Major Additions - Product Review Forums ? Research, Review & Compare Items [Archive] - Page 3

bertwrld

01-26-2012, 05:30 AM

I am getting an error whenever I try to add categories.

Warning: mysql_real_escape_string() [function.mysql-real-escape-string]: Access denied for user 'weedwatc'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in [path]/admincp/productforums.php on line 973

Warning: mysql_real_escape_string() [function.mysql-real-escape-string]: A link to the server could not be established in [path]/admincp/productforums.php on line 973

Ted S

01-26-2012, 05:38 AM

bertwrld

01-26-2012, 05:40 AM

Everything else works fine.

I have added products and reviews, and all went smooth.

This is the only problem I seem to be having with it.

Ted S

01-26-2012, 06:14 AM

The Ottoman

01-26-2012, 11:13 AM

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

Just another way to provide a clearer search result and make the products themselves more complex.

Currently you can search for Mfg, Product Name, Price and Rating.

If you can use the tags, you can tag the product with other descriptors, and search against that.

Say, I have a product review forum of outdoor items for camping:

10 distinct Tents
5 distinct Coolers
16 distinct Sleeping Bags
4 distinct Stoves

All of these products are sold by multiple manufactuers. Right now, I can't currently search for "Sleeping Bags" to pull out all the sleeping bags, or I can't search for "blue" to provide me all of the blue products.

Just a thought.

SLY LS1

01-27-2012, 08:18 AM

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

O or 0? Where do you see this?

Sorry it is a 0

It shows up in the ACP, also on the add product in the ACP, and also on the add product in the productforums.php page

On the product cat tab on the ACP the catagories titles show blank as well
I have added 5 categories
Also it wont let me delete any of the categories

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

Are you running 1.2.2 which fixes this issue?

It was my 1st install of this mod and was 1.2.2 - it seems you have both phrases in 1.2.2

I moded the Phrase and removed the $

Manufacturer: ${1}
Manufacturer: {1}

Its on line 1121 of the product_forums.xml

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Im having another little issue, when another member goes to add a review it says their post need to be more than 1 character

I have the min character set to 1 in the mod ACP

They are adding more than 1 character and still get a refusal

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Can I suggest an add new product link in the actual thread ?

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Im happy to help with testing to get this mod perfect, it has great potential

Cheers
SLY

Some images of the category issue

http://www.slydesigns.com.au/vb/1.jpg

http://www.slydesigns.com.au/vb/2.jpg

http://www.slydesigns.com.au/vb/4.jpg

Goatpod

01-27-2012, 09:01 AM

- fixes bug with admin not showing multiple page of reviews to edit / approve

Hi Ted, thanks again for the updates. I've still got a problem with this bit; the Next Page button shows at the bottom of the first 25 but when clicked it takes me back to the Manage Product Review Forums page instead of the next 25!

Cheers :)

SLY LS1

01-27-2012, 09:13 AM

Line 132 of the productforums.css

Has

font-family:verdana;arial;

I think it should be

font-family:verdana,arial;

Cheers
SLY

Domiav

01-27-2012, 12:58 PM

adambloch

01-27-2012, 01:57 PM

Hi I seem to be getting $ appearing just before the price etc...

Many thanks

Adam

adambloch

01-27-2012, 02:07 PM

Ok fixed just in the Phrase

bada_bing

01-27-2012, 05:17 PM

Anyway to port this over to vb 3.8 ? This would be a very nice feature on our site

bada_bing

01-27-2012, 06:02 PM

The Ottoman

01-27-2012, 06:54 PM

I have this installed however I may of perceived this as a different mod. What I am trying to do is allow members to start a new thread in a specific forum I have created called product reviews and have this plugin format the new thread so that they can enter the required fields as shown in your screenshots. I cant figure out how to do this? All I see is this mod allows the admin to create a new product ?help please

If you go into the AdminCP and look at the
Product Review Forum Settings, you'll see options to allow users to post products, and where those products go to.

Once you have the settings match what you want the product to do, go to http://www.yoursite.com/productforums.php and you'll see all of the products, on the right hand side, above the Search button, you'll see "Add New Product". The users will click that to add a product.

bertwrld

01-27-2012, 07:12 PM

The issue with the db call seems to be on mysql_real_escape_string which helps to insure the data being entered isn't malicious. I'm not inclined to remove that of course... Can you try again and see if it persists?

I have removed, resinstalled, repeated, and still keep getting the same error.

The categories end up similar to the screenshot posted where the category is 0, when i try to delete the category, it says invalid ID found.

bada_bing

01-27-2012, 07:14 PM

If you go into the AdminCP and look at the
Product Review Forum Settings, you'll see options to allow users to post products, and where those products go to.

Once you have the settings match what you want the product to do, go to http://www.yoursite.com/productforums.php and you'll see all of the products, on the right hand side, above the Search button, you'll see "Add New Product". The users will click that to add a product.

I have tried that and this is what I get when I go here http://www.yoursite.com/productforums.php
"No product reviews matches your search. Try broadening your criteria or selecting another category."

Dangerboy

01-27-2012, 07:28 PM

Installed and somewhat working. There is an issue with the Product Category all showing up as (0) or (1) instead of the title.

Was under the impression that it would post full details in the applied forum setting which right now shows as "This is an empty post".

The Ottoman

01-27-2012, 07:49 PM

I have tried that and this is what I get when I go here http://www.yoursite.com/productforums.php
"No product reviews matches your search. Try broadening your criteria or selecting another category."

Have you created atleast one product in the backend?

Volvoholic

01-28-2012, 08:33 AM

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.

Its just I can't get the product index to display when I click on the productforum enabled forum. I get the stock VB forum display. the only way for the index to display is to manually load productforum.php

Hope that explains it.

SLY LS1

01-28-2012, 08:39 AM

Killhunter

01-28-2012, 12:54 PM

Hi Ted!

You know me and the problem with the editor. Since I updated to 1.2.2 I have another big problem: every time someone wants to review a product this warning comes up: Your review comments must be at least 50 characters long.

Of course, its bigger than 50 characters, but you know, i have the older editor and it seems, that this one doesnt send the length correctly? Could you fix that?

Did you try to improve the "create new thread for each review" function?

Killhunter

01-28-2012, 01:32 PM

If I set the min. length to 0, this error appears: Your review comments must be at least 1 characters long.

Larsveld

01-28-2012, 05:07 PM

I'm getting problems with "must be at least..."

It works for some people yet not for others.

Is there a fix?

Goatpod

01-28-2012, 07:23 PM

Getting the 'Your review comments must be at least 50 characters long.' error here as well.

The Ottoman

01-28-2012, 09:10 PM

If I set the min. length to 0, this error appears: Your review comments must be at least 1 characters long.

I had this issue with posting here at VB.org.

Go into your UserCP and change your editor from full WYSIWYG to the basic editor. Save it. Post something. Then switch it back.

Killhunter

01-28-2012, 10:02 PM

Hm, i dont want to say that to each member of my forum... there should be another lotion...

Volvoholic

01-29-2012, 01:15 PM

Hi everyone.

I am running 1.2.2 (upgraded from 1.1.2)
Created a product via the ACP Product Forum manager.
Created reviews
Modded my Forumdisplay.php as per the installation text
enabled Product Review Forum feature in the relevant forums

I cannot get rid of "this is an empty post" display when shown as a forum. Where am I going wrong? I have been following the comments since page 33 and it seems it goes away when one enables the Product Forum Review feature. I have done this and it still shows "this is an empty post".

This is annoying as I have a cmps module displaying the reviews as latest threads but "this is an empty post" shows up as well.

Also, I still get $ before the manufacturer which is supposed to be fixed in 1.2.2 ?

Please advice :)

Goatpod

01-29-2012, 02:04 PM

I cannot get rid of "this is an empty post" display when shown as a forum.

I got rid of this by setting "Create New Thread on Review" to 'no' in the settings. Now it just posts the review in the right place instead of creating the empty thread as well.

Also, I still get $ before the manufacturer which is supposed to be fixed in 1.2.2 ?

IIRC, do a template search for
{vb:phrase prodforums_mfrgd,{vb:raw product.mfrg}}
There's a rogue $ sign just before.

Volvoholic

01-29-2012, 02:15 PM

I got rid of this by setting "Create New Thread on Review" to 'no' in the settings. Now it just posts the review in the right place instead of creating the empty thread as well.

Thanks Goatpod but the setting was already selected to "No". This is an empty post is still displayed.

Goatpod

01-29-2012, 02:18 PM

Thanks Goatpod but the setting was already selected to "No". This is an empty post is still displayed.

