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]

Alright Product Review Forum Users...

Here's the beta [looks like it all works but a little more testing to go] of 1.2.0 for those who want to get moving

- Adds the WYSIWYG editor for writing reviews [awesome]
- Adds search by Manufacturer option
- Adds post bit stat & link to a user's reviews
- Separates options into core / style for future expansion
- Switches sharing to AddThis for increased usage

Lots of small changes too as listed in the change log.

Update the XML, .php files, heck... upload it all again.

[bigtree]

right on. testing it now.

[Killhunter]

Nice update, but addthis is the biggest shit Should be selectable please...

[Killhunter]

Hi Ted, like I expected, my editor is away... the complete field to write a review is gone?! Could you PLEASE add support for the old editor which is in vbulletin 4.0.3 and so on...

[zeus_r6]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Have you modified your postbit_legacy template?

Yes, but the problem is happening only in the threads created in the product review forums

[zeus_r6]

Originally Posted by Ted S

The link is on the Review Overview / Search Page. You can add it elsewhere as you see fit.

As admin, I'm still not seeing this link

[Killhunter]

You have to enable it for each user class.

[astdirect]

Can we have the manufacturer displayed in the product listing ?

Update looks like some great new additions Ted, i will try it out when i get time on my live (eek) board I assume the reviews alread ywritten etc wont be lost during upgrade obviously.

[zeus_r6]

Originally Posted by Killhunter

You have to enable it for each user class.

Usergroups are already enabled for the appropriate users to be able to post new products...I'm not seeing a link from the actual forum side, only in admincp

[The Ottoman]

The Beta version seems to be working well, and my feature request (Sort by MFG) seems flawless... so I'm happy

I'm wondering where I would go to change the color of the search box from the standard Vbulletin blue?


Thanks



on edit: I think I found a slight bug. The MFG search defaults to the first entry. It should default to "blank" otherwise it affects the other fields.