Product Review Forums ? Research, Review & Compare Items

[flash84]

Thanks.

Are you using the create review thread option by chance?

Sorry I think I miss understood that question. I have the "Create New Thread on Review" option in the Core Setting set to "No".

[Aramist]

Sounds like your server does not have the GD image library installed. It's pretty common so check with your host about getting it added.

I'll check it ! Ty u.

Another question...Is there any way to create diferent types of reviews? Example: 1 for products and 1 for services......each one fo the types with diferent types of custom rating fields. ?

Ty !

[Ted S]

Is this fine to install on 4.2?

See the mod description for compatibility.

[Ted S]

I'll check it ! Ty u.

Another question...Is there any way to create diferent types of reviews? Example: 1 for products and 1 for services......each one fo the types with diferent types of custom rating fields. ?

Ty !

Not at this time. The groupings apply to all or none...

[Ted S]

Sorry I think I miss understood that question. I have the "Create New Thread on Review" option in the Core Setting set to "No".

Thanks. It's a bug and on the list to fix...

[sadiq6210]

Q: Can I put a prefix for each product and put it in title (same VB4 prefix)?

For example

[FOR SALE] thread title 1
[WANTED] thread title 2

And in (productforums.php) page, the user can filter the results as per the prefix

It will be very helpful if we can user the prefix feature

Thanks

[Ted S]

Q: Can I put a prefix for each product and put it in title (same VB4 prefix)?

For example

[FOR SALE] thread title 1
[WANTED] thread title 2

And in (productforums.php) page, the user can filter the results as per the prefix

It will be very helpful if we can user the prefix feature

Thanks

You can use prefixes with your review threads which are picked up at the forum level like any other thread but I'm not sure what you're trying to do matches what the modification actually does... PRF is a structured product database meaning that someone must create an item with various fields that is distinct from other products and which can be reviewed or discussed (or both) depending on how you set things up.

Since products remain in the system as fixed items until an admin deletes them it's really not ideal for a barter type system which should allow for quick, user driven removal of filled requests.

[sadiq6210]

Thanks dear but If I click (Add new product), there is no prefix field.
But after I submit it, if I edit it then I can see the prefix field.

Is it possible to put the prefix in (Add new product) page?

___________________________________


About the second point

I mean if you enter (www.domain.com/productforums.php), at the top there is many options to search (Category - Title - Manufacturer - Price (from - to) - Rating)

Can I add the prefix to that options? so I can search like this:
(examples)

Prefix: [For sale]
Category: IT Book
Price: 50 - 60
Search

OR

Prefix: [WANTED]
Category: IT Book
Price: 50 - 60
Search

[Ted S]

Is it possible to put the prefix in (Add new product) page?

It should be there... I'll take a look.

I mean if you enter (www.domain.com/productforums.php (http://www.domain.com/productforums.php)), at the top there is many options to search (Category - Title - Manufacturer - Price (from - to) - Rating)

The search system is pretty modular so you can certainly build this in yourself.

[Muhammad Rahman]

when I want to add a product, this message appears:

"This feature is currently not in use"

why?

[Ted S]

when I want to add a product, this message appears:

"This feature is currently not in use"

why?

Because you didn't configure the options as the install file explains.

[zapiy]

Sure. Just turn off replies in the forum where reviews go.

Not sure you understood what i meant fella..

Have a look at this.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/03/37.png

[Ted S]

Not sure you understood what i meant fella..

Have a look at this.



Turning off reviews makes a review mod a bit of overkill as that's 92% of what it does but it's not hard. Just remove the review image and text from the product template, turn on replies in the forum's permissions (if you turned them off) and you'll be good to go.

[GameOverViper]

I'm trying to edit this to work as a game library kind of like how you see game pages on IGN.com. I'm having trouble finding how to add new categories and edit the boxes available and add new boxes. Do you have a guide for that somewhere? I can't seem to find anything on the online guide.

[Ted S]

I'm trying to edit this to work as a game library kind of like how you see game pages on IGN.com. I'm having trouble finding how to add new categories and edit the boxes available and add new boxes. Do you have a guide for that somewhere? I can't seem to find anything on the online guide.

Both categories and custom fields are listed as options in your Admin Control area under the Product Review Forums category.

The standard fields can be edited by modifying your templates, they are not dynamic.

[qpurser]

Ted,

could you help me with the following litte issue I can't figure out myself where to change this?
I have created a custom yes/no field.
When the review get posted in the forum thread and I look at it it is not properly formatted.
Looks like this:
<strong>Did you own this product?</strong>: Yes<br />

The "Did you own this product" doesn't show in bold but the code is visible instead.
I am using vB 4.2.3

Thanks for your help as always

[GameOverViper]

Both categories and custom fields are listed as options in your Admin Control area under the Product Review Forums category.

The standard fields can be edited by modifying your templates, they are not dynamic.

Well that's the problem, it only shows me

Product Review Forums - Core Settings
Product Review Forums - General Options
Product Review Forums - Styles & Options

And none of those include anything about the categories or custom fields.

[Ted S]

Well that's the problem, it only shows me

Product Review Forums - Core Settings
Product Review Forums - General Options
Product Review Forums - Styles & Options

And none of those include anything about the categories or custom fields.

There are numerous additional tools found through the navbar links under the "Product Review Forums" category in your ACP.

[astdirect]

Got this error. I am running older 4.1.9 for my sins :/

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.9:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO pokebactivitystreamtype SET packageid = 1, section = 'product', type = 'review', enabled = 1;

MySQL Error : Table 'pokerban_comf.pokebactivitystreamtype' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146

I have tried to comment out the activity stream lines in the .xml but same error occurred. Any advice other han upgrading whole forum ?

[Ted S]

Got this error. I am running older 4.1.9 for my sins :/

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.9:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO pokebactivitystreamtype SET packageid = 1, section = 'product', type = 'review', enabled = 1;

MySQL Error : Table 'pokerban_comf.pokebactivitystreamtype' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146



I have tried to comment out the activity stream lines in the .xml but same error occurred. Any advice other han upgrading whole forum ?

There's always a risk to installing mods on older versions of forum software, especially when the version (while close in number) has significant feature differences.

However we can definitely get you around this by properly removing the code from the XML file.

Remove or comment out line 175 - 194 of your xml file and then upload it.

[qpurser]

Ted,
any idea how I can solve the small issues I mentioned in post #1516?

Thanks
Michael

[Ted S]

Ted,
any idea how I can solve the small issues I mentioned in post #1516?

Thanks
Michael

I'm not entirely sure why it's happening at all. The editor should strip out any tags it doesn't like...

What are your HTML settings for posts?

[qpurser]

I'm not entirely sure why it's happening at all. The editor should strip out any tags it doesn't like...

What are your HTML settings for posts?

For this particular forum HTML = No and BB code = yes.
Always thought for safety reasons you never should turn HTML ON. That's the reason I never turned it on

[Ted S]

For this particular forum HTML = No and BB code = yes.
Always thought for safety reasons you never should turn HTML ON. That's the reason I never turned it on

Filtering should stop any real abuse from HTML but from a design perspective it's certainly a smart call in my book.

More importantly however your settings should allow everything to parse properly.

If you don't mind, give this version of productforums.php a try (backup your current version first).

[qpurser]

Filtering should stop any real abuse from HTML but from a design perspective it's certainly a smart call in my book.

More importantly however your settings should allow everything to parse properly.

If you don't mind, give this version of productforums.php a try (backup your current version first).

This one does work for the formatting. No issues even when HTML is off but it seems every review needs moderation even when I said NO in the options

[Ted S]

This one does work for the formatting. No issues even when HTML is off but it seems every review needs moderation even when I said NO in the options

Ok one more try using the most current public version with just the tweak made for this issue (the version I posted before probably had a few other new changes included as well).

[miket1234]

I got some problems with this plugin.
One is that path where I put the imagines.
I set it like this:
/var/www/www.talkpoint.ro/imagini

But when I try to Sync them i get this error:
couldnt save the image for - skipping
All Done!
That folder has 777 permisions. If i try other combinations of path i get this error:
Couldnt save the image. Check your upload folder permissions.
In the first case, i find in folder IMAGINI some strange named jpg files with something_full.jpg,thumb and small at the end.

But nothing happens here. Still no pics:
http://talkpoint.ro/productforums.php?langid=1

Other questions:
Where I can remove SKU and EIN fields?
and it's possible to ADD pictures in "Full Description" field? If yes, how?
Thanks in advance

[Ted S]

I got some problems with this plugin.
One is that path where I put the imagines.
I set it like this:


Very strange that something is getting saved as these errors occur when the script can't access a file at the end of the process. Try adding a trailing / to the end of your folder name.


Where I can remove SKU and EIN fields?


Pull them out of the product page template and, if you're letting users add products, out of the add product template. You should know however that without an identifier you can't import products.


and it's possible to ADD pictures in "Full Description" field? If yes, how?


Nope.

[miket1234]

Very strange that something is getting saved as these errors occur when the script can't access a file at the end of the process. Try adding a trailing / to the end of your folder name.

Didnt worked :(
What else can i do?

[Ted S]

Didnt worked :(
What else can i do?

Change to a new folder. Set the permissions. Check if the images are created in it and, if so, that they load.

[miket1234]

Change to a new folder. Set the permissions. Check if the images are created in it and, if so, that they load.

Can you help me in other way by telling me what i need to have installed and which versions, like php 5, egg
Maybe i dont use the correct library/version or something

[Ted S]

Can you help me in other way by telling me what i need to have installed and which versions, like php 5, egg
Maybe i dont use the correct library/version or something

PHP5 with GD should do it.

[miket1234]

It was because I was using URLs for the pics. If i upload the imagines from the computer the sync runs perfectly.
I start to adapt your addon for my needs, making him from products manager to Recipes manager.
Here is my status:
all recipes: http://talkpoint.ro/productforums.php?langid=7
an individual recipe: http://talkpoint.ro/retete-din-bucataria-romaneasca-169/salata-cu-ciuperci-1212/?langid=7

If you are kind, can you help me with 2 more things?

1. Its SEO problem. When I search on Google a recipe from my site, the return look like this:
Subiect: Tort de 1 Aprilie - Talk Point Forum
talkpoint.ro/retete-186/tort-de-1-aprilie-1221/ - Translate this page
Informatii despre reteta... Vizualizeaza mai multe detalii.
which is the equivalent with returning this:
Varname $vbphrase[productforums_emptyproduct]
Text Product information... View for more details

I want to return that variable with short description. Where I can do this modification? and which is the name of that variable.