Have you disabled new posts in the forum that the review is being posted to?

Volvoholic

01-29-2012, 02:25 PM

Have you disabled new posts in the forum that the review is being posted to?

No. I wasn't aware that had to be. I will do that. Just to confirm, that is done thru ACP - Forum & Moderators - Forum Manager - Specific forum?

Also I have searched for the phrase you provided and could not find the $

Here is my prodforums_product_details
<vb:if condition="$product['mfrg']">
<div id="pf_mfrg">
{vb:phrase prodforums_mfrgd,{vb:raw product.mfrg}}
</div><br />
</vb:if>

<vb:if condition="$product['price']">

Goatpod

01-29-2012, 04:00 PM

No. I wasn't aware that had to be. I will do that. Just to confirm, that is done thru ACP - Forum & Moderators - Forum Manager - Specific forum?

Also I have searched for the phrase you provided and could not find the $

Here is my prodforums_product_details
<vb:if condition="$product['mfrg']">
<div id="pf_mfrg">
{vb:phrase prodforums_mfrgd,{vb:raw product.mfrg}}
</div><br />
</vb:if>

<vb:if condition="$product['price']">

Ah, sorry I must have remembered incorrectly :( I'll have a look later (cooking tea at the mo') and see if I can find it.

TheSupportForum

01-29-2012, 04:13 PM

I got rid of this by setting "Create New Thread on Review" to 'no' in the settings. Now it just posts the review in the right place instead of creating the empty thread as well.

IIRC, do a template search for
{vb:phrase prodforums_mfrgd,{vb:raw product.mfrg}}There's a rogue $ sign just before.

nope its a phrase issuelook for phrase

Manufacturer: ${1}

change it to

Manufacturer: {1}

Volvoholic

01-29-2012, 05:11 PM

nope its a phrase issuelook for phrase

Manufacturer: ${1}

change it to

Manufacturer: {1}

Thanks. That did the trick. Found it in Phrase prodforums_mfrgd

I still have the problem of "This is an empty post" appearing in the forum body. I have run out of ideas.

bada_bing

01-30-2012, 04:07 AM

This mod does not seem to work for me and no response from the developer, is this safe to say its time to uninstall

Mr_Running

01-30-2012, 04:22 AM

I posted a few concerns and I am stuck on version 1.0.1 Beta as I can not able to upgrade or unistall this product. Therefore I have this version disabled.

I have a question: If you have a mod that will not unistall is there a workaround?

TheSupportForum

01-30-2012, 07:31 AM

Thanks. That did the trick. Found it in Phrase prodforums_mfrgd

I still have the problem of "This is an empty post" appearing in the forum body. I have run out of ideas.

this only occurs due to the forum settings for this mod is not enabled

Admincp > Forums & Moderators > Forum Manager

choose the forum you wisht o enable it in
click edit forum

under Enable / Disable Features

look for
Enable Product Review Forum Features?

select Yes to enable

TheSupportForum

01-30-2012, 07:32 AM

Volvoholic

01-30-2012, 11:23 AM

this only occurs due to the forum settings for this mod is not enabled

Admincp > Forums & Moderators > Forum Manager

choose the forum you wisht o enable it in
click edit forum

under Enable / Disable Features

look for
Enable Product Review Forum Features?

select Yes to enable

Hi Simonhind,

Yup, did all that. Still showing me This is an empty post :(

Robbob

01-30-2012, 12:13 PM

Something went terribly wrong in creating your product. End of the line. Admin-1027a

Anytime I go to Add New Product I get that error and nothing happens.

Enabled in Forum
Usergroup permission granted

Ive read through the all the postings looking for the answer but doesnt seem anyone has had this problem.

Any ideas?

Mr_Running

01-31-2012, 03:05 AM

disable the plugins
then try uninstall

Version 1.0.1 beta ...I am stuck!

Yes I did disable the plugins by the config file and then tried to uninstall

I click Yes to Confirm deletion then get the error

Invalid SQL:
DROP TABLE `pf_product`;

MySQL Error : Unknown table 'pf_product'
Error Number : 1051

Ted S

01-31-2012, 04:48 AM

I have removed, resinstalled, repeated, and still keep getting the same error.

The categories end up similar to the screenshot posted where the category is 0, when i try to delete the category, it says invalid ID found.

This seems to exist for a few users. Working on it...

Ted S

01-31-2012, 04:49 AM

Anyway to port this over to vb 3.8 ? This would be a very nice feature on our site

We're not developing for the 3.x series. You could of course port it backwards which would be fairly straight forward given that most of the hooks are shared,

Ted S

01-31-2012, 04:49 AM

Ted S

01-31-2012, 04:50 AM

Ted S

01-31-2012, 04:52 AM

Did you try to improve the "create new thread for each review" function?There are no other reports of this issue occurring and it does not happen on our test boards. As you have a significantly outdated version of vBulletin the first step would be to upgrade to a stable version.

Ted S

01-31-2012, 04:52 AM

If I set the min. length to 0, this error appears: Your review comments must be at least 1 characters long.

0 is not a valid setting but vBulletin does not let the admin panel enforce this in the field. There must be a review to post a review. :up:

Ted S

01-31-2012, 04:53 AM

I'm getting problems with "must be at least..."

It works for some people yet not for others.

Is there a fix?

What version are you running?

Ted S

01-31-2012, 04:54 AM

I cannot get rid of "this is an empty post" display when shown as a forum. Where am I going wrong? I have been following the comments since page 33 and it seems it goes away when one enables the Product Forum Review feature. I have done this and it still shows "this is an empty post".

This sill show up unless the mod is enabled in the forum you are viewing. Double check that setting.

Ted S

01-31-2012, 04:55 AM

This mod does not seem to work for me and no response from the developer, is this safe to say its time to uninstall

Best of luck with your site.

Ted S

01-31-2012, 04:57 AM

Ted S

01-31-2012, 04:58 AM

Anytime I go to Add New Product I get that error and nothing happens.

Enabled in Forum
Usergroup permission granted

Ive read through the all the postings looking for the answer but doesnt seem anyone has had this problem.

Any ideas?

This means the script is unable to get information on the forum you are posting too. Be sure the forum is valid, and accepts posts [is not a category].

Ted S

01-31-2012, 04:59 AM

Version 1.0.1 beta ...I am stuck!

Yes I did disable the plugins by the config file and then tried to uninstall

I click Yes to Confirm deletion then get the error

Invalid SQL:
DROP TABLE `pf_product`;

MySQL Error : Unknown table 'pf_product'
Error Number : 1051

Your uninstall must have been canceled part way through. You can either edit the xml file or create a blank table

CREATE table pf_product (
categoryid INT(5)
);

Then uninstall it

Ted S

01-31-2012, 05:01 AM

I'm having a problem; when i try to add a products with an user i will obtain this error:
"Oh great, you had to go and press THAT button. There goes the whole site. Just kidding... We had an issue posting your review, please try again or contact support and use code 164253."
forum setting have enabled "product review" in ACP
user group is allowed aswell to add product in that forum

i've also updated to the last version 1.2.2 without resolving it.
Any ideas on how fix it?

Are you still having this issue?

If so the error means the script was unable to get information on the forum the post is being made too. Be sure "New Product Forum ID" is set and is a forum that allows posts [i.e. not a category].

Ted S

01-31-2012, 05:02 AM

font-family:verdana,arial;

Thanks! :up:

Ted S

01-31-2012, 05:03 AM

Hi Ted, thanks again for the updates. I've still got a problem with this bit; the Next Page button shows at the bottom of the first 25 but when clicked it takes me back to the Manage Product Review Forums page instead of the next 25!

Cheers :)

I'll take another look.

Ted S

01-31-2012, 05:04 AM

Sorry it is a 0

It shows up in the ACP, also on the add product in the ACP, and also on the add product in the productforums.php page

On the product cat tab on the ACP the catagories titles show blank as well
I have added 5 categories
Also it wont let me delete any of the categories

Can you check what's actually in your database by running the following queries:

SELECT * from pf_category;

EXPLAIN pf_category;

Thanks!

Ted S

01-31-2012, 05:05 AM

Just a thought.

Makes sense.

I'll add it to the suggestion / todo list. :up:

Ted S

01-31-2012, 05:13 AM

Hey PF users, it sounds like we've got two issues impacting a few -- but not all -- installs. To get these nailed down please reply back if you have either problem:

1. Issues with categories not deleting / not having names.

Please run the queries:

SELECT * from pf_category;

EXPLAIN pf_category;

2. The editor rejecting reviews for being too short even when they are not.

Please state what vB version you have, if the simple editor appears when you go to post a review and what your WYISWYG admincp setting [off, full, short, etc].

