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 bada_bing

This mod does not seem to work for me and no response from the developer, is this safe to say its time to uninstall

Best of luck with your site.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Mr_Running

I posted a few concerns and I am stuck on version 1.0.1 Beta as I can not able to upgrade or unistall this product. Therefore I have this version disabled.

I have a question: If you have a mod that will not unistall is there a workaround?

Please ignore, I have replied to the detailed error.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Robbob

Anytime I go to Add New Product I get that error and nothing happens.

Enabled in Forum
Usergroup permission granted

Ive read through the all the postings looking for the answer but doesnt seem anyone has had this problem.

Any ideas?

This means the script is unable to get information on the forum you are posting too. Be sure the forum is valid, and accepts posts [is not a category].

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Mr_Running

Version 1.0.1 beta ...I am stuck!

Yes I did disable the plugins by the config file and then tried to uninstall

I click Yes to Confirm deletion then get the error

Invalid SQL:
DROP TABLE `pf_product`;

MySQL Error   : Unknown table 'pf_product'
Error Number  : 1051

Your uninstall must have been canceled part way through. You can either edit the xml file or create a blank table

CREATE table pf_product (
categoryid INT(5)
);

Then uninstall it

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Domiav

I'm having a problem; when i try to add a products with an user i will obtain this error:
"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 164253."
forum setting have enabled "product review" in ACP
user group is allowed aswell to add product in that forum

i've also updated to the last version 1.2.2 without resolving it.
Any ideas on how fix it?

Are you still having this issue?

If so the error means the script was unable to get information on the forum the post is being made too. Be sure "New Product Forum ID" is set and is a forum that allows posts [i.e. not a category].

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by SLY LS1

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Thanks! :up:

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Goatpod

Hi Ted, thanks again for the updates. I've still got a problem with this bit; the Next Page button shows at the bottom of the first 25 but when clicked it takes me back to the Manage Product Review Forums page instead of the next 25!

Cheers

I'll take another look.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by SLY LS1

Sorry it is a 0

It shows up in the ACP, also on the add product in the ACP, and also on the add product in the productforums.php page

On the product cat tab on the ACP the catagories titles show blank as well
I have added 5 categories
Also it wont let me delete any of the categories

Can you check what's actually in your database by running the following queries:

SELECT * from pf_category;

EXPLAIN pf_category;

Thanks!

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by The Ottoman

Just a thought.

Makes sense.

I'll add it to the suggestion / todo list. :up:

[Ted S]

Hey PF users, it sounds like we've got two issues impacting a few -- but not all -- installs. To get these nailed down please reply back if you have either problem:

1. Issues with categories not deleting / not having names.

Please run the queries:

SELECT * from pf_category;

EXPLAIN pf_category;

2. The editor rejecting reviews for being too short even when they are not.

Please state what vB version you have, if the simple editor appears when you go to post a review and what your WYISWYG admincp setting [off, full, short, etc].