2. When I create a new recipe I want to slip in 2 the Full Descrition block: 1 area where i put the Ingredients and 1 where i explain how to prepare it. Which are the files/templates that I have to modify.

Thanks in advance!

[Ted S]

1. Its SEO problem. When I search on Google a recipe from my site, the return look like this:

I'm not understanding what you hope to change?


2. When I create a new recipe I want to slip in 2 the Full Descrition block: 1 area where i put the Ingredients and 1 where i explain how to prepare it. Which are the files/templates that I have to modify.


prodforums_product_details holds the product details for user display

[Ted S]

Can this MOD handle more then one area for Reviews, and can it handle more then one Admin of the Reviews.

I have multiple vendors who use my forums, and I would like to be able to setup a "Product Review' area for each of them to maintain and Admin. As well as having a Global "Open" review area for forum members to use for things which the vendors do not supply. (If any of that makes sense)

So Vendor "A" has his own Product review area, where he can list his "Stuff" and allow (Or not) people to give him feedback on said Item.

Same would go for Vendor "B" and his area would not interfere or display anything for Vendor "A" (And visa versa)

Add to this an "Open" area for members to add stuff to if they so choose.

So when a Member comes into the forums, they can look at everything that Vendor "A" has to offer (And nothing from Vendor "B" etc..) and read people opinions on Vendor "A"'s stuff only.

Scratch

The mod will work across an unlimited number of forums each of which can have any standard forum settings you like although the product / review elements will be constant (i.e. all custom fields show up on all reviews).

Where things get tricky is in adding products when you want selectivity.

I'd suggest you add all of the "authorized" people to a custom usergroup and grant just that group access to add items with a hidden "pending products" forum for them to go to (user generated products all go to one forum). As you approve them you can move them to the right vendor area.

Make sense?

[Burnt]

Okay I tried looking at code which looks quite foreign to me to figure out what I want to do. Where would I begin to look at for the price to be a drop down box that shows $, $$, $$$, $$$$ for the min and max? I'm trying to do a bar reviewing site

Thanks!

[Ted S]

Okay I tried looking at code which looks quite foreign to me to figure out what I want to do. Where would I begin to look at for the price to be a drop down box that shows $, $$, $$$, $$$$ for the min and max? I'm trying to do a bar reviewing site

Thanks!

Do you want price in the products or reviews?

[Burnt]

Do you want price in the products or reviews?

http://tron3k.com/webimages/drinks.gif

Where I have circled I'd like it to be drop down menu's just like the 1-5 star ratings is so people can easily select $, $$,$$$, $$$$. Well thats the ultimate goal atm.

[Ted S]

Where I have circled I'd like it to be drop down menu's just like the 1-5 star ratings is so people can easily select $, $$,$$$, $$$$. Well thats the ultimate goal atm.

$ is not a value that searches particularly well so you'd essentially have to do a few things...

1. Create a ranking system where $ = 1, $$ = 2, $$$ = 3, etc.

2. Modify all instances of the add product page (admin in php and user side in templates) to use these values with the associated names

3. Modify the search page to show the same dropdown (template) and then search on it rather than ranges (php)

It's not crazy code but it certainly takes some tweaking.

[setishock]

Just reopend my computer forum and this is going to make mine different from the rest. I'm gonna nab this and play on my test forum first. I'm on 4.1.2 pl8 so hopefully it works right.
Film at 11:00...

[Ted S]

Just reopend my computer forum and this is going to make mine different from the rest. I'm gonna nab this and play on my test forum first. I'm on 4.1.2 pl8 so hopefully it works right.
Film at 11:00...

Using that old of a version of vB there are likely things that will be a bit off.

[setishock]

Well you helped a guy on 4.0.4 using this. If mines old his is ancient. I'll let you know.

[Ted S]

Well you helped a guy on 4.0.4 using this. If mines old his is ancient. I'll let you know.

We'll always try to help but as you'll see, while most things worked for him, there were a few backwards compatibility issues. There's usually no issue within versions but 4.2 takes a major jump in a few templates & core components that are well used by this addon.

[wisemasterchief]

uninstalled product as it trashed activity.php and member.php .. generating blank pages whenever those two scripts were be used. please advise

[Ted S]

uninstalled product as it trashed activity.php and member.php .. generating blank pages whenever those two scripts were be used. please advise

Hrmm.... Not much I can do with blank page errors. What does your server error log say?

[MoveOver.cc]

I cannot see my "Exclude Product Review Forum Features" in my admin, forums section.

Can anyone please advise.

Thanks

[Ted S]

I cannot see my "Exclude Product Review Forum Features" in my admin, forums section.

Can anyone please advise.

Thanks

PRF is inclusive. If you don't want it in a forum, don't enable it there (or if you did, turn it off).

[miket1234]

Hi!. I made this Open: forumdisplay.php in a text editor

Find:

$templater = vB_Template::create('threadbit');

Replace with:

if($foruminfo['productforumsbits']){
// adjust this to your images folder, for products w/o an image
if(!$thread['mainphoto_small']){ $thread['mainphoto_small'] = '/images/rating/pf/noimage-40.png'; }
$thread['pf_rating'] = vb_number_format($thread['pf_rating'],1);
$templater = vB_Template::create('prodforums_threadbit');
} else {
$templater = vB_Template::create('threadbit');
}
but i also want to see the "Views". What I hade to do to see that info beside ratings&reviews. Thanks in advance!

[Ted S]

Hi!. I made this
but i also want to see the "Views". What I hade to do to see that info beside ratings&reviews. Thanks in advance!

Just change the variables shown in the PRF forum display template.

[addamroy]

How do I change the fields? Is it possible to add custom ones?

One thing I can think of right off the bat is I really don't want the 'manufacturers' field there at all that one does me no good.

Any options or workarounds to add, customize or at least remove fields? I'd like to change a few in the 'additional options' as well.

Also, after trying to submit a product to the product forums I set up on my test site, all my thread says is this,
"Product information... View for more details "

No images no rating things no nothin

[addamroy]

Marked as installed but had to uninstall. As another poster said, it's destroying the activity stream.

When using this mod on the test site, I get the following error when trying to view activity.php (EVEN if I disable the activity stream option in the product review settings)

Fatal error: Declaration of vB_ActivityStream_View_Perm_Product_Review::fetchT emplate() must be compatible with that of vB_ActivityStream_View_Perm_Base::fetchTemplate() in /home/xxxx/public_html/testvb/vb/activitystream/view/perm/product/review.php on line 19

Edit** I disabled the add-on and I'm STILL getting that error when I try to view the activity stream... argh how do I fix it? Somehow I assume I have to remove the product review entries from the activity stream somehow or something. Help please

[Ted S]

How do I change the fields? Is it possible to add custom ones?

Additional fields can be setup in your admin control panel under the PRF options. Existing fields must be removed by editing the templates.

Also, after trying to submit a product to the product forums I set up on my test site, all my thread says is this,
"Product information... View for more details "

Did you follow up the setup guide to enable the mod in the forum you're posting products to?

[Ted S]

Marked as installed but had to uninstall. As another poster said, it's destroying the activity stream.

What version of vB are you using?

And yes, if the mod is causing conflicts, you should remove it and / or any associated postings it has made.

[addamroy]

What version of vB are you using?

And yes, if the mod is causing conflicts, you should remove it and / or any associated postings it has made.

I'm using 4.2.1 fresh install.

Any plans on fixing the activity stream bug?

Also how do I remove the entry from the activity stream so its not broken? I've disabled the mod but the stream is still broken.

[Toorak Times]

Ted, deadset mate, it has caused me all sorts of grief and still trying to delete, but won't go away, it is a brilliant idea, but I couldn't get it working 4.2.1

[sadiq6210]

I try to uninstall the mod but I got this error

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.12:

Invalid SQL:
DELETE FROM activitystreamtype WHERE section = 'product' AND type = 'review';

MySQL Error : Table 'dbname_testforum2.activitystreamtype' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Request Date : Tuesday, March 12th 2013 @ 02:25:48 PM
Error Date : Tuesday, March 12th 2013 @ 02:25:48 PM
Script : http://www.domain.com/vbtest/admincp/plugin.php?do=productkill
Referrer : http://www.domain.com/vbtest/admincp/plugin.php?do=productdelete&productid=product_forums&s=
IP Address :
Username : sadiq6210
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.1.68-cll

_________________________________________

In 4.1.12 there is no activity stream

I will use it soon but I want to test it first and have all information about it.
Thank you for the great mod

The perils of using a significantly outdated version of vB with mods...

We'll be sure to code in db error suppression to avoid this bug but in the meantime you can comment out the lines in the .xml file, update and then uninstall.


I updated my forum to 4.2.1 and I tried to uninstall this mod
I uninstalled it and I didn't face any error during the un-installation process.