Volvoholic

01-31-2012, 08:09 AM

Still getting the "this is an empty post" problem.

I have enabled the PF feature in that forum. Its is a forum not category.

I am using VB 4.1.7 and PF 1.2.2

http://www.siliconoasis.org/adverts/cleopatra/forumemptypost.jpg

http://www.siliconoasis.org/adverts/cleopatra/forumPFenabled.jpg

Ted S

01-31-2012, 08:21 AM

Still getting the "this is an empty post" problem.

I have enabled the PF feature in that forum. Its is a forum not category.

I am using VB 4.1.7 and PF 1.2.2

So it's not an issue with the thread but rather the forumdisplay.

I don't recall the threads getting auto previews by default. Is this via a mod or setting?

Killhunter

01-31-2012, 01:22 PM

0 is not a valid setting but vBulletin does not let the admin panel enforce this in the field. There must be a review to post a review. :up:

Yes of course, but you know, i dont have this WYSIWYG Editor.. so how can i make the newest version running on my site? The only solution for me at the moment is, to take the oldest version of your addon... :(

Volvoholic

01-31-2012, 01:51 PM

So it's not an issue with the thread but rather the forumdisplay.

I don't recall the threads getting auto previews by default. Is this via a mod or setting?

I don't understand what you mean by thread getting auto previews.

Ted S

01-31-2012, 05:33 PM

I don't understand what you mean by thread getting auto previews.

In your forum display it's showing the first words of the first post... Is this from a mod or a setting?

Ted S

01-31-2012, 05:34 PM

Yes of course, but you know, i dont have this WYSIWYG Editor.. so how can i make the newest version running on my site? The only solution for me at the moment is, to take the oldest version of your addon... :(

Upgrade your forum to a stable version or you'll just have to get use to hacking mods to make them work.

fungku

02-01-2012, 05:45 AM

Hey PF users, it sounds like we've got two issues impacting a few -- but not all -- installs. To get these nailed down please reply back if you have either problem:

1. Issues with categories not deleting / not having names.

I have VB 4.1.10

When I try to create a category I get this briefly at the top of the page:

Warning: mysql_real_escape_string() [function.mysql-real-escape-string]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) in [path]/admincp/productforums.php on line 973

Warning: mysql_real_escape_string() [function.mysql-real-escape-string]: A link to the server could not be established in [path]/admincp/productforums.php on line 973

Then it refreshes and I have a blank category.

Then if I try to delete the blank category it says "Category ID not specified"

Ted S

02-01-2012, 06:39 AM

I have VB 4.1.10

When I try to create a category I get this briefly at the top of the page:

Please see https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2294490&postcount=560

Danai

02-01-2012, 07:02 AM

Just installed it, thanks, I love it!

fungku

02-01-2012, 07:23 AM

The error when I create a category is generated from here, at SET title:

// update the review
$db->query_write("
INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "pf_category
SET title = '". mysql_real_escape_string($vbulletin->GPC['title']) ."', active = '". $vbulletin->GPC['active'] ."'
");

It is not setting the title but why, oh why? :(

Ok... ran the queries you wanted...

Ted S

02-01-2012, 09:00 AM

Ok... ran the queries you wanted...

Thanks.

We'll investigate this tomorrow and release a patch once resolved.

Ted S

02-01-2012, 09:02 AM

Is anyone still having issues with the minimum review length on a recent version of vBulletin? If so please share your version and WYSIWYG admin setting.

Ted S

02-01-2012, 09:11 AM

The error when I create a category is generated from here, at SET title:

// update the review
$db->query_write("
INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "pf_category
SET title = '". mysql_real_escape_string($vbulletin->GPC['title']) ."', active = '". $vbulletin->GPC['active'] ."'
");
It is not setting the title but why, oh why? :(

Ok... ran the queries you wanted...

Give this version of admincp/productforums.php a try.

It should fix the create category error and the delete bug but I haven't tested it yet.

fungku

02-01-2012, 05:14 PM

Give this version of admincp/productforums.php a try.

It should fix the create category error and the delete bug but I haven't tested it yet.

Thanks, the new version works in creating new categories.

I still can't delete the blank ones.

It now says "Review not found" when trying to delete a blank one.
When I try to delete a non-blank category it says "Review ID not specified."

(Should I just delete the blank ones in phpmyadmin?)

Ted S

02-01-2012, 05:49 PM

Thanks, the new version works in creating new categories.

I still can't delete the blank ones.

It now says "Review not found" when trying to delete a blank one.
When I try to delete a non-blank category it says "Review ID not specified."
(Should I just delete the blank ones in phpmyadmin?)

Please delete the bad ones manually, we will release a patch for deleting properly created ones today.

fungku

02-02-2012, 03:29 AM

Warning: mysql_insert_id() [function.mysql-insert-id]: A link to the server could not be established in [path]/admincp/productforums.php on line 494

I get this when I create a product.

At least it is not blank and shows up, but I have a "$" in front of manufacturer.

Also, a 404 when I click the "Be the First to Write a Review" link.

Ted S

02-02-2012, 05:01 AM

At least it is not blank and shows up, but I have a "$" in front of manufacturer.

As stated previously, this will be addressed in the next update.

You can of course edit the templates and phrases however you like...

Also, a 404 when I click the "Be the First to Write a Review" link.

Why is it a 404?

Ted S

02-02-2012, 05:03 AM

I get this when I create a product.

Your mySQL server is killing the query. It's not a big deal however as that code simply redirects the mod to the new product.

fungku

02-02-2012, 08:20 AM

As stated previously, this will be addressed in the next update.
Thanks.

Why is it a 404?
I'm still trying to figure that one out.

fungku

02-02-2012, 08:47 AM

Why is it a 404?

Sorry there are 2 files named productforums.php and I didn't upload the one for the home directory... It's late :erm: thought it was a duplicate :P

Noticed something else now. Nothing shows up when I click Product Review Forum Settings. http://www.myforum.com/admincp/options.php?do=optionsdogroup=prodforums_set

It does work if I go through the drop down menu on the admincp settings->options

Either way I'm happy now I can do everything I need to do with it. Thanks for the good mod. I was looking for something like this either for other forum or wordpress.

Killhunter

02-02-2012, 01:50 PM

Is anyone still having issues with the minimum review length on a recent version of vBulletin? If so please share your version and WYSIWYG admin setting.

Could you please implement the feature that if I type 0 into the minimum review length the programm isnt checking the length?

fungku

02-02-2012, 03:23 PM

I think they are supposed to be here.

(See attachments)

edit: the post was deleted, the guy must have found them.....

Ted S

02-02-2012, 05:30 PM

Could you please implement the feature that if I type 0 into the minimum review length the programm isnt checking the length?

if(strlen($comments) < $vbulletin->options['prodforums_minreview']){ $errors .= "Your review comments must be at least ". $vbulletin->options['prodforums_minreview'] ." characters long.<br />"; } // must have rating picked

Ted S

02-02-2012, 05:31 PM

Sorry there are 2 files named productforums.php and I didn't upload the one for the home directory... It's late :erm: thought it was a duplicate :P

Noticed something else now. Nothing shows up when I click Product Review Forum Settings. http://www.myforum.com/admincp/options.php?do=optionsdogroup=prodforums_setIt does work if I go through the drop down menu on the admincp settings->options

Either way I'm happy now I can do everything I need to do with it. Thanks for the good mod. I was looking for something like this either for other forum or wordpress.

Have you re-uploaded the xml files since upgrading?

Ted S

02-03-2012, 06:39 AM

Version 1.2.3 stable has been posted as a non-critical but certainly suggested bug fix.

Major Fixes / Changes
- Fixed category management [adding / deleting]
- Fixed database escaping for users without persistent connections
- Added the option to disable the WYSIWYG editor
- Changed prodforums_product_details to use a <div> for the product block rather than an <li>
- Removed the $ before the Manufacturer name in products

To upgrade upload the new xml file and php files. You may also want to update the XML files to update your Admin CP links.

Toorak Times

02-03-2012, 03:08 PM

Hi Ted, done something wrong,.

Uploaded as per instructions and I dont have a cp, did I miss something?

Ted S

02-03-2012, 06:32 PM

Uploaded as per instructions and I dont have a cp, did I miss something?

What do you mean?

Toorak Times

02-04-2012, 12:21 AM

I can't find the controls for the mod, other such mods put a tab in my control panel; I'm new at this so please bear with me.

Ted S

02-04-2012, 03:55 AM

I can't find the controls for the mod, other such mods put a tab in my control panel; I'm new at this so please bear with me.

