Product Review Forums ? Research, Review & Compare Items

[Ted S]

And where can I do that?

Your template manager. Just search it out and change as desired...

The buttons use to be individually selectable but vBulletin option pages are just too confusing to have 4 more fields in it.

[Killhunter]

Ok thank you. Another problem: The site doesnt appear correctly on my mobile phone (android). Can someone test if its my theme?

[bigtree]

Sure thing. That will move to the WYSIWYG editor anyways.



What mod or feature is pulling that in?



Assuming the mod grows in installs we'll be writing an image uploader to resize the photos and do a thumbnail / medium / large version.

Whoa, does this mean we're going to be using the WYSIWYG editor to add our content? Not the box that is current?

[Ted S]

Whoa, does this mean we're going to be using the WYSIWYG editor to add our content? Not the box that is current?

Eventually, yes. Of course you'll still be able to post HTML if you prefer.

[Ted S]

Ok thank you. Another problem: The site doesnt appear correctly on my mobile phone (android). Can someone test if its my theme?

You'll need to be more specific than that for me to offer much help.

[Killhunter]

Is it possible to change the date text to german? for example at productforums.php?do=matches&productid=5

[Killhunter]

And it would really great if the users could tag a product which they have and in their profiles you can see which they have. for example with pictures ;)

[Ted S]

Is it possible to change the date text to german? for example at productforums.php?do=matches&productid=5

All text is contained in phrases and can be changed through the phrase manager.

[Ted S]

And it would really great if the users could tag a product which they have and in their profiles you can see which they have. for example with pictures ;)

Nice suggestion!

[Killhunter]

All text is contained in phrases and can be changed through the phrase manager.

And how to change it? The date isnt really a text.

[Killhunter]

It would be great if images would be also displayed at the list (productforums.php).


Nice suggestion!

Write it down! :D

[Ted S]

And how to change it? The date isnt really a text.

Then your question needs to be explained further as what you asked to change is text:

date text to german

[Killhunter]

Its called Fri Nov 4th, 2011
But it german it should be Fr Nov 4, 2011

Or its call "Tue Dec 5th, 2011"
It should be "Die Dez 5, 2011"

[Ted S]

Its called Fri Nov 4th, 2011
But it german it should be Fr Nov 4, 2011

Or its call "Tue Dec 5th, 2011"
It should be "Die Dez 5, 2011"

Hum. The dates come out of mySQL which would be less than fun to tweak around for you. I'll have to look at this in a future version if it's an ongoing issue.

[Killhunter]

It isnt very important, but it would be great if you do that anytime.

[lazytown]

A VERY useful feature would be if other users could mark a review as Helpful or Useful (similar to a "like" "thanks" or thumbs up/down mod). Most review sites (including Amazon) now feature this. That way people can tell which reviews for a particular product/etc have the best content. Ideally, those reviews with the most helpful content would be displayed first.

That feature, and showing thumbnails in the review listings would be 2 huge improvements..
Thanks!

[Ted S]

Since we also created the helpful answers feature I'm sure we can find a way to add thumbs :D

However it's really broader than that. A review is naturally biased by the person and their relationship to the object. Someone who eats at 5 star restaurants and goes to a 3 star diner is going to have a different read than someone who eats at home and goes out for the first time in a year. That's not an easy solve, heck, the best solution right now is to aggregate "about me" tags with reviews but we're thinking about what could be done knowing the detailed nature of a forum to go deeper and provide not just acceptance of a review, but context.

[downloadsuk]

Hi Ted,

I'm not having much luck with the bulk import. Attached is a file I tried to upload, I got the "All Done" message, but no products appeared.

The columns don't need to be in a certain order do they?

Any help would be appreciated.

[Ted S]

I'm not having much luck with the bulk import. Attached is a file I tried to upload, I got the "All Done" message, but no products appeared.


XML does not require a field order nor are extra fields like the style and setting elements in your file an issue.

However, your format is not even close to what the importer. You'll want to review the documentation and included sample feed to see the structure as you have to follow the right convention [i.e. <product> records] and field names.

[downloadsuk]

Thanks Ted - that was a glaring oversight on my part. All working now.

However, when uploading the amount with a £ sign, I get an unusual character in  ( for example (£69.99)) - the encoding is set to UTF-8 - I tried Googling, but couldn't find a specific reason - any ideas?

[Ted S]

Thanks Ted - that was a glaring oversight on my part. All working now.

:D:D

[downloadsuk]

:D:D

Ha, did you see my comment Edit? I'm having issues with the ? sign when uploading an XML file;

"However, when uploading the amount with a ? sign, I get an unusual character in ? ( for example (£69.99)) - the encoding is set to UTF-8 - I tried Googling, but couldn't find a specific reason - any ideas?"

[downloadsuk]

Nevermind - I did a work around using the Templates. However, it might be something that affects other users.

Ha, did you see my comment Edit? I'm having issues with the ? sign when uploading an XML file;

"However, when uploading the amount with a ? sign, I get an unusual character in ? ( for example (£69.99)) - the encoding is set to UTF-8 - I tried Googling, but couldn't find a specific reason - any ideas?"

[Phrost]

Hey Ted, we're seriously considering installing this on one of our big boards, which has a ton of reviews in the old GARS system. The only thing holding us back is that we need to be able to rate a product on multiple categories.

Can you confirm that this is something that will be available in a future revision? If so, we'll go ahead and implement it as-is now.

Also, and this is just a "would be nice to have", although I doubt you'll think it's worth your time. A means of porting GARS reviews over into the new system would be amazing.

Thanks so much.

[Ted S]

Phrost,

Additional rating fields will be added in down the road but I can't promise them next week [metaphorically] and that means you may want to wait a bit.

We'll see about an import script. Tends to be difficult as there isn't a shared ID to key from A to B but we'll see.

[stained]

Many thanks for this mod Ted S. Where do products go if you forget to assign them to a forum during product creation? I think I must have done that on three occasions because when I bring up the 'manage products' list it is showing me 25 of 28 products. I need to delete those three and create them correctly. Any ideas?

[Phrost]

Phrost,

Additional rating fields will be added in down the road but I can't promise them next week [metaphorically] and that means you may want to wait a bit.

We'll see about an import script. Tends to be difficult as there isn't a shared ID to key from A to B but we'll see.

Thanks for the quick response. We'll go ahead and install it. We've got a product from VBCover that we were testing, but it uses encrypted scripts which slow down the server.

Heck, have you thought about just taking over GARS? That was such an amazing product, and it's a shame that they've basically abandoned it. I'm sure whoever has the rights to it would be happy to fork them over to someone who'd get it up and running again.

[stained]

Many thanks for this mod Ted S. Where do products go if you forget to assign them to a forum during product creation? I think I must have done that on three occasions because when I bring up the 'manage products' list it is showing me 25 of 28 products. I need to delete those three and create them correctly. Any ideas?

Got it by working back from the highest product number. Deleted the bad boys. Fixed :)

[Ted S]

Many thanks for this mod Ted S. Where do products go if you forget to assign them to a forum during product creation? I think I must have done that on three occasions because when I bring up the 'manage products' list it is showing me 25 of 28 products. I need to delete those three and create them correctly. Any ideas?

It shouldn't let you forget that... interesting. Guess I know what 1.1.1 will fix when I release it on 11/11/11 [kidding]

And yes, delete them and remake it.

[Ted S]

Heck, have you thought about just taking over GARS? That was such an amazing product, and it's a shame that they've basically abandoned it. I'm sure whoever has the rights to it would be happy to fork them over to someone who'd get it up and running again.

Honestly it's just not our approach. Our mods are designed to solve specific gaps we see in the industry, which we develop privately and on occasion will roll out to the public as was the case here.

While we may end up with something with similar features to fill in requests from members like yourself, being the all inclusive feature or most used program is not the goal. There's no up-sell, monetize it model for us aside from data insights.

[glen290]

Been looking for a mod like this for a while, its perfect for my site, so have installed it on my test board to try it out, only issue i have found so far is when i click on add new product it says this feature is not currently in use, had a look through setting, but cant see what i need to change to get this to work ?

[vilambara]

not compatible with 4.1.7. any updations?

[Ted S]

not compatible with 4.1.7. any updations?

You'll need to be more specific to get any support.

[Ted S]

Been looking for a mod like this for a while, its perfect for my site, so have installed it on my test board to try it out, only issue i have found so far is when i click on add new product it says this feature is not currently in use, had a look through setting, but cant see what i need to change to get this to work ?

You need to have configured the default forum option and of course enabled the option to let members post products. Both are in the Product Forums admin options.

[vilambara]

You'll need to be more specific to get any support.

sorry wrongly posted here..instead other thread..

[glen290]

You need to have configured the default forum option and of course enabled the option to let members post products. Both are in the Product Forums admin options.


Sorted now thanks, I hadnt set the new product forum ID.

[glen290]

Have a few bugs would like to report..
When a member adds a product, it come up with this is an empty post, I have selected the correct forum ID (in this case 105) and give the forum the permissions to able to post to it.
Also I have set the screen new reviews to no, but they still need moderating.

[Ted S]

Have a few bugs would like to report..
When a member adds a product, it come up with this is an empty post, I have selected the correct forum ID (in this case 105) and give the forum the permissions to able to post to it.

Are you moderating new products? Where do you see this output? Does forum 105 have Product Forums enabled?

Also I have set the screen new reviews to no, but they still need moderating.Does the forum they are posting the thread to require moderation?

[cowcowcow]

Thanks for this Ted S, this is something I will definitely follow closely.