But after If I uninstalled it, the forum is not working at all (Database Error)! I receive many database errors in my email like this:

Database error in vBulletin 4.2.1:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT
userfield.*, usertextfield.*, user.*, UNIX_TIMESTAMP(passworddate) AS passworddate, user.languageid AS saved_languageid,
IF(displaygroupid=0, user.usergroupid, displaygroupid) AS displaygroupid,
language.phrasegroup_global AS phrasegroup_global,
language.phrasegroup_activitystream AS phrasegroup_activitystream,
language.phrasegroup_holiday AS phrasegroup_holiday,
language.phrasegroup_adv_gallery_int AS phrasegroup_adv_gallery_int,
language.phrasegroup_bop5iframer AS phrasegroup_bop5iframer,
language.phrasegroupinfo AS lang_phrasegroupinfo,
language.options AS lang_options,
language.languagecode AS lang_code,
language.charset AS lang_charset,
language.locale AS lang_locale,
language.imagesoverride AS lang_imagesoverride,
language.dateoverride AS lang_dateoverride,
language.timeoverride AS lang_timeoverride,
language.registereddateoverride AS lang_registereddateoverride,
language.calformat1override AS lang_calformat1override,
language.calformat2override AS lang_calformat2override,
language.logdateoverride AS lang_logdateoverride,
language.decimalsep AS lang_decimalsep,
language.thousandsep AS lang_thousandsep
, ppgal_user.ppicount, ppgal_user.pppcount, ppgal_user.lastimageid, ppgal_user.lastimagetitle, ppgal_user.lastimagedate, ppgal_user.lastpostid, ppgal_user.lastposttitle, ppgal_user.lastpostdate, ppgal_user.profile_active, ppgal_user.profile_exclude, ppgal_user.profile_include, ppgal_user.profile_orderby, ppgal_user.profile_cutoff, ppgal_user.profile_tabfirst, ppgal_user.profile_autosel, ppgal_user.profile_tabstats, ppgal_user.profile_tabhighlight, ppgal_user.profile_showtitle, ppgal_user.profile_showcat, ppgal_user.profile_showcontext, ppgal_user.profile_contextfirst, ppgal_user.profile_showhtitle, ppgal_user.profile_husername, ppgal_user.profile_showhcat, ppgal_user.profile_showhcontext, ppgal_user.ppfavcount, ppgal_user.upload_readpolicy, ppgal_user.profile_tabthumbs, ppgal_user.profile_limit
FROM user AS user
LEFT JOIN userfield AS userfield ON (user.userid = userfield.userid)
LEFT JOIN usertextfield AS usertextfield ON (usertextfield.userid = user.userid) LEFT JOIN language AS language ON (language.languageid = IF(user.languageid = 0, 5, user.languageid))

LEFT JOIN ppgal_user AS ppgal_user ON (ppgal_user.userid = user.userid)
WHERE user.userid = 1 LIMIT 1;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'language.phrasegroup_activitystream' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054


I installed it again and the forum is working.
Again I tried to uninstall it >> the forum not working (database error)
Install it again >> the forum working.
...........

How can I uninstall it? :(

[Toorak Times]

seek the files in your forumroot mate and delete, still looking for it all. I hate bagging products and Teds seems to be around...speak to Christos Teriakis mate

[sadiq6210]

Fixed

I uninstalled the product then I run (forum/install/upgrade.php) and the forum is working now. :)

[Toorak Times]

I had it working in 4.1.2 but use it, thaks Sadiq, it is an important vB mod I reckon

[Ted S]

Fixed

I uninstalled the product then I run (forum/install/upgrade.php) and the forum is working now. :)

Nicely done....

After you remove a mod, bits of information lingers in the activity system and a cleanup (whether an upgrade or just clearing the system stuff) should help.

[Ted S]

I'm using 4.2.1 fresh install.

Any plans on fixing the activity stream bug?

Also how do I remove the entry from the activity stream so its not broken? I've disabled the mod but the stream is still broken.

This is the first time hearing about it where it wasn't cleared up with a reinstall... One site is hard to identify or isolate (i.e. there are endless possible conflicts) but for several, absolutely, bugs are no good :eek:

[Ted S]

The attached version of PRF removes the activity stream section without impacting any other functions.

For those who were having issues with the system, please give it a try and we will proceed from there developing further fixes to bring that back.

[addamroy]

This is the first time hearing about it where it wasn't cleared up with a reinstall... One site is hard to identify or isolate (i.e. there are endless possible conflicts) but for several, absolutely, bugs are no good :eek:

I'm not the only person who has a problem with this mod breaking the activity stream, there are a few others in this thread. So it's definitely not just one site.

I'll try reinstalling the mod again like you suggested. If that doesn't work I'll use the version you provided that doesn't use the activity stream.

[addamroy]

Also, there isn't really a need for the updated xml you provided because so long as the mod doesn't insert anything into the activity feed it's fine. And you already have an option in the current mod to turn that off. I tested it just now the activity feed works fine so long as the mod doesn't create entries for it. specifically, replies/review entries in the activity stream from the product forum dont break it, just the 'new thread' entries. It's the new thread entries in the activity feed that cause it to break, not replies or reviews.

[Ted S]

I'm not the only person who has a problem with this mod breaking the activity stream, there are a few others in this thread. So it's definitely not just one site.

I'll try reinstalling the mod again like you suggested. If that doesn't work I'll use the version you provided that doesn't use the activity stream.

We've had a few mentions but as far as I can tell, all resolved (from a reinstall , option changes, or the person moved on and thus we couldn't track it down). Now that there are two of you reporting a problem actively, we can call it a bug.

[Ted S]

Also, there isn't really a need for the updated xml you provided because so long as the mod doesn't insert anything into the activity feed it's fine. And you already have an option in the current mod to turn that off. I tested it just now the activity feed works fine so long as the mod doesn't create entries for it. specifically, replies/review entries in the activity stream from the product forum dont break it, just the 'new thread' entries. It's the new thread entries in the activity feed that cause it to break, not replies or reviews.

The activity stream is not really designed to be bolted on top of, at least not in a graceful way, which means errors become significant impacting more than just the mod.

Sites using older vB versions are prone to these sorts of collisions and not something we can stop but if there's a problem impacting new installs, we consider it reason to remove the feature and revisit it, if there's even demand to do so.

Assuming everything else works right for you and the other site reporting this in the activity-stream free version we'll change our standard download and take it from there.

Thanks for the report & follow up!

[addamroy]

Also (sorry for so many replies lol), how do I choose which fields are and aren't required? I know you mentioned I can edit the templates but what if I want to remove some required fields or add new ones, how do I do that?

[Ted S]

Also (sorry for so many replies lol), how do I choose which fields are and aren't required? I know you mentioned I can edit the templates but what if I want to remove some required fields or add new ones, how do I do that?

You can add new fields for reviews through the ACP (there's a manger tool under the PRF group).

Other fields would require hacking the hack (templates to capture the data, table fields to hold it, queries to show it) although we'd be glad to add a few more hook locations if you want to make it more modular.

[Toorak Times]

Hi Ted, I just reuploaded that xml above and everything seems to be looking REAl good, cheers

[sadiq6210]

Thanks dear

(whether an upgrade or just clearing the system stuff) should help.

Just for my information, how could I clear the system stuff?
Because I tried to uninstall another mod and I faced the same problem. I don't want to run (upgrade.php) everytime when I remove a mod.

Sorry to ask here.

[addamroy]

FEATURE REQUESTS

1 - An options panel to edit required and custom fields for product submissions.

2 - The thumbnail image used on the productdisplay page should have the option to use the main image resized, probably via a script instead of having to upload a separate image.

[addamroy]

Found another bug.

My other administrators can't access the product forums control panel via the admincp, they get a no permission message.

[Ted S]

Thanks dear



Just for my information, how could I clear the system stuff?
Because I tried to uninstall another mod and I faced the same problem. I don't want to run (upgrade.php) everytime when I remove a mod.

Sorry to ask here.

Try running the rebuild processes (which depends on what the mod does... ie this mod edits threads & posts).

[Ted S]

Found another bug.

My other administrators can't access the product forums control panel via the admincp, they get a no permission message.

Not a bug... they'll need access to edit posts to use the mod (as it impacts posts).

[Ted S]

2 - The thumbnail image used on the productdisplay page should have the option to use the main image resized, probably via a script instead of having to upload a separate image.

This already exists if your setup supports image resizing via GD.

[Ted S]

Hi Ted, I just reuploaded that xml above and everything seems to be looking REAl good, cheers

Awesome!

[Toorak Times]

Awesome!

Yeah, between you, Michael and Christos we have a real cool way of selling reviewing and marketing on a few different levels.

As most mod makers here know I have gone overboard in trying all the best, and worst mods, and quite clearly got myself a bit TOO modified.

BUT it seems I'm one of the few sites that is trying to flesh out the CMS, as a publishing suite.

Marketing wise, if you don't own a vB site, and if you do and don't know or use vb.org, no one would know about these wonderful mods you guys make.

I think a lot more people would start building with vB4 particularly if they could have a decent, understandable way of seeing the mods in action. MOST mods I want to see in action are either dead links or something displayed in the default template.

The bigger mobs are getting their act together, this isn't another go at you Ted...lol...just an observation, and seem to be co opting the best mods into their various systems. I get freaked out just thinking of VHS vs Beta still, :erm: this issue of incompatibility.

To that end I offered vBSocial an opp to promote their products live on my site so that people can see them working. For their mods its a certain as they are not content providing mods, more familiarisation mods for vB.

Whereas yours, Christos and Michael's, and many others are proactive modules that a lot of site builders would only dream of, and I think if more widely put out there and branded for vB and the Mod maker could only enhance vB's potential.

But seriously most of this crew are Forum builders and don't even use the cms, or just use it cold as is, the Blogs and calendars are probably the MOST important parts of the suite as I need it and are totally overlooked.

Sorry for the rave Ted

[Toorak Times]

...having said that Ted I'm a dyed in the wool forumite, starting from getting banned in yahoo and establishing what is the largest Oz lawn bowls forum Bowlsworld (http://forums.bowlsworld.com.au/) around 10 years ago and long term member of a vB 3.6 site www.bowlsblog.com, the second largest, and part of the biggest www.julianhainesbowls.co.uk. I came out of forums but AM a publisher. I would plead to you and all mod builders to think CMS and Blog as the worlds reality in media shifts around

[addamroy]

Not a bug... they'll need access to edit posts to use the mod (as it impacts posts).

I've uploaded an attachment showing the admin permissions. There is no 'manage posts' permission option in the 4.2.1 admin permissions it doesn't seem.

Any other way to solve this?

This already exists if your setup supports image resizing via GD.

How do I turn GD on or off? I'm pretty sure I have it though because I use the Damn Comp Member Map mod which requires that, and that mod works fine.

[Ted S]

Sorry for the rave Ted

No problem and I totally agree.

I started releasing mods way back when vB was new (and before it on UBB) because it came apparent that there just wasn't any sort of marketing / ux approach to the software. Not that I have all the answers but work in digital marketing for enough years and you start to see things from a different perspective. That's gotten better over the years but if you look at something like the registration page in 4/5 it's clear there's still a huge miss...

These days we try and turn a few features into reality when we think it helps the community but of course free mods for a widely used system are inherently limited in their scope and scale.

As such it's my belief that any site which really wants to scale (and even bigger boards who want to improve value / traffic / use) should be investing heavily in custom development or at least extending mods. To think that a skin, couple of basic mods and particular setting choices will make a forum ideally meet an industry is really missing the point.

