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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QUICK TIPS:
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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.

[Naijasite]

I have installed the product but this the message that appear on http://www.naijafinder.com/productforums.php


NaijaFinder Message
The administrator of this site must disable the vBulletin option "Add Template Name in HTML Comments", a debugging feature, to use this mod. Unless of course they want debugging comments in the reviews.

Please how do i resolve this to enable the page to show?

[Kirk Fitzgerald]

Originally Posted by felixkomo

I have installed the product but this the message that appear on http://www.naijafinder.com/productforums.php


NaijaFinder Message
The administrator of this site must disable the vBulletin option "Add Template Name in HTML Comments", a debugging feature, to use this mod. Unless of course they want debugging comments in the reviews.

Please how do i resolve this to enable the page to show?

Go to: admincp/settings/options/general settings

Look for Add Template Name in HTML Comments click the NO option then scroll down and save

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by felixkomo

I have installed the product but this the message that appear on http://www.naijafinder.com/productforums.php


NaijaFinder Message
The administrator of this site must disable the vBulletin option "Add Template Name in HTML Comments", a debugging feature, to use this mod. Unless of course they want debugging comments in the reviews.

Please how do i resolve this to enable the page to show?

Like the message says, you disable the vBulletin setting...

[Naijasite]

How do i add review. I have done every setting but this is what am see http://www.naijafinder.com/productforums.php

NaijaFinder Message
No product reviews matches your search. Try broadening your criteria or selecting another category.

How do i add review please?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by felixkomo

How do i add review. I have done every setting but this is what am see http://www.naijafinder.com/productforums.php

NaijaFinder Message
No product reviews matches your search. Try broadening your criteria or selecting another category.

How do i add review please?

You need to add products for products to show up...

That's done through the Product Forums area in your Admin CP or, if enabled, from the user side's via productforums.php?do=addproduct

[Ted S]

One more sneak peak... This one looks unassuming but it adds up. We're talking about the activity bit... every time someone writes a review we'll add one making it easy for reviews to get social.

And to answer your question: Yes, we've removed new products and review threads from the activity stream. No more "empty post" bits!

p.s. ... It's almost beta time... Are you ready?

[Ted S]

Big news PRF users...

Version 1.3.0 beta has been released marking a major update to the Product Review Forums system. Lots has been changed but before we get into that here's what you should know...

This update is currently in beta. Why? Because it's a major change and while it's running live on a few sites caution is always best. Have a look, play around, but please don't just install it into production.

So what's new?

Lots done, and yes, more to come...

• Customizable rating options... yes/no, 5-star and text freeform
• Product images. You upload, we resize [gd required]
• Thumbnails all over... the product index, even forum display
• Activity Stream updates when a review is posted
• Improvements to product management for speedier changes
• Automatic add product links for the user
• Cleaned up product adding interfaces
• Lots of small tweaks, bug fixes and other changes

Upgrading: Upload all of the files in the upload folder. Install the new plugin. Check your settings [image options especially].

For those of you who customized 1.2.4 template edits are too extensive to list but almost all cosmetic so use a merge tool. CSS changes are marked. Images added too but not overwritten.

Install Guide: If you're new to PRF be sure to read our install guide.

View the complete change log

[imported_dfmafia]

installed on Version vB 4.2.0 PL 2

Testing, Thanks!!

----EDIT----

install page says:

Step 8: Product Review Forums can resize images for you with two additional settings [GD is required]:

Image Upload Path: The absolute path images should be posted too [i.e. /var/www/home/forum/productimages chmod 0777]

but in the admincp the option says:

Image Upload Path
To use image uploading set the full path to a folder for product images to be saved too. CHMOD to 0755.

----EDIT----

all upgraded and working great. Thanks agian!!

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by imported_df+++++

installed on Version vB 4.2.0 PL 2

Testing, Thanks!!

Awesome... Let us know how it goes!

[imported_dfmafia]

added product, moderated it just fine. but when I tried to add a review I received the following error message when I submit the review:

Oh great, you had to go and press THAT button. There goes the whole site. Just kidding...

We had an issue posting your review, please try again or contact support and use code 164251-B.