At the moment its not as developed as I'd like it to be and Ill just wait a few more months till all these features are added before installing it. Certainty won't mind paying up for a premium version of this with all the planned / suggested features. I mean just got custom simple custom coding done and it already cost me a few hundred and i'm sure theres alot of people like me who have been looking for this and will pay good money, if it was something truly stand out.

Suggestions:

I think more attention should be paid to the formatting with pre-defined categories. So for example if we choose "book" category the pre-defined style (you can customise) is chosen. The reviews can have their own custom fields like "readability of book" which you can enter unique to that category. And when the review comes out its automatically formatted such that image size is smaller(than say travel), etc, i mean just provide a template for each new category which we can edit ourselves would be good enough.

Another suggestion would be displaying similar products, having a filtered search system, making use of the tags to find similar products.

Also more attention should be given to people who leave reviews, a "read all reviews" below thier name, option for them to be a top 10 reviewer, average rating of their reviews, how many reviews they gave, etc.

And of course these implemented in the CP so pple can choose to use them or not.

Hope these suggestions help build a even strong product, will check in again soon :)

[Ted S]

At the moment its not as developed as I'd like it to be and Ill just wait a few more months till all these features are added before installing it. Certainty won't mind paying up for a premium version of this with all the planned / suggested features. I mean just got custom simple custom coding done and it already cost me a few hundred and i'm sure theres alot of people like me who have been looking for this and will pay good money, if it was something truly stand out.

We don't do premium mods, over the long term it's just not financially practical to support someone for years over a few dollar sale, nor is mods our business model. But thanks for the vote of confidence in the idea!

As far as your suggestions -- great comments all around.

Of course there's always a line between a solid general mod and something specific to a particular site. Category dimensions are great but vary widely and it's just not practical for us to build books vs dvds for a handful of sites when one site will use "readability" as 1/10 and another prefers "page turning" as a yes/no even within the category. Thus we're looking at custom fields that would let you build in what you want.

The same issue is of course true in the mod in general. Putting out a release with a core feature is something we feel benefits the community and us but while we'd like to tweak it into something that really breaks the mold not just for forums [i think even basic structured data does that] but for the ecomm / online research world, there has to be enough use to justify it.

Usage grows over time and we tend to let it mature before going as far as we'd like to make sure what we're doing is indeed useful.

[downloadsuk]

If you want to customize your url structure it would take a bit of work to find each link but should not be difficult to add a title too and then remap with htaccess as you see fit.

Hi Ted - I must admit, I am struggling with this. I can find the links, but I am not sure which variable I need to add in order for the product name to be added to the URL - using {vb:raw title} for example causes the URL to have a number of spaces in it - which is obviously messy.

I would quite like to do this for the Categories as well, so it would look like mypage.com/category/computers - rather than mypage.com/productforums.php?catid=1

Any help would be much appreciated on this.

Will you be adding the option for custom fields? It's the main thing holding me back from adding hundreds/thousands of products with the bulk upload.

Also, speaking of the bulk upload - do you have any data mapping services you would recommend? It's taking me quite a long time to organise the data in Excel and then format it to the required XML format. I know you mentioned before that CSV upload wasn't an option - but this would be a million times easier.

Finally, I know we spoke before about mass editing - I'm concerned that with all the data being uploaded, it is likely to change on a regular basis - could an option be created whereby if a product is added with a matching SKU to a previous product, then it overwrites the previous fields?

Many thanks for your Mod again.

[Ted S]

Hi Ted - I must admit, I am struggling with this. I can find the links, but I am not sure which variable I need to add in order for the product name to be added to the URL - using {vb:raw title} for example causes the URL to have a number of spaces in it - which is obviously messy.

The script doesn't do this, you'd have to either build it yourself or make a manual mapping through htaccess to trick things.

For example, you can edit the plugin to output a second variable, {vb:raw urltitle} which runs through the php function urlencode() first or which has spaces and special characters removed / converted.


$product['urltitle'] = str_replace(" ", "-", $product['title']); // spaces become dashes
$product['urltitle'] = preg_replace("/[^A-Za-z0-9\_\- ]/", '', $product['urltitle']); // removes anything but letters, numbers, dashes and underlines



Will you be adding the option for custom fields? It's the main thing holding me back from adding hundreds/thousands of products with the bulk upload.


Assuming the mod keeps picking up use, yes, we will be.

Also, speaking of the bulk upload - do you have any data mapping services you would recommend? It's taking me quite a long time to organise the data in Excel and then format it to the required XML format. I know you mentioned before that CSV upload wasn't an option - but this would be a million times easier.

CSV is a pain to parse as you're counting by the number of comma separated items, not the element names. That means you still have to build the structure, but if you mess up with a single column or special character, the row is skipped or, as is so often the case, gets brought in incorrectly.

I'm sure there's a tool that can convert out from CSV and over to XML easily.

Finally, I know we spoke before about mass editing - I'm concerned that with all the data being uploaded, it is likely to change on a regular basis - could an option be created whereby if a product is added with a matching SKU to a previous product, then it overwrites the previous fields?

Right now the XML importer throws away duplicates but we can certainly have it update records instead keying off of a UPC / SKU / title match.

[bigtree]

If it had an editor, used the vbulletin editor I'd be all over this.

As far as how it is right now, Its simple and to the point. I like that. When do you think you will add the editor Ted? I'm hanging on a thread here waiting to start using this.

[Ted S]

As far as how it is right now, Its simple and to the point. I like that. When do you think you will add the editor Ted? I'm hanging on a thread here waiting to start using this.

We haven't scoped the next feature release yet to know how much work is involved but given how busy commerce is this time of year, it will likely be a few weeks.

[tele955848]

Zeigt mir keine Fotos oder den Verkaufstext an??
This is an empty post

[downloadsuk]

The script doesn't do this, you'd have to either build it yourself or make a manual mapping through htaccess to trick things.

For example, you can edit the plugin to output a second variable, {vb:raw urltitle} which runs through the php function urlencode() first or which has spaces and special characters removed / converted.


$product['urltitle'] = str_replace(" ", "-", $product['title']); // spaces become dashes
$product['urltitle'] = preg_replace("/[^A-Za-z0-9\_\- ]/", '', $product['urltitle']); // removes anything but letters, numbers, dashes and underlines


Thanks Ted - will give it a shot.

On another note, is there any possibility of expanding the search options to search for all relevant keywords in the description as well? For example, at the moment a user can search by title, but say they were looking for reviews of a particular product type, say Black Television, or Smart phone - and these words aren't included in the title, then they don't appear in the search or filter results - it's not the best user experience.

Additionally, allowing a user to sort reviews by say price, or popularity (views) or # of reviews, or even newest first would also be helpful.

Thanks.

[Ted S]

Zeigt mir keine Fotos oder den Verkaufstext an??

Support is offered in english and english only.

[Ted S]

Thanks Ted - will give it a shot.

On another note, is there any possibility of expanding the search options to search for all relevant keywords in the description as well? For example, at the moment a user can search by title, but say they were looking for reviews of a particular product type, say Black Television, or Smart phone - and these words aren't included in the title, then they don't appear in the search or filter results - it's not the best user experience.

Additionally, allowing a user to sort reviews by say price, or popularity (views) or # of reviews, or even newest first would also be helpful.

Thanks.

Certainly possible however we'll likely need to move the mod over to a FULLTEXT index to allow for a more sophisticated matching process rather than looking up individual words. We've come up with a weighting system that makes this work better than many are use to with similar searches but it does slow down the speed of the addon and is certainly not a perfect search solution

[qpurser]

I just saw your mod and installed it. Something I have been looking for a long time and thank you for putting this together.

I just have a few questions:

Your mod doesn't create a link to the "productforums.php" page. Correct?
We have a closed membership forum and "adding an new product" doesn't really need a "approval" from the mods. Can this be turned off?
I might have understand the instructions wrong but I created a dedicated forum for the "product reviews" and added the id from this forum in the Cpanel. This doesn't mean if somebody posts a new thread in this forum it will be added automatically to your mod. Correct? but users have to go via the link in the "productforums.php" page?

Thanks for any help

[Ted S]

Your mod doesn't create a link to the "productforums.php" page.
Correct. Every site is different so we leave it up to you to decide where you want it to be linked too.




We have a closed membership forum and "adding an new product" doesn't really need a "approval" from the mods. Can this be turned off?


You're the first to ask so it's not a feature option. Making the change however would be simple... If you want the raw code edits let me know.




I might have understand the instructions wrong but I created a dedicated forum for the "product reviews" and added the id from this forum in the Cpanel. This doesn't mean if somebody posts a new thread in this forum it will be added automatically to your mod. Correct? but users have to go via the link in the "productforums.php" page?When you designate a forum as a product-forum area, threads can be created with product data but do not have to be created this way. The new thread button will still trigger normal posting [if enabled at all] while a link to productforums.php start the new product.


Most installs turn off posting in that forum and use the link in productforums.php to startup products since this is not a common task. Reviews are started from within a product thread.

[tele955848]

Funktioniert nicht -.-

This is an empty post

[Ted S]

Funktioniert nicht -.-

Support is only provided in English.

[tele955848]

Is this not English :))

This is an empty post

Although I write everything into the text only appears url, etc.:

[Ted S]

Is this not English :))

This is an empty post

Although I write everything into the text only appears url, etc.:

Have you enabled the mod in the forum you are making product posts too?

[qpurser]

Originally Posted by qpurser
We have a closed membership forum and "adding an new product" doesn't really need a "approval" from the mods. Can this be turned off?

You're the first to ask so it's not a feature option. Making the change however would be simple... If you want the raw code edits let me know.

Thanks for your quick reply and help to all my questions.

