I have added these functions to the want list:

I no longer consider vbCMS to be the optimal avenue. The solution should integrate with it, but should not be dependent upon it. This will make it easier to migrate away from vbulletin if needed. Recent developments have shown that it may be wise to migrate away from vbulletin when its possible. (the latter is dependent upon XF or IPB closing the functionality gap)

I too am very interested in this Mod, although for just a few to pump money in the project doesn't seem to me the way to go. Let's say five people get onboard and complete task for just 5 "members"...where is the motivation for support and upgrades as needed?

I suggest a small group of "investors" get the project up and running then put it up on a pay for subscription site and let everyone else have a shot at it.

As money comes in investor group could get their money back and the rest could go for future upgrades to keep the project alive.

I've seen other projects like this fizzle really quickly. Somewhere in the $30-$50 range for one year subscription should generate plenty of funds to keep things going in the long term.

Just my thoughts.

I agree with FannBlade. Some resolution on this point will enable my investment and participation. 300euros is no problem.

And I agree with Alfa1 that this should be an XF extension.

And is cow³ branching this concept?

XF 4 sure although it still just pisses me off that IB is playing stupid on this ig the vender plug in on some of their sites which BTW are still running the pre buy out version yet they are continuing development on that stage of the software six months after the release of 4.0 and they haven't even bothered upgrading to 3.86
Setting up your Vendor Directory
From: internetBrands | May 19, 2010 | 75 views


http://acurazine.com/forums/vendor_directory.php

and their video instructions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxPh3-w4Cow

looking at the the ventures that IB is undertaking it is becoming painfully obvious there is a conflict of interest as they are in Direct competition with those that they sell software to and furthermore have access to inside information of any competitor that uses vbulleton as the backbone and requires technical assistance.

I would like to call on everyone who is interested in this project to take a last look at the feature list and post any suggestions you want to see added.

Yes, they are in direct competition. Just see how many people mention that IB is their competitor now. Happened to me too.
In any case: the vendor listing system that IB has, they can keep. It sucks IMHO.

Wow very nice.
Are the readers or guests able to rate all points too?
Or can they just vote the cumulative Rating?

Other Point: Would be nice to ad a shop button (Buy this Product), and a field to put in affiliate Code, maybe with rewrite of it to short link.

It is really looking very nice, what do you think, when you go to relese it?

This year?

Readers and guests, if they have permission will be able to rate all points. If enabled, will be able to vote only when making a reply.

You can add a new text field where the thread starter can write the link and then include this field in a custom module or in the thread with a simple template edit.

Will be releasing a beta version later this month. And expect to release the final version this year.

Feel free to comment and tell me your requirements.

@ForumsMods

looks very good. I'm waiting eagerly for the first beta version.

Is this the same Mod?
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=269808

No, its not.

ForumMods any update on this?

I might just end up getting jreviews instead if theres still no vbulletin mod, sigh.

I'm also very interested

The beta version will be released on October 31.
If you are interested, please, send me a PM.
Once the gold version is released, all beta testers will receive a free license.
For those who have an active GARS license, will receive a discount.

beta out? How is it looking so far? :)

Any news?

Sure wish you would let us know how things are developing?

Any update?

Never got your PM reference to the email...

PM'd :)

How's this going, still looking for testers or are you already testing? If so how are the tests going?

I think you can assume the 'development' was fluff.

pretty disappointing from the zero response here. Hard to get inspired to even invest but I'm hopeful. I see on the GARR site they do have a download for testers there. Its of no interest to me to test something on a production site so I'm just hopeful this is actually in development and the coders are inspired enough to share whether its fluff or happening? Come-on guys?

There is another developer doing one, which I like called Product Review. Its simple but all I need. Once they get it using the vb4 editor, I'm in.

The GARS test download is not working and no one has got it to work. Its a dead end.

The product review forums shows promise. Especially if you have a low number of review forums. If you have a large number of review forums, then this can cause your site to slow down, due to vbulletins limit in forums. Having more than 500-1000 forums will cause performance issues.

I have been pretty occupied with other software development projects for my site and with the migration of my site from server to cluster and many issues flowing from that.

I still need this to be developed.

bummer...

What do you mean 500 - 1000 forums? You mean threads? or actual forums?

Actual subforums/forums. The reason that I mention this is that with GARS and now Product Review Forums, review categories are forums. So if you have hundreds of review categories or if you already have a lot of forums, then this approach can cause performance issues.

off-topic: Where exactly will those vbulletin forum speedbumps show up? We have 1028 forums/subforums on our site and i wouldn't ever have thought we might run into a hidden performance issue there.

The vbulletin support staff on vb.com have frequently stated that such large amounts of forum will cause performance issues, extreme server load and general forum slow down.

This is a database design limitation carried over from vb3. Once you get that many forums you start running into problems, particularly with forumjump, search and managing that many forums in the Admin CP/ forum manager.

The exact limit depends upon your server setup. A high end cluster will only hit performance issues at 1500 forums, while a low end server will hit problems somewhere below 1000 forums.

You can solve part of it by using Varnish & Sphynx.

First I want to thank all those who participated in the first phase of testing.
We are making great progress in which incorporated new features requested by testers.

Surely by mid-month, a public beta version will be launched.

I'm sorry I havn't been able to help test the beta or be involved I have been busy keeping life support on my site.

Has anyone looked at 360directories.com's CMS system I am seriously considering the investment I am tired of waiting and I am ready to shell out what it takes for a real deal CMS.

Thanks for the link, looking now.

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appears nothing to do with vbulletin though... so, not interested.

This weekend, I'll release my own Review system for vBulletin. I want to believe that it covers 75% of the needs for a Review system. Don't expect a killer application, but a stable addon to work with. Stay tuned on Sunday at http://www.christeris.com. Price should be $75 with 100% visible source code. Brand Free $35.

Chris

Chris,

right on!!!!! Marys Classifieds is great so this should be great. Count me in.

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Chris,

Will vbulletin editor work for adding content?

And here are 2 screenshots from the most important sections:

1. Categories
2. Usergroup permissions

As you can see has the most of the wanted features. eg Per Category you can setup different group permissions for posting, different rating questions, different extra fields etc. Also in usergroup permissions, nothing is missing. See the screenshoots carefully.

As most of you already wrote, vBulletin lacks in performance in big boards (lots of forums). Even if I've added the feature to have a discussion forum, I'm giving you 3 ways to eliminate the total number of forums:

1. You can set some (not so important) categories, to not have forum. They'll have reviews, but not native vB Forums.
2. You can set which usergroup can has Forums and which not.
3. Even usergroups which have permission for threads, the author can decide per post (article/review) if he was a thread or not.

Thank you
Chris

Sure. Just like in Classifieds.

Chris

Are there any pictures from forumhome?

I'm not using Forum style AddOns. Each addon has its own main page. If you mean this page, sorry but I don't like to publish it right now.

Chris

Is(will be) there any demo for your system ChrisTERiS?

Currently I'm working on finishing the usercp. Most probably tomorrow you'll see the fronpage at:
http://www.christeris.net
Now it has the classifieds frontpage if you click on Reviews.

Chris

After suggestions from others, I have further updated the functionality needs.