Of course we don't actually do any such work so it's sort of a half baked remark :D

[Ted S]

...having said that Ted I'm a dyed in the wool forumite, starting from getting banned in yahoo and establishing what is the largest Oz lawn bowls forum Bowlsworld (http://forums.bowlsworld.com.au/) around 10 years ago and long term member of a vB 3.6 site www.bowlsblog.com (http://www.bowlsblog.com), the second largest, and part of the biggest www.julianhainesbowls.co.uk (http://www.julianhainesbowls.co.uk). I came out of forums but AM a publisher. I would plead to you and all mod builders to think CMS and Blog as the worlds reality in media shifts around

With vB5 looming we're not planing much of anything at this time but will do, if & when we build something new :)

[Ted S]

I've uploaded an attachment showing the admin permissions. There is no 'manage posts' permission option in the 4.2.1 admin permissions it doesn't seem.

Hrmm...

You can comment out


if (!can_administer('canadminposts'))
{
print_cp_no_permission();
}


From admincp/productforums.php although checking for some access level would be a good idea.

We will of course switch this around in the next release.


How do I turn GD on or off? I'm pretty sure I have it though because I use the Damn Comp Member Map mod which requires that, and that mod works fine.

GD is installed at the server level.

Have you used the image uploader (on the edit screen) / bulk importer?

[addamroy]

Have you used the image uploader (on the edit screen) / bulk importer?

No I have been using the product submission form, this section of the forum will run almost entirely off products submitted by members so this feature likely won't be used at all.

Also, if (!can_administer('canadminposts')) does not show up in the productforums.php file I have. I narrowed it down to canadminposts for a search in the file and it doesn't exist.

Another question, is there anyway you can write up a quick plug-in that hooks into showthread somewhere that registers the {vb:raw product.productid} variable for use in the showthread template of my product forums?

The reason for this is I've already added a custom 'write a review' button elsewhere on that page, a big blatant one, but I need to be able to append the product ID to the URL so it works and goes to the write a review page when it's clicked.

[Ted S]

No I have been using the product submission form, this section of the forum will run almost entirely off products submitted by members so this feature likely won't be used at all.

Ahh!

If members input urls just run the bulk script and it should resize them for you.

Also, if (!can_administer('canadminposts')) does not show up in the productforums.php file I have. I narrowed it down to canadminposts for a search in the file and it doesn't exist.

Are you looking in the admincp folder version? It's line 33 in my version.

Another question, is there anyway you can write up a quick plug-in that hooks into showthread somewhere that registers the {vb:raw product.productid} variable for use in the showthread template of my product forums?

The reason for this is I've already added a custom 'write a review' button elsewhere on that page, a big blatant one, but I need to be able to append the product ID to the URL so it works and goes to the write a review page when it's clicked.

Try editing the hook showthread_post_start and adding

$thread['productid'] = $product['productid'];

Right after $show['largereplybutton'] = false;

This will make the variable thread.productid

[addamroy]

When I run the sync external images script I get the following error.

couldnt save the image for - skipping
couldnt save the image for - skipping
All Done!

I checked the folder I set up for these images in the core settings with my FTP software and the images are in fact being created in this folder.

The thumbnails are not showing up on the productforums.php display page. Folder permissions are at 755. :(

Other than that it's going great though, that hook edit you mentioned worked perfectly this is all in all a great mod.

[Ted S]

The thumbnails are not showing up on the productforums.php display page. Folder permissions are at 755.

Either the path is wrong or the server is unable to write to it.

[addamroy]

Either the path is wrong or the server is unable to write to it.

Alright, I'm pretty sure the path is right because the files are being created and written to the correct place, and the view image url in my core settings is the same of coarse just a shortened version of the full url.

Other than that what do you suppose would cause the server to be unable to read/write that folder or the images?

[Ted S]

Alright, I'm pretty sure the path is right because the files are being created and written to the correct place, and the view image url in my core settings is the same of coarse just a shortened version of the full url.

Other than that what do you suppose would cause the server to be unable to read/write that folder or the images?\

I think I'm missing something...

The files (full and thumbnail) are being created, are in the folder specified, load up (if downloaded via ftp) but don't show on the site?

[addamroy]

\

I think I'm missing something...

The files (full and thumbnail) are being created, are in the folder specified, load up (if downloaded via ftp) but don't show on the site?

Yes the thumbnail isn't showing on the productforums.php page, in addition to the error I pasted above when I run the sync images script which is strange because the images DO seem to be getting created and stored in the folder, I've attached an image.

[Ted S]

Yes the thumbnail isn't showing on the productforums.php page, in addition to the error I pasted above when I run the sync images script which is strange because the images DO seem to be getting created and stored in the folder, I've attached an image.

Hrm....

Perhaps the script is erroring before the database gets updated... Do any of the mainphoto or thumb values exist in the table prf?

[addamroy]

Hrm....

Perhaps the script is erroring before the database gets updated... Do any of the mainphoto or thumb values exist in the table prf?

There is no prf table, they're all pf_ , but I looked in the pf_product table and I believe the values are not there, (assuming I'm looking in the right place).

[Ted S]

There is no prf table, they're all pf_ , but I looked in the pf_product table and I believe the values are not there, (assuming I'm looking in the right place).

Looks like a bug in the bulk script...

Please try removing all the existing thumbnail / smaller versions and running it with the attached version of admincp/productforums.php

[deverill2010]

I'm using an older version (can't upgrade due to changes I made which I can no longer remember).

Anyhow it has been working for ages as far as I'm aware, however I just went to post a review on the front end of the site but got this -

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 164251-E.

[Ted S]

I'm using an older version (can't upgrade due to changes I made which I can no longer remember).

Anyhow it has been working for ages as far as I'm aware, however I just went to post a review on the front end of the site but got this -

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 164251-E.

That error indicates an issue with making the post for the review.

How you go about fixing it is of course difficult if you're not willing to upgrade but in many cases these errors are due to other settings (like requiring prefixes) that we've since build workarounds for).

If you search productforums.php for that error code you can find the section that triggers it and force a hard error (i.e. see the exact problem) by adding the code echo $errors; die; before the eval code.

[zapiy]

I have removed this mod as it did not get used.. sadly the admin menus are still in place how do i remove them?

Thanks

[Toorak Times]

Zapiy, I don't think members will generally get it, best used as a shop I reckon

[Ted S]

I have removed this mod as it did not get used.. sadly the admin menus are still in place how do i remove them?

Thanks

You need to delete all of the files uploaded as uninstalling can not do this for you.

[GCC LLC]

Ted, do you see any reason why this mod would not work in a mobile theme? The prodforum_* templates did not exist in the mobile skin, so we manually created them all there but the links are not clicking from the review forum and when we manually go to a review thread, it's not showing the product information at the top of the thread - it just looks like a regular vb mobile thread display.

[Ted S]

Ted, do you see any reason why this mod would not work in a mobile theme? The prodforum_* templates did not exist in the mobile skin, so we manually created them all there but the links are not clicking from the review forum and when we manually go to a review thread, it's not showing the product information at the top of the thread - it just looks like a regular vb mobile thread display.

Are the right hooks in your mobile theme to pull the templates in?

Perhaps the best bet is to add a couple "echo" statements around the xml file for a quick test to see if it's a problem with the mod getting called up or the templates showing up.


echo "this shows up";

[GCC LLC]

Ted, sent you a PM about it. Thanks!

[Ted S]

Ted, sent you a PM about it. Thanks!

We handle all support in the thread so other members can chime in with their thoughts and see what's happening with the mod. Thanks for your understanding.

[GCC LLC]

What XML file exactly are you talking about?

Is it 100% safe to reinstall the product over top of itself so that it would install into all skins? I can't find how to check if the hooks are in the mobile theme.

[Ted S]

What XML file exactly are you talking about?

Is it 100% safe to reinstall the product over top of itself so that it would install into all skins? I can't find how to check if the hooks are in the mobile theme.

The main product files modification xml.

Changing that applies across the board but you can always adjust, see what it does and adjust back.

[GCC LLC]

The main product files modification xml.

Changing that applies across the board but you can always adjust, see what it does and adjust back.

Filename, please?

[Ted S]

Filename, please?

product_forums.xml

[GCC LLC]

Perhaps this is why I'm so confused - I don't have a product_forums.xml anywhere on my servers.

[GCC LLC]

Ah, the product install XML file. So I need to put the echo statements in there, reinstall the product and cross my fingers that it won't mess up anything in my existing installation in the other theme?

[Ted S]

Ah, the product install XML file. So I need to put the echo statements in there, reinstall the product and cross my fingers that it won't mess up anything in my existing installation in the other theme?

You certainly don't have to but it's an effective way to debug where the issue is. If the echo statements show up, you know the mod is getting loaded and it's a problem with templates rendering them out.

[GCC LLC]

Yeah, the plugin doesn't seem to be getting called at all from the mobile theme. Do you have any idea how I'd check to see if the hooks are there in this theme, and if not how to manually add them?

[Ted S]

Yeah, the plugin doesn't seem to be getting called at all from the mobile theme. Do you have any idea how I'd check to see if the hooks are there in this theme, and if not how to manually add them?

To be clear, are you seeing any output from the echo statements (if not, where did you add them)?

What mobile theme are you using? The default vB one?

[GCC LLC]

I wrapped it around the XML in product_forums.xml and reinstalled the product into vbulletin. It appeared to update something in all skins and I saw no errors (I also saw nothing get echo'ed back - but it went by all very fast in the install).

Links in the product review forum still do not click through to the corresponding threads. It is not the default vb mobile style, it is another mobile style designed for vB Suite 4.1.x.

[Ted S]

I wrapped it around the XML in product_forums.xml and reinstalled the product into vbulletin. It appeared to update something in all skins and I saw no errors (I also saw nothing get echo'ed back - but it went by all very fast in the install).

Links in the product review forum still do not click through to the corresponding threads. It is not the default vb mobile style, it is another mobile style designed for vB Suite 4.1.x.

It's not quite that simple... to test you'd have to add it to varrious plugin routines inside the xml script so that echo statements are invoked as you load the pages you want to test (for example, you could echo back a test on the thread / product page or on the forum / product list).

As for how to fix it, I'd still suggest starting with the debugging to insure the mod is getting fired up but that's probably the case which means template hooks become the issues. For that you need to open up a default vB template and your mobile skin's (i.e. SHOWTHREAD which holds the product information) and see which hook variables have been removed.