Yes. It would be great if I can have the raw code edits. I can edit the files myself then

Michael

[Ted S]

Yes. It would be great if I can have the raw code edits. I can edit the files myself then


All edits will be to upload/productforums.php function addproduct

Find


$newpost['emailupdate'] = 0;
$newpost['visible'] = 0; // make sure the thread is hidden


Find


$db->query_write("
UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread SET
visible = 0
WHERE threadid = '". $newpost['threadid'] ."'
");

Remove it.

Find

active = 0

Change it to active = 1

That's it.

[qpurser]

All edits will be to upload/productforums.php function addproduct

Find


$newpost['emailupdate'] = 0;
$newpost['visible'] = 0; // make sure the thread is hidden


Find


$db->query_write("
UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread SET
visible = 0
WHERE threadid = '". $newpost['threadid'] ."'
");

Remove it.

Find

active = 0

Change it to active = 1

That's it.

PERFECT. Worked like a charm.
Thanks so much again for your quick reply and help.

NOMINATED

[destacamos]

I need some help, I have a forum with this:

forum id 5 for products
forum id 12 for reviews

in forum id 12, only registered users can view the content.

===============================================

my configuration:

Create New Thread on Review YES
Review Thread Forum ID 12

One review per user NO
Screen New Reviews NO
Minimum Posts to Review 0
Allow Members to Post Products YES

New Product Forum ID 5

---
in forums ID 5 and 12
Enable Product Review Forum Features? YES

===============================================

When I post a review, this review is created in forum id 5, it's not created on 12.
and all users can view this review.

sorry my english.

[bosanci28]

hi,

my problem is that is posting the title ,but no description! ... "This is an empty post"

thanks

update: forgot to enable it.

tks

[destacamos]

hi,

my problem is that is posting the title ,but no description! ... "This is an empty post"



thanks


update: forgot to enable it.

tks

you active???
Enable Product Review Forum Features? YES
http://www.*yoursite*.com/admincm/forum.php?do=edit&f=*IDFORUM*&s=

[bosanci28]

works...

thanks

[destacamos]

of all, I'm still waiting for the answer to my question. :rolleyes:

[Wild Bronco]

Is there an option to make Review an Article in CMS?

[Ted S]

Is there an option to make Review an Article in CMS?

Nope

[downloadsuk]

Hi Ted, not sure if it's me tinkering around with the styling, but I'm getting the following with any review posts;

Before Review;
<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: prodforums_review_postcontent --> Excellent

After Review;
<!-- END TEMPLATE: prodforums_review_postcontent -->

Any ideas?

[Ted S]

Hi Ted, not sure if it's me tinkering around with the styling, but I'm getting the following with any review posts;

Before Review;
<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: prodforums_review_postcontent --> Excellent

After Review;
<!-- END TEMPLATE: prodforums_review_postcontent -->

Any ideas?

Turn off template comments [general options and explained more by more in the install file].

This will not update any review retroactively

[bigtree]

Ted, when do you think the vb4 editor will be working with this?

[Ted S]

Ted, when do you think the vb4 editor will be working with this?

I don't have an ETA on the next update at this point. We're hoping for more interest in the mod to warrant a large update soon but if not we'll continue to make small updates to support those who are using it.

[Wild Bronco]

Nope

I would like to suggest that :)

[destacamos]

I need some help, I have a forum with this:

forum id 5 for products
forum id 12 for reviews


in forum id 12, only registered users can view the content.

===============================================

my configuration:

Create New Thread on Review YES
Review Thread Forum ID 12

One review per user NO
Screen New Reviews NO
Minimum Posts to Review 0
Allow Members to Post Products YES

New Product Forum ID 5

---
in forums ID 5 and 12
Enable Product Review Forum Features? YES

===============================================

When I post a review, this review is created in forum id 5, it's not created on 12.
and all users can view this review.

reviews would be possible to create in the forum ID 12?

sorry my english.

I can do what I ask? Please answer to see if what I try to be done or not:confused:

[Ted S]

I can do what I ask? Please answer to see if what I try to be done or not:confused:

This is a bug which will be addressed in the next release.

[downloadsuk]

Turn off template comments [general options and explained more by more in the install file].

This will not update any review retroactively

Thanks Ted.

On another note, have you noticed any issues when mass importing? I'm trying to import around 800 products and it kept hanging after just 2 - so I split the file in to 2 and now the first file hangs on the first product, and the second gets to about 80 and also hangs.

Thanks,

[Ted S]

Thanks Ted.

On another note, have you noticed any issues when mass importing? I'm trying to import around 800 products and it kept hanging after just 2 - so I split the file in to 2 and now the first file hangs on the first product, and the second gets to about 80 and also hangs.

Thanks,

Our test file had about 5 products which isn't 800 but it's more than 1 :D

Any errors? Does the first file get imported?

[destacamos]

This is a bug which will be addressed in the next release.

thank you very much, I hope the new version comes out soon.

[Ted S]

thank you very much, I hope the new version comes out soon.

Already made the fix, just has to get tested.

[Ted S]

Ted, when do you think the vb4 editor will be working with this?

To be clear, the editor would be on the product creation page only.... reviews show up as threads following the formatting rules of your site.

Or am I forgetting the idea?

[downloadsuk]

Our test file had about 5 products which isn't 800 but it's more than 1 :D

Any errors? Does the first file get imported?

It loads past the import page, to the page where each product is shown and imported, and then hangs there.

Normally I would split them up further, but I would rather resolve this issue - since I have another file with over 8,000 products ready to go :)

Would you like test files?

[bigtree]

To be clear, the editor would be on the product creation page only.... reviews show up as threads following the formatting rules of your site.

Or am I forgetting the idea?

Fine by me! Just need the editor to make adding content easier than it is right now. Please add this, I can't hardly wait to start using this!

[cowcowcow]

looking forward to updates :)

[downloadsuk]

It loads past the import page, to the page where each product is shown and imported, and then hangs there.

Normally I would split them up further, but I would rather resolve this issue - since I have another file with over 8,000 products ready to go :)

Would you like test files?

Hi Ted - I really think you should take a look at my issue. I think there is a bug - I have been trying to problem solve, and found that changing the forum ID changes which product hangs. I can't really debug anymore than this.

Your help would be much appreciated.

[Ted S]

Please PM me with the url of your import file and we will test it out.

[Ted S]

Hi Ted - I really think you should take a look at my issue. I think there is a bug - I have been trying to problem solve, and found that changing the forum ID changes which product hangs. I can't really debug anymore than this.

The issue with the importer was duplicate product titles which try to create duplicate threads and stop the new thread routine cold in it's tracks.

This copy of admincp/productforums.php should fix that but it may be a little aggressive in sorting out what's a dup. Let me know.

[downloadsuk]

The issue with the importer was duplicate product titles which try to create duplicate threads and stop the new thread routine cold in it's tracks.

This copy of admincp/productforums.php should fix that but it may be a little aggressive in sorting out what's a dup. Let me know.

Worked perfectly, thanks Ted.

[juliannova]

Is there anyway to get this for 3.8? Maybe for a paid mod?

[Ted S]

Is there anyway to get this for 3.8? Maybe for a paid mod?

While the code would be similar 3.8 and 4.0 are very, very different in how they approach templating and to some degree plugins / values. You could certainly make it happen but you're not talking about hiring someone for $50, there'd be a lot of work involved if you chose to bring in an outside coder.

While all of our older mods support the 3.x series, moving forward we're exclusively building for 4.0 and up.

[tpearl5]

Hi Ted - any chance of making this work with the Google search API for shopping (http://code.google.com/apis/shopping/search/v1/reference-overview.html)?

[Ted S]

Hi Ted - any chance of making this work with the Google search API for shopping (http://code.google.com/apis/shopping/search/v1/reference-overview.html)?

That depends on how you see the two playing together...

APIs like this still require you to have a list of products in the system to look up. Google could be integrated to pull back more details, even local stores that sell the item, but not so much to start threads automatically.

If your goal is to get items to list you'd need to get Google's Product Feed. From working extensively with datafeeds I can you tell we're talking serious data, millions and millions of records. Fun stuff too. :D

[destacamos]

Happy Holidays! I hope santa brings an update soon :D

[Ted S]

Happy Holidays! I hope santa brings an update soon :D

What would be on your "wishlist" for said update?

[1320Nation]

So without going into a long story, I discover today that in order to access and/or use the settings part of this mod you basically have to have Super Admin permissions.

So my question of coarse would be, is there anyway around this? If I use this feature on my site it will be ran by moderators without super admin access to the admincp. There is noway I want to have to sit on top of a mod such this one that has all it's useability done through the admincp. I'm not sure why any mod that is not a high intake money type mod would need to have super admin access to it's controls. If I appear to be slamming this mod I do not mean for it to come off like that. I apologize to anyone that may take it negatively. So is there a possible solution to get around this?

[Killhunter]

Finally I just wanted to ask 2 things:

First, is it possible to disallow user to post something in a review thread? I mean they should be able to review the product, but not to post something in this thread. ;)

When do you release the next update and which features will it have?

Thank you so much :)

[Killhunter]

And another question: Is it possible to run the Product Advertising API from Amazon.de? So i select a category and the products would be there automatic ;)

[Ted S]

So without going into a long story, I discover today that in order to access and/or use the settings part of this mod you basically have to have Super Admin permissions.

So my question of coarse would be, is there anyway around this? If I use this feature on my site it will be ran by moderators without super admin access to the admincp. There is noway I want to have to sit on top of a mod such this one that has all it's useability done through the admincp. I'm not sure why any mod that is not a high intake money type mod would need to have super admin access to it's controls. If I appear to be slamming this mod I do not mean for it to come off like that. I apologize to anyone that may take it negatively. So is there a possible solution to get around this?

You don't need to be a superadmin, you need to be an admin.

