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 PattiOz

No luck yet Kirk. Same error. It's a fresh VB 4.2 install, no other mods, just been skinning the template.

Given the number of people using the mod I think it's safe to assume we should be starting with your download process, server and edits before jumping into the code its self...

What happens if you uninstall the mod completely, remove the files and recreate it without any edits? What version of php do you have?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by PattiOz

$templater = vB_Template::create('threadbit');

Replace with:

if($foruminfo['productforumsbits']){
$thread['pf_rating'] = vb_number_format($thread['pf_rating'],1);
$templater = vB_Template::create('prodforums_threadbit');
} else {
$templater = vB_Template::create('threadbit');
}

This refers to forums/productforums.php and has no bearing on the admin files.

[PattiOz]

I am using XAMPP on localhost: PHP (5.3.1)

Attempting to remove all files and reinstall now

OK just removed everything, reinstalled a new download, same error.

Core settings and Style settings work fine.

Here is the code as it looks in Notepad++

<?
}

print_cp_footer();

/*================================================= =====================*\
|| ################################################## ##################
|| Ta Da!
|| ################################################## ##################
\*================================================ ======================*/
?>

[nibb]

This addon is very nice but sadly I think it has a bug. I can only post a review as admin. As users I always get the error about the Minimum Review Length, I changed this setting multiple time and regardless of what you type in the review it will always complain it does not have the minimum characters. As admin I did not had any troubles posting a review.

[deverill2010]

Originally Posted by nibb

This addon is very nice but sadly I think it has a bug. I can only post a review as admin. As users I always get the error about the Minimum Review Length, I changed this setting multiple time and regardless of what you type in the review it will always complain it does not have the minimum characters. As admin I did not had any troubles posting a review.

This is the trouble I had.

[nibb]

Originally Posted by deverill2010

This is the trouble I had.

Had or still have?

Because I read your messages about it and it does not talk about any solution to it. My guess is you still have this issue correct? If not, then could you post what is the problem to this?

[deverill2010]

I ended up uninstalling the mod, I would however like a solution as I'd like to reinstall and get this working.

[MySaltyreef]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Very politely said given the context



Reviews are written through product listings and always by the user. In fact if you looked at the mod you'd see that there's no way for an admin to write one without going into the user interface themselves... The admin only lets you make products.

okay so its me then not understanding, i have the hack installed and appears to be working, so i create the product and a member reviews it ? i don't sell off my forum but if a member buys something cool and wants to show it off as well as do a review on it then this hack would work for me if admin didn't have to create anything if the member could upload his pic with a few things to fill out and select a category set out by admin and so forth, what i was asking is if you are working on extending the hack or keeping it as it is

[Kirk Fitzgerald]

Originally Posted by PattiOz

I am using XAMPP on localhost: PHP (5.3.1)

Attempting to remove all files and reinstall now

OK just removed everything, reinstalled a new download, same error.

Core settings and Style settings work fine.

Here is the code as it looks in Notepad++

<?
}

print_cp_footer();

/*================================================= =====================*\
|| ################################################## ##################
|| Ta Da!
|| ################################################## ##################
\*================================================ ======================*/
?>

That file should be 57kb with 1397 line of code in it, are you using a download accelerator, these very often mess files up, if not trying switching browser just for the download, something is going really wrong during download for you.

[deverill2010]

Woo I've reinstalled this after my troubles last time, have created a product and have managed to leave a review!

The only thing is I don't see the 'star' images anywhere, where are they meant to show up too?