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.

[sacobra]

Is there a HOW TO guide showing setting up a sample product?

I installed this, created a new forum & created a product & assigned it to the new forum.

I don't see any of the 3 screen shots that you have provided!!

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by sacobra

Is there a HOW TO guide showing setting up a sample product?

I installed this, created a new forum & created a product & assigned it to the new forum.

I don't see any of the 3 screen shots that you have provided!!

Did you enable the mod in that forum?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by simonhind

when creating the product after viewing the post of the product it shows

This is an empty post

as the content

why does it not show the full description ?

Did you enable the mod in the forum you are looking at?

[Larsveld]

Go into the forum you are posting the reviews:

ACP > Forums & MOderators > Forum Manager > Edit the forum

Find the option "Enable Product Review Forum Features?" and enable it.

[Larsveld]

How do i get it to look like this:



I don't want every forum, just the one with the reviews in to look like above.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Larsveld

I don't want every forum, just the one with the reviews in to look like above.

That's not a forum view, it's the productforums.php index

Forums continue to look how they always looked although if you follow the install guide it explains how to modify the column rows to reflect ratings in addition to the normal data.

[Larsveld]

Ah, I think I get it.

I redirect that forum to http://www.xxxxxxxx.com/forum/productforums.php


That gives me the display but no products are cilckable.

Getting there!!

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Larsveld

Ah, I think I get it.

I redirect that forum to http://www.xxxxxxxx.com/forum/productforums.php

No, your forum remain a working forum but you enable the option for the mod in the forum settings as explained in the install file and main thread for the mod. Products and reviews will get posted as specially formatted threads / posts. If you want people to be able to search products, you add a link to the overview page [productforums.php] wherever you want.

Originally Posted by Larsveld

That gives me the display but no products are cilckable.

What doesn't give you clickable links?

[Larsveld]

I'd redirected the forum to the reviews page, managed to get it sorted now.

Works a treat.

Only small issue is that I didn't have the black stars png's in the download. (i just renamed the green ones to black).

Thanks.

lars

[TheSupportForum]

Originally Posted by Larsveld

Go into the forum you are posting the reviews:

ACP > Forums & MOderators > Forum Manager > Edit the forum

Find the option "Enable Product Review Forum Features?" and enable it.

thank you Larsveld, that sorted it, should of realised that option
but install instructions didnt mention this part