In development you make decisions, one of which is to build more features or build less for more user types. Most of boards prefer more functionality but it's never going to be all inclusive.

We chose not to redevelop every admin feature for the mod cp as in most forums content is also approved by the top of the team, not the middle. If you don't work that way you can port the features from the admin cp to the mod cp or give more mods limited admin access.

[Ted S]

First, is it possible to disallow user to post something in a review thread? I mean they should be able to review the product, but not to post something in this thread. ;)


Turn off posting in the forum.

When do you release the next update and which features will it have?

See the first page of the mod.

[Ted S]

And another question: Is it possible to run the Product Advertising API from Amazon.de? So i select a category and the products would be there automatic ;)

It depends on how you want to run it. You could in theory port the API to show ads or buying options on products you've defined or you could go even further and use it to let users search for products to review but you can't create listings with an API alone.

APIs require a query [i.e. looking for _something_]. If you want to get _everything_ in a set category you need a datafeed which, in the case of amazon, is quite a lot of data.

[1320Nation]

You don't need to be a superadmin, you need to be an admin.

In development you make decisions, one of which is to build more features or build less for more user types. Most of boards prefer more functionality but it's never going to be all inclusive.

We chose not to redevelop every admin feature for the mod cp as in most forums content is also approved by the top of the team, not the middle. If you don't work that way you can port the features from the admin cp to the mod cp or give more mods limited admin access.

Thanks for the info. However I had a admin account setup with everything except being a superadmin and each time of trying to enter the settings for this mod it gave a message box displaying that account does not have admin permissions.

[Ted S]

Thanks for the info. However I had a admin account setup with everything except being a superadmin and each time of trying to enter the settings for this mod it gave a message box displaying that account does not have admin permissions.

Well that we can fix.

Since you made the remark, what admin group do you feel the mod should fit into the permissions for [i can make a new one but tend not too unless people really think they'd make admins for just this mod's data]..

forums? threads? users? blog?

[Killhunter]

Turn off posting in the forum.

I have a gaming forum and i thought i make the thread for the game sticky in a forum for the game.


Games
--Game 1
----Sticky: Review Thread
----Other Threads
--Game 2
----Sticky: Review Thread
----Other Threads

....

If I close the thread, i have to activate the posts manually.

[Ted S]

How about closing the review thread to new posts instead?

[Killhunter]

How about closing the review thread to new posts instead?

Of course i tried this before, but if i do this like that, i have to aktivate each post... :(

Its really important for me...

[Ted S]

Of course i tried this before, but if i do this like that, i have to aktivate each post... :(

I'm not sure why? The reviews will manually post as active unless you set them not too.

[Killhunter]

And now? Could you try it at one of your forums?

[Killhunter]

Why we have to activate the addon for each forum? I have one forum for each game, could you modify it for me, that i dont have to activate it for each? Would be really great... :)

[Ricsca]

Is possible upload the photo rather than enter the url?

[Ted S]

Why we have to activate the addon for each forum? I have one forum for each game, could you modify it for me, that i dont have to activate it for each? Would be really great... :)

Why wouldn't you? The mod is not something most forums would want to use in more than a handful of areas.

Like with all of our mods, the goal is to provide you a starting point to grow your site. If you want to make a critical change in the logic, by all means, make it.

[Ted S]

Is possible upload the photo rather than enter the url?

Not at this time

[sadaar]

I'm having a rather odd issue. I installed the mod with no trouble, but clicking any of the links in the admin panel for it gives me a HTTP Error 500 (Internal Server Error): An unexpected condition was encountered while the server was attempting to fulfill the request.

Any ideas?

[astdirect]

Could we have the Product Image a link also using the purchase URL ?

[Ted S]

Could we have the Product Image a link also using the purchase URL ?

Sure thing. It's an easy change and will make it into the next rev.

[Ted S]

I'm having a rather odd issue. I installed the mod with no trouble, but clicking any of the links in the admin panel for it gives me a HTTP Error 500 (Internal Server Error): An unexpected condition was encountered while the server was attempting to fulfill the request.

Any ideas?

500 errors are pretty generic statements. Check your web server's log file for more info and we can solve things from there

[sadaar]

Unfortunately there is nothing in my httpd error log. Clicking on any of the options under Product Review in the admincp loads a blank page on the right side frame. Only opening it in a separate tab shows the 500 error, and then only in Chrome.,, Firefox continues to show a blank page.

Is there anything I can do to get you more information?

[Ted S]

Unfortunately there is nothing in my httpd error log. Clicking on any of the options under Product Review in the admincp loads a blank page on the right side frame. Only opening it in a separate tab shows the 500 error, and then only in Chrome.,, Firefox continues to show a blank page.

Is there anything I can do to get you more information?

You can increase the level of error notices in php. Odds are some module or permission is missing but nothing shows it because simple warnings are not set to show.

[astdirect]

Anyway to change the "Price" field to show a generic image such as "click to visit" ?

[astdirect]

Also, how can i make the review text a bit larger ?

[oddmud]

Originally Posted by Ricsca
Is possible upload the photo rather than enter the url?

Not at this time

Yeah you need this option, cause it's a lot of work to start manually doing that all the time.

[Ted S]

Also, how can i make the review text a bit larger ?

The review should use your default settings. Check those and let me know if this is not the case.

[Ted S]

Anyway to change the "Price" field to show a generic image such as "click to visit" ?

Edit the prodforums_product_details template as you see fit.

[The Ottoman]

Excellent mod. I used to have GARS in a previous iteration of my VBulletin board and this works (pretty much) perfectly for my needs.

I'm currently using this as a bridge from my Calibre ebook site with each of my "products" being one of my ebooks. With that being said, I have a couple of questions/requests:

1. I know that there is the bulk importer via XML, but I was wondering if you could setup a bulk importer with CSV. I'm more of an old school notepad type guy and that would help me import my books.

2. In order for a URL to be published, I have found that the price field has to have "something" in it other than the numeral 0. Leaving it blank doesn't show the URL. Do you have a suggestion for things that have no price, short of making all of my prices "Free" or "Gratis" or "$1"

3. I have a "product" that has multiple versions (say txt, pdf, and html) how would I go about adding multiple URLs to the product?

Again, thanks for a wonderful product

[Ted S]

1. I know that there is the bulk importer via XML, but I was wondering if you could setup a bulk importer with CSV. I'm more of an old school notepad type guy and that would help me import my books.


We figured CSV would be mighty popular but given the need to support advanced data in the descriptions, we stuck to XML which is much more stable. If you add column headers to a CSV, save it into an XLS, you can convert it.

2. In order for a URL to be published, I have found that the price field has to have "something" in it other than the numeral 0. Leaving it blank doesn't show the URL. Do you have a suggestion for things that have no price, short of making all of my prices "Free" or "Gratis" or "$1"This can be fixed in the mod. For now perhaps just enter a period or dash?

3. I have a "product" that has multiple versions (say txt, pdf, and html) how would I go about adding multiple URLs to the product?Perhaps in the description? You can use HTML

[astdirect]

Edit the prodforums_product_details template as you see fit.

Not a coder and had a look but couldnt see exactly how to edit it and what to replace and with what :/ Any help would be much apprecaited.

A few bugs i have on mine are :

Admin and moderators posting reviews works fine but when any other group adds review it doesnt get listed. EDIT: It appears it is listed, but isnt showing in latest posts or "last post by" when a regular user posts a review for some reason.

In adminCP i see the review and everything looks fine.

I have option "Screen new reviews" set to NO. When i click on the review in AdminCP it shows as APPROVED.

Truly this will be a fantastic mod when fully operational. I'm running on live site and all stable apart from small bug mentioned and a few tweaks for my own personal use needed. Installed and nominated (even on beta)

[Ted S]

Not a coder and had a look but couldnt see exactly how to edit it and what to replace and with what :/ Any help would be much apprecaited.

It's really just as simple as finding the price variable [which says price in it] and removing it or adding something else.


Admin and moderators posting reviews works fine but when any other group adds review it doesnt get listed. EDIT: It appears it is listed, but isnt showing in latest posts or "last post by" when a regular user posts a review for some reason.


So the review is showing up for regular users but not updating the last post column? If that's the case check the permissions for the forum.

[astdirect]

So the review is showing up for regular users but not updating the last post column? If that's the case check the permissions for the forum.

OK checked forum permissions and its all set up to allow the reviews to show with no moderation. In the product review "manage reviews" it shows the review as approved. For some reason though in the main adminCP moderation queue the review is having to be manually approved even though all permissions should be allowing them to go on straight away. Once i manually approve it in AdminCP moderation queue it noww shows fully on forum last posts etc.

[Ted S]

OK checked forum permissions and its all set up to allow the reviews to show with no moderation. In the product review "manage reviews" it shows the review as approved. For some reason though in the main adminCP moderation queue the review is having to be manually approved even though all permissions should be allowing them to go on straight away. Once i manually approve it in AdminCP moderation queue it noww shows fully on forum last posts etc.

I'm not sure what to tell you... If it's not getting stuck in the product forums area then the issue exists somewhere between the post and the forum settings. Since no one else has reported this issue and we don't see it in testing I'm inclined to think it's a setting somewhere.

Can you check the permissions on the forum the product thread is in as well as the forum the posts go too [if they are different].

[Killhunter]

Hi, 2 Questions...

1. I enabled the option to create a new thread for each review. Why does this addon post the Reviews in the forum for products and not the forum for reviews (id´s are correct, my review forum is under my product-forum).

2. Can you PLEASE make a little revision: I really need the feature to auto-size pictures to a special width.

Thank you

[Ted S]

1. I enabled the option to create a new thread for each review. Why does this addon post the Reviews in the forum for products and not the forum for reviews (id?s are correct, my review forum is under my product-forum).


