Major Additions - Product Review Forums ? Research, Review & Compare Items

Version 1.4.0 has been released to remove the giftery / list it integration of the addon now that service has been discontinued. No upgrade is needed though there have been a few other bug changes since 1.3.5.

Finding Feedback Can be Like a Needle in a Haystack

The more your forum grows, the more of a challenge it becomes to sort through the history and get the full story.

Product Review Forums Brings Structure to the Chaos

As a full-featured product management addon, PRF sits on top of your forum allowing you to create defined products which, unlike individual posts, stay relevant over time. Each comment, review and even product updates filter back into this one spot allowing for a quick and comprehensive overview while the individual discussions rage on as always.

Here's just a few of the many features you'll find in PRF:

• Bring structure to products with established pages & reviews
• Reduce the number of repetitive posts from members looking up the same info
• Increase your traffic with content-rich, seo friendly, product listings
• Drive revenue by adding your own affiliate links to product listings
• Increase the activity stream's value with review integration
  
• Engage visitors with integrated wishlists from Giftery.me

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Installation is not upload & go... individualized settings are required. Read the install file.

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Enabling Product Forums: To show product details and ratings, each product-forum must be enabled in the forum manager.

Adding Products: You may upload products one at a time through the admin [includes an image uploader using GD] or you can bulk import through XML. You can also enable users to add moderated products through a global and usergroup option.

Product Review Index: To access your forum's product overview go to www.yoursite.com/productforums.php - You may want to add a link to this to your navbar or as a tab.

Customization: This addon is made to be customized. To change the color schema see clientscript/vbulletin_css or dive right on in to the templates and phrases.

Powered by Giftery.me: This mod is maintained includes two integrations you should know about. Both can be controlled through the mod options.

[Morrus]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Yes. Have to figure out what's causing the editor not to work as that does seem to be where the issue lies.

Ah. Well, with that file the page won't load at all - blank white page.

[markoroots]

Hi Ted,
I'm trying the plugin on a 4.2.2 but each time I try to add an item from the acp
The first field of the page is "Forum" if I click on it is empty and let me go back to add the empty fields

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by markoroots

Hi Ted,
I'm trying the plugin on a 4.2.2 but each time I try to add an item from the acp
The first field of the page is "Forum" if I click on it is empty and let me go back to add the empty fields

So there's no forums listed in the dropdown?

[Haywire0311]

Ted, I've been trying to play around with the code for a few days now to figure out a way to either create a wishlist per user (user click on 'Want' and it adds it to a Want Profile tab) or allows them to favorite a product (similar to wishlist idea). Anything like that coming down the pipe because my coding skills are very basic at the moment.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Haywire0311

Ted, I've been trying to play around with the code for a few days now to figure out a way to either create a wishlist per user (user click on 'Want' and it adds it to a Want Profile tab) or allows them to favorite a product (similar to wishlist idea). Anything like that coming down the pipe because my coding skills are very basic at the moment.

Not planned, certainly nothing crazy to build yourself. You can use the productid field already in the mod to link everything together and just work on an adding / deleting routine and a viewing / purchasing one.

[Haywire0311]

Ted - got another question for you.

I'm trying to import a large amount of products into the review system. When I tested the file that was provided as a sample, it worked like a charm. I then decided to create a new one with about 50 different products in it. I pulled the data from a site, exported into a csv and then converted into XML. When I go to import those 50 new products, I get two issues -

1. If any of the text fields have an apostrophe in them, it breaks the import an generates a SQL error.

2. After loading about 2-3 products, it starts to import the next one but then just stops.

I've attached the XML for you to look at. At this point though, I'm stumped as to what is going wrong.

[Ted S]

Are you importing images along with the product data?

[Haywire0311]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Are you importing images along with the product data?

Nope, not at all.

[Ted S]

What's the error on #1 and do you get any feedback at all on #2 (how far does it get if not)?

[Haywire0311]

Originally Posted by Ted S

What's the error on #1 and do you get any feedback at all on #2 (how far does it get if not)?

When I import the XML file I create, it usually creates the first and somestime the second product but by the time it gets to the third, I get the message before it just stops:

post on line 1840 in /home/swtfyw/public_html/dbtech/vbactivity/includes/class_core.php
#0 /home/swtfyw/public_html/dbtech/vbactivity/includes/class_core.php(1911): VBACTIVITY::check_feature('achievement', '5', Array)
#1 /home/swtfyw/public_html/dbtech/vbactivity/hooks/threadfpdata_postsave.php(52): VBACTIVITY::check_feature_by_typenames('achievemen t', Array, Array)
#2 /home/swtfyw/public_html/includes/class_dm_threadpost.php(1955) : eval()'d code(1): require('/home/swtfyw/pu...')
#3 /home/swtfyw/public_html/includes/class_dm_threadpost.php(1955): eval()
#4 /home/swtfyw/public_html/includes/class_dm_threadpost.php(1785): vB_DataManager_Thread_FirstPost->post_save_each(true)
#5 /home/swtfyw/public_html/includes/functions_newpost.php(697): vB_DataManager_Thread_FirstPost->save()
#6 /home/swtfyw/public_html/admincp/productforums.php(1701): build_new_post('thread', Array, Array, Array, Array, Array)
#7 {main}

Edit: Ok, just tried disabling vBActivity and then importing and it now works.

However, a new issue I noticed is that for every word in the product title that has a letter 'd' in it, it automatically adds a j after the d. For instance, armageddon becomes armagedjdjon. I double checked the XML file to make sure the words were not spelled in correctly and the issue definitely does not lie there.

Edit #2: After looking at the j issue some more, it really gets bizarre. The thread is created without the letter j in it but the product title has the j in it. See attached.