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Originally Posted by jshallo

Hi, Just installed this on 4.1.3 and I got as far as adding products and it creates a product page (new thread) and one empty post under it. However, When I attempt to add the first review its taking me to a white screen at http://www.yoursite.com/forums/productforums.php

White pages are a pain to diagnose but we'll figure it out...

Is the blank poage showing up when you click write a review or when you go to submit it? Does the url structure look correct to your forum?

I like what you have here but, find myself wanting to customize some things for my type of reviews (cruise ship reviews). So maybe we can work on this together and tailor it to my needs and I'll list it as a live demo. My concern with editing too much now is that it would be too hard to upgrade this later on once its been modified too much now.

The mod is built using the vBulletin plugin system's flexibility so even if you customize the heck out of the templates, you can update the base code. When I release template changes they are documented so you can make any you want easily.

If you want to get really extensive I'd suggest waiting until after the "beta" ends as the release cycle is a little high pace right now.

1. Review submission box was small for a ship review and lacked the full editor that would allow users to include photos, videos, etc like a forum post. So I would like a (advanced editor option (on or off) per product option. The advanced would have the advanced forum editor box.

I'll have to see how the advanced editor works for inline vs attachment images. The attachment system is not flexible and while I realize this doesn't concern you much, I'd like to avoid trying doing anything that requires direct uploads for a bit.

Otherwise I hear you loud & clear and can add in the WYSIWYG editor easily enough.

2. Products one thing about ship reviews is the (product) would have a parent category (the cruise line) and then the ships within the line. (ie Royal Caribbean) and then all the ships (Oasis of the Seas, Allure of the Seas, Navigator of the Seas).. etc.

So you'd need a 3 category tree but more likely an infinite category tree...

Now the big point: Since reviews show up in forums you would either have to create a structure with forums or put them all into one area and then highly promote the search tool to find them by category [i.e. a pretty page with all the sorting options]. Does that sound right?

3. Price - You have price as mandatory and I'm not selling a product, just displaying the review. So this would need to be an option (on or off) in the product settings?

Easy enough.

4. Some added options? Launch Date (Inaugural), Link to Deck Plans, Link to Cruise Line, Discussion Forum Link, Related Videos Link.

I'm looking into ways to let you add your own fields as it's obviously not logical to have a database of hundreds of options for every type of product. Great idea of course!