The code tells it to post to the reviews forum. I'll take another look but it seems to be working on my test site.

$foruminfo = $vbulletin->forumcache[$vbulletin->options['prodforums_reviewforum']];
2. Can you PLEASE make a little revision: I really need the feature to auto-size pictures to a special width.


There's nothing little about adding an entire file management, uploading and image resizing routine. The easiest way to resize images is with the bulk function in a tool like Photoshop where you can process hundreds of images in 4 or 5 clicks.

An uploader has been requested several times and is on the future update list but and will be a part of the next major update.

[Ted S]

OK checked forum permissions and its all set up to allow the reviews to show with no moderation. In the product review "manage reviews" it shows the review as approved. For some reason though in the main adminCP moderation queue the review is having to be manually approved even though all permissions should be allowing them to go on straight away. Once i manually approve it in AdminCP moderation queue it noww shows fully on forum last posts etc.

FYI, I'm making a few changes to the next version that will override any forum settings to approve the post out of moderation to insure forum settings aren't an issue.


This will be out later in the week.

[cowcowcow]

Eagerly anticipating the next version

[Killhunter]

There's nothing little about adding an entire file management, uploading and image resizing routine. The easiest way to resize images is with the bulk function in a tool like Photoshop where you can process hundreds of images in 4 or 5 clicks.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233166&highlight=resize

Thats easy enough?

[bigtree]

Can't we use the vbulletin editor for this? That would make the most sense.

[The Ottoman]

We figured CSV would be mighty popular but given the need to support advanced data in the descriptions, we stuck to XML which is much more stable. If you add column headers to a CSV, save it into an XLS, you can convert it.


Holy crap!, that was easy.

You may however want to adjust your sample XML file to have another sample product in it instead od the single one. It took me a little bit to figure out why Excel was only mapping a single line. If you have two sample products, the XML mapping understands how to handle multiple lines then.

[The Ottoman]

If I wanted to add a search by MFG instead of price, I understand that I will need to edit the productforums.php. I am just wondering if you could point me in the direction of what to edit.

Also, I'd like to have the mfg show up in the table that gets displayed.

[Ted S]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233166&highlight=resize

Thats easy enough?

If you want to add in a browser-side resize by all means go right ahead but IMO that's not a solution as you're not actually resizing the image, you're just forcing it to show up smaller. This means the height could be a mile tall on the image and the full file still has to be downloaded so if it's really large, the site's speed is impacted.

[Ted S]

If I wanted to add a search by MFG instead of price, I understand that I will need to edit the productforums.php. I am just wondering if you could point me in the direction of what to edit.

Also, I'd like to have the mfg show up in the table that gets displayed.

All of this is in productforums.php

First you'll have to add the mfrg to the input variables accepted around line 63 replace:


$vbulletin->input->clean_array_gpc('r', array(
'catid' => TYPE_INT,
'title' => TYPE_STR,
'productid' => TYPE_UINT,
'min_price' => TYPE_INT,
'max_price' => TYPE_INT,
'min_rating' => TYPE_UINT,
'max_rating' => TYPE_UINT,
'posted' => TYPE_UINT,
'mfrg' => TYPE_STR
));


Next we have to search the database using a LIKE so we get some degree of fuzzy matching around 99 add:


if($vbulletin->GPC['mfrg']){ $conditions .= " AND pfp.mfrg LIKE '%". mysql_real_escape_string($vbulletin->GPC['mfrg']) ."%'"; } // mfrg of product

And then we have to be sure the variable persists from page to page line 164 add:


$sortaddon .= ($vbulletin->GPC['mfrg']) ? 'mfrg=' . $vbulletin->GPC['mfrg'] . '&amp;' : '';

You'll have to edit the template to add a new form field, name of mfrg

Of course it would be more ideal to generate a list of manufacturers and let people pick via dropdown. Next update can do that.

[Ted S]

Holy crap!, that was easy.

You may however want to adjust your sample XML file to have another sample product in it instead od the single one. It took me a little bit to figure out why Excel was only mapping a single line. If you have two sample products, the XML mapping understands how to handle multiple lines then.

Awesome and will do!

[Killhunter]

If you want to add in a browser-side resize by all means go right ahead but IMO that's not a solution as you're not actually resizing the image, you're just forcing it to show up smaller. This means the height could be a mile tall on the image and the full file still has to be downloaded so if it's really large, the site's speed is impacted.

And you cant add this or say me how i could do that?

[The Ottoman]

Of course it would be more ideal to generate a list of manufacturers and let people pick via dropdown. Next update can do that.

Well if that's comning soon, I can easily wait for that.

Thanks!!

[Ted S]

And you cant add this or say me how i could do that?

As I said before, adding an entire image uploading, file management, resizing and display class is not simple when it has to work on a infinite number of site configurations all of whom want their own specific file saving and display options -- which is why the mod uses urls right now.

If you want to add your own forced resize open up the review template and add a width="X" height="Y" into the <img> tag where you define either a max width or height... However that will not actually resize the image, it just forces it to look smaller while still downloading the entire file and potentially altering the aspect ratio or distorting the page.

[Ted S]

Can't we use the vbulletin editor for this? That would make the most sense.

Use the editor for what?

[Ted S]

Eagerly anticipating the next version

Anything in particular you hope to see in the update?

[Ted S]

Is there a feature or tweak you'd like to see make it into this mod? We'll be doing a feature release this week / weekend and while it won't include everything, chime in and we'll try to sneak it in.

Here's what's planned:

Planned Changes [Week of 1/16]
- Profile link to a search of a user's top posts [admin option]
- Post level link to the number of votes, good votes, or ratio for a user's posts [admin option]
- WYSIWYG editor for writing a review
- Search by manufacturer [dropdown]
- Cleaned up search page & results page
- Bug fixes here and there

[lazytown]

How about "this review was useful"? To be thumbed up/down for individual member reviews. In an ideal world, the ones thumbed up the most would show up first.

[Ted S]

How about "this review was useful"? To be thumbed up/down for individual member reviews. In an ideal world, the ones thumbed up the most would show up first.

Since we did the Helpful Answers post we've got the functionality but I'll have to think about if it's best to make a separate feature for this or bridge the data from HA to impact PF listings as that would save having a very large code addition.

[Goatpod]

I've changed the $ to ? symbol in the phrases, however, the $ sign is still appearing on the productforums.php search page. Any pointers as to where I can change it.

Thanks for a great mod :)

[Ted S]

In change productforums_listed_bit

<td class="alt1"><vb:if condition="$price"> (${vb:raw price})<vb:else />-</vb:if></td>

This will become a phrase in the next version.

[Goatpod]

Cheers, Ted, all done :)

[Killhunter]

Hi Ted,

1. A feature I also really want to have would be a the option, to create a new user class, which can also posts reviews - but this reviews should be displayed first (at the top).

2. For these special members "reviewers" it should be possible to rate in percent. 1-5 stars are not enough. 1-10 would be great or in percent displayed with a great picture would be awesome

3. The textfield for reviews should really be larger

4. Users shouldnt be able to post reviews with less than 100 words for example.

5. you tried that? Its really important for me, because i need the addon now ;) 1. I enabled the option to create a new thread for each review. Why does this addon post the Reviews in the forum for products and not the forum for reviews (id?s are correct, my review forum is under my product-forum).

If you want to add your own forced resize open up the review template and add a width="X" height="Y" into the <img> tag where you define either a max width or height... However that will not actually resize the image, it just forces it to look smaller while still downloading the entire file and potentially altering the aspect ratio or distorting the page.

The height should be right, so i just want to define the width of 500px for example. <img max-width="500px" /> right?

[Ted S]

1. A feature I also really want to have would be a the option, to create a new user class, which can also posts reviews - but this reviews should be displayed first (at the top).

2. For these special members "reviewers" it should be possible to rate in percent. 1-5 stars are not enough. 1-10 would be great or in percent displayed with a great picture would be awesome


That's a very specific feature need that falls outside of the range of typical functionality. You'll need to find a programmer to build you a custom extension to the mod -- it's not terribly hard but it's also not just a few lines of code.


3. The textfield for reviews should really be larger


When we move the WYSWIYG editor this will be addressed.


4. Users shouldnt be able to post reviews with less than 100 words for example.


Good idea. I'll make this an admin option


5. you tried that? Its really important for me, because i need the addon now ;)


Huh?

The height should be right, so i just want to define the width of 500px for example. <img max-width="500px" /> right?

max-width is a css property.

http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_dim_max-width.asp

[oddmud]

Can't wait to see the newest release...

[Killhunter]

I meant my problem: I enabled the option to create a new thread for each review. Why does this addon post the Reviews in the forum for products and not the forum for reviews (id?s are correct, my review forum is under my product-forum).

Is it fixed in the new version? Cant wait for it too... Thank you so much :)

In vBulletin 4.0.3 i dont have the WYSIWYG Editor.. will i have it in this addon?

[Killhunter]

open up the review template

Where it is? :D

[bigtree]

Is there a feature or tweak you'd like to see make it into this mod? We'll be doing a feature release this week / weekend and while it won't include everything, chime in and we'll try to sneak it in.

Here's what's planned:

Planned Changes [Week of 1/16]
- Profile link to a search of a user's top posts [admin option]
- Post level link to the number of votes, good votes, or ratio for a user's posts [admin option]
- WYSIWYG editor for writing a review
- Search by manufacturer [dropdown]
- Cleaned up search page & results page
- Bug fixes here and there

Right on!

[zeus_r6]

This seems to work to resize the product image:

[zeus_r6]

Not seeing this, but where does a registered user create a new product?

