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 DreadsUK

should be. I've created it so that should work. Also im not sure what you mean by /httpdocs/ doesn't load

I mean try going to that folder path via your browser. Doesn't work (not found) so it's not likely anything under it would work either so again you're back to paths....

[DreadsUK]

i think all i can do is ask my host. This is all going over my head at this point. i have no idea and i'll end up messing stuff up if i poke around too much now i've got so many things running. Might come back to you once i've spoken to them

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by DreadsUK

i think all i can do is ask my host. This is all going over my head at this point. i have no idea and i'll end up messing stuff up if i poke around too much now i've got so many things running. Might come back to you once i've spoken to them

Originally Posted by Ted S

Paths are server specific. You would need to work with your host to find out this information if you don't have direct access to it via FTP, SSH or some other means.

[tyreco]

Wow, great mod!

4.2.2 Patch Level1

After creating a review i get the message:

Warnung: Only variables should be assigned by reference in ..../productforums.php (Zeile 416)
top left screen.

What i did wrong and how to fix?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by tyreco

Wow, great mod!

4.2.2 Patch Level1

After creating a review i get the message:

Warnung: Only variables should be assigned by reference in ..../productforums.php (Zeile 416)
top left screen.

What i did wrong and how to fix?

Are you comfortable editing php? If so, try removing the ,1 from line 416 of the script.

If not, tell me about your server... is it using Apache? Shared or dedicated host? Does the review still post?

[DreadsUK]

I added a Purchase url into the purchase url box, but when the item is listed and you try clicking on the url link it does this...



how do i fix this?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by DreadsUK

I added a Purchase url into the purchase url box, but when the item is listed and you try clicking on the url link it does this...



how do i fix this?

Use a full url when you create a link so it doesn't try to load within your site.

[durham]

This is a really interesting review system which looks great. Quick question: Can each category type create threads in separate forums ? I would really like this feature.

i.e.
Category A Products automatically create threads in forum B and reviews in forum C
Category B Products automatically create threads in forum D and reviews in forum E

(Assuming forum ticked to accept these of course)

Thanks

D.

[DreadsUK]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Use a full url when you create a link so it doesn't try to load within your site.

Sweet we're all good now

just started adding listings and wondering if there was a way we could change the colour of the '[County]' text for each product?



Also, just noticed, once a review goes through, there is another default missing image showing here for the stars


http://dreadsuk.com/showthread.php?2...-Locks-Glasgow

i copied the url to get the path and its showing this as the url


so i went into the server to see if that image was there but it isn't, it shows these..


It looks like the code in the .php file isn't pointing to the right image filename. I think i just need to rename the image path in the code somewhere
from stars--5.png to stars-green-5.png

but imagine this will need to be done for all the images, correct?

how and where do i do this?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by durham

This is a really interesting review system which looks great. Quick question: Can each category type create threads in separate forums ? I would really like this feature.

i.e.
Category A Products automatically create threads in forum B and reviews in forum C
Category B Products automatically create threads in forum D and reviews in forum E

(Assuming forum ticked to accept these of course)

Thanks

D.

When you create a product, you have to pick the forum for it to go in. Reviews will follow up on that product's thread and optionally to a review forum (but just one review forum regardless of category).