Listing owner approving reviews

September 15, 2019 at 05:26 AM

Just like comments in a blog it would be handy if a listing owner could approve/reject a review for a given listing type. Pondering on the best way to allow users to "sign up for trips", reviews seem like the best option (they are easy, searchable, show meta-data/fields, and manageable). Climbed Rainier last month with a few folks from Meetup. Fortunately there is a way to prevent inexperienced people from joining on the Meetup page (this is 100% safety related). If event reviews only displayed when approved by the listing owner this would be perfect for delegating people on a given trip. Additionally could have jr_experience to show their qualifications.

Looking through the dev filters I see Listing Allows User Reviews which is somewhat close. There doesn't seem to be a filter related to "Approving reviews". Ideally wanting something like:

if (category=='events' && isAuthor()) {
	function approve_user_reviews($allow, $params)
  {
    // Uncomment line below to dump filter arguments to the screen
    // dd($allow, $params);

    return $allow;
  }

  Clickfwd\Hook\Filter::add('listing_allows_user_reviews', 'approve_user_reviews', 10);
}

For mountains and most other categories would not want the listing owners to manage review approvals, hence the if() statement. Having listing owners manage reviews would be a game changer. More scenarios include hiring boards, people signing up for meetings with limited seats, events, and other scenarios with an occupation limit.

September 15, 2019 at 11:19 AM