[zeus_r6]

Any idea what's causing the post content after the actual review to spill over onto the next line? It's only happening in the threads with reviews...

[zeus_r6]

Any idea what's causing the post content after the actual review to spill over onto the next line? It's only happening in the threads with reviews...

Happening in IE only as well..

[Ted S]

I meant my problem: I enabled the option to create a new thread for each review. Why does this addon post the Reviews in the forum for products and not the forum for reviews (id?s are correct, my review forum is under my product-forum)

The mod posts reviews to the review forum already. I'll take another look when we test the updates but right now you seem to be the only one experiencing this.


In vBulletin 4.0.3 i dont have the WYSIWYG Editor.. will i have it in this addon?

Well since I said it's coming in the next version of the mod I'd suspect not.

[Ted S]

Not seeing this, but where does a registered user create a new product?

The link is on the Review Overview / Search Page. You can add it elsewhere as you see fit.

[Ted S]

This seems to work to resize the product image:

That doesn't actually resize your imaged but rather it constraints the proportions. If you uploaded a 500x200 image it would still be 500x200 [max width of 200 w.

Furthermore if the image filesize is huge, say a 5000x5000 graphic, the entire thing is still downloaded each time causing your page load to drag.

It's not a terrible solution if your images are already all fairly small and similar sizes but becomes a problem when they're raw which is why the mod doesn't use it. Down the road we'll build a full uploader but as resizing is a quick process, the focus is on new features.

[Ted S]

Happening in IE only as well..

Have you modified your postbit_legacy template?

[Ted S]

Right on!

Sorry WYSIWYG didnt come sooner... It's actually much more complex to add than I would have guessed. :down:

[Ted S]

Alright Product Review Forum Users...

Here's the beta [looks like it all works but a little more testing to go] of 1.2.0 for those who want to get moving :D

- Adds the WYSIWYG editor for writing reviews [awesome]
- Adds search by Manufacturer option
- Adds post bit stat & link to a user's reviews
- Separates options into core / style for future expansion
- Switches sharing to AddThis for increased usage

Lots of small changes too as listed in the change log.

Update the XML, .php files, heck... upload it all again. :eek:

[bigtree]

right on. testing it now.

[Killhunter]

Nice update, but addthis is the biggest shit :( Should be selectable please...

[Killhunter]

Hi Ted, like I expected, my editor is away... the complete field to write a review is gone?! :( Could you PLEASE add support for the old editor which is in vbulletin 4.0.3 and so on...

[zeus_r6]

Have you modified your postbit_legacy template?

Yes, but the problem is happening only in the threads created in the product review forums

[zeus_r6]

The link is on the Review Overview / Search Page. You can add it elsewhere as you see fit.

As admin, I'm still not seeing this link

[Killhunter]

You have to enable it for each user class.

[astdirect]

Can we have the manufacturer displayed in the product listing ?

Update looks like some great new additions Ted, i will try it out when i get time on my live (eek) board :) I assume the reviews alread ywritten etc wont be lost during upgrade obviously.

[zeus_r6]

You have to enable it for each user class.

Usergroups are already enabled for the appropriate users to be able to post new products...I'm not seeing a link from the actual forum side, only in admincp

[The Ottoman]

The Beta version seems to be working well, and my feature request (Sort by MFG) seems flawless... so I'm happy :)

I'm wondering where I would go to change the color of the search box from the standard Vbulletin blue?


Thanks



on edit: I think I found a slight bug. The MFG search defaults to the first entry. It should default to "blank" otherwise it affects the other fields.

[zeus_r6]

Any idea what's causing the post content after the actual review to spill over onto the next line? It's only happening in the threads with reviews...

Wanting to keep this mod as it's an asset to our forums, but this problem just won't go away...only happens in IE...There has to be an explanation...anybody have some insight to what template might be doing this? It's not happening in other threads...only the ones with reviews in a user review :confused:

[Ted S]

Hi Ted, like I expected, my editor is away... the complete field to write a review is gone?! :( Could you PLEASE add support for the old editor which is in vbulletin 4.0.3 and so on...

The mod will read data from slightly older versions but it's just not feasible to write code that runs back to every older flavor. Why haven't you upgraded?

[Ted S]

Wanting to keep this mod as it's an asset to our forums, but this problem just won't go away...only happens in IE...There has to be an explanation...anybody have some insight to what template might be doing this? It's not happening in other threads...only the ones with reviews in a user review :confused:

I'm sure it has to do with the contents of the post but it's also likely going to be unique to your particular install... one width another mod sets, one css attribute, etc....

Load firebug on firefox and you can identify which element is causing the spacing break that I can look into for you. Otherwise it's debugging in the dark against an infinite number of options.

We'll figure it out

[Ted S]

As admin, I'm still not seeing this link

Did you enable the option to let users add products? If not even admins have to do it through the ACP.

[Ted S]

Can we have the manufacturer displayed in the product listing ?

Update looks like some great new additions Ted, i will try it out when i get time on my live (eek) board :) I assume the reviews alread ywritten etc wont be lost during upgrade obviously.

Correct. None of the data is changed but please run your regular backup routine first for this or any other mod you upgrade. Things happen :(

As for the manufacturer, give this version a try. The css attribute to add:


#pf_mfrg {
margin-bottom:5px;
font-size:12px;
}

[zeus_r6]

I'm sure it has to do with the contents of the post but it's also likely going to be unique to your particular install... one width another mod sets, one css attribute, etc....

Load firebug on firefox and you can identify which element is causing the spacing break that I can look into for you. Otherwise it's debugging in the dark against an infinite number of options.

We'll figure it out

Because the issue is only showing up in IE, would firebug show the problem area? If so, am I just selecting in the post content area with firebug to see what it spits in the console?

Thanks in advance Ted

[zeus_r6]

Did you enable the option to let users add products? If not even admins have to do it through the ACP.

yes, it is enabled

[Ted S]

The Beta version seems to be working well, and my feature request (Sort by MFG) seems flawless... so I'm happy :)

Turned out to be an easy add. :up:

The style is in the css file [upload -> clientscript -> vbulletin_css -> productforums.php]. Change .pf_search .pf_st and .pf_search .pf_sh as you see fit.

on edit: I think I found a slight bug. The MFG search defaults to the first entry. It should default to "blank" otherwise it affects the other fields.

Good catch. Here you go.

[Ted S]

Because the issue is only showing up in IE, would firebug show the problem area? If so, am I just selecting in the post content area with firebug to see what it spits in the console?

Thanks in advance Ted

The issue is likely happening everywhere but IE is adding extra padding or margins somewhere which is causing the post to become too big and thus get wrapped.

Firebug will help track down your particular collision as again, it's likely going to be specific to something another mod or style change has added... unfortunately that's the nature of mods, we all write our own code and sometimes it doesn't play nice with others.

[Ted S]

yes, it is enabled

The trigger for the link [which shows in the upper right corner above the review results] is group permissions and the option being enabled. Did you turn it on for the admin group?

[Ted S]

right on. testing it now.

How's it look? I really dig the editor myself... should have done that earlier :D:D:D

[Ted S]

Nice update, but addthis is the biggest shit :( Should be selectable please...

It is selectable. Just turn off sharing links and it goes away...

Or pop open the template prodforums_product_details [reviewing a review] and phrase prodforums_reviewposted [writing a review] and put in whatever you prefer.

[Ted S]

The trigger for the link [which shows in the upper right corner above the review results] is group permissions and the option being enabled. Did you turn it on for the admin group?

Whoops, just saw your post.

Can you double check that the permission "stuck" and that the member isn't a part of a group with a "no"?

Also the link isn't the most visible given where it is. That can be changed of course...

[zeus_r6]

The issue is likely happening everywhere but IE is adding extra padding or margins somewhere which is causing the post to become too big and thus get wrapped.

Firebug will help track down your particular collision as again, it's likely going to be specific to something another mod or style change has added... unfortunately that's the nature of mods, we all write our own code and sometimes it doesn't play nice with others.

I'll dig into it with firebug and see what happens...

Whoops, just saw your post.

Can you double check that the permission "stuck" and that the member isn't a part of a group with a "no"?

Also the link isn't the most visible given where it is. That can be changed of course...

Just triple checked...where exactly would the link reside?

[Ted S]

Just triple checked...where exactly would the link reside?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=135942&d=1327136316

Very upper right of the screen is what you should see on the review overview page [productforums.php]

[zeus_r6]

oooohhhhh

on the productforums.php page. Didn't even know it existed since there was no obvious links to it

[Ted S]

oooohhhhh

on the productforums.php page. Didn't even know it existed since there was no obvious links to it

:)

I dont do auto links in my mods.. There's too much variability between forums to assume a link on one will even show in a useful way on any given site.

[Killhunter]

The mod will read data from slightly older versions but it's just not feasible to write code that runs back to every older flavor. Why haven't you upgraded?

my license has expired.. Is there no way to do that? Could you add the option to choose between WYSIWYG and the standard-editor we got before?

[The Ottoman]

Turned out to be an easy add. :up:

The style is in the css file [upload -> clientscript -> vbulletin_css -> productforums.php]. Change .pf_search .pf_st and .pf_search .pf_sh as you see fit.



Good catch. Here you go.

The update worked great! Thanks.

Thanks for the css hints as well.

[Ted S]

my license has expired.. Is there no way to do that? Could you add the option to choose between WYSIWYG and the standard-editor we got before?

vB4 licenses don't expire last I checked. And if your license has expired, how are you downloading mods?

[Ted S]

The update worked great! Thanks.

Thanks for the css hints as well.

No problem!

[bigtree]

I updated it today but seems the same, no editor. Am I missing something?

[bigtree]

When adding a new product, its still appears to be painfully tedious. Is there a way to use the editor instead of doing it all in the control panel?