If that sounds like greek, as the mod author if they ported over all the standard hooks into their SHOWTHREAD and FORUMDISPLAY templates.

[GCC LLC]

Got it figured out. I dug through the plugins and traced everything back to the following, in case anyone else runs into the same issue. Tom, you were correct in that the template hooks are not there by default in mobile styles. I also had to manually create each of the prodforum_* templates in our mobile style for some reason, but that's not a big deal.

The plugin renders the product information at the top of the showthread template into a template called showthread_above_posts. I looked for the hook inside of the SHOWTHREAD template in the mobile theme and it's just not there, so I added it in as follows:

{vb:raw template_hook.showthread_above_posts}

All is well!

[Ted S]

Got it figured out. I dug through the plugins and traced everything back to the following, in case anyone else runs into the same issue. Tom, you were correct in that the template hooks are not there by default in mobile styles. I also had to manually create each of the prodforum_* templates in our mobile style for some reason, but that's not a big deal.

The plugin renders the product information at the top of the showthread template into a template called showthread_above_posts. I looked for the hook inside of the SHOWTHREAD template in the mobile theme and it's just not there, so I added it in as follows:

{vb:raw template_hook.showthread_above_posts}

All is well!

Fantastic!

How's everything else looking in the mobile theme? You can do a light version of the product page if you use it...

[snakedevil]

Hello Ted,

Thank you for this great mod, but I have a problem when sending an image in PNG, the image sent is no longer transparent but with a black background.

How to fix this please?

Thank you again!

[Ted S]

Hello Ted,

Thank you for this great mod, but I have a problem when sending an image in PNG, the image sent is no longer transparent but with a black background.

How to fix this please?

Thank you again!

That's up to the settings of GD on your server as it resizes the images... Does it happen elsewhere in vB?

[snakedevil]

No problem elsewhere, only on this mod :(

I have Chevereto and no problem

[Ted S]

No problem elsewhere, only on this mod :(

I have Chevereto and no problem

Hrm.

It's something in the image upload script but from the looks of it, could be one of a number of factors. We'll have to play around with it this weekend to see if we can force transparency on all GD setups.

[snakedevil]

Ok thank you,

In the meantime it is possible to display white instead of black? :)


Can be here ? :p

function resize($width,$height) {
$new_image = imagecreatetruecolor($width, $height);
imagecopyresampled($new_image, $this->image, 0, 0, 0, 0, $width, $height, $this->getWidth(), $this->getHeight());
$this->image = $new_image;
}

[Ted S]

You can certainly try shifting the function around to see if it helps.

Functions stackoverflow shows people using for transparency:
imagealphablending($pathname, false); imagesavealpha($pathname, true);

[snakedevil]

A little too complicated for me :D

[WildWayz]

Hi guys

Thanks for creating this brilliant addon - working like a charm :)

Just got a very easy question (i hope) but how do I change the currency from $ into ??

Or even make it user-selectable?

Thanks! :)

[WildWayz]

Found it in Phrases :)


However, is there a mod to make it a dropdown?

[Ted S]

Found it in Phrases :)


However, is there a mod to make it a dropdown?

Nope.

[snakedevil]

Hello, how to display the list alphabetically?

here: forum/productforums.php

Thanks ! :)

[Ted S]

Hello, how to display the list alphabetically?

here: forum/productforums.php

Thanks ! :)

Hack the script and change the query to ORDER BY title ASC as default

[snakedevil]

Line ? :p

It's ok thanks !

[addamroy]

Looks like a bug in the bulk script...

Please try removing all the existing thumbnail / smaller versions and running it with the attached version of admincp/productforums.php

Sorry for the delay, had other things to do prior to addressing this.

This fix worked. Thank you!

[addamroy]

New issue though. The 'matches' page that lists the reviews of a particular product, the page you are viewing when you click the 'reviews' area of a product in the product list, it doesn't load properly.

The reviews show 'outside' the body of the main forum, almost like there's a missing div tag, or some sort of issue like that I can't figure it out.

Like if you view, yourforum.com.com/productforums.php?do=matches&productid=4

it's layed out wrong for some reason.

It's correct here, yourforum.com/productforums.php just not on the matches page to view reviews.

I tried to open both templates side by side to see what could be missing from the matches one but I couldn't figure it out. I suppose it's possible the issue is in the productforums.php file itself but I'm not sure.

A fix for this would be appreciated.

edit; I'd also like to know if there's any simple way, or known websites we can get this xml file to import mass products from? If a website's RSS feed is in xml format, is there a way to use that?

I mean I definitely don't have any scraping software to go through websites, compile all the exact data I need them format it into an XML file I can import into the product :P Any help on this would be appreciated by myself and many others I'm sure.

[addamroy]

Soo any tips of advice on getting our hands on an XML sheet like I mentioned in my above comment?

[Ted S]

New issue though. The 'matches' page that lists the reviews of a particular product, the page you are viewing when you click the 'reviews' area of a product in the product list, it doesn't load properly.

I'm not seeing this in our test build but will take a deeper look later in the week to be sure there aren't any hanging tags in the template.

I'd also like to know if there's any simple way, or known websites we can get this xml file to import mass products from? If a website's RSS feed is in xml format, is there a way to use that?

Many vendors can provide XML feeds of their products which can be used or reformated through a simple dataset tool to match the right field names and ordering.

Of course there's no central repository for product data out there so you'd have to ask each individually.

[a0809k35]

Ted,
I am running VB 4.2 and have been getting the same error:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/07/25.jpg

[a0809k35]

Ted,
I am running VB 4.2 and have been getting the same error:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/07/25.jpg

[Ted S]

Ted,
I am running VB 4.2 and have been getting the same error:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/07/25.jpg

Do you have any reviews on that or any other products? Have there been reviews which were removed?

[Bubble #5]

Really love the idea of this hack but the buttons look really rough on our forum.

Can someone good at coding tell us where/how to change the template(s) so that the review button is moved from up top, to the side?

This is how it should look when finished (see screenshot).

Quick Update;

So many issues with this hack, where to begin?

For starters, none of the 'manage' buttons work. They show my test review, but won't let me manage it. When you click on it it says no review exist, even though one is on the forum.

Also, there doesn't seem to be a way to add images. Yes the image directory path was typed in.

These are just the beginning of problems we're seeing. Not sure if these issues are 4.2.1 related or hack related, or both.

And yes of course we tried to read the instructions (see screenshot) but it's kind of hard to read black text on a black background :rolleyes:

Very disappointed :(

Just found yet another issue: Now Activity Stream does't work at all. All we get is errors. Hopefully vB can fix it. Time to delete this.

[Ted S]

Just found yet another issue: Now Activity Stream does't work at all. All we get is errors. Hopefully vB can fix it. Time to delete this.

Sorry the addon was not for you... best of luck with your site!

[Bubble #5]

Sorry the addon was not for you...

So am I.

[zapiy]

You need to delete all of the files uploaded as uninstalling can not do this for you.

I did fella, and you can still see the menu in the themes?

[Ted S]

I did fella, and you can still see the menu in the themes?

Admin side or user?

[Spangle]

Really love the idea of this hack but the buttons look really rough on our forum.

Can someone good at coding tell us where/how to change the template(s) so that the review button is moved from up top, to the side?

This is how it should look when finished (see screenshot).

Quick Update;

So many issues with this hack, where to begin?

For starters, none of the 'manage' buttons work. They show my test review, but won't let me manage it. When you click on it it says no review exist, even though one is on the forum.

Also, there doesn't seem to be a way to add images. Yes the image directory path was typed in.

These are just the beginning of problems we're seeing. Not sure if these issues are 4.2.1 related or hack related, or both.

And yes of course we tried to read the instructions (see screenshot) but it's kind of hard to read black text on a black background :rolleyes:

Very disappointed :(

Just found yet another issue: Now Activity Stream does't work at all. All we get is errors. Hopefully vB can fix it. Time to delete this.

You must be doing something wrong, missed a file when uploading them or similar, it took a while for me to figure out, but I followed the instructions from the link above, and it's working perfectly.

I'm using 4.2.1 as well

[Jamey]

Still supported?

[Ted S]

Still supported?

Define support.

[jpapadpapa]

I tried to upload a picture to a product by clicking "upload a new product photo?," but I get the following message:
You must provide an image in your settings to upload images.

It seems like this should be easy to figure out, but for some reason I can't! How do I fix this?

[Ted S]

I tried to upload a picture to a product by clicking "upload a new product photo?," but I get the following message:

It seems like this should be easy to figure out, but for some reason I can't! How do I fix this?

Did you configure all of the options for the image processing part of the addon?

[Lightly_Toasted]

I too get the blank profile pages on 4.2.1 after installing this mod. Removal does not correct the error. Only way to correct it is to manually edit the database and remove any posts to the activity stream related to this mod.

I followed everything exactly as per your instructions. Will tag to see if it ever gets corrected.

LT

[Ted S]

I too get the blank profile pages on 4.2.1 after installing this mod. Removal does not correct the error. Only way to correct it is to manually edit the database and remove any posts to the activity stream related to this mod.

I followed everything exactly as per your instructions. Will tag to see if it ever gets corrected.

LT

Did you happen to see what database error was causing the blank page?

[Lightly_Toasted]

I did not offhand, but it did give me this PHP error - Fatal error: Class 'vB_ActivityStream_View_Perm__' not found in ..... view.php on line 589

LT

[Ted S]

I did not offhand, but it did give me this PHP error - Fatal error: Class 'vB_ActivityStream_View_Perm__' not found in ..... view.php on line 589

LT

Hrm...

The activity system wasn't built with a way to cleanly add new options so I'll chalk this up as a bad try at an interesting idea.

Here's 1.3.9 without any of the activity stream bits best I can tell. Let me know if you decide to give it a try.

[Lightly_Toasted]

Installed, testing to see if the problem repeats itself.

Thanks Ted

LT

[Lightly_Toasted]

After installing and testing that seems to have solved the issue for 4.2.1. After adding test products, have confirmed that there are no blank pages yet and information is still aggregated into the activity feed.

Thanks again

LT

[Ted S]

After installing and testing that seems to have solved the issue for 4.2.1. After adding test products, have confirmed that there are no blank pages yet and information is still aggregated into the activity feed.

