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.

[stevectaylor]

Originally Posted by Ted S

What error do you have when using more than 12?

no error just only puts 11-12 in so I delete the 12 from xml and does the next 11-12 and so on.

[Preech]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Not sure what you mean?

Sorry Ted. Typing to fast.
I was trying to ask, will there be any new features with the next release.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Preech

Sorry Ted. Typing to fast.
I was trying to ask, will there be any new features with the next release.

There's a couple minor things for the next release this week but what are you looking for?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by stevectaylor

no error just only puts 11-12 in so I delete the 12 from xml and does the next 11-12 and so on.

Does the server hang or do anything to indicate that it may be timing out?

[stevectaylor]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Does the server hang or do anything to indicate that it may be timing out?

No just says done. Running the latest version which I know is causing a problem with other mods.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by stevectaylor

No just says done. Running the latest version which I know is causing a problem with other mods.

It sounds like it's only finding 12 records to import then.

Each time it hits a record (a <product> element) the script will print "Starting a product record...". If you see that 12 times, that's how many records it's finding. If it always gets stuck on the same item please let me know although it _should_ error in that event [people import far more than 12 products].

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Killhunter

I land at: /admincp/index.php

This should do the trick for both product and review pages (upload to admincp folder).

I'll roll it into the mod once I get more detail on the reported moderation queue bug.

[stevectaylor]

Originally Posted by Ted S

It sounds like it's only finding 12 records to import then.

Each time it hits a record (a <product> element) the script will print "Starting a product record...". If you see that 12 times, that's how many records it's finding. If it always gets stuck on the same item please let me know although it _should_ error in that event [people import far more than 12 products].

This is what we get at the end

Starting a product record...
The product is: Triple Supercar Driving Thrill with Passenger Ride Special Offer
Duplicate product

Starting a product record...
The product is: Supercar Driving Taster with Free Photo Special Offer
All good! Next please?

Starting a product record...
The product is: Famous Five Driving Thrill with Passenger Ride Special Offer

All done!

[clutchthese]

product redirect goes to http://www.myforum.com/www.enteredURL.com

Did i not set something up correctly?

[stevectaylor]

Originally Posted by clutchthese

product redirect goes to http://www.myforum.com/www.enteredURL.com

Did i not set something up correctly?

I'd guess your general settings are the fault. You need to allow outbound url's