add persistent email session for order lookup and reviews
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Replaces the short-lived (1 hour) session-based order lookup with a persistent cookie-based email session lasting 30 days. This foundation enables customers to leave reviews and view orders without re-verifying their email each time. - Add EmailSession module for signed cookie management - Add EmailSession plug to load verified email into session - Set email session on order lookup verification - Set email session on checkout completion (via /checkout/complete) - Update orders and order detail pages to use email session - Add reviews system plan document Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Product reviews system
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Status: In Progress (Phase 1 complete)
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## Overview
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A review system for verified purchasers without requiring customer accounts. Uses email verification with a persistent browser session token (similar to "remember me") so customers can leave reviews, view orders, and edit reviews without re-verifying each time.
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Customers can upload photos with their reviews (1-3 images). Photos display inline as thumbnails and open in the existing lightbox component.
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## Design principles
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1. **No customer accounts** — email verification only, stored as a browser session
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2. **One review per email+product** — prevents spam, simplifies UX
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3. **Verified purchases only** — must have a paid order containing the product
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4. **Edit forever** — via new magic link if session expired, resets to pending for re-moderation
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5. **Moderation by default** — reviews start as pending, admin approves
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6. **Photos optional** — 1-3 images per review, no video (yet)
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---
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## Email session token
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Replaces the old short-lived session-based order lookup with a persistent cookie.
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### Flow (30 days, multi-purpose)
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- User enters email on `/contact` → system sends verification link with 1-hour token
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- On verify, sets a signed cookie: `email_session` containing email
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- Cookie lasts 30 days, httponly, secure, same-site lax
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- Also set on checkout completion (via `/checkout/complete` controller)
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- Cookie checked by: order lookup, order detail, review submission, review editing
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### Implementation
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**New module:** `lib/berrypod/email_session.ex`
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```elixir
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defmodule Berrypod.EmailSession do
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@cookie_name "email_session"
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@max_age 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 # 30 days
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@salt "email_session_v1"
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def put_session(conn, email) do
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token = Phoenix.Token.sign(BerrypodWeb.Endpoint, @salt, email)
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Plug.Conn.put_resp_cookie(conn, @cookie_name, token,
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max_age: @max_age,
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http_only: true,
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secure: Mix.env() == :prod,
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same_site: "Lax"
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)
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end
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def get_email(conn) do
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with token when is_binary(token) <- conn.cookies[@cookie_name],
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{:ok, email} <- Phoenix.Token.verify(BerrypodWeb.Endpoint, @salt, token, max_age: @max_age) do
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{:ok, email}
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else
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_ -> :error
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end
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end
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def clear_session(conn) do
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Plug.Conn.delete_resp_cookie(conn, @cookie_name)
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end
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end
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```
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**Plug for LiveView access:** `lib/berrypod_web/plugs/email_session.ex`
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Adds `email_session` to conn assigns so LiveViews can access via `@email_session`.
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**Update existing flows:**
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- `OrderLookupController.verify/2` — call `EmailSession.put_session/2`
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- `Shop.Pages.Orders` — check `EmailSession` cookie instead of session
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- Checkout success — call `EmailSession.put_session/2`
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---
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## Reviews schema
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**Migration:** `priv/repo/migrations/xxx_create_reviews.exs`
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```elixir
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create table(:reviews, primary_key: false) do
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add :id, :binary_id, primary_key: true
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add :product_id, references(:products, type: :binary_id, on_delete: :delete_all), null: false
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add :order_id, references(:orders, type: :binary_id, on_delete: :nilify_all)
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add :email, :string, null: false
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add :author_name, :string, null: false
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add :rating, :integer, null: false
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add :title, :string
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add :body, :text
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add :status, :string, default: "pending" # pending, approved, rejected
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add :image_ids, {:array, :binary_id}, default: [] # references to images table
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timestamps()
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end
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create unique_index(:reviews, [:email, :product_id])
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create index(:reviews, [:product_id, :status])
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create index(:reviews, [:status])
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```
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**Schema:** `lib/berrypod/reviews/review.ex`
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Fields:
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- `id` — binary_id
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- `product_id` — required, references products
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- `order_id` — optional, for "verified purchase" badge (first matching order)
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- `email` — required, normalised lowercase
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- `author_name` — required, display name
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- `rating` — required, 1-5
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- `title` — optional
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- `body` — optional
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- `status` — pending/approved/rejected
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- `image_ids` — array of binary_ids referencing images table (max 3)
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**Context:** `lib/berrypod/reviews.ex`
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Functions:
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- `get_review(id)`
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- `get_review_by_email_and_product(email, product_id)` — for edit check
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- `list_reviews_for_product(product_id, status: :approved)` — public display
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- `list_pending_reviews()` — admin queue
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- `create_review(attrs)` — validates purchase, uniqueness
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- `update_review(review, attrs)` — resets status to pending
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- `approve_review(review)`
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- `reject_review(review)`
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- `average_rating_for_product(product_id)` — returns {avg, count}
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- `can_review?(email, product_id)` — checks if email has purchased this product
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- `get_review_images(review)` — preloads image records for a review
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---
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## Review photos
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### Storage approach
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Review photos stored in existing `images` table, referenced by `image_ids` array in the review. This reuses the existing media/image infrastructure:
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- Same upload pipeline
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- Same optimisation (Oban jobs)
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- Same serving (blob storage)
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Not added to the main media library (no `media_items` record) — just raw images for reviews.
