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.

[miket1234]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Change to a new folder. Set the permissions. Check if the images are created in it and, if so, that they load.

Can you help me in other way by telling me what i need to have installed and which versions, like php 5, egg
Maybe i dont use the correct library/version or something

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by miket1234

Can you help me in other way by telling me what i need to have installed and which versions, like php 5, egg
Maybe i dont use the correct library/version or something

PHP5 with GD should do it.

[miket1234]

It was because I was using URLs for the pics. If i upload the imagines from the computer the sync runs perfectly.
I start to adapt your addon for my needs, making him from products manager to Recipes manager.
Here is my status:
all recipes: http://talkpoint.ro/productforums.php?langid=7
an individual recipe: http://talkpoint.ro/retete-din-bucat...1212/?langid=7

If you are kind, can you help me with 2 more things?

1. Its SEO problem. When I search on Google a recipe from my site, the return look like this:

Subiect: Tort de 1 Aprilie - Talk Point Forum
talkpoint.ro/retete-186/tort-de-1-aprilie-1221/ - Translate this page
Informatii despre reteta... Vizualizeaza mai multe detalii.

which is the equivalent with returning this:
Varname $vbphrase[productforums_emptyproduct]
Text Product information... View for more details

I want to return that variable with short description. Where I can do this modification? and which is the name of that variable.

2. When I create a new recipe I want to slip in 2 the Full Descrition block: 1 area where i put the Ingredients and 1 where i explain how to prepare it. Which are the files/templates that I have to modify.

Thanks in advance!

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by miket1234

1. Its SEO problem. When I search on Google a recipe from my site, the return look like this:

I'm not understanding what you hope to change?

Originally Posted by miket1234

2. When I create a new recipe I want to slip in 2 the Full Descrition block: 1 area where i put the Ingredients and 1 where i explain how to prepare it. Which are the files/templates that I have to modify.

prodforums_product_details holds the product details for user display

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by ScratchMang

Can this MOD handle more then one area for Reviews, and can it handle more then one Admin of the Reviews.

I have multiple vendors who use my forums, and I would like to be able to setup a "Product Review' area for each of them to maintain and Admin. As well as having a Global "Open" review area for forum members to use for things which the vendors do not supply. (If any of that makes sense)

So Vendor "A" has his own Product review area, where he can list his "Stuff" and allow (Or not) people to give him feedback on said Item.

Same would go for Vendor "B" and his area would not interfere or display anything for Vendor "A" (And visa versa)

Add to this an "Open" area for members to add stuff to if they so choose.

So when a Member comes into the forums, they can look at everything that Vendor "A" has to offer (And nothing from Vendor "B" etc..) and read people opinions on Vendor "A"'s stuff only.

Scratch

The mod will work across an unlimited number of forums each of which can have any standard forum settings you like although the product / review elements will be constant (i.e. all custom fields show up on all reviews).

Where things get tricky is in adding products when you want selectivity.

I'd suggest you add all of the "authorized" people to a custom usergroup and grant just that group access to add items with a hidden "pending products" forum for them to go to (user generated products all go to one forum). As you approve them you can move them to the right vendor area.

Make sense?

[Burnt]

Okay I tried looking at code which looks quite foreign to me to figure out what I want to do. Where would I begin to look at for the price to be a drop down box that shows $, $$, $$$, $$$$ for the min and max? I'm trying to do a bar reviewing site

Thanks!

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Burnt

Okay I tried looking at code which looks quite foreign to me to figure out what I want to do. Where would I begin to look at for the price to be a drop down box that shows $, $$, $$$, $$$$ for the min and max? I'm trying to do a bar reviewing site

Thanks!

Do you want price in the products or reviews?

[Burnt]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Do you want price in the products or reviews?

Where I have circled I'd like it to be drop down menu's just like the 1-5 star ratings is so people can easily select $, $$,$$$, $$$$. Well thats the ultimate goal atm.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Burnt

Where I have circled I'd like it to be drop down menu's just like the 1-5 star ratings is so people can easily select $, $$,$$$, $$$$. Well thats the ultimate goal atm.

$ is not a value that searches particularly well so you'd essentially have to do a few things...

1. Create a ranking system where $ = 1, $$ = 2, $$$ = 3, etc.

2. Modify all instances of the add product page (admin in php and user side in templates) to use these values with the associated names

3. Modify the search page to show the same dropdown (template) and then search on it rather than ranges (php)

It's not crazy code but it certainly takes some tweaking.

[setishock]

Just reopend my computer forum and this is going to make mine different from the rest. I'm gonna nab this and play on my test forum first. I'm on 4.1.2 pl8 so hopefully it works right.
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