Did you upload the xml file folder? If so there will be a section in your Admin Control panel.

Volvoholic

02-04-2012, 10:03 AM

Hi TED,

I get this message when adding a product via productreview.php, I do not get the error via the ACP add product method. Happens with both v 1.2.2 and 1.2.3
Fatal error: Call to undefined function print_stop_message() in /home/xxx/public_html/forum/productforums.php on line 846

Ted S

02-04-2012, 10:34 AM

Hi TED,

I get this message when adding a product via productreview.php, I do not get the error via the ACP add product method. Happens with both v 1.2.2 and 1.2.3

This is the wrong function clearly but only is being called when a duplicate product is found -- adding new valid items should not be impacted. We'll get a fix out in the next version but you can manually resolve it by changing line 846 to

if($product['productid']){ eval(standard_error(fetch_error('prodforums_admin_ dup'))); }

Killhunter

02-04-2012, 10:39 AM

Hi Ted S,

i went back to 1.2.2, but now I have that problem that new reviews have to be activated manually by an admin. Is there a fix?

Ricsca

02-04-2012, 01:10 PM

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.

I never wanted to say that the product is a failure! I realize now that google translate has mistranslated what I meant.

I do not understand what I mean.

I think this is a good product but the images are often canceled by other spiti therefore not able to upload pictures on your server I think it's something not right.

y2ksw

02-04-2012, 02:11 PM

I never wanted to say that the product is a failure! I realize now that google translate has mistranslated what I meant.

I do not understand what I mean.

I think this is a good product but the images are often canceled by other spiti therefore not able to upload pictures on your server I think it's something not right.
My friend here would like to have a feature which imports external images to his forums and while this is done, to resize also the images. ;)

I think this could be done simply by a cronjob at regular intervals, or just while saving ...

Volvoholic

02-04-2012, 05:54 PM

This is the wrong function clearly but only is being called when a duplicate product is found -- adding new valid items should not be impacted. We'll get a fix out in the next version but you can manually resolve it by changing line 846 to

if($product['productid']){ eval(standard_error(fetch_error('prodforums_admin_ dup'))); }

Thank you that worked !

morrow

02-04-2012, 06:12 PM

"Something went terribly wrong in creating your product. End of the line. Admin-1027a"

Received that when adding a new product.

Also, I think this would be so much better if users could also add products. There are products I'd love to ad but don't know enough about whereas some of my users might know everything about the product.

Ted S

02-04-2012, 09:00 PM

My friend here would like to have a feature which imports external images to his forums and while this is done, to resize also the images. ;)

I think this could be done simply by a cronjob at regular intervals, or just while saving ...

It's something we're looking into. Of course with cross site support it becomes much more complex than developing the feature for just one install.

Of course doing this will open up a lot of flexibility in displaying images so it's really just a matter of making it work right.

Ted S

02-04-2012, 09:01 PM

"Something went terribly wrong in creating your product. End of the line. Admin-1027a"

Received that when adding a new product.

Have you specified which forum new products should be created in? Does this forum allow posting [not a category]?

Also, I think this would be so much better if users could also add products. There are products I'd love to ad but don't know enough about whereas some of my users might know everything about the product.

They can.

morrow

02-04-2012, 09:35 PM

Have you specified which forum new products should be created in? Does this forum allow posting [not a category]?

They can.
I created a new forum just for this mod. Forum ID is 178. Within the "Product Review Forums - Core Settings" under "Review Thread Forum ID' i have "178".

When I edit the forum I don't see anything regarding the product so I figured there is nothing to adjust there. The new forum is a forum.

Ted S

02-04-2012, 10:19 PM

I created a new forum just for this mod. Forum ID is 178. Within the "Product Review Forums - Core Settings" under "Review Thread Forum ID' i have "178".

When I edit the forum I don't see anything regarding the product so I figured there is nothing to adjust there. The new forum is a forum.

As stated in the main mod post and the install guide there is an option in the forum settings to enable this mod.

It should be the last one on the page.

That said, it shouldn't have any issues causing this error. Does the forum allow posting [not permissions but core settings]? If so, try rebuilding the forum cache.

jorgejgm

02-05-2012, 08:41 AM

Hello,

Congratulations on your mod.

Can I extend the limit of characters in the url of the product? My affiliate links occupy nearly 400 characters.

Thank you.

Ted S

02-05-2012, 09:04 AM

Hello,

Congratulations on your mod.

Can I extend the limit of characters in the url of the product? My affiliate links occupy nearly 400 characters.

Thank you.

You will need to alter the database structure to change the url field from a varchar to a text field.

Killhunter

02-05-2012, 09:54 AM

Hi Ted S,

i went back to 1.1.2, but now I have that problem that new reviews have to be activated manually by an admin. Is there a fix?

Ted S

02-05-2012, 10:25 AM

Hi Ted S,

i went back to 1.1.2, but now I have that problem that new reviews have to be activated manually by an admin. Is there a fix?

Yes, that's the main reason for new releases -- to fix bugs. If for some reason you want to run an old version you can compare the code to see what changed.

Killhunter

02-05-2012, 11:48 AM

if(strlen($comments) < $vbulletin->options['prodforums_minreview']){ $errors .= "Your review comments must be at least ". $vbulletin->options['prodforums_minreview'] ." characters long.<br />"; } // must have rating picked

So where do i have to implement or delete this code? Sorry, im not a coder :(

Killhunter

02-05-2012, 03:45 PM

By the way I would love to see a feature with enables to sort products by reviews (stars).

Killhunter

02-05-2012, 03:46 PM

And it would also be nice to see a feature, with displays the 5 best reviewed (most stars) products in the sidebar (with picture, name and link to reviews). Or the 5 newest or 5 chosen as "hottest"

morrow

02-05-2012, 04:17 PM

Ok... I re-uploaded all of the files. I rebuilt my forums.

I found the option to enable this mod and it is enabled. The forum does allow posting and is setup just like my other forums.

I'm not seeing a link anywhere for the forum products though. When I go into the forum it looks just like all the other forums. The modification is enabled.

This is driving me nuts! I still get the same thing when attempting to create a new product. "something terrible wrong....etc..."

Ted S

02-05-2012, 07:55 PM

So where do i have to implement or delete this code? Sorry, im not a coder :(

You can find it in productforums.php - learning to hack code is a good skill for improving your forum but if you're not familiar with how to make changes you should head over to the programming area of this community for help.

Ted S

02-05-2012, 08:00 PM

You've got two different issues so let's break them apart...

This is driving me nuts!

The option is at the end of your forum's settings and is called Enable Product Review Forum Features?

Screenshot attached

I still get the same thing when attempting to create a new product. "something terrible wrong....etc..."

The error comes when the script can't get information on the forum you are posting too. So again I have to ask; does the forum you have selected in the options accept new posts and if so, have you rebuilt your forum cache? [Maintenance -> Update Counters]

morrow

02-05-2012, 08:21 PM

You've got two different issues so let's break them apart...
The option is at the end of your forum's settings and is called Enable Product Review Forum Features?

Screenshot attached

The error comes when the script can't get information on the forum you are posting too. So again I have to ask; does the forum you have selected in the options accept new posts and if so, have you rebuilt your forum cache? [Maintenance -> Update Counters]

See my attachment. Yes, I've rebuilt my forum cache too.

Thanks for the help

Ted S

02-05-2012, 10:20 PM

See my attachment. Yes, I've rebuilt my forum cache too.

Thanks for the help

This is an issue no one else has had after fixing their settings so I'll have to dive in further. Please post a screenshot of your core settings for us to debug with.

And fyi, without any products created, your threads will appear exactly like a normal thread. Only products appear differently.

morrow

02-05-2012, 11:57 PM

This is an issue no one else has had after fixing their settings so I'll have to dive in further. Please post a screenshot of your core settings for us to debug with.See attachment

And fyi, without any products created, your threads will appear exactly like a normal thread. Only products appear differently.

Understood but I can't enter any products!

Ted S

02-06-2012, 06:24 AM

See attachment

You have not specified a forum for new products to be posted too [for users]. Are you having issues adding them as an admin or a front-end user?

morrow

02-06-2012, 03:25 PM

I've now changed that to 178 which is the forum (only forum at the moment) I intend to use this in.

Even after changing that, I get the following (See attachment):

Killhunter

02-06-2012, 04:20 PM

You can find it in productforums.php - learning to hack code is a good skill for improving your forum but if you're not familiar with how to make changes you should head over to the programming area of this community for help.

Thank you very much, I got it.

