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.

[imported_dfmafia]

haha, think i found it...i had must require prefixes to post on that forum topic.

fixed and working now

[imported_dfmafia]

"Quotes" - print out in review title as "Quotes"

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by imported_df+++++

haha, think i found it...i had must require prefixes to post on that forum topic.

fixed and working now

Fantastic. We'll work on that for beta 2... obviously it should not present an error.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by imported_df+++++

"Quotes" - print out in review title as "Quotes"

The review title is made up from the product title... Where are you seeing the quotes show up like this? In the body of the review or in the headline elsewhere?

[imported_dfmafia]

I like to require prefixes since I set them up to be clickable, thus sorted. easily find posts or items in a certain prefix. i find im using it more and more on my boards, just a pain to set up

[Ricsca]

Originally Posted by Ted S

It's the big link on the edit product page... you must have an item created first.

In our beta 2 release we spell this out on the add product page as well.

Alternatively you can keep using image links and then run the bulk importer [also in beta 2] which will move them over for you.

Found .... But if I click on

Upload a new product photo?

are this error:

Not Found

The requested URL /admincp/productforums was not found on this server.

but in the Image Upload Path and Image View Url the cart are images/productforums and not

admincp/productforums...

why?

Thanks

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by imported_df+++++

I like to require prefixes since I set them up to be clickable, thus sorted. easily find posts or items in a certain prefix. i find im using it more and more on my boards, just a pain to set up

Well then you'll like our solve... Rather than skipping the setting and overriding it we've added prefixes in. So you can create something like positive / negative / great / bad, etc for your review thread forum. If you want it...

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Ricsca

admincp/productforums...

why?

Thanks

It's a link bug we posted about earlier today... When beta 2 comes in a few minutes out just upgrade and you'll be good to go.

[Ted S]

1.3.0 beta 2 is out with a few changes...

1. Added a bulk image importer. Now you can convert your existing image urls into local photos w/ thumbnails... No local saving or old product updating needed!

2. Added support for forum prefixes to label reviews. If enabled these will be considered required.

3. Fixed a bug with a link to the image uploader script.

Plus a larger note about images when you add a product, making that harder to miss

Changed files: /forum/productforums.php, /admincp/productforums.php /includes/xml and the template prodforums_review_create

[imported_dfmafia]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Well then you'll like our solve... Rather than skipping the setting and overriding it we've added prefixes in. So you can create something like positive / negative / great / bad, etc for your review thread forum. If you want it...

nice, if I already have prefixes, will I be able to use these that are already in the system?