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### Upload flow
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1. User selects photos in review form (standard file input, accepts jpg/png/webp/heic)
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2. Photos uploaded via LiveView `allow_upload` with 3 file limit
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3. On submit, photos processed through existing image pipeline
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4. Image IDs stored in review's `image_ids` array
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5. EXIF data stripped for privacy
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### Display
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Extract a generic `image_lightbox` component from the existing `product_lightbox`, then create a simpler `review_photos` component for inline thumbnails.
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**New component:** `review_photos` in `shop_components/content.ex`
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```elixir
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attr :images, :list, required: true # list of image URLs
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attr :review_id, :string, required: true
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def review_photos(assigns) do
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~H"""
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<div :if={@images != []} class="review-photos">
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<button
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:for={{url, idx} <- Enum.with_index(@images)}
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type="button"
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class="review-photo-thumb"
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phx-click={
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JS.exec("data-show", to: "#review-#{@review_id}-lightbox")
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|> JS.set_attribute({"data-current-index", to_string(idx)},
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to: "#review-#{@review_id}-lightbox")
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}
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>
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<img src={thumb_url(url)} alt="Customer photo" loading="lazy" />
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</button>
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<.image_lightbox
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id={"review-#{@review_id}-lightbox"}
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images={@images}
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alt="Customer photo"
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/>
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</div>
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"""
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end
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```
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The existing `Lightbox` JS hook works unchanged — it's already generic.
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### Moderation
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Photos shown to admin alongside review text during moderation. Admin approves/rejects the whole review (no separate photo moderation).
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---
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## Review submission flows
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### 1. From product page (email verification)
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**UI on product page:**
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```
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+-------------------------------------+
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| Write a review |
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| [email@example.com ] [Continue] |
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| We'll send a link to verify your |
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| purchase and let you leave a review |
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+-------------------------------------+
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```
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**Flow:**
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1. User enters email
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2. System checks: has this email purchased this product?
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- No -> "We couldn't find a matching order for this product"
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- Yes -> send verification email with review link
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3. Email contains link: `/reviews/new?token=xxx`
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4. Token encodes: `{email, product_id}`
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5. On click -> set email session cookie -> show review form
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**If they already have a valid email session:**
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- Skip email entry, show review form directly
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- Or show "Leave a review as email@example.com" with form
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**If they've already reviewed this product:**
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- Show their existing review with "Edit" option
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### 2. From order lookup page
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On `/orders`, for each delivered order line item:
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```
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+-------------------------------------+
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| Mountain Sunrise Canvas |
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| Delivered 15 Jan 2024 |
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| [Write a review] or [Edit review] |
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+-------------------------------------+
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```
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Since they're already verified (have email session), clicking goes straight to review form.
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### 3. Via email request (post-delivery)
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**Oban job:** `lib/berrypod/reviews/review_request_job.ex`
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Scheduled X days after order marked delivered:
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- Check if customer has already reviewed all products in order
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- Send email with links to review each unreviewed product
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- Each link is a signed token for that email+product
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**Email template:**
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```
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Subject: How was your order from {shop_name}?
