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.

[Robbob]

Something went terribly wrong in creating your product. End of the line. Admin-1027a

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?

[Mr_Running]

Originally Posted by simonhind

disable the plugins
then try uninstall

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

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by bertwrld

I have removed, resinstalled, repeated, and still keep getting the same error.

The categories end up similar to the screenshot posted where the category is 0, when i try to delete the category, it says invalid ID found.

This seems to exist for a few users. Working on it...

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

Anyway to port this over to vb 3.8 ? This would be a very nice feature on our site

We're not developing for the 3.x series. You could of course port it backwards which would be fairly straight forward given that most of the hooks are shared,

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

I have tried that and this is what I get when I go here http://www.yoursite.com/productforums.php
"No product reviews matches your search. Try broadening your criteria or selecting another category."

So add a review?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Dangerboy

Installed and somewhat working. There is an issue with the Product Category all showing up as (0) or (1) instead of the title.

Was under the impression that it would post full details in the applied forum setting which right now shows as "This is an empty post".

Did you take the time to read the install file and enable the mod in the forum you are viewing?

[Ted S]

Did you try to improve the "create new thread for each review" function?

There are no other reports of this issue occurring and it does not happen on our test boards. As you have a significantly outdated version of vBulletin the first step would be to upgrade to a stable version.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Killhunter

If I set the min. length to 0, this error appears: Your review comments must be at least 1 characters long.

0 is not a valid setting but vBulletin does not let the admin panel enforce this in the field. There must be a review to post a review. :up:

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Larsveld

I'm getting problems with "must be at least..."

It works for some people yet not for others.

Is there a fix?

What version are you running?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Volvoholic

I cannot get rid of "this is an empty post" display when shown as a forum. Where am I going wrong? I have been following the comments since page 33 and it seems it goes away when one enables the Product Forum Review feature. I have done this and it still shows "this is an empty post".

This sill show up unless the mod is enabled in the forum you are viewing. Double check that setting.