Another problem: http://file1.npage.de/002827/87/bilder/proproblem.png

This problem does only appear at this style. But this style works great with everything, just your mod doesnt seem to appear correctly. Do you have an idea, what the problem could be and where i could search for it and fix it?

Killhunter

02-06-2012, 04:23 PM

another thing is that the search bar is pretty annoying on small forums: http://file1.npage.de/002827/87/bilder/proprob2.png

Ted S

02-06-2012, 05:57 PM

another thing is that the search bar is pretty annoying on small forums: http://file1.npage.de/002827/87/bilder/proprob2.png

My philosophy on mods is simple... a mod is a starting place to give you a feature that will work anywhere but making it work best, and match, your site, will always require some tweaking. You can change the template prodforums_matches to look however you like.

Ted S

02-06-2012, 06:26 PM

I've now changed that to 178 which is the forum (only forum at the moment) I intend to use this in.

Even after changing that, I get the following (See attachment):

The mod is pulling up the default vBulletin create post function which is failing. At a glance I don't see a debug tool to figure out why but we'll find a way to figure out what's going wrong and be back in touch.

Killhunter

02-06-2012, 08:33 PM

Would love to see pictures of the most reviewed and best reviewed products at the product....php

Ted S

02-06-2012, 11:39 PM

I've now changed that to 178 which is the forum (only forum at the moment) I intend to use this in.

Even after changing that, I get the following (See attachment):

Give the attached version of admincp/productforums.php a try... it should throw out an error when you go to create a product which we can use to debug the issue.

Killhunter

02-07-2012, 01:01 PM

In productforums.php the price isnt display. like your example: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=135977&d=1327272084

Killhunter

02-07-2012, 02:07 PM

Finally after 1 hour, i found the mistake.. your addon is not compatible with that one: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=277570&highlight=breadcrumb

I would love, if you could fix that.

Breadcrumb hack activated:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/02/54.png

Breadcrumb hack not activated:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/02/55.png

If you please could find the mistake... i really love this breadcrumb hack :)

Ted S

02-07-2012, 06:30 PM

If you please could find the mistake... i really love this breadcrumb hack

I'm not sure why you'd use the word mistake. Mods write code to make their mod work... neither code is intended to impact the other... But given the open nature of addons it's not always possible to avoid collisions.

Our mods are always designed to let others integrate but when it comes to stepping on the same code bits, it's not always something we can avoid... there's just no way to try a mod against every other possible install.

As always, we have to measure the total requests vs one instance and see what makes sense to do.

Killhunter

02-08-2012, 03:41 PM

Sorry, my english is bad.

I dont think that i am the only one which is using this hack? Is there no simple way to avoid this?

Killhunter

02-08-2012, 03:50 PM

Isn?t it possible to comment the hack out for this site of your addon? :)

Ted S

02-08-2012, 05:35 PM

Isn?t it possible to comment the hack out for this site of your addon? :)

It depends on how it overlaps. Mostly it's pretty simple, sometimes it's not so easy but neither our team nor the other mod's author can reasonably go through every addon out there to find and remove conflicts. That's the downside of an open network.

Instead we try to find bugs that may cause issues with addons overall and kill those as well as build integration points so other mods can take data out or access our functions to extend into the mod.

Killhunter

02-09-2012, 07:27 AM

Could you please have a look? The hack isnt that big ;)

Ted S

02-09-2012, 07:52 AM

Could you please have a look? The hack isnt that big ;)

There is nothing in that mod that alters how the Product Forums overview page looks on the default vBulletin style... not even by a pixel. However the mod does add <div> tags around each link which, depending on your site's styles may change how the page renders.

You will need to debug what attributes from your style are altering the page layout. It may be as simple as needed to clear the area under your navbar template or you may discover that your styles are conflicting by assigning other elements to our page.

While we will of course fix any open issue that effects sites at large, we can not diagnose individual site customizations, styles or mods.

sgbmad

02-10-2012, 09:42 AM

Great but I receive allways the same error:

"Oh great, you had to go and press THAT button. There goes the whole site. Just kidding... We had an issue posting your review, please try again or contact support and use code 164250-E"

My settings:

http://i.imgur.com/ylia1.png

I tried to use different configurations without success.

I would like to use this hack....

Thanks.

sivaganeshk

02-10-2012, 10:56 AM

please update a demo/Live link in the first post !!

ludachris

02-10-2012, 02:35 PM

A couple questions on this add-on:

1. Can you have multiple Affiliate Shop URL/Title fields (for multiple vendors who sell the product in question)? If not, can this be suggested for a future release? For car enthusiast sites, this would be gold. We will almost always have multiple shops carrying the same products.

2. Would it be easy for the admin to quickly pull down all affiliate links for a single vendor if necessary?

ludachris

02-10-2012, 02:43 PM

Another suggestion would be to give certain vendor usergroups the ability to add their own affiliate links to each product on the front end... if you have sponsors who will add their own links, this would be huge for admins.

sgbmad

02-10-2012, 04:12 PM

Great but I receive allways the same error when I submit a review:

"Oh great, you had to go and press THAT button. There goes the whole site. Just kidding... We had an issue posting your review, please try again or contact support and use code 164250-E"

My settings:

http://i.imgur.com/ylia1.png

I tried to use different configurations without success.

I would like to use this hack....

Thanks.

Somebody knows some solution for this? :(

Thanks.

Ted S

02-10-2012, 04:15 PM

sgbmad

02-10-2012, 04:53 PM

You have not filled out the settings for where to put new products thus the mod can't add them.

Thanks Ted.

Well, with this settings I have the same error :(

http://i.imgur.com/uZSb1.png

Ted S

02-10-2012, 06:11 PM

Thanks Ted.

Well, with this settings I have the same error :(

http://i.imgur.com/uZSb1.png

Try this version of productforums.php which will print debugging code.

sgbmad

02-10-2012, 06:29 PM

Try this version of productforums.php which will print debugging code.

Thank you so much Ted.

I commented "Your review comments must be at least " line and I added a ";" in the line 460.

But does not show something different.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/02/34.png

Thank you again Ted.

Ted S

02-10-2012, 07:28 PM

Your forum is throwing errors every time the script goes to create a post.

Here's a debug version that traps all of the errors in that routine.

sgbmad

02-10-2012, 08:29 PM

Your forum is throwing errors every time the script goes to create a post.

Here's a debug version that traps all of the errors in that routine.

Now it shows this error:

"something failed at 164250-B...
Array ( [0] => The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 5 characters. ) "

Thanks for your help Ted. :o

Ted S

02-10-2012, 09:04 PM

Perfect.

I've added a check in that insures reviews are at least as long as the min post count. Give this one a whirl please.

sgbmad

02-10-2012, 09:24 PM

This is the result.

http://i.imgur.com/aiqAg.png

Why require more characters if I write more than 1 and 5 characters?

Thanks Ted!

Ted S

02-10-2012, 10:09 PM

This is the result.

http://i.imgur.com/aiqAg.png

Why require more characters if I write more than 1 and 5 characters?

Thanks Ted!

Interesting.

Something is getting mixed up in the comments.

One more time please!

sgbmad

02-10-2012, 10:17 PM

Interesting.

Something is getting mixed up in the comments.

One more time please!

Result:

http://i.imgur.com/ou2IY.png

comments are:

errors:Your review comments must be at least 1 characters long.

Killhunter

02-11-2012, 09:19 AM

I'm not sure why you'd use the word mistake. Mods write code to make their mod work... neither code is intended to impact the other... But given the open nature of addons it's not always possible to avoid collisions.

Our mods are always designed to let others integrate but when it comes to stepping on the same code bits, it's not always something we can avoid... there's just no way to try a mod against every other possible install.

As always, we have to measure the total requests vs one instance and see what makes sense to do.

But its not my style... Its in every style, also the original.

Killhunter

02-11-2012, 09:24 AM

But you are right.. its just the div-tags.. but how the hell we could fix that...

Webby24

02-11-2012, 10:18 PM

Ted S

02-11-2012, 10:55 PM

But its not my style... Its in every style, also the original.

Again, we installed the mod on a stock layout and had no issue loading the page. Nothing changed, not even a single pixel of the page.

That doesn't mean you don't have a conflict with your site, but it does mean you have to find out what specific set of code, mods, and styles are causing the issue if you want help with fixing it.

Ted S

02-11-2012, 10:58 PM

After Adding a Product I got this error:
Something went terribly wrong in creating your product. End of the line. Admin-1027a

No Explain. Nothing. I think that is not good. So I cant do anything. I hop you can help me.

Actually that tells us a ton... We don't show raw errors which can contain information for people to exploit your site but instead run a debugging system with each error coded differently.

