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 fungku

Ok... ran the queries you wanted...

Thanks.

We'll investigate this tomorrow and release a patch once resolved.

[Ted S]

Is anyone still having issues with the minimum review length on a recent version of vBulletin? If so please share your version and WYSIWYG admin setting.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by fungku

The error when I create a category is generated from here, at SET title:

PHP Code:

    // update the review
    $db->query_write("
        INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "pf_category
        SET title = '". mysql_real_escape_string($vbulletin->GPC['title']) ."', active = '". $vbulletin->GPC['active'] ."'
    "); 


It is not setting the title but why, oh why?

Ok... ran the queries you wanted...

Give this version of admincp/productforums.php a try.

It should fix the create category error and the delete bug but I haven't tested it yet.

[fungku]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Give this version of admincp/productforums.php a try.

It should fix the create category error and the delete bug but I haven't tested it yet.

Thanks, the new version works in creating new categories.

I still can't delete the blank ones.

• It now says "Review not found" when trying to delete a blank one.
• When I try to delete a non-blank category it says "Review ID not specified."

(Should I just delete the blank ones in phpmyadmin?)

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by fungku

Thanks, the new version works in creating new categories.

I still can't delete the blank ones.

• It now says "Review not found" when trying to delete a blank one.
• When I try to delete a non-blank category it says "Review ID not specified."

(Should I just delete the blank ones in phpmyadmin?)

Please delete the bad ones manually, we will release a patch for deleting properly created ones today.

[fungku]

Warning: mysql_insert_id() [function.mysql-insert-id]: A link to the server could not be established in [path]/admincp/productforums.php on line 494

I get this when I create a product.

At least it is not blank and shows up, but I have a "$" in front of manufacturer.

Also, a 404 when I click the "Be the First to Write a Review" link.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by fungku

At least it is not blank and shows up, but I have a "$" in front of manufacturer.

As stated previously, this will be addressed in the next update.

You can of course edit the templates and phrases however you like...

Originally Posted by fungku

Also, a 404 when I click the "Be the First to Write a Review" link.

Why is it a 404?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by fungku

I get this when I create a product.

Your mySQL server is killing the query. It's not a big deal however as that code simply redirects the mod to the new product.

[fungku]

Originally Posted by Ted S

As stated previously, this will be addressed in the next update.

Thanks.

Why is it a 404?

I'm still trying to figure that one out.

[fungku]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Why is it a 404?

Sorry there are 2 files named productforums.php and I didn't upload the one for the home directory... It's late :erm: thought it was a duplicate :P

Noticed something else now. Nothing shows up when I click Product Review Forum Settings.

http://www.myforum.com/admincp/options.php?do=optionsdogroup=prodforums_set

It does work if I go through the drop down menu on the admincp settings->options

Either way I'm happy now I can do everything I need to do with it. Thanks for the good mod. I was looking for something like this either for other forum or wordpress.