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.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by gfran5

Am i able to have this without it being displayed on forumhome? Want it just to be accessed through the nav bar...

There's nothing that it shows in forumhome other than forums.

[Athena1984]

Hello,

I've made a new tab for the product reviews and would like to know if it's possible to keep the "Reviews" tab selected when viewing the product thread. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[tomshawk]

If I wanted to change the name from Products to something else, for the name of the file as well as everywhere in the pages, say I want to change it to book or books.

So for example productforums.php just becomes books.php
On that page where it says Products and Reviews, it becomes books and reviews. ETC
What would be the easiest way to do that?

Thanks in advance for any help

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by tomshawk

If I wanted to change the name from Products to something else, for the name of the file as well as everywhere in the pages, say I want to change it to book or books.

So for example productforums.php just becomes books.php
On that page where it says Products and Reviews, it becomes books and reviews. ETC
What would be the easiest way to do that?

Thanks in advance for any help

Rename the file.

Search template manager and phrase manager for all current names and do the same in actual script just in case!

[tagline]

Hi guys,

I've installed this product but is not what I'm searching for. I've tried to unistall but there is no way to remove Product Review Settings and Product Review Items tab's from ACP. How to do that? Thank's

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by tagline

Hi guys,

I've installed this product but is not what I'm searching for. I've tried to unistall but there is no way to remove Product Review Settings and Product Review Items tab's from ACP. How to do that? Thank's

Delete all the files you uploaded including those in the includes/ folder.

[tagline]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Delete all the files you uploaded including those in the includes/ folder.

Thank's :up:

[DreadsUK]

Hi, i've moved our forum to a different domain and the images for all the products have been lost. Can anyone tell me where i can change the domain name for the plugin to direct back all the images.

Thanks

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by DreadsUK

Hi, i've moved our forum to a different domain and the images for all the products have been lost. Can anyone tell me where i can change the domain name for the plugin to direct back all the images.

Thanks

The addon uses relative paths and assumes everything is hosted on the same domain as most forums are. You'll need to resync images / update the databsse if you moved the structure around.

[tomshawk]

I'm curious, in the 3rd pic on the OP. The list of products?

How easy would it be to modify this.

I'd like to see
my books image
the name
the rating
the price,
and a link to the description page
but in 3 or 4 columns across

I think it would take up less space and make room for more products on a page.