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Introduction

The Prestashop e-commerce platform allows users to leave feedback on individual products by leaving comments on each product. However, there is no method for users to leave feedback regarding the overall service of the shop. This module is designed to provide that functionality to store owners who wish to have this extra functionality. The module allows users to submit a testimonial for the store owner to approve. It also optionally supports reCaptcha as a form spam prevention method.

Compatibility

Check you have a working WAMP installation

WAMP stands for Windows, Apache, mySQL, PHP. It refers to the key components used to run a lot of dynamic websites on a Windows machine. It often used for developing web applications on your local machine before putting it live on your server. You can get prebuilt installation routines that make installing a WAMP a real breeze. The one I am using for this article can be found here www.wampserver.com.

Introduction

Having been looking for a Open Source shopping cart solution I stumbled on prestashop. It is a good solution which seemed to be what I was looking for. Like a lot of modern carts and CMSes it uses system of plug-in modules to add extra functionality that doesn't come as standard. The only slight problem with this module system, is how do you create a plug-in module!? It isn't exactly obvious.