In short that code tells us that we weren't able to add the new thread. This could be a permission issue, a problem with the forum picked, or an issue with the settings in it.

Run this version, it will still produce an error but tell us the reason which we can sort out.

Killhunter

02-12-2012, 09:03 AM

Again, we installed the mod on a stock layout and had no issue loading the page. Nothing changed, not even a single pixel of the page.

That doesn't mean you don't have a conflict with your site, but it does mean you have to find out what specific set of code, mods, and styles are causing the issue if you want help with fixing it.

Did you installed the hack we?ve spoken about?

Why arent the products are sort by name at the productforum.php? Should be selectable :)

angeljs

02-12-2012, 11:09 AM

Hi, is there a way to change the currency from USD where it shows the product price?

Killhunter

02-12-2012, 11:45 AM

Hi, is there a way to change the currency from USD where it shows the product price?

phrases?

@Ted: I have to ask you that again: Why doesnt the price display at productforum.php index?

angeljs

02-12-2012, 12:54 PM

Found it, thanks for the tip :)

angeljs

02-12-2012, 12:55 PM

Fabulous mod - just what I needed for my forums :)

tortuga2

02-12-2012, 03:11 PM

Will try to re-intall today. Thought I did it all correctly but my admincp pages aside from options were white. Will have another go.

tortuga2

02-12-2012, 03:40 PM

same problem exists in cp... all pages aside from core and style options are white. I've double checked that all the files are uploaded into their proper locations.

Ted S

02-12-2012, 05:49 PM

same problem exists in cp... all pages aside from core and style options are white. I've double checked that all the files are uploaded into their proper locations.

Right click, open the link in a new window and see if anything shows up in the source code.

Next try loading admincp/productforums.php directly (remember, there are two files with this name, one in the admin, one in your main folder).

Also be sure you are viewing as a superuser [although others should get an error].

Ted S

02-12-2012, 05:50 PM

Fabulous mod - just what I needed for my forums :)

Great!

Ted S

02-12-2012, 05:55 PM

Did you installed the hack we?ve spoken about?

I've already covered this and there's no conflict with the mod. There's a conflict with how your forum renders it.

Ted S

02-12-2012, 06:29 PM

Result:

http://i.imgur.com/ou2IY.png

comments are:

errors:Your review comments must be at least 1 characters long.

We can't recreate the error so it's hard to debug but seems to be something with the editor not getting called up... Try this one...

tortuga2

02-12-2012, 08:21 PM

No source code at all. I made sure the proper file was in the admincp folder and loaded the admincp/productforums.php directly with same result: white page. And yes to the superuser part as well. Thanks for the quick reply and trying to resolve my issue :)

Right click, open the link in a new window and see if anything shows up in the source code.

Next try loading admincp/productforums.php directly (remember, there are two files with this name, one in the admin, one in your main folder).

Also be sure you are viewing as a superuser [although others should get an error].

Ted S

02-12-2012, 08:53 PM

No source code at all. I made sure the proper file was in the admincp folder and loaded the admincp/productforums.php directly with same result: white page. And yes to the superuser part as well. Thanks for the quick reply and trying to resolve my issue :)

There's an issue with pulling up the script apparently, but as it doesn't exist elsewhere we have to debug on your server.

Take a look at your error logs as a first step, hopefully they show an error.

If not, add the code

echo "start...<br>"; die;

right after <?php

Load the script and you should see it print start... we can keep adding tags until we find the issue.

abieteh.com

02-13-2012, 02:05 PM

Ted S

02-13-2012, 06:46 PM

This plugin is awesome but ..

There's a problem that bother search engines .

All of threads that created by this mod have same description , located below :

<meta name="description" content="This is an empty post" />

Any fix?

Interesting...

The meta tags are of course pulled from the first post which is a questionable description anyways [how many threads have a concise 250 character intro to start the discussion?]

The major engines go well beyond this meta tag to make their description, and identify what's a duplicate product, but it's a valid optimization point that we'll take a look at for a future release.

abieteh.com

02-14-2012, 05:09 AM

Can i do something to pull pf_description entry into meta description ?

Ted S

02-14-2012, 05:34 AM

Can i do something to pull pf_description entry into meta description ?

You could but it would require modifying the plugin to expose that variable to the showthread template . We'll add this in a future release of course.

Killhunter

02-14-2012, 04:18 PM

I've already covered this and there's no conflict with the mod. There's a conflict with how your forum renders it.

I have the standard installed and im at vbulletin 4.0.3.. so you dont have any problems? :(

Ted S

02-14-2012, 04:36 PM

I have the standard installed and im at vbulletin 4.0.3.. so you dont have any problems? :(

The standard is the screenshot (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=136386&d=1328777898) we posted back to you in this thread using this mod and the mod you're using which work just fine together. :up:

Killhunter

02-15-2012, 08:29 AM

The standard is the screenshot (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=136386&d=1328777898) we posted back to you in this thread using this mod and the mod you're using which work just fine together. :up:

By the way.. where is the price in this screenshot?

What whould you do if you had this bug?

abieteh.com

02-15-2012, 09:35 AM

You could but it would require modifying the plugin to expose that variable to the showthread template . We'll add this in a future release of course.

Thank you , I will waiting for new version . You are awesome.

Ted S

02-15-2012, 05:04 PM

By the way.. where is the price in this screenshot?

That's unrelated to the issue at hand. Adding a known bug to an individual issue does not help you resolve your site's problem.

What whould you do if you had this bug?

For starters, I'd stop calling it a bug when it's specific to my site. Then I'd go out and figure what from my individual style was causing the change in how the page renders. Firebug for firefox is a nice tool for checking style output. And while I was at it I'd upgrade my forum so I wasn't running a version a full rev-cycle behind with known issues and compatibility problems. But that's just me.

Ted S

02-15-2012, 05:04 PM

Thank you , I will waiting for new version . You are awesome.

Thanks!

Volvoholic

02-18-2012, 08:36 AM

Hi TED_S

Is there a way to display the reviews in alphabetical order by default?

By the way, its an awesome mod - Thank you!

Ted S

02-18-2012, 08:39 PM

Hi TED_S

Is there a way to display the reviews in alphabetical order by default?

By the way, its an awesome mod - Thank you!

Thanks...

I'm not sure what you mean though? Order the reviews alphabetically implies going off of the comments, or did you mean the review scores? And if so, are you trying to order threads or posts within a single thread?

Ted S

02-19-2012, 08:22 AM

Product Review forum users, we're looking at adding Facebook timeline support in to the app for a new release however this will require you to setup a developer portal, create an open graph actions and a few other steps so before we trek down this road we've got a few questions to see if there's interest...

1. Would take the time to setup a facebook app?

2. Would you let user's reviews post their timeline [with their express permission]?

3. Does your forum use facebook connect options?

4. If so, how many users do you know / estimate are connected?

Example of how timeline posts show up in the ticker are attached

Volvoholic

02-19-2012, 08:39 AM

Thanks...

I'm not sure what you mean though? Order the reviews alphabetically implies going off of the comments, or did you mean the review scores? And if so, are you trying to order threads or posts within a single thread?

I would like to arrange the Products in the Products & Review Index page alphabetically by default. It just seems a mess when the products are arranged by order of creation. Is this possible to achieve?

I have attached a photo of a few test reviews.

Ted S

02-19-2012, 09:05 AM

Oh i gotcha...

We can change this moving forward as it makes sense but for now just open up upload/productforums.php and find:
default:
$sqlsort = 'createddate';

Change that too
default:
$sqlsort = 'pfp.title';

Volvoholic

02-19-2012, 09:32 AM

TED_S, you rock !

That did the trick. One thing tho', the sort order is reversed with Z at the top and A at the bottom of the index table.

I did see $sortorder in the php file but I do not have the coding skills to mess with that. Is there a way to get A to the top of the index table?

Many thanks again TED_S.

Ted S

02-19-2012, 05:56 PM

abieteh.com

02-19-2012, 11:26 PM

Ted S

02-20-2012, 12:21 AM

Ted can you help me to register {vb:raw product.description} in showthread template ? And in next step can i do something to put just 20 second words for example?

Its very critically issue for me ( seo issue ) .

The variable is already exposed to the template so your first step is to test if the header can use it. If not find where it's being called up in the xml file and where it needs to be assigned to be accessible in the area you want [i.e. a plugin hook] and add it to the array.

I know this is a very simplified answer but without literally building the code which we will do in the next feature release that's how you'd go about it.

abieteh.com

02-20-2012, 06:36 AM

I trying to use it in meta description but it shows blank .

Can you give me next release date?

