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Floating Review Widget

Add our compact and customisable Floating Review Widgets to your site

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Written by Mollie Herbert
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When installing the Floating Reviews Widget, you have two options to choose from πŸ‘‡

  • Floating Widget-Bottom

  • Floating Widget-Side

Our Floating Widgets are compact and fit in with the layout of your site. When they are clicked, they expand to reveal review content, containing star ratings and review comments.


Requirements

βœ… Active REVIEWS.io account


Navigation

  • Log into your REVIEWS.io dashboard

  • Navigate to Publishing >> Widget Library

  • Select Product Floating Widget

We have two Floating Widget options to choose from:

Floating Widget - Bottom (Displays at the bottom of the scroll)

Floating Widget - Side (Displays at the scroll in the middle.)

These widgets include various customisations which can be updated within your REVIEWS.io dashboard.

The Floating Reviews Widgets support πŸ‘‡

  • Company Reviews πŸ“ˆ

  • Product Reviews πŸ›

  • Local Reviews 🏑

  • Photo Reviews πŸ“Έ

You can also choose from 4 different theme's!

  • Minimal Theme

  • Vibrant Theme

  • Dark Theme

  • Light Theme

When you switch between the modes, you will then be able to see the preview so you can choose which you think will best fit your site ⭐️

This widget is full of customisations for each section, keep scrolling to check them out!


General Settings βš™οΈ

In General Settings, you can customise the following:

  • Content-Type e.g. Product Reviews, Company Reviews, 3rd Party Reviews, Photo Reviews.

  • Widget Language.

  • How many reviews show on one page.

  • How many decimals are in the Overall Rating

  • Enable/Disable the Third Party Reviews & Merchant Metrics card.

  • You will also have the option to hide the widget on mobile devices and hide when users scroll down the page (mobile only)


Launcher

You will also have the option to customise the Launcher these options include:

  • The type of launcher that displays (Simple, Rating only, Rating&Count, Rating with text, Third Party Ratings

  • Gradient direction and colours

  • Size and colour of the Launcher Icon

  • Star Colour in the Launcher

  • The Launcher Logo Colour


Panel Design

The next section is the Panel Design which is the review pop-up. This allows you to adjust:

  • Panel background Colours

  • Borders & Spacing

  • Star Colours & Size

  • Header Styling

  • Subheader Styling


Reviews

Now onto the Review Design widget, where you can change the below:

  • Background Colours, Padding and Border Size

  • Star size and Colour

  • You can also show which Customer Information you would like to display; these include the customer's name and, if enabled, the customer's location, as well as the customer's attributes.

  • There is also an option to enable the verified badge and change the colour, text and icon size

  • If you have Product Attributes set within the account, you can also choose to show them and customise the attribute indicator styles

  • Enable Photo reviews within the widget and adjust the photo size

  • You can also choose to show 'was this helpful?" a share button and the date of the review.

  • There is also an option to hide or show any reviews that have no comments.


Typography

This is the final section for customizations, where you can edit the design of the Heading Text and Body Text to fit your brand and site.

Customizations include -

  • Font Family

  • Colour

  • Font Weight

  • Letter Spacing

  • Line Height

  • Text case

  • Dropdown colour

Once you have completed all adjustments and are happy with the widget design, you can click the ' Get Installation Code' button on the bottom left of the page.

You can then either copy the code or email the code directly to your Developer.


Live Examples πŸ‘€

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