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Version: 1.4.0, by Ted S Ted S is offline
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Released: 09-06-2011 Last Update: 04-05-2014 Installs: 214
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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.

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  #1632  
Old 07-02-2013, 03:17 PM
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New issue though. The 'matches' page that lists the reviews of a particular product, the page you are viewing when you click the 'reviews' area of a product in the product list, it doesn't load properly.
I'm not seeing this in our test build but will take a deeper look later in the week to be sure there aren't any hanging tags in the template.

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I'd also like to know if there's any simple way, or known websites we can get this xml file to import mass products from? If a website's RSS feed is in xml format, is there a way to use that?
Many vendors can provide XML feeds of their products which can be used or reformated through a simple dataset tool to match the right field names and ordering.

Of course there's no central repository for product data out there so you'd have to ask each individually.
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Old 07-09-2013, 03:08 AM
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Ted,
I am running VB 4.2 and have been getting the same error:
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Old 07-09-2013, 03:09 AM
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Ted,
I am running VB 4.2 and have been getting the same error:
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Old 07-09-2013, 03:47 AM
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Ted,
I am running VB 4.2 and have been getting the same error:
Do you have any reviews on that or any other products? Have there been reviews which were removed?
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Old 08-22-2013, 03:42 AM
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Really love the idea of this hack but the buttons look really rough on our forum.

Can someone good at coding tell us where/how to change the template(s) so that the review button is moved from up top, to the side?

This is how it should look when finished (see screenshot).

Quick Update;

So many issues with this hack, where to begin?

For starters, none of the 'manage' buttons work. They show my test review, but won't let me manage it. When you click on it it says no review exist, even though one is on the forum.

Also, there doesn't seem to be a way to add images. Yes the image directory path was typed in.

These are just the beginning of problems we're seeing. Not sure if these issues are 4.2.1 related or hack related, or both.

And yes of course we tried to read the instructions (see screenshot) but it's kind of hard to read black text on a black background

Very disappointed

Just found yet another issue: Now Activity Stream does't work at all. All we get is errors. Hopefully vB can fix it. Time to delete this.
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Old 08-25-2013, 01:49 AM
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Just found yet another issue: Now Activity Stream does't work at all. All we get is errors. Hopefully vB can fix it. Time to delete this.
Sorry the addon was not for you... best of luck with your site!
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Old 08-27-2013, 12:10 AM
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Sorry the addon was not for you...
So am I.
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Old 09-03-2013, 10:03 PM
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You need to delete all of the files uploaded as uninstalling can not do this for you.
I did fella, and you can still see the menu in the themes?
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Old 09-03-2013, 11:10 PM
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I did fella, and you can still see the menu in the themes?
Admin side or user?
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Old 09-20-2013, 11:48 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bubble #5 View Post
Really love the idea of this hack but the buttons look really rough on our forum.

Can someone good at coding tell us where/how to change the template(s) so that the review button is moved from up top, to the side?

This is how it should look when finished (see screenshot).

Quick Update;

So many issues with this hack, where to begin?

For starters, none of the 'manage' buttons work. They show my test review, but won't let me manage it. When you click on it it says no review exist, even though one is on the forum.

Also, there doesn't seem to be a way to add images. Yes the image directory path was typed in.

These are just the beginning of problems we're seeing. Not sure if these issues are 4.2.1 related or hack related, or both.

And yes of course we tried to read the instructions (see screenshot) but it's kind of hard to read black text on a black background

Very disappointed

Just found yet another issue: Now Activity Stream does't work at all. All we get is errors. Hopefully vB can fix it. Time to delete this.
You must be doing something wrong, missed a file when uploading them or similar, it took a while for me to figure out, but I followed the instructions from the link above, and it's working perfectly.

I'm using 4.2.1 as well
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