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.

[Mr_Running]

Originally Posted by bigtree

better all the time!

This is showing up on the review
<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: prodforums_review_postcontent -->
review content
<!-- END TEMPLATE: prodforums_review_postcontent -->

Reported on
07 Sep 2011 - Post #18 earlier version

I have this product disable as it will not uninstall

I like the concept of the product but it's a true beta.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by bigtree

This is very cool. I've installed and its working great but I have one problem. I am using vbseo which must be effecting why I cannot access the productforums.php page.

What error do you get? What does your .htaccess file look like?

Is it possible to import a forum page? or better yet, export the review into the thread? Either way would be a great bonus here because I have hundreds of threads that could be turned into reviews.

I'm sure it could be done but it would require a manual process to bring the necessary structure [product id, rating score] to the item.

Something like:

INSERT into pf_review SET
productid = XXX,
threadid = XXX,
userid = XXX,
rating = XXX,
createddate = NOW(),
approved = 1;

Then run the resync query by approving a reviews on the product or a little script

Much faster than trying to rewrite them all but still manual.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Mr_Running

I have this product disable as it will not uninstall

You will need to be more specific.... "it will not" or "it does not" is not something I can solve.

As for your issue; as I said to post #18. The code is not being output by this modification and is a result of a setting on your forum.

I like the concept of the product but it's a true beta.

Hence why it's labeled beta...

[bigtree]

Originally Posted by bigtree View Post

This is very cool. I've installed and its working great but I have one problem. I am using vbseo which must be effecting why I cannot access the productforums.php page.

What error do you get? What does your .htaccess file look like?

Its all working but I have, I forgot to load the productforums.php to the root.

[bigtree]

Originally Posted by bigtree

better all the time!

This is showing up on the review
<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: prodforums_review_postcontent -->
review content
<!-- END TEMPLATE: prodforums_review_postcontent -->

Why am I getting this?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by bigtree

This is showing up on the review
<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: prodforums_review_postcontent -->
review content
<!-- END TEMPLATE: prodforums_review_postcontent -->

This code is not generated by this modification and is not a bug [for the other user who reported it as such]. Rather it is a setting collision.

The code sppears to be debugging either from vBulletin setting [see below] but can also come from other modification. As a result you are getting comments printed out that would be hidden in HTML but are being translated into a post here.

Step 1: Disable Add Template Name in HTML Comments which is under "General Settings"

Step 2: If that does not resolve it, disable mods on your test board until you find which one is adding it.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by bigtree

Its all working but I have, I forgot to load the productforums.php to the root.

Great!

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by bigtree

Why am I getting this?

Slow down there... I know you're eager to get your site looking perfect and test out new mods but it does take time to review comments and see what's going on when you consider the near infinite number of setting and mod customization combinations.

One post with an issue is all you need.

[bigtree]

As you can see, I'm pretty excited about this.

Can the Admin copy past HTML. Being able to add tables would be pretty sweet.

[bigtree]

Okay sorry, I'm tossing a pile on you and thinking you will take this all as stuff to consider over time. Just brain storming with you.