Ted S

02-20-2012, 07:48 AM

I trying to use it in meta description but it shows blank .

Then it's not globally accessible to the template and will require some hacking to get out there.

Can you give me next release date?We don't set release for community mods. Bug fixes are addressed ASAP and new features as there's enough to make for a useful release and avoid back to back changes for other users. The last feature update was earlier this month so probably a few weeks...

Killhunter

02-20-2012, 09:16 AM

Where can i translate this text: Your review comments must be at least

cant find it in phrases?

Ted S

02-20-2012, 05:08 PM

Where can i translate this text: Your review comments must be at least

cant find it in phrases?

It's hard coded in productforums.php

astdirect

02-20-2012, 05:36 PM

Hi ~Ted,

Whats he upgrade procedure ? Just a straight overwrite of everything ?

Also, any chance you could add a way thta reviews can be "promoted to article" for the suite ?

Ted S

02-20-2012, 06:02 PM

Whats he upgrade procedure ? Just a straight overwrite of everything ?

Depends on what upgrade your doing -- if it's a minor chance we post it into the forum -- but when in doubt yes, upload all the files again and then install the xml plugin with the "allow overwrite" option.

Also, any chance you could add a way thta reviews can be "promoted to article" for the suite ?

Not sure what you mean? How would this differ from a normal thread -> article?

Killhunter

02-21-2012, 04:47 PM

It's hard coded in productforums.php

You should fix that ;)

Killhunter

02-21-2012, 04:48 PM

1. Would take the time to setup a facebook app?

2. Would you let user's reviews post their timeline [with their express permission]?

3. Does your forum use facebook connect options?

4. If so, how many users do you know / estimate are connected?

Example of how timeline posts show up in the ticker are attached

1. no
2. no
3. no

:(

abieteh.com

02-24-2012, 04:40 PM

Ted ! we want to extend the characters of product name so that when we type a long name for a product , it does not Trim them !

Ted S

02-24-2012, 06:07 PM

Ted ! we want to extend the characters of product name so that when we type a long name for a product , it does not Trim them !

You can increase the length in the database however you will run into issues with the title tag limits on threads which are not unique to this mod and how the pages render.

bigtree

02-24-2012, 07:35 PM

Ted S

02-24-2012, 11:19 PM

Ted, if you recall my need to have the full editor in the CP? Could I realistically use the vb4 editor to add all my content, then use your import XML to import all my new content into your Product Reviews?
In others words. Set up a forum that has all my reviews, which I added using vb4 editor, then create an XML of that forum content, then import that into the Product Reviews?

Make sense?

Who are you??? :D

That seems like a rather insane way of doing things to be honest... there's no export function so you'd be copy & pasting, saving, viewing, copying again, saving that and importing it. Let's stop that...

You're going to use XML. Awesome. What you need is the content... Right?

Pop open excel, make a new file with the fields our mod uses, then copy the existing descriptions into any editor -- dreamweaver, something simple & free, whatever and format away. Copy that into excel. Import. Done.

If you don't need to reimport then you just copy it from the current site right into excel or the online editor if you like, HTML is accepted just fine.

Killhunter

03-03-2012, 01:34 PM

Could you PLEASE insert the old BB-Code editor in the next release (selectable in options instead of WYSIWYG)?

Ted S

03-03-2012, 10:59 PM

Could you PLEASE insert the old BB-Code editor in the next release (selectable in options instead of WYSIWYG)?

If there's enough demand for it we'll certainly address it.

Killhunter

03-04-2012, 11:43 AM

If there's enough demand for it we'll certainly address it.

It would just be perfect for my forum.

Is it possible to change meta description of productforums.php? Is it possible to delete the "-" from the <title> in <head>?

Should be possible to sort the products by title and reviews.

Ted S

03-04-2012, 06:23 PM

Is it possible to change meta description of productforums.php? Is it possible to delete the "-" from the <title> in <head>?

It's the product forums template which you can edit as you like.

Preech

03-05-2012, 06:41 PM

Is their a way to give members a preview if it's lets say mp3, or a mixtape. I don't do mainstream albums any more.

Ted S

03-06-2012, 05:01 AM

Is their a way to give members a preview if it's lets say mp3, or a mixtape. I don't do mainstream albums any more.

This is a product info and review mod. What the affiliation of the item is has no barring on the system... if you have a link you want to include in the description, include it.

Preech

03-08-2012, 01:29 PM

Two questions.
Any plans for a widget.
Any way to have the forumdisplay have the product image.

Ted S

03-08-2012, 03:41 PM

Any plans for a widget.

A widget to go where or do what?

Any way to have the forumdisplay have the product image.

That will take image uploading which is planned for the future.

Preech

03-09-2012, 07:00 AM

A widget to go where or do what?

That will take image uploading which is planned for the future.

For the CMS...I'm running a music website. I want the image and the title to show. Like the latest review. Maybe this isn't for me.

Ted S

03-09-2012, 07:15 AM

For the CMS...I'm running a music website. I want the image and the title to show. Like the latest review. Maybe this isn't for me.

I'm not sure how you jump from that question to the conclusion but best of luck with your site :up:

Killhunter

03-12-2012, 06:43 PM

There are some bugs.. If I delete a post from someone, his review is displayed at productforums.php?do=matches&productid=42 anyway. Also the review stars doesnt disappear.

Killhunter

03-12-2012, 06:47 PM

Another bug: In admincp i cant get to go to the next page if i want to change a product. (I have over 30 products)

Ted S

03-12-2012, 06:54 PM

There are some bugs.. If I delete a post from someone, his review is displayed at productforums.php?do=matches&productid=42 anyway. Also the review stars doesnt disappear.

The review is separate from any post. If you want to remove it, you can do so from the admin panel.

The thread and / or post of the review is simply a display mechanic but the data is stored separately for aggregation and for the potential of using for a widget or an entirely new display page.

Ted S

03-12-2012, 06:55 PM

Another bug: In admincp i cant get to go to the next page if i want to change a product. (I have over 30 products)

Do you get an error, a blank page or just the same list?

Killhunter

03-16-2012, 01:39 PM

Do you get an error, a blank page or just the same list?

I land at: /admincp/index.php

JVSP

03-17-2012, 05:57 PM

Even though all settings "Screen new reviews" are set to no, I still have to manually approve each review.

JVSP

03-17-2012, 06:14 PM

Actually it is automatically posted, but it still shows up in the moderation queue as needing to be approved.

Ted S

03-17-2012, 11:33 PM

Actually it is automatically posted, but it still shows up in the moderation queue as needing to be approved.

That's the permission setting of the forum. You should be able to disable new posts and just have people write reviews.

Killhunter

03-18-2012, 02:55 PM

Do you get an error, a blank page or just the same list?

And? Can you fix that bug please?

Ted S

03-18-2012, 05:00 PM

And? Can you fix that bug please?

It will be addressed in the next release.

Preech

03-19-2012, 07:14 AM

Other than the noted bug fix. Is there anything else we can expect from this mod. Even though I've uninstalled it, I'm still keeping an eye out for it.

stevectaylor

03-19-2012, 01:38 PM

Nice, but can only upload about 12 products through xlm a time?

Ted S

03-19-2012, 04:45 PM

Other than the noted bug fix. Is there anything else we can expect from this mod. Even though I've uninstalled it, I'm still keeping an eye out for it.

Not sure what you mean?

Ted S

03-19-2012, 04:45 PM

Nice, but can only upload about 12 products through xlm a time?

What error do you have when using more than 12?

JVSP

03-20-2012, 05:20 AM

Disabled new posts and still reviews are sent to the moderation queue. Also, every time you write a review you are automatically subscribed to that thread, how can I turn that off, general settings are set to off under default thread subscription.
That's the permission setting of the forum. You should be able to disable new posts and just have people write reviews.

Ted S

03-20-2012, 06:26 AM

Disabled new posts and still reviews are sent to the moderation queue. Also, every time you write a review you are automatically subscribed to that thread, how can I turn that off, general settings are set to off under default thread subscription.

For the perm issue, what are the setting you have on your review forum so I can duplicate this?

No subscriptions are created by the mod so whatever the forum setting is [for the user] would apply.

ngphuc2k

03-20-2012, 08:44 AM

it work ok.

stevectaylor

03-20-2012, 01:22 PM

What error do you have when using more than 12?

no error just only puts 11-12 in so I delete the 12 from xml and does the next 11-12 and so on.

Preech

03-20-2012, 03:03 PM

Not sure what you mean?

Sorry Ted. Typing to fast.
I was trying to ask, will there be any new features with the next release.

