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 The Ottoman

The update worked great! Thanks.

Thanks for the css hints as well.

No problem!

[bigtree]

I updated it today but seems the same, no editor. Am I missing something?

[bigtree]

When adding a new product, its still appears to be painfully tedious. Is there a way to use the editor instead of doing it all in the control panel?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by bigtree

I updated it today but seems the same, no editor. Am I missing something?

Nope. The editor is for writing reviews.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by bigtree

When adding a new product, its still appears to be painfully tedious. Is there a way to use the editor instead of doing it all in the control panel?

It doesn't matter if you have a fancy editor or plain text, adding product after product will be tedious regardless. Import products at once with a single XML feed.

[bigtree]

Bummer, then it is still of no use to me.

Creating a product for review the way you have it now is so slow. It takes forever to add information compared to being able to copy/paste. You have to put all the html in!

Having to write in all that html when a simple paste would get it done would make your product right on.

[bigtree]

If I want to copy product info off the manufacturers website, how does an XML file work?

[bigtree]

As an example: If I wanted to copy product info off this site, how would you do this?:

http://www.rolandus.com/products/pro...94&ParentId=19

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by bigtree

Bummer, then it is still of no use to me.

Creating a product for review the way you have it now is so slow. It takes forever to add information compared to being able to copy/paste. You have to put all the html in!

Having to write in all that html when a simple paste would get it done would make your product right on.

When you develop a mod you know that while you can make it work for many, it's not going to be for everyone. Best of luck to you!

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by bigtree

As an example: If I wanted to copy product info off this site, how would you do this?:

http://www.rolandus.com/products/pro...94&ParentId=19

I'd get a feed from the manufacturer and adjust the XML format to match what the mod needs [or tell the author if something was missing]. This way when a product is changed or added I wouldn't have to worry about missing it, or go to the hassle of adding copy & pasting hundreds of products one at a time.