries.
3. Technical support in installation and product usage.