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 Killhunter

Is there any option to change a rating?

As an admin you can edit a review comments although tampering with something beyond content moderation is a big no-no.

Is there any option to correct the "stats" shown in postbit (they are wrong because of tests, i finally deleted the test reviews)?

You can reset the reviews on a product through the database. There is no resync script to do it for you.

When will you fix this bug, that you cant edit products which arent at the first page, because you cant change the page?

This was fixed months ago.

[sadiq6210]

Demo?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by sadiq6210

Demo?

Screenshots are in the first post. I don't host a demo site but you can find example urls from other members -- just remember they're live installs.

[Ted S]

vB 4.2 update: Reviews have been tested with no issues. We'll be doing a small feature update on the mod this week and will work through the rest of the features at that time.

[Killhunter]

Originally Posted by Ted S

This was fixed months ago.

Not really... it doesn?t work for me (vBulletin 4.0.3).

[jaderollie]

Ill be adding this to my magic forum, as it will be ideal on helping magicians review effects, or tricks to buy

[Athena1984]

Originally Posted by Ted S

You'd have to add a field to the database table to house the thumbnail url, then an admin script change to manage it and of course pull it back out from the front-end however you see fit.

It's more than basic styling but short of full blown coding.

Ok, I've been looking over this comment for a few days trying to figure out what you're talking about but, I'm completely lost. Can you explain step by step how to do this?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Athena1984

Ok, I've been looking over this comment for a few days trying to figure out what you're talking about but, I'm completely lost. Can you explain step by step how to do this?

Sorry, teaching someone to code is simply not practical. There are however many websites that you can learn from.

If you want to extend a mod beyond it's scope you have three feasible options:

1. Hope the mod author adds the change into the main version
2. Hire someone to make the change (see the paid services forum)
3. Learn enough about code to make the change yourself

[Athena1984]

Ok, thanks anyway.

[Killhunter]

If a user has not wrote any review there should be no link in the stats.

When will you fix this bug, that you cant edit products which arent at the first page, because you cant change the page?