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Hi {name},
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Your order #{ref} was delivered {days} days ago. We'd love to hear what you think!
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{for each product}
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[{product_title}] - [Leave a review]
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{end}
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Thanks for shopping with us!
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```
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**Admin setting:** Days after delivery to send request (default: 7)
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---
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## Review form
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**Route:** `GET /reviews/new?token=xxx` or `GET /products/:slug/review`
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**LiveView:** `lib/berrypod_web/live/shop/review_form.ex`
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**Form fields:**
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- Rating (required) — 5 star selector
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- Title (optional) — text input, max 100 chars
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- Body (optional) — textarea, max 2000 chars
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- Name (required) — pre-filled from order if available, max 50 chars
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- Photos (optional) — file upload, max 3 images
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**Photo upload UI:**
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- "Add photos (optional)" button with camera icon
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- Shows thumbnail previews after selection
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- Easy remove button on each thumbnail
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- Accepts jpg, png, webp, heic
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**Validation:**
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- Rating 1-5
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- Title max 100 chars
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- Body max 2000 chars
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- Name max 50 chars
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- Max 3 photos, max 10MB each
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**On submit:**
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- Upload and process photos via existing image pipeline
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- Create review with status: pending
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- Show confirmation: "Thanks! Your review will appear once approved."
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- Redirect to product page
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**Edit mode:**
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- Same form, pre-filled with existing review
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- Existing photos shown with remove option
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- Submit updates review, resets status to pending
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- Show: "Your updated review will appear once approved."
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---
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## Reviews display
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### Product page
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**Update `reviews_section` component** to accept real data:
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```elixir
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# In product page init
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reviews = Reviews.list_reviews_for_product(product.id, status: :approved)
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{avg, count} = Reviews.average_rating_for_product(product.id)
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assign(socket,
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reviews: reviews,
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average_rating: avg,
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review_count: count
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)
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```
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**Component changes:**
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- Show "Verified purchase" badge if `review.order_id` present
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- Show review date as relative time
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- Show review photos as clickable thumbnails (using `review_photos` component)
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- Pagination if > 10 reviews
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### Product cards (optional enhancement)
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Show average rating + count on collection/home pages:
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```
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****- (24)
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```
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Requires preloading aggregate data — consider caching in products table:
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- `rating_avg` decimal
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- `rating_count` integer
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- Updated via Oban job or on review approval
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---
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## Admin moderation
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**Route:** `/admin/reviews`
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**LiveView:** `lib/berrypod_web/live/admin/reviews.ex`
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**Features:**
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- Tabs: Pending | Approved | Rejected
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- List with: product, author, rating, excerpt, photos (thumbnails), date
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- Click to expand full review with full-size photos
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- Approve / Reject buttons
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- Bulk actions: approve selected, reject selected
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**Counts in nav:**
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- Show pending count badge on Reviews nav item
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**Optional:** Email notification to admin on new review
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---
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## Schema markup
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**Update product JSON-LD** in `lib/berrypod_web/components/seo_components.ex`:
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```json
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{
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"@type": "Product",
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"aggregateRating": {
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"@type": "AggregateRating",
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"ratingValue": "4.5",
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"reviewCount": "24",
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"bestRating": "5",
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"worstRating": "1"
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},
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"review": [
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{
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"@type": "Review",
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"author": {"@type": "Person", "name": "Jane D."},
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"datePublished": "2024-01-15",
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"reviewRating": {
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"@type": "Rating",
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"ratingValue": "5"
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},
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"reviewBody": "..."
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}
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]
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}
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```
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Only include if product has approved reviews.