Ted S

03-20-2012, 05:03 PM

Sorry Ted. Typing to fast.
I was trying to ask, will there be any new features with the next release.

There's a couple minor things for the next release this week but what are you looking for?

Ted S

03-20-2012, 05:04 PM

no error just only puts 11-12 in so I delete the 12 from xml and does the next 11-12 and so on.

Does the server hang or do anything to indicate that it may be timing out?

stevectaylor

03-20-2012, 05:19 PM

Does the server hang or do anything to indicate that it may be timing out?

No just says done. Running the latest version which I know is causing a problem with other mods.

Ted S

03-21-2012, 01:08 AM

No just says done. Running the latest version which I know is causing a problem with other mods.

It sounds like it's only finding 12 records to import then.

Each time it hits a record (a <product> element) the script will print "Starting a product record...". If you see that 12 times, that's how many records it's finding. If it always gets stuck on the same item please let me know although it _should_ error in that event [people import far more than 12 products].

Ted S

03-21-2012, 01:39 AM

I land at: /admincp/index.php

This should do the trick for both product and review pages (upload to admincp folder).

I'll roll it into the mod once I get more detail on the reported moderation queue bug.

stevectaylor

03-21-2012, 07:11 AM

It sounds like it's only finding 12 records to import then.

Each time it hits a record (a <product> element) the script will print "Starting a product record...". If you see that 12 times, that's how many records it's finding. If it always gets stuck on the same item please let me know although it _should_ error in that event [people import far more than 12 products].

This is what we get at the end

Starting a product record...
The product is: Triple Supercar Driving Thrill with Passenger Ride Special Offer
Duplicate product

Starting a product record...
The product is: Supercar Driving Taster with Free Photo Special Offer
All good! Next please?

Starting a product record...
The product is: Famous Five Driving Thrill with Passenger Ride Special Offer

All done!

clutchthese

03-21-2012, 12:12 PM

product redirect goes to http://www.myforum.com/www.enteredURL.com

Did i not set something up correctly?

stevectaylor

03-21-2012, 12:28 PM

product redirect goes to http://www.myforum.com/www.enteredURL.com

Did i not set something up correctly?

I'd guess your general settings are the fault. You need to allow outbound url's

Ted S

03-21-2012, 04:34 PM

I'd guess your general settings are the fault. You need to allow outbound url's

Actually the url just needs an http:// - without one all links are assumed to be on the same [local] domain.

Ted S

03-21-2012, 04:35 PM

This is what we get at the end

So the XML parser is only finding 3 product records in that file. If there's more post a copy of the file up or pm me to send it directly.

Preech

03-22-2012, 11:00 AM

There's a couple minor things for the next release this week but what are you looking for?

Well some of the features that I'm looking for, would probably require you to have a lite and pro version of this mod.
Along with the review, maybe like a way to sample a mixtape.

stevectaylor

03-22-2012, 11:17 AM

So the XML parser is only finding 3 product records in that file. If there's more post a copy of the file up or pm me to send it directly.

No Thats the bottom 3 of 12. tbh at the moment I suspect its something connected with either a general VB setting or sql setting at the moment.

Goatpod

03-22-2012, 12:15 PM

Ted, wonder if you could help with this.

I've written a plugin to incorporate some Ebay ads with the product reviews. What I'm trying to do is grab the Manufacturer name used in the product review as a keyword on which to search ebay and return ads under the product review.

The plug in works fine with the keyword hard coded into the plugin but what I'd like to do is grab the Manufacturer variable created by your mod. for the plugin to use it as a keyword in the Ebay api search.

ob_start();
require_once("./phpbay/ebay.php");
phpBayAPI("keyword", "5", "", "", "", false);
$php_include = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
vB_Template::preRegister('prodforums_product_detai ls',array('php_include' => $php_include));

The keyword bit in the code is were the manufacturer variable would appear.

Any pointers as to the proper syntax for the variable would be greatly appreciated but I fully understand if this is beyond the remit of your support for the mod. I did start a thread in the VB4 prog. section but that seems to have drawn a blank so I thought I'd ask your good self.

Cheers
Dave

Ted S

03-22-2012, 04:34 PM

Well some of the features that I'm looking for, would probably require you to have a lite and pro version of this mod.
Along with the review, maybe like a way to sample a mixtape.

We don't do pro versions of our mods. What exists is shared to everyone and if you need something truly custom then we'd suggest adding it on top with the help of another developer.

Ted S

03-22-2012, 04:35 PM

No Thats the bottom 3 of 12. tbh at the moment I suspect its something connected with either a general VB setting or sql setting at the moment.

vB has no setting impact on this part of the mod unless the file is somehow huge?

Similarly SQL would issue an error if it had one. The code you're seeing is every record looped through regardless of what happens to it.

Ted S

03-22-2012, 04:38 PM

The variable you're looking for is mfrg which, in the context of viewing a post is accessible as $product['mfrg']

You can add that to your array of the code is going into this mod directly. If you're placing it elsewhere like in another plugin be sure it's after this mod runs so it's available too you.

Preech

03-22-2012, 06:11 PM

vB has no setting impact on this part of the mod unless the file is somehow huge?

Similarly SQL would issue an error if it had one. The code you're seeing is every record looped through regardless of what happens to it.

I appreciate all of the response Ted. I've found a open source script that will cover everything that I was looking for in this script. If I need help incorporating this with in vBulletin, I will keep you in mind.

Ted S

03-22-2012, 07:59 PM

I appreciate all of the response Ted. I've found a open source script that will cover everything that I was looking for in this script. If I need help incorporating this with in vBulletin, I will keep you in mind.

Awesome!

I don't provide any coding or direct services so please keep someone else in mind :D

Goatpod

03-22-2012, 10:24 PM

Thanks for that, Ted. Any advice on which hook to use? The plugin only seems to want to run on Global Start but that seems to fire to soon so it doesn't pick up the $product['mfrg']. I've tried lots of other hooks and nothing appears.

The variable you're looking for is mfrg which, in the context of viewing a post is accessible as $product['mfrg']

You can add that to your array of the code is going into this mod directly. If you're placing it elsewhere like in another plugin be sure it's after this mod runs so it's available too you.

myco

03-22-2012, 11:18 PM

works perfect in 4.1.10 - thank you - great work.

But one thing I do not get out.
I can`t change the $ in ? .
The $vbphrase[prodforums_priced] ist changed :confused:
thank you

Ted S

03-23-2012, 03:21 AM

works perfect in 4.1.10 - thank you - great work.

But one thing I do not get out.
I can`t change the $ in ? .
The $vbphrase[prodforums_priced] ist changed :confused:
thank you

Where is it showing up with the wrong format?

Ted S

03-23-2012, 03:22 AM

Thanks for that, Ted. Any advice on which hook to use? The plugin only seems to want to run on Global Start but that seems to fire to soon so it doesn't pick up the $product['mfrg']. I've tried lots of other hooks and nothing appears.

The mod runs on the hook showthread_post_start in executionorder 5 so if you put yours higher than that, you should be able to see the value.

You can test by echoing it back.

myco

03-23-2012, 11:05 AM

Sorry, you can edit this with the phrase manager... Just change prodforums_priced

Sorry, but where can i find "prodforums_priced" ?

Ted S

03-23-2012, 05:02 PM

Sorry, but where can i find "prodforums_priced" ?

In the phrase manager. Just search by phrase name.

myco

03-23-2012, 08:48 PM

Sorry for my bad english, i habe read "you can`t edit this with the phrase manager"

i have changed the prodforums_priced Phrase in Phrasemanager
Priced: ${1} to Preis: ?{1} but it still show Priced: $
any solution ?
thx

Ted S

03-23-2012, 11:44 PM

UK CHI3F

03-24-2012, 06:04 PM

Hi Ted
Firstly let me say thanks for the great mod we took our time to install and work through all the posts but solved all the issues like $ or £ empty threads etc.
Great work

My question is hopefully simple and I did read some comments on it but couldn't find a firm answer.

Is there a possibility of a WYSIWYG editor or is there a way for me to do that kind of stuff?
I did try to use the normal forum editor and then switch the WYSIWYG to code then copy it all in but it just shows the code in the actual review.

Appreciate any help comments you could provide.

Ted S

03-24-2012, 09:42 PM

Is there a possibility of a WYSIWYG editor or is there a way for me to do that kind of stuff?
I did try to use the normal forum editor and then switch the WYSIWYG to code then copy it all in but it just shows the code in the actual review.

Writing reviews will use the WYSIWYG editor unless you disable that option.

In the admin you get an HTML enabled editor for one off changes but bulk importing is really the best way to go.