Thanks again

LT

The activity feed will still gather posts but they won't be treated as a new type as intended. Still, beats errors. :D

[Ted S]

Version 1.3.9 has been released which resolves a few bugs in the past release including a significant issue a handful of forums had with the activity system.
This update will remove the activity system edits (which is unfortunately not nice and modular like most of vB4) returning actions to that of normal forum posts.

If you are not having issues, no upgrade is needed.

[morrow]

"Let the installer run then look for "Product Review Forums" in your navbar; that's how you know it worked."

I'm not receiving this in my navbar after importing the xml file. I saw no errors and configured everything properly (well... I think I did) :).

I'm running vBulletin 4.2.2

[Ted S]

"Let the installer run then look for "Product Review Forums" in your navbar; that's how you know it worked."

Did you upload all of the XML files in the zip file to the right location?

If so, reload your ACP and look about half way down the navbar.

[Haywire0311]

First of all, can't thank you enough for this awesome mod. I've been trying to find something like this for a while in order to begin building a community site I had in mind.

Anyway, I recently installed it and since my site is more focused on beer, I made a few changes to the original files to make it more in line with reviewing beers. As you can't actually buy beer from breweries, I had to make some slight changes in regards to the default options and such. I'm also looking into changing the rating system a bit so it incorporates a .25 rating system rather than by whole digits from 1 - 5.

I know that this mod is part of a larger project with giftery.me, however, as my site doesn't truly focus on the purchase of products, I can't really use the giftery.me 'list' feature. I think this is my biggest request. I'd love a way to figure out how to make internal 'Wants' and 'Gots' lists. This way, users can look at beers listed on the site and check off the beers they have in house and also the ones they'd love to have. Perhaps even incorporating this into the user profile so others can see their wants and gots.

Also, the other thing that I have yet to see that builds off the lists is a matching feature. I don't have the know how to figure out how to match users by their wants and gots.

Those would be my two biggest requests. Are you planning anything like this in the future? Also, is there another way for me to support your development as integrating with giftery.me doesn't make suense based on my product base?

[Ted S]

Thanks for the kind words (and reposting this in the forum, we're big believers in letting the community see & respond to all questions / concerns / ideas).

Essentially what you're looking to do isn't rocket science at its basic level but it quickly grows into something that's very specific and really not an addon so much as a customization (i.e. you're not just trying to capture a "want," you're talking checklists, sharing, presumably some privacy options, etc).

Matching and interest recommendations even more so... you can build a simple formula or set of rules (i.e. A+B+C = you want D) or start getting into automated logic. Still not rockets but maybe hobby ones...

I like to think of addons (all of them) as a base step. A feature layer to get you core functionality and build off of. What developers tackle is just a base and won't ever match a site's full needs exactly but rather gives you a working step forward that may need a few design hacks or, in cases like this, some decent code additions.

I know this is not what you want to hear but even if "wants" were in our roadmap (they're not, in fact, we have not been asked for them before), it would still be miles away from what it sounds like you specifically need.

[uarujoey]

Is it possible for users to only leave a star rating and not be able to comment/leave a typed review?

[Ted S]

Is it possible for users to only leave a star rating and not be able to comment/leave a typed review?

Hrm. Try changing the minimum review length to 0?

A thread will still be created however.

[uarujoey]

Hrm. Try changing the minimum review length to 0?

A thread will still be created however.

Nope, that didn't work.

Can i delete a piece of code?


My purpose is to use this more so like a "yellow pages" directory.

[Ted S]

Nope, that didn't work.

Can i delete a piece of code?

My purpose is to use this more so like a "yellow pages" directory.

Sure. You'd be hard hacking the helpfulanswers.php file and looking for the minimum length check to do it... so you'll have to re-apply with any future upgrades.

[snakedevil]

Hello,

How to change the display order of comments, to show the new first (only for the product)

Thank you

[Ted S]

Hello,

How to change the display order of comments, to show the new first (only for the product)

Thank you

Comments are replies. Just change how the forum is setup to order by reply date descending rather than ascending.

[RaiinbowEyes]

When trying to add a product today, I got this error: "Something went terribly wrong in creating your product (Array). End of the line. Admin-1027a". I have no idea what to do. Help?

[Ted S]

When trying to add a product today, I got this error: "Something went terribly wrong in creating your product (Array). End of the line. Admin-1027a". I have no idea what to do. Help?

The addon was unable to create your product's thread resulting in a critical error.

This is usually a function of a particular setting on the product forum, such as having it as a category or requiring pre-fixes when none are used. Review those types of options first.

If it persists, open up admincp/productforums.php and go to line 330

BEFORE it add:


print_r($errors);


This will reveal the debug information from vB.

[uarujoey]

Sure. You'd be hard hacking the helpfulanswers.php file and looking for the minimum length check to do it... so you'll have to re-apply with any future upgrades.

This is the Product Review add on, not the helpfulanswers add on. So there is no helpfulanswers.php file for me to edit.


I wish to remove "Headline" for the review.

I was able to remove that field so they dont appear as an option for a review, but once a review is submitted, i still get an error that filed needs to be filled out.

"You did not provide a headline for your review.""

I want to remove that completely.

Where in which file do i remove the code? I tried removing:

if !$vbulletin->GPC['headline']){ $errors = "You did not provide a

headline for your review.<br />"; } // must have a headline)


From the productforums.php, But i get an error when a review is submitted:

"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 164251-E."

[Ted S]

This is the Product Review add on, not the helpfulanswers add on. So there is no helpfulanswers.php file for me to edit.


Right idea, wrong name... Nice catch :D

"You did not provide a headline for your review.""

Every post need a subject line. In this addon we call it the headline but that's the role it plays technically so you can't just remove it, rather you'd need to replace it with something lower on in the code.

i.e.

$headline = 'Another review';

Of course this is moving further away from the addon's core and thus risks breaking more things, obviously manual changes for upgrades. Be careful, changes to how threads are made can have disastrous results.

[thewebi]

We have a problem when someone is the FB Like Button then click the HTML code in Facebook displayed.
Is this a BUG or we have to change anything else?

Regards

[Ted S]

We have a problem when someone is the FB Like Button then click the HTML code in Facebook displayed.

I'm not understanding your issue. Please try rephrasing it?

[thewebi]

Think pictures explain it better

147277

[Ted S]

Think pictures explain it better

147277

You can edit what Facebook fetches as content using their OG meta data tags.

[bosanci28]

So this can be used as a Research, Review & Compare Items for a automotive related field forum? I can add what ever categories? and the questions that a user will have to input? like:
*best transmission shop in town?
or other questions under that specific category...
Thanks

[Ted S]

So this can be used as a Research, Review & Compare Items for a automotive related field forum? I can add what ever categories? and the questions that a user will have to input? like:
*best transmission shop in town?
or other questions under that specific category...
Thanks

A product is a product is a product... type doesn't change much.

Questions are not category specific but you can add them forum-wide.

[pjkcards]

While this isn't supported any longer, does it still work on 4.2.1?

Thanks.

[Ted S]

While this isn't supported any longer, does it still work on 4.2.1?

Thanks.

As a public addon, there's no guarentee of response time for our modules though you can see the history of updates and answers in the thread.

This addon works on 4.x.

[RaiinbowEyes]

The addon was unable to create your product's thread resulting in a critical error.

This is usually a function of a particular setting on the product forum, such as having it as a category or requiring pre-fixes when none are used. Review those types of options first.

If it persists, open up admincp/productforums.php and go to line 330

BEFORE it add:


print_r($errors);


This will reveal the debug information from vB.

Thank you for responding! I appreciate that! :) I did as you said, but the same error came up when I tried again. No additional information sadly.

However, whenever I try and edit existing products I get "Database error "Warning: mysqli_query() [function.mysqli-query]: (42S22/1054): Unknown column 'uploadimg' in 'field list' in [path]/includes/class_core.php on line 1391".

So that's something. I went to that path and found line 1391 and it's:


if ($queryresult = mysqli_query($link, $this->sql, ($buffered ? MYSQLI_STORE_RESULT : MYSQLI_USE_RESULT)))


I have no idea how I'd go about fixing or what is wrong. If someone tells me to go to a line of code and put something in or replace something, I can do that. But beyond that I have no idea what I'm doing X_x Is there anything I can do? The review forums have become a big part in my forum and I'd really really hate to lose them.

[Ted S]

However, whenever I try and edit existing products I get "Database error "Warning: mysqli_query() [function.mysqli-query]: (42S22/1054): Unknown column 'uploadimg' in 'field list' in [path]/includes/class_core.php on line 1391".


That's a good start...

Sounds like the addon was unable to alter your database, so let's do it the fun way:

Run the queries below (via your AdminCP, mySQL shell or something like phpMyAdmin):


ALTER TABLE pf_product ADD uploadimg TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT '0';
ALTER TABLE pf_product ADD mainphoto_small VARCHAR(150) NOT NULL DEFAULT '';
ALTER TABLE pf_product ADD uploadimg mainphoto_thumb VARCHAR(150) NOT NULL DEFAULT '';


If you are using table prefixes, those go before pf_product but without spaces (i.e. vb_pf_product).

[RichieBoy67]

Will this work well as an Ebay network affiliate store and not a product review forum?

Does anyone have this type of a set up working? If so can you send me the link so I can see?

Thanks

[Ted S]

Will this work well as an Ebay network affiliate store and not a product review forum?

I suppose you could build it into a product directory without reviews but I'm sure there's better solutions for that out there than hacking the entire review side out of this.

[malinghi]

I'm really sorry that giftery closed. Would it be possible to get a copy of the instructions for installing this mod? They're no longer available on giftery.me

[Ted S]

I'm really sorry that giftery closed. Would it be possible to get a copy of the instructions for installing this mod? They're no longer available on giftery.me

Sorry about that, still have to make a couple changes to address the shift.

Look for 1.4.0 with the install guide included.

[Ted S]

Version 1.4.0 has been removed which brings a few recent changes:

- Removes the association with giftery.me as it's been discontinued
- Removes stat reporting for helpful answers voting
- Several bug fixes with image uploading
- Other bug fixes throughout templates

[malinghi]

Okay, thanks. How long do you think that will be? I don't want to rush you or anything, I'm just asking so I can plan accordingly. Do you think that will be within the next couple weeks?