[Ted S]

I updated it today but seems the same, no editor. Am I missing something?

Nope. The editor is for writing reviews.

[Ted S]

When adding a new product, its still appears to be painfully tedious. Is there a way to use the editor instead of doing it all in the control panel?

It doesn't matter if you have a fancy editor or plain text, adding product after product will be tedious regardless. Import products at once with a single XML feed.

[bigtree]

Bummer, then it is still of no use to me.

Creating a product for review the way you have it now is so slow. It takes forever to add information compared to being able to copy/paste. You have to put all the html in!

Having to write in all that html when a simple paste would get it done would make your product right on.

[bigtree]

If I want to copy product info off the manufacturers website, how does an XML file work?

[bigtree]

As an example: If I wanted to copy product info off this site, how would you do this?:

http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.php?ProductId=1094&ParentId=19

[Ted S]

Bummer, then it is still of no use to me.

Creating a product for review the way you have it now is so slow. It takes forever to add information compared to being able to copy/paste. You have to put all the html in!

Having to write in all that html when a simple paste would get it done would make your product right on.

When you develop a mod you know that while you can make it work for many, it's not going to be for everyone. Best of luck to you!

[Ted S]

As an example: If I wanted to copy product info off this site, how would you do this?:

http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.php?ProductId=1094&ParentId=19

I'd get a feed from the manufacturer and adjust the XML format to match what the mod needs [or tell the author if something was missing]. This way when a product is changed or added I wouldn't have to worry about missing it, or go to the hassle of adding copy & pasting hundreds of products one at a time.

[bigtree]

:down: too bad, you have a nice clean product here but is missing something major IMO.

[Goatpod]

Hi Ted, thanks for the updates. Just noticed on the Admin page, however, when trying to approve some reviews that there's only one page of 25 products listed without the option to move onto the next 25. Is it something I've missed or is it missing?

I've attached a shot of that screen if it helps.

[Volvoholic]

Hi,

I have two problems which I hope you can help.

1) Productforums.php does not load when I click on the forum enabled for reviews. I have made the changes to forumdisplay.php shown in the install file. When I tried to paste the productforum URL into the forum link in the forum manager, I get the Browse Product & Reviews page but when I click on see all reviews I keep getting bumped back to the productforums page.

2) I cant delete product categories. I get "Review ID not specified" when clicking on yes during the confirmation stage.

Great mod by the way - much appreciated.

[Killhunter]

vB4 licenses don't expire last I checked. And if your license has expired, how are you downloading mods?

Sorry, didnt meant that in that way, of course my license is ok. Anyway i cant update, so could you please add this feature? I do not want to spend 120$ or more for the update.

[The Ottoman]

Bummer, then it is still of no use to me.

Creating a product for review the way you have it now is so slow. It takes forever to add information compared to being able to copy/paste. You have to put all the html in!

Having to write in all that html when a simple paste would get it done would make your product right on.

Actually, as someone who's just imported about 500 products into his install, allow me to give you some of my lessons learned:

Through some pretty easy scripting in Excel (predefining the URL to point to the product), joining some fields together and some unique items specific to my install; I was able to import all of the items in about an hours worth of research work and about a minute of actual processing work.

Doing this manually, it was taking me anywhere between 60-90 seconds per item, and that was with a copy/paste of HTML formatted data. So I saved myself atleast a half hour of data entry (and my sanity), and I've got it set up where I can throw in thousands of products in the future in quite literally under 5 minutes.

Now, that's just me - and I was not happy to look at an XML import versus a csv import which I was comfortable with. I'm sold on this method now.

I think what your issue stems from is that you have WYSIWYG data and you don't know how to capture that data with it's HTML sourcing data intact. If we could figure that out, would you try the XML import?

[Ted S]

:down: too bad, you have a nice clean product here but is missing something major IMO.

That's the great thing about a user, it just needs to work for you and anything else you shouldn't use.

When you make a mod things get tricky as everyone has different needs so you start with what you feel will work for the most possible people and then watch feedback to see if you were wrong.

Anything more than a stylized list won't survive the WYSIWYG which would make editing impossible for some users. Thus there's a decision to be made and when we built this mod we decided to focus on imports over copy & paste [true speed] and open areas over bulky editors [true flexibility]. That's our line, but we know it's not going to fit everyone's needs.

Again, thanks for the feedback and best of luck with your forum!

[The Ottoman]

As an example: If I wanted to copy product info off this site, how would you do this?:

http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.php?ProductId=1094&ParentId=19

I went to the site, did a view source and grabbed the following from ln 104-125

<!-- features tab -->
<div id="c_features" class="activeblock detailblock tabbed_content">
<h3><strong>Compact 32-Key Model from the A-PRO Series</strong></h3>
<h3 class="silent">Features</h3>

<p>If you’re looking for keyboard controllers that you can use in the studio, on-stage, or anywhere you feel inspired, look no further than the A-300PRO. Combining the best of Roland engineering with Cakewalk’s legendary ease-of-use, the A-300PRO has the features and feel you need to get the most out of your music performances and productions.</p>

<ul>
<li>Velocity-sensitive 32 keys with channel aftertouch</li>
<li>Inspiring feel and response for serious players</li>
<li>45 assignable controls: knobs, sliders, buttons, transport and more</li>
<li>8 Dynamic Pads for finger drumming and MIDI triggering</li>
<li>Sure-grip Pitch Bend/Modulation Stick</li>
<li>Expand playability with sustain and expression pedals (available separately)</li>
<li>USB Bus Powered — no AC adaptor required (AC adaptor is an optional)</li>
<li>Durable Roland-quality manufacturing and craftsmanship</li>
<li>Bundled with the Cakewalk Production Plus Pack including three incredible instruments and production software</li>
<li>Works with any DAW on Mac or PC</li>
<li>Supports Windows 7 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard</li>
</ul>
</div><!-- /features -->




I'm sure there are lots of ways to do it with XML feeds and alike that the owner of the site may or may not be interested in giving you access to. But a rather lo-tek way to achieve some thing similar would be to get a program to scrape the entire site like HTTrack and then scour the results looking for all instances of the data between "<!-- features tab -->" and "<!-- /features -->".

[Ted S]

Doing this manually, it was taking me anywhere between 60-90 seconds per item, and that was with a copy/paste of HTML formatted data. So I saved myself atleast a half hour of data entry (and my sanity), and I've got it set up where I can throw in thousands of products in the future in quite literally under 5 minutes.

Thanks so much for sharing this.

Developing something you get to decide where you want to draw the line and while I'm sure people would like other ways to add products, I really believe that an import is the only way to go. The manual entry page is really more about formatting or reviewing an entry here and there than adding.

No matter how you do it, copy & paste thinking just doesn't scale well.

My team processes something like 10 million products [not to this mod but to a system that the mod is based on] a night from a dozen vendors all of whom format and update differently so we've become pretty familiar with every option and while we debated offering csv/tab, XML is just safer when you're dealing with rich content and an infinite number of configurations.

[Ted S]

Sorry, didnt meant that in that way, of course my license is ok. Anyway i cant update, so could you please add this feature? I do not want to spend 120$ or more for the update.

If you have 4.0, you have "Free updates for this version" but I digress...

The mod is already build to parse data from 4.0.x as well as 4.1.x, it just doesn't display the editor. I can't justify development hours to support a very dated version of the software but you can switch to a editor-less format by hacking the template --

Edit template prodforums_review_create

1 - Remove the javascript function from the <form> tag

2 - Remove {vb:raw messagearea}

3 - Remove <script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_ajax_suggest.js?v={vb:raw vboptions.simpleversion}"></script>

4 - Add the following code and format to fit your style / width needs


<div class="blockrow">
<label for="comments">Review</label>
<textarea class="primary textbox" id="comments" name="comments">{vb:raw comments}</textarea>
</div>

[Ted S]

Hi Ted, thanks for the updates. Just noticed on the Admin page, however, when trying to approve some reviews that there's only one page of 25 products listed without the option to move onto the next 25. Is it something I've missed or is it missing?

I've attached a shot of that screen if it helps.

We just figured you'd deal with the first 25 before any more :D

Ok, ok, that's a bug. We'll updated it soon.

[Ted S]

Productforums.php does not load when I click on the forum enabled for reviews. I have made the changes to forumdisplay.php shown in the install file.

productforums.php isn't used in that process. The hack changes forumdisplay.php so that when you view the forum through an existing link, the format is adjusted to show review data via the template prodforums_threadbit.

I cant delete product categories. I get "Review ID not specified" when clicking on yes during the confirmation stage.

We'll add this to the next bug release.

[Killhunter]

If you have 4.0, you have "Free updates for this version" but I digress...

The mod is already build to parse data from 4.0.x as well as 4.1.x, it just doesn't display the editor. I can't justify development hours to support a very dated version of the software but you can switch to a editor-less format by hacking the template --

Edit template prodforums_review_create

1 - Remove the javascript function from the <form> tag

2 - Remove {vb:raw messagearea}

3 - Remove <script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_ajax_suggest.js?v={vb:raw vboptions.simpleversion}"></script>

4 - Add the following code and format to fit your style / width needs


<div class="blockrow">
<label for="comments">Review</label>
<textarea class="primary textbox" id="comments" name="comments">{vb:raw comments}</textarea>
</div>

Im @ 4.0.3

Where is the javascript code i have to remove? <form class="vbform block" action="productforums.php" method="post" onsubmit="return vB_Editor['{vb:raw editorid}'].prepare_submit(this.headline.value, {vb:raw vboptions.postminchars})">

Thank you very much :) Will I have to do that again if I update the addon?

[Killhunter]

my reviews are still displayed in the same forum, in which the products are..