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---
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## Task breakdown
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### Phase 1: Email session foundation (~2h) ✓
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1. **Email session module** (1h) ✓
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- Create `Berrypod.EmailSession` module
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- Create plug to load into assigns
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- Add to endpoint/router
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2. **Update existing flows** (1h) ✓
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- Order lookup -> set email session on verify
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- Orders page -> read from email session
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- Checkout success -> set email session (via /checkout/complete controller)
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### Phase 2: Reviews schema and context (~2.5h)
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3. **Reviews migration and schema** (1h)
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- Create migration with image_ids array
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- Create `Review` schema with changeset
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4. **Reviews context** (1.5h)
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- CRUD functions
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- Query helpers (by product, by email, pending)
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- Purchase verification
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- Image preloading helpers
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### Phase 3: Review submission (~4h)
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5. **Product page review section** (1.5h)
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- Email entry form (if no session)
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- Review form (if session + can review)
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- Edit existing review
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- Verification email sending
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6. **Review form LiveView** (2h)
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- Token verification
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- Form with star rating
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- Photo upload with LiveView uploads (max 3)
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- Create/update handling
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- Photo processing via existing pipeline
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7. **Orders page integration** (0.5h)
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- "Write a review" / "Edit review" buttons
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- Link to review form
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### Phase 4: Display and components (~2.5h)
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8. **Extract image_lightbox component** (0.5h)
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- Generic lightbox from product_lightbox
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- Same JS hook, just cleaner component interface
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9. **Review photos component** (0.5h)
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- Inline thumbnails
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- Opens image_lightbox on click
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10. **Product page display** (1.5h)
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- Update reviews_section to use real data
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- Verified purchase badge
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- Review photos display
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- Pagination
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### Phase 5: Admin moderation (~2h)
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11. **Admin reviews list** (1.5h)
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- Reviews list with tabs (pending/approved/rejected)
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- Photo thumbnails in list
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- Expand to see full review + photos
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- Approve/reject actions
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12. **Nav and notifications** (0.5h)
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- Pending count badge in admin nav
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- Optional: email to admin on new review
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### Phase 6: Automation and SEO (~2h)
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13. **Review request emails** (1h)
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- Oban job for post-delivery requests
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- Email template
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- Admin setting for delay
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14. **Schema markup** (0.5h)
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- AggregateRating on product pages
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- Individual Review markup
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15. **Rating cache on products** (0.5h)
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- Add rating_avg, rating_count to products
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- Update on review approval
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- Display on product cards
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---
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## Files to create
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- `lib/berrypod/email_session.ex` — email session token handling
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- `lib/berrypod_web/plugs/email_session.ex` — plug to load session into assigns
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- `priv/repo/migrations/xxx_create_reviews.exs` — reviews table
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- `lib/berrypod/reviews/review.ex` — Review schema
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- `lib/berrypod/reviews.ex` — Reviews context
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- `lib/berrypod/reviews/review_notifier.ex` — review verification emails
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- `lib/berrypod/reviews/review_request_job.ex` — Oban job for post-delivery emails
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- `lib/berrypod_web/live/shop/review_form.ex` — review submission form
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- `lib/berrypod_web/live/admin/reviews.ex` — admin moderation
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## Files to modify
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- `lib/berrypod_web/router.ex` — new routes
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- `lib/berrypod_web/controllers/order_lookup_controller.ex` — set email session
|
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- `lib/berrypod_web/live/shop/pages/orders.ex` — review buttons
|
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- `lib/berrypod_web/live/shop/pages/product.ex` — review section with real data
|
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- `lib/berrypod_web/components/shop_components/product.ex` — extract image_lightbox
|
||||
- `lib/berrypod_web/components/shop_components/content.ex` — reviews_section updates, review_photos component
|
||||
- `lib/berrypod_web/components/seo_components.ex` — review schema markup
|
||||
- `lib/berrypod/pages/block_types.ex` — real data loader for reviews
|
||||
- `lib/berrypod_web/components/admin_components.ex` — nav badge for pending reviews
|
||||
- `lib/berrypod/products/product.ex` — optional rating_avg, rating_count fields
|
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|
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---
|
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|
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## Open questions
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||||
|
||||
1. **Delay for review request email** — 7 days after delivery? Make configurable in admin settings?
|
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2. **Review replies** — can shop owner reply to reviews publicly? (later feature)
|
||||
3. **Import reviews** — any need to import from other platforms like Etsy?
|
||||
4. **Incentives** — discount code for leaving a review? (later feature)
|
||||
5. **Photo size limit** — 10MB per photo reasonable? Or smaller?
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Total estimate
|
||||
|
||||
~15 hours across 6 phases. Can be broken into sessions:
|
||||
|
||||
- Session 1: Phases 1-2 (email session + schema) ~4.5h
|
||||
- Session 2: Phase 3 (submission flows) ~4h
|
||||
- Session 3: Phases 4-5 (display + admin) ~4.5h
|
||||
- Session 4: Phase 6 (automation + SEO) ~2h
|
||||
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