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 abieteh.com

Ted can you help me to register {vb:raw product.description} in showthread template ? And in next step can i do something to put just 20 second words for example?

Its very critically issue for me ( seo issue ) .

The variable is already exposed to the template so your first step is to test if the header can use it. If not find where it's being called up in the xml file and where it needs to be assigned to be accessible in the area you want [i.e. a plugin hook] and add it to the array.

I know this is a very simplified answer but without literally building the code which we will do in the next feature release that's how you'd go about it.

[abieteh.com]

I trying to use it in meta description but it shows blank .

Can you give me next release date?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by abieteh.com

I trying to use it in meta description but it shows blank .

Then it's not globally accessible to the template and will require some hacking to get out there.

Can you give me next release date?

We don't set release for community mods. Bug fixes are addressed ASAP and new features as there's enough to make for a useful release and avoid back to back changes for other users. The last feature update was earlier this month so probably a few weeks...

[Killhunter]

Where can i translate this text: Your review comments must be at least

cant find it in phrases?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Killhunter

Where can i translate this text: Your review comments must be at least

cant find it in phrases?

It's hard coded in productforums.php

[astdirect]

Hi ~Ted,

Whats he upgrade procedure ? Just a straight overwrite of everything ?

Also, any chance you could add a way thta reviews can be "promoted to article" for the suite ?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by astdirect

Whats he upgrade procedure ? Just a straight overwrite of everything ?

Depends on what upgrade your doing -- if it's a minor chance we post it into the forum -- but when in doubt yes, upload all the files again and then install the xml plugin with the "allow overwrite" option.

Also, any chance you could add a way thta reviews can be "promoted to article" for the suite ?

Not sure what you mean? How would this differ from a normal thread -> article?

[Killhunter]

Originally Posted by Ted S

It's hard coded in productforums.php

You should fix that

[Killhunter]

Originally Posted by Ted S

1. Would take the time to setup a facebook app?

2. Would you let user's reviews post their timeline [with their express permission]?

3. Does your forum use facebook connect options?

4. If so, how many users do you know / estimate are connected?

Example of how timeline posts show up in the ticker are attached

1. no
2. no
3. no

[abieteh.com]

Ted ! we want to extend the characters of product name so that when we type a long name for a product , it does not Trim them !