[Ted S]

Im @ 4.0.3

Where is the javascript code i have to remove?

Thank you very much :) Will I have to do that again if I update the addon?

Edit template prodforums_review_create

If the template is updated in a future version your custom edits will override it.

[Ted S]

My apologies for the back to back releases but a few minor bugs have been discovered that seemed worth fixing. There are no security, data or critical bugs.

- fixes bug with admin not showing multiple page of reviews to edit / approve
- fixes bug with admin not allowing categories to be deleted
- fixes bug in prodforums_product_css with alignment of posts for some skins
- removes $ before manufacturer item descriptor

If you are upgrading from 1.2.1 simply install the new plugin file and upload admincp/productforums.php.

If you are upgrading from before 1.2.x update all files.

This upgrade will alter template prodforums_product_css if you have customized you can merge the template or simply add a </div> before the </li> tag.

[Ricsca]

Missing 2 key things:

- You can not upload image;
- You can not set a standard height for images;

How important is it that these two failures?

[Ted S]

Missing 2 key things:

- You can not upload image;
- You can not set a standard height for images;

How important is it that these two failures?

Ouch. Thanks for the feedback but calling parts of a free mod a failure is probably not the best way to win the [positive] attention of the author.

Image urls were used because we don't see most people creating products individually, it's simply not scalable to hand enter even just a hundred products. When you enter a url, you define the image and thus you define the height... browser forced resizing is not a solution. Still there's been enough demand for uploading so while I think it will take people down the wrong path, we added to the feature roadmap a few weeks back.

[bigtree]

Actually, as someone who's just imported about 500 products into his install, allow me to give you some of my lessons learned:

Through some pretty easy scripting in Excel (predefining the URL to point to the product), joining some fields together and some unique items specific to my install; I was able to import all of the items in about an hours worth of research work and about a minute of actual processing work.

Doing this manually, it was taking me anywhere between 60-90 seconds per item, and that was with a copy/paste of HTML formatted data. So I saved myself atleast a half hour of data entry (and my sanity), and I've got it set up where I can throw in thousands of products in the future in quite literally under 5 minutes.

Now, that's just me - and I was not happy to look at an XML import versus a csv import which I was comfortable with. I'm sold on this method now.

I think what your issue stems from is that you have WYSIWYG data and you don't know how to capture that data with it's HTML sourcing data intact. If we could figure that out, would you try the XML import?

Hey, nicely explained. DEFIANTLY! The manufacturers do not provide RSS feeds for the information I need. I have to copy/paste it all. If I could enter in urls and the scripts would import everything I needed, including the images, that would be ideal. Is this possible? Please help if you can. I would appreciate this very much.

If I could see an example of what I need to write? I'm a copy past kind of guy.

[TheSupportForum]

when creating the product after viewing the post of the product it shows

This is an empty post

as the content

why does it not show the full description ?

[The Ottoman]

Hey, nicely explained. DEFIANTLY! The manufacturers do not provide RSS feeds for the information I need. I have to copy/paste it all. If I could enter in urls and the scripts would import everything I needed, including the images, that would be ideal. Is this possible? Please help if you can. I would appreciate this very much.

If I could see an example of what I need to write? I'm a copy past kind of guy.

Take a look at post 457.

[sacobra]

Is there a HOW TO guide showing setting up a sample product?

I installed this, created a new forum & created a product & assigned it to the new forum.

I don't see any of the 3 screen shots that you have provided!!

[Ted S]

Is there a HOW TO guide showing setting up a sample product?

I installed this, created a new forum & created a product & assigned it to the new forum.

I don't see any of the 3 screen shots that you have provided!!

Did you enable the mod in that forum?

[Ted S]

when creating the product after viewing the post of the product it shows

This is an empty postas the content

why does it not show the full description ?

Did you enable the mod in the forum you are looking at?

[Larsveld]

Go into the forum you are posting the reviews:

ACP > Forums & MOderators > Forum Manager > Edit the forum

Find the option "Enable Product Review Forum Features?" and enable it.

[Larsveld]

How do i get it to look like this:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=135977&d=1327272084

I don't want every forum, just the one with the reviews in to look like above.

[Ted S]

I don't want every forum, just the one with the reviews in to look like above.

That's not a forum view, it's the productforums.php index

Forums continue to look how they always looked although if you follow the install guide it explains how to modify the column rows to reflect ratings in addition to the normal data.

[Larsveld]

Ah, I think I get it.

I redirect that forum to http://www.xxxxxxxx.com/forum/productforums.php


That gives me the display but no products are cilckable.

Getting there!!

[Ted S]

Ah, I think I get it.

I redirect that forum to http://www.xxxxxxxx.com/forum/productforums.php



No, your forum remain a working forum but you enable the option for the mod in the forum settings as explained in the install file and main thread for the mod. Products and reviews will get posted as specially formatted threads / posts. If you want people to be able to search products, you add a link to the overview page [productforums.php] wherever you want.

That gives me the display but no products are cilckable.

What doesn't give you clickable links?

[Larsveld]

I'd redirected the forum to the reviews page, managed to get it sorted now.

Works a treat.

Only small issue is that I didn't have the black stars png's in the download. (i just renamed the green ones to black).

Thanks.

lars

[TheSupportForum]

Go into the forum you are posting the reviews:

ACP > Forums & MOderators > Forum Manager > Edit the forum

Find the option "Enable Product Review Forum Features?" and enable it.

thank you Larsveld, that sorted it, should of realised that option
but install instructions didnt mention this part

[sacobra]

Go into the forum you are posting the reviews:

ACP > Forums & MOderators > Forum Manager > Edit the forum

Find the option "Enable Product Review Forum Features?" and enable it.

Thanks Larsveld.. That helped.. :)

[sacobra]

Did you enable the mod in that forum?

Ted S, I think if you add images to the tutorial, that would be of great help. :)

[sacobra]

Instead of the star rating image, I'm seeing the rating in words !!

What could be going wrong?

[SLY LS1]

A couple of issues

Adding a new category doesnt save the name, they all show up with a "O"

Also on the forum where it displays "Manufacturer" it shows a $ sign before the name

[Ted S]

thank you Larsveld, that sorted it, should of realised that option
but install instructions didnt mention this part

It's the boldest, biggest part of the mod thread and in red in the install file along with the two other mandatory steps. You really can't miss it -- unless you skip reading.

[Ted S]

Ted S, I think if you add images to the tutorial, that would be of great help. :)

There's nothing more highlighted in the mod listing than this point. There's 5 quick points in the install guide, this one is in red and bolded. If people chose to skip reading the install guide no number of images will help --but thanks for directing people over to it again :D

For everyone... remember, a mod is a starting point, if you're playing set it & forget it, not checking the options, skipping your own customization, you are not setting yourself up for success. Don't settle for out of the box.

[Ted S]

Adding a new category doesnt save the name, they all show up with a "O"

O or 0? Where do you see this?

Also on the forum where it displays "Manufacturer" it shows a $ sign before the nameAre you running 1.2.2 which fixes this issue?

[Ted S]

Instead of the star rating image, I'm seeing the rating in words !!

What could be going wrong?

The images are not in the path the page thinks they are in. Check the source, check where they were uploaded too and we can go from there.

[TheSupportForum]

O or 0? Where do you see this?

Are you running 1.2.2 which fixes this issue?

the following phrase prodforums_mfrgd
Manufacturer: ${1}

needs to be changed to
Manufacturer: {1}

easy

and now its fixed

Also : please group the templates

[biftek]

does anyone know if this will work with 3.8?

[Ted S]

does anyone know if this will work with 3.8?

4.0 and 3.8 have very different code structures so no, the mod will not work.

[TheSupportForum]

does anyone know if this will work with 3.8?

your in the v4 mod section so i guess not
plus the coding has changes since so it will not work unless you as the developer to
convert this to a 3.8 MOD

[biftek]

your in the v4 mod section so i guess not
plus the coding has changes since so it will not work unless you as the developer to
convert this to a 3.8 MOD
no harm in asking

[Ted S]

no harm in asking

Never a harm in a question but as an FYI, 99% of vB 4 mods won't work on vB 3.

[TheSupportForum]

Ted S

in short this is what i'd like
1) extra image section to show more of the product ( lets say 5 for now)
either located at bottom of thread or right side of product image

can this be done in next release ?

[Ted S]

Ted S

in short this is what i'd like
1) extra image section to show more of the product ( lets say 5 for now)
either located at bottom of thread or right side of product image

can this be done in next release ?

A mod is a starting point to add a new type of experience or function for your site... rather than waiting for a highly specific feature to happen, which is unlikely to meet your exact needs, you should work to customize things to meet your needs.

[TheSupportForum]

A mod is a starting point to add a new type of experience or function for your site... rather than waiting for a highly specific feature to happen, which is unlikely to meet your exact needs, you should work to customize things to meet your needs.

yeah i have already done the edits needed for it to suite our sites needs
i'll look into recoding it to do the addition bits i need then

this mod is great and been looking for something like this for a while

[The Ottoman]

Has there been any thought into adding a field for tags? Or even better, since the products are essentially threads have you considered leveraging a way to add a field for the built-in tag field during entry of the products?

[Ted S]

Has there been any thought into adding a field for tags? Or even better, since the products are essentially threads have you considered leveraging a way to add a field for the built-in tag field during entry of the products?

Since it's just threads they wouldn't be hard to add but how do you see them being used?

[sacobra]

The images are not in the path the page thinks they are in. Check the source, check where they were uploaded too and we can go from there.

The rating images are all stars-black-* whereas the folder has only stars-pink-* and stars-green-* png images.

Guess the download package needs to be updated with the black png images.

Regards,
Sumith