[Ted S]

Okay, thanks. How long do you think that will be? I don't want to rush you or anything, I'm just asking so I can plan accordingly. Do you think that will be within the next couple weeks?

It was uploaded about 30 seconds after I made that post :D

[tpearl5]

Hey Ted - any plans to integrate this with other systems. For example, Amazon?

[DreadsUK]

does this work as a forum room on its own?

[Ted S]

does this work as a forum room on its own?

A forum room?

[Ted S]

Hey Ted - any plans to integrate this with other systems. For example, Amazon?

Certainly possible.

What Amazon functionality were you looking for?

[DreadsUK]

yea so like, if i set a tab in the main navigation to list people who offer services and for the users to review those services but wont effect the rest of the forum

[Ted S]

yea so like, if i set a tab in the main navigation to list people who offer services and for the users to review those services but wont effect the rest of the forum

Not out of the box but a mod is about what you make of it.

[DreadsUK]

Where do i find the thread forum id?

probably a silly question

[DreadsUK]

ok i am so lost. Really sorry but would love some help with this.

So far i've followed steps 1 through 7.
I've installed the mod fine and everything seems to be in place. Im stuck on configuration.

In the mean time i've set up a new forum for reviews and only applied this mod to that single forum. I created a test thread but there is currently no change to the standard forum layout/input im assuming that this is all done in configuration.

I've read through the steps but dont understand a lot of it. If someone is willing to help me and walk me through it, it would be greatly appreciated!
thanks x

[Ted S]

Where do i find the thread forum id?

probably a silly question

The forum ID is listed next to the name in your Forum Manager or can be seen in the URL as f=xxx when opening a forum up.

As noted you will only need this if you're using the option "Create Thread On Review."

[Ted S]

ok i am so lost. Really sorry but would love some help with this.

So far i've followed steps 1 through 7.
I've installed the mod fine and everything seems to be in place. Im stuck on configuration.

In the mean time i've set up a new forum for reviews and only applied this mod to that single forum. I created a test thread but there is currently no change to the standard forum layout/input im assuming that this is all done in configuration.

I've read through the steps but dont understand a lot of it. If someone is willing to help me and walk me through it, it would be greatly appreciated!
thanks x

Did you enable the feature in that forum?

If no, do it.

If/ when yes, did you add any products to the forum?

If no, add one through the ACP.

If/ when, do they show up in the forum (as a thread but with a detail box at the top)?

If not, what do you see?

If so, can you write a review (new button on the thread page)?

If not, did you set usergroup rights to add reviews?

[DreadsUK]

Did you enable the feature in that forum?

If no, do it.

If/ when yes, did you add any products to the forum?

If no, add one through the ACP.

If/ when, do they show up in the forum (as a thread but with a detail box at the top)?

If not, what do you see?

If so, can you write a review (new button on the thread page)?

If not, did you set usergroup rights to add reviews?

Thanks, managed to get it working. but there is an image missing. Is this something i need to input somewhere

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/04/38.png

[DreadsUK]

is there a way to put the optional details above the reply message?

[Ted S]

is there a way to put the optional details above the reply message?

Not sure I follow?

[DreadsUK]

Not sure I follow?

This...
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/04/36.png

to merge with this ...
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/04/37.png

Its currently at the bottom of the reply box and gets ignored, overlooked and unnoticed

[Ted S]

You'd have to place around with the source code to move it. Shouldn't be hard if there's a hook location up there.

[DreadsUK]

How do i work out what to put into these two bits
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/04/34.png

ive added the paths provided in those to boxes and uploaded an image but its not showing. Im guessing i've made a dumb error :p

[DreadsUK]

and whats a hook location? You'd have to place around with the source code to move it. Shouldn't be hard if there's a hook location up there.

[Ted S]

and whats a hook location?

Hooks refer to a function of vBulletin 4's code used to project where plugins show up on various pages.

[Ted S]

How do i work out what to put into these two bits
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/04/34.png

ive added the paths provided in those to boxes and uploaded an image but its not showing. Im guessing i've made a dumb error :p

Paths are server specific. You would need to work with your host to find out this information if you don't have direct access to it via FTP, SSH or some other means.

[DreadsUK]

ok, so the website is

www.dreadsuk.com

in FTP

the root is called
httpdocs/images/productpictures

so image upload path i've put
var/www/dreadsuk/httpdocs/images/productpictures

and the image view url ive put
dreadsuk/httpdocs/images/misc/productpictures

is that right, as thats still not working. can you see anything i've missed there?

[Ted S]

ok, so the website is

www.dreadsuk.com (http://www.dreadsuk.com)

in FTP

the root is called
httpdocs/images/productpictures

so image upload path i've put
var/www/dreadsuk/httpdocs/images/productpictures

and the image view url ive put
dreadsuk/httpdocs/images/misc/productpictures

is that right, as thats still not working. can you see anything i've missed there?

Once again, you need to talk to your host about paths, they are not universal and can vary widely by server. It's not about not wanting to help, it's about the inability for anyone on the outside to know. Having your domain does not change that.

For example, while /var/www/ is a common root path up to domain profiles, httpdocs is probably below the web accessible layer, but it doesn't have to be.

That said, if you're not starting with a /, the path will add on to the current location of the script in the same way a link without http:// will add on to your current domain.

[DreadsUK]

ah i see, ok. Thanks man, MASSIVELY helpful. i'll sort that on monday :)

[DreadsUK]

Once again, you need to talk to your host about paths, they are not universal and can vary widely by server. It's not about not wanting to help, it's about the inability for anyone on the outside to know. Having your domain does not change that.

For example, while /var/www/ is a common root path up to domain profiles, httpdocs is probably below the web accessible layer, but it doesn't have to be.

That said, if you're not starting with a /, the path will add on to the current location of the script in the same way a link without http:// will add on to your current domain.


Ok, i spoke to the hosting company and got the correct path. BUT its still not showing the image on the review listing.

I tried re-uploading the image but its not showing in the FTP folder path either so im not sure where its uploading to

[Ted S]

Ok, i spoke to the hosting company and got the correct path. BUT its still not showing the image on the review listing.

I tried re-uploading the image but its not showing in the FTP folder path either so im not sure where its uploading to

Does your host have GD installed along with php?

Does any error happen using the uploader or syncing off of a linked image?

[DreadsUK]

Does your host have GD installed along with php?
Whats GD?

Does any error happen using the uploader or syncing off of a linked image?

It uploads fine without any problems, it just shows the default missing image logo wherever the image should be. example here ('http://www.dreadsuk.com/showthread.php?2127-Foxylocks-Dreadlocks-Worcestershire')

[Ted S]

It uploads fine without any problems, it just shows the default missing image logo wherever the image should be. example here (http://www.dreadsuk.com/showthread.php?2127-Foxylocks-Dreadlocks-Worcestershire)

Look at the path that image is being called from.

Is there a web accessible folder /httpdocs/upload/images/rating/productpictures/ (looking at your site /httpdocs/ doesn't load)?

[DreadsUK]

should be. I've created it so that should work. Also im not sure what you mean by /httpdocs/ doesn't load

[Ted S]

should be. I've created it so that should work. Also im not sure what you mean by /httpdocs/ doesn't load

I mean try going to that folder path via your browser. Doesn't work (not found) so it's not likely anything under it would work either so again you're back to paths....

[DreadsUK]

i think all i can do is ask my host. This is all going over my head at this point. i have no idea and i'll end up messing stuff up if i poke around too much now i've got so many things running. Might come back to you once i've spoken to them

[Ted S]

i think all i can do is ask my host. This is all going over my head at this point. i have no idea and i'll end up messing stuff up if i poke around too much now i've got so many things running. Might come back to you once i've spoken to them

Paths are server specific. You would need to work with your host to find out this information if you don't have direct access to it via FTP, SSH or some other means.

:confused::confused::confused:

[tyreco]

Wow, great mod!

4.2.2 Patch Level1

After creating a review i get the message:

Warnung: Only variables should be assigned by reference in ..../productforums.php (Zeile 416)
top left screen.

What i did wrong and how to fix?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/04/17.png

[Ted S]

Wow, great mod!

4.2.2 Patch Level1

After creating a review i get the message:

Warnung: Only variables should be assigned by reference in ..../productforums.php (Zeile 416)
top left screen.

What i did wrong and how to fix?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/04/17.png

Are you comfortable editing php? If so, try removing the ,1 from line 416 of the script.

If not, tell me about your server... is it using Apache? Shared or dedicated host? Does the review still post?

[DreadsUK]

I added a Purchase url into the purchase url box, but when the item is listed and you try clicking on the url link it does this...

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/04/14.png

how do i fix this?

[Ted S]

I added a Purchase url into the purchase url box, but when the item is listed and you try clicking on the url link it does this...

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/04/14.png

how do i fix this?

Use a full url when you create a link so it doesn't try to load within your site.

[durham]

This is a really interesting review system which looks great. Quick question: Can each category type create threads in separate forums ? I would really like this feature.

i.e.
Category A Products automatically create threads in forum B and reviews in forum C
Category B Products automatically create threads in forum D and reviews in forum E

(Assuming forum ticked to accept these of course)

Thanks

D.

[DreadsUK]

Use a full url when you create a link so it doesn't try to load within your site.

Sweet we're all good now :)

just started adding listings and wondering if there was a way we could change the colour of the '[County]' text for each product?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/04/10.png

Also, just noticed, once a review goes through, there is another default missing image showing here for the stars

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/04/11.png
http://dreadsuk.com/showthread.php?2253-Raving-Locks-Glasgow

i copied the url to get the path and its showing this as the url
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/04/12.png

so i went into the server to see if that image was there but it isn't, it shows these..
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/04/13.png

It looks like the code in the .php file isn't pointing to the right image filename. I think i just need to rename the image path in the code somewhere
from stars--5.png to stars-green-5.png

but imagine this will need to be done for all the images, correct?

how and where do i do this?

[Ted S]

This is a really interesting review system which looks great. Quick question: Can each category type create threads in separate forums ? I would really like this feature.

i.e.
Category A Products automatically create threads in forum B and reviews in forum C
Category B Products automatically create threads in forum D and reviews in forum E

(Assuming forum ticked to accept these of course)

Thanks

D.

When you create a product, you have to pick the forum for it to go in. Reviews will follow up on that product's thread and optionally to a review forum (but just one review forum regardless of category).

