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.

[Noerenberg]

HI, i want to say it is a great mod, i have just one problem now.

when i click on the productforums.php the button Add new product i get this error:
This feature is currently not in use

But i have set Members Can Post Products to yes and in the admingroup Can add new products is also on yes.

can you support me please?

EDIT, sorryy i fund my mistake i forgett to set the
New Product Forum ID
The forum where user-created product threads are placed by default.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Noerenberg

EDIT, sorryy i fund my mistake i forgett to set the
New Product Forum ID
The forum where user-created product threads are placed by default.

Hooray for the install guide making some sense!

[UK CHI3F]

Originally Posted by Ted S

The script checks for the right to make posts [since reviews are posts].

Double check your admin account has this specific right and if not I'm sure we can add an explicit user group for the option in the future.

I have the forum permissions, the forum is set to use PRF, in admin permissions we can add products, but still nothing.
Is there another permission we need?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by UK CHI3F

I have the forum permissions, the forum is set to use PRF, in admin permissions we can add products, but still nothing.
Is there another permission we need?

There's only one permission check... Can Post. Not forums but posts.

[Bruce1984]

I think the Product Review section itself is working fine for me now, I'll probably edit some fields here and there, but I'm slowly filling the list with products, so that's all good . Loving it!

One thing I can't seem to change is the styling; it's probably me missing something pretty obvious, but the colors don't seem to change for me.

I am changing various variables in /clientscript/vbulletin_css/productforums.css, but as soon as I save/upload the edited version, nothing changes.

Is it a setting I'm missing? Or an additional step I need to perform for the changed .css-file to be used/activated?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Bruce1984

I think the Product Review section itself is working fine for me now, I'll probably edit some fields here and there, but I'm slowly filling the list with products, so that's all good . Loving it!

One thing I can't seem to change is the styling; it's probably me missing something pretty obvious, but the colors don't seem to change for me.

I am changing various variables in /clientscript/vbulletin_css/productforums.css, but as soon as I save/upload the edited version, nothing changes.

Is it a setting I'm missing? Or an additional step I need to perform for the changed .css-file to be used/activated?

That file will edit the productforums.php index but not writing reviews or their display. Those elements are controlled with standard vB styling.

[Bruce1984]

Originally Posted by Ted S

That file will edit the productforums.php index but not writing reviews or their display.

Yes, I knew that . The weird thing was, the overview wouldn't change at all once I made changed, but when I checked back this morning, one of the defined colors I changed was indeed showing up as that color.

I made some changes this afternoon and uploaded it, no changes then either, if the changes appear later tonight, it's somehow delayed... Which is weird.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Bruce1984

Yes, I knew that . The weird thing was, the overview wouldn't change at all once I made changed, but when I checked back this morning, one of the defined colors I changed was indeed showing up as that color.

I made some changes this afternoon and uploaded it, no changes then either, if the changes appear later tonight, it's somehow delayed... Which is weird.

Hold the shift key when you reload the page. What you're seeing is cached.

[Bruce1984]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Hold the shift key when you reload the page. What you're seeing is cached.

Was afraid it was something this simple haha, all changes show up , but I do feel kind of stupid now , but thanks for the patience & help!

[Noerenberg]

Hei this is a great mod but i have just little problem.

On your sreenshot i can see the editor when use want to put a new review, like this

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...8&d=1342151549

but on my site i have no editor

http://www.webpagescreenshot.info/i/...01283744am.png

what do i wrong?