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.

[jorgejgm]

Hello,

Congratulations on your mod.

Can I extend the limit of characters in the url of the product? My affiliate links occupy nearly 400 characters.

Thank you.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by jorgejgm

Hello,

Congratulations on your mod.

Can I extend the limit of characters in the url of the product? My affiliate links occupy nearly 400 characters.

Thank you.

You will need to alter the database structure to change the url field from a varchar to a text field.

[Killhunter]

Hi Ted S,

i went back to 1.1.2, but now I have that problem that new reviews have to be activated manually by an admin. Is there a fix?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Killhunter

Hi Ted S,

i went back to 1.1.2, but now I have that problem that new reviews have to be activated manually by an admin. Is there a fix?

Yes, that's the main reason for new releases -- to fix bugs. If for some reason you want to run an old version you can compare the code to see what changed.

[Killhunter]

Originally Posted by Ted S

if(strlen($comments) < $vbulletin->options['prodforums_minreview']){ $errors .= "Your review comments must be at least ". $vbulletin->options['prodforums_minreview'] ." characters long.<br />"; } // must have rating picked

So where do i have to implement or delete this code? Sorry, im not a coder

[Killhunter]

By the way I would love to see a feature with enables to sort products by reviews (stars).

[Killhunter]

And it would also be nice to see a feature, with displays the 5 best reviewed (most stars) products in the sidebar (with picture, name and link to reviews). Or the 5 newest or 5 chosen as "hottest"

[morrow]

Ok... I re-uploaded all of the files. I rebuilt my forums.

I found the option to enable this mod and it is enabled. The forum does allow posting and is setup just like my other forums.

I'm not seeing a link anywhere for the forum products though. When I go into the forum it looks just like all the other forums. The modification is enabled.

This is driving me nuts! I still get the same thing when attempting to create a new product. "something terrible wrong....etc..."

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Killhunter

So where do i have to implement or delete this code? Sorry, im not a coder

You can find it in productforums.php - learning to hack code is a good skill for improving your forum but if you're not familiar with how to make changes you should head over to the programming area of this community for help.

[Ted S]

You've got two different issues so let's break them apart...

Originally Posted by morrow

This is driving me nuts!

The option is at the end of your forum's settings and is called Enable Product Review Forum Features?

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Originally Posted by morrow

I still get the same thing when attempting to create a new product. "something terrible wrong....etc..."

The error comes when the script can't get information on the forum you are posting too. So again I have to ask; does the forum you have selected in the options accept new posts and if so, have you rebuilt your forum cache? [Maintenance -> Update Counters]