[Snipuh21]

When you create a product, you have to pick the forum for it to go in. Reviews will follow up on that product's thread and optionally to a review forum (but just one review forum regardless of category).

Ted S.,

I think that PRF is a really nice piece of work and would like to use it in a site I am working on but do not have the skill to install and modify it properly myself. That being the case, I was wondering whether if I could hire you to do so? Sorry to go public but I wanted to make sure I reach you and the private message I sent has not been read yet. Thank you for your consideration.

[Ted S]

Ted S.,

I think that PRF is a really nice piece of work and would like to use it in a site I am working on but do not have the skill to install and modify it properly myself. That being the case, I was wondering whether if I could hire you to do so? Sorry to go public but I wanted to make sure I reach you and the private message I sent has not been read yet. Thank you for your consideration.

Well, you sent it yesterday... a little patience goes a lot longer than sending 3 messages.

That said, I do not not offer paid services of any sort -- everyone gets the same level of response for my mods. You can find many talented individuals in the vB.org market forums to hire out.

[Snipuh21]

Well, you sent it yesterday... a little patience goes a lot longer than sending 3 messages.

That said, I do not not offer paid services of any sort -- everyone gets the same level of response for my mods. You can find many talented individuals in the vB.org market forums to hire out.

Sorry to bother you.

[tyreco]

Don't laugh.
Everything is running fine. 10.000 products imported. Best mod ever ... but i have a "small" problem with xml import

<description>ddddddddddddd</description>

change to:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/05/76.png

so every "d" changes to "dj" doesn't matter what i try. XML file is UTF8.
Any idea?

[Ted S]

Hrm.

Does it happen on other strings with usual words (i.e. not just a sequence of letters) as well?

Mind posting a few bits of the XML file up for me to try out?

And I never laugh (unless it's at myself, lol).

[tyreco]

I changed encoding="UTF-8" to encoding="ISO-8859-1" ... but no changes. Convert the XML file with notepad++ to all variants ... no chance.

If i enter <description>DDDDDDDD</description> in big caracters it works.


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="yes"?>
<productData xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<product>
<forumid>78</forumid>
<title>BRIDGESTONE RD 623</title>
<categoryid>1</categoryid>
<short_desc>RD 623 von BRIDGESTONE</short_desc>
<description>dddddddddd</description>
<price>></price>
<mfrg>BRIDGESTONE</mfrg>
<upc>1000145563</upc>
<url>http://www.cartomak.de/OttAttrSearch/profisearch?sSearch=BRIDGESTONE+RD 623</url>
<mainphoto>http://www.cartomak.de/pictures/bridgestone/rd_623.jpg</mainphoto>
<mainphoto_thumb>http://www.cartomak.de/pictures/bridgestone/rd_623.jpg</mainphoto_thumb>
<mainphoto_small>http://www.cartomak.de/pictures/bridgestone/rd_623.jpg</mainphoto_small>
</product>
</productData>

[Ted S]

The XML importer uses some basic vBulletin libraries to clean up content and insure there's nothing bad in your file. Nothing else happens to the data so that's the only possible problem I can think of at a glance.

You can try disabling this by commenting out or removing line 1651 of admincp/productforums.php

If this solves things, I'll write a custom cleaner for the mod. If not I'll PM you to get the full XML file and debug it.


// $product->description = normalize_str($product->description);

[tyreco]

I did. Now it works fine
// $product->description = normalize_str($product->description);

[Ted S]

Cool.

I'll get a patch out to do some filtering over the weekend so there's nothing malicious imported by accident.

[Snipuh21]

I had this mod installed but it turned out not to work in the way I needed without beaucoup extra work that was not in my budget. That said I had it uninstalled and now the default thread rating system is not working. Anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions as to how to attack it? Thank you very much.

[Ted S]

I had this mod installed but it turned out not to work in the way I needed without beaucoup extra work that was not in my budget. That said I had it uninstalled and now the default thread rating system is not working. Anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions as to how to attack it? Thank you very much.

There should be not changes to your thread ratings as the mod works on an entirely different set of parameters and tables created for it.

That said, what's happening?

[Snipuh21]

There should be not changes to your thread ratings as the mod works on an entirely different set of parameters and tables created for it.

That said, what's happening?

Thanks for prompt reply. The star ratings that are supposed to show up on the forum page next to a thread are not appearing. Thread ratings are turned on and the number of ratings required for stars to show is set to 1.

[Ted S]

Thanks for prompt reply. The star ratings that are supposed to show up on the forum page next to a thread are not appearing. Thread ratings are turned on and the number of ratings required for stars to show is set to 1.

Did you make the manual template change listed in the install instructions?

[Snipuh21]

Did you make the manual template change listed in the install instructions?

I am checking. In the meantime, vBulletin support responded that the star-ratings are "not showing because your images are missing". Do you think they could have been removed when PRF was uninstalled?

[Ted S]

I am checking. In the meantime, vBulletin support responded that the star-ratings are "not showing because your images are missing". Do you think they could have been removed when PRF was uninstalled?

The plug-in system has no access to your file structure. If you deleted them while removing other files however...

[Snipuh21]

The plug-in system has no access to your file structure. If you deleted them while removing other files however...

Okay, thanks for the help.

[Morrus]

Great start, but this thing has some major issues! The main one is the editor which produces walls of text and strips out all formatting. Line breaks are a thing!

Other than that, widgets are a necessity (hopefully those are coming). Being able to choose some product description fields (books might be hardcover, softcover, PDF, for example). And 5-star rating systems are very broad.

But that wall of text is no good! It cripples the entire mod.

Bizarrely, if you edit the post afterwards, you can format it. But no user is going to do that!

[Ted S]

Great start, but this thing has some major issues! The main one is the editor which produces walls of text and strips out all formatting. Line breaks are a thing!

Line breaks are fully supported. What are your post / html settings?

[Ted S]

Other than that, widgets are a necessity (hopefully those are coming). Being able to choose some product description fields (books might be hardcover, softcover, PDF, for example). And 5-star rating systems are very broad

Completely! The mod is intended as a starting place and should, by all means, be customized to the unique nature of your community and the products to be reviewed on it.

[Morrus]

Line breaks are fully supported. What are your post / html settings?

Thanks for the quick reply. I've just searched the thread and saw someone else had similar formatting issues which did not get resolved. So I guess it's not a quick fix.

Full WYSIWYG is on (and also works elsewhere on the site/forum just fine). In the reviews area, though, no WYSIWIG, and all formatting and line breaks get stripped even when pasting in a formatted post from elsewhere. As mentioned, you can proceed to edit the post and get the WYSIWIG editor to appear and fix it all, but not on the initial "new review" page.

http://www.enworld.org/forum/productforums.php

[Morrus]

Completely! The mod is intended as a starting place and should, by all means, be customized to the unique nature of your community and the products to be reviewed on it.

Heh, yeah, if could write vBulletin mods, I probably wouldn't be using one off vBulletin.org. :)

[Morrus]

OK, I've spent a couple of hours scouring the mod for every WYSIWYG option I could find, along with the core vBulletin settings. It's set to yes everywhere I look, so I'm pretty much at a loss unless I've managed to completely miss some obscure setting somewhere. WYSIWYG has been working fine on the forums, CMS, blogs, everywhere for years, though.

If the information is of any help, I do get a smaller text box when WYSIWYG is switched off for the reviews system, and a larger one with an expand drag thing in the bottom right when it's switched on.

I've attached another image which might help.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=150205&stc=1&d=1409096226

[Morrus]

So, any thoughts on that? I've still got the system installed, though I've hidden any links to it for now.

[Ted S]

Thanks for digging in. I'm traveling until this weekend but promise to take a look then... You're on the latest (4.2.2), right?

[Morrus]

Thanks for digging in. I'm traveling until this weekend but promise to take a look then... You're on the latest (4.2.2), right?

Yep, that's right.

I've been doing a bit of work in the meantime. Easier stuff than vBulletin editors. I've gotten it to compile all use reviews into a percentage (so it looks a bit like Rotten Tomatoes) and label low scoring items as "fumbles" and high scoring items as "crits".

I do like the system, and I'm figuring out how to customize it. Once we get that WYSIWYG editor working properly, I'll be pretty happy!

[Morrus]

I've managed to do something I think it quite cool.

http://www.enworld.org/forum/productforums.php?do=recent

All recent reviews. Reformatted a little, too. I did try to put it on the main review page, with the page divided into two columns (newly added products, new reviews) but that proved beyond my abilities.

Out of interest, how is the landing page sorted? At first I thought it was newest added first, but some items get added in the middle or the bottom of the list. Is it reverse alphabetical order?

[Ted S]

I've managed to do something I think it quite cool.

http://www.enworld.org/forum/productforums.php?do=recent

All recent reviews. Reformatted a little, too. I did try to put it on the main review page, with the page divided into two columns (newly added products, new reviews) but that proved beyond my abilities.

Out of interest, how is the landing page sorted? At first I thought it was newest added first, but some items get added in the middle or the bottom of the list. Is it reverse alphabetical order?

Very cool! It's great to see forums customizing "beyond the box" to make the mod a better experience for their site...

Ranking on the page defaults to the title, descending order. This can be changed on line 128 of productforums.php

[Ted S]

Yep, that's right.

I've been doing a bit of work in the meantime. Easier stuff than vBulletin editors. I've gotten it to compile all use reviews into a percentage (so it looks a bit like Rotten Tomatoes) and label low scoring items as "fumbles" and high scoring items as "crits".

I do like the system, and I'm figuring out how to customize it. Once we get that WYSIWYG editor working properly, I'll be pretty happy!

Playing around as promised and I'm still not sure what's causing this for you...

Using a completely clean install, there's no issues preserving line breaks as you can see at http://vbulletin.moderninsider.com/ (no min posting to review, no limit on reviews / product).

This opens up the question as to your specific settings. Since we've got the basics, let's talk details... editor options? html allowed? bb code allowed? moderation?

And of course the most basic... you are using 4.2.2 for sure, right (this is the #1 cause of compatibility issues so sorry for asking twice).

[pieceofpie]

I'm using VB 5.0, can your reviews work? Thanks!

[Ted S]

I'm using VB 5.0, can your reviews work? Thanks!

vB 4 addons will not work with vB 5.