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]

PRF users... Thank you so much for trying out beta out and the feedback!

Just a quick heads up for you all that our team will be at an offsite much of this week with limited access. We will of course still try to provide the fastest support we can and, given that all signs for the beta point up, we hope to launch the stable version of 1.3.0 the following week!

[Kirk Fitzgerald]

Originally Posted by Ted S

PRF users... Thank you so much for trying out beta out and the feedback!

Just a quick heads up for you all that our team will be at an offsite much of this week with limited access. We will of course still try to provide the fastest support we can and, given that all signs for the beta point up, we hope to launch the stable version of 1.3.0 the following week!

Opened productforums_listed_bit
replaced this line:

<a href="{vb:raw vboptions.bburl}/showthread.php?t={vb:raw threadid}" class="title"><img src="{vb:raw mainphoto_thumb}" border="0" alt="product photo for {vb:var title}" /></a>

With this line:

<a href="{vb:raw vboptions.bburl}/showthread.php?t={vb:raw threadid}" class="title"><img src="productphotos/5001db3eda3fd_full.jpg" border="0" alt="product photo for {vb:var title}" /></a>

It did this:

[nibb]

Originally Posted by nibb

Hi Ted S, does the beta fix the issue I commented some replies back?

I still have this plugin installed but nobody can review anything. Should I install the beta or wait for a fix?

Regards

I think I explained the issue some topics back and I was not the only one affected by this, just look some pages back. You said it would be fixed in a future release, not sure if this beta is the next release.

I always get the message that the description does not contain the minimum length to send the review.

[Phrost]

Hi Ted, you know we're fans of your work so you'll excuse me if I'm being repetitive, but does this new version allow for multiple ratings categories for an individual product?

The full change log mentioned customization, and this is the feature that's keeping us from implementing the product on our big board.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by nibb

I think I explained the issue some topics back and I was not the only one affected by this, just look some pages back. You said it would be fixed in a future release, not sure if this beta is the next release.

I always get the message that the description does not contain the minimum length to send the review.

Unfortunately this forum does not have a method for tracking issues thus once something is pages back remembering who specifically asked about it is about impossible. Thus it's much easier to include the topic than for us to go finding it..

That said, we have addressed this as explained in the change log. Of course we'll leave it to you to confirm if it works properly with your forum settings.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Phrost

Hi Ted, you know we're fans of your work so you'll excuse me if I'm being repetitive, but does this new version allow for multiple ratings categories for an individual product?

The full change log mentioned customization, and this is the feature that's keeping us from implementing the product on our big board.

Yes, you can add multiple rating attributes to products using a 5-star, yes/no or free-form attribute. The option is global [all ratings for all products] and will be for the time being.

Take a look at the screenshots or try the beta and let us know if this cuts it.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Kirk Fitzgerald

Opened productforums_listed_bit
replaced this line:

<a href="{vb:raw vboptions.bburl}/showthread.php?t={vb:raw threadid}" class="title"><img src="{vb:raw mainphoto_thumb}" border="0" alt="product photo for {vb:var title}" /></a>

With this line:

<a href="{vb:raw vboptions.bburl}/showthread.php?t={vb:raw threadid}" class="title"><img src="productphotos/5001db3eda3fd_full.jpg" border="0" alt="product photo for {vb:var title}" /></a>

It did this:

Looks like you just need to change the path set in your admin to productphotos/ and you'll be good to go.

[Kirk Fitzgerald]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Looks like you just need to change the path set in your admin to productphotos/ and you'll be good to go.

Changed img url to productphotos/
I am sorry to report that there is no improvement.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Kirk Fitzgerald

Changed img url to productphotos/
I am sorry to report that there is no improvement.

Whats the resulting image path you see when you view a page?

[Kirk Fitzgerald]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Whats the resulting image path you see when you view a page?

In Product Listing page I see this in page source:

<img src="\productphotos\50014e732fa54_full.jpg">