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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QUICK TIPS:
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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.

[egdevilboy]

Thanks for the quick reply.

Infact I am running 4.1.1

[bada_bing]

Ted looks like a great mod and wondering if this will work in vb 3.8 and if not do you plan to release a 3.8.x version ?

[christon26]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

Ted looks like a great mod and wondering if this will work in vb 3.8 and if not do you plan to release a 3.8.x version ?

Seconds this hopefully, I'd be willing to donate

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

Ted looks like a great mod and wondering if this will work in vb 3.8 and if not do you plan to release a 3.8.x version ?

It will not work on 3.8 as the code base is nearly entirely different and while I'd love to offer it to more users, porting across versions really hinders expansion so I have not planned a version.

Is there still a big resistance to the 4.0 move?

[christon26]

I don't think I will ever move to 4, I have tried it a few times on new installs, and every time I end up re-installing 3. For me VB4 is ugly, I don't like the design at all, I don't like how hard it is to customise it so I will stick with 3 as long as I can lol

And to add because I forgot lol this mod would have been a perfect addition to my forum as I have been looking for something similar but there's nothing else out there....that I can find lol I can understand though why you wouldn't want to backwards port it

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by christon26

I don't think I will ever move to 4, I have tried it a few times on new installs, and every time I end up re-installing 3. For me VB4 is ugly, I don't like the design at all, I don't like how hard it is to customise it so I will stick with 3 as long as I can lol

And to add because I forgot lol this mod would have been a perfect addition to my forum as I have been looking for something similar but there's nothing else out there....that I can find lol I can understand though why you wouldn't want to backwards port it

Thanks for the feedback. I've seen less use of my mods on vB4 which has me wondering if the adoption is low or mods are just less needed with the more powerful system. I'll certainly keep watching feedback to see if a 3.8x version makes sense.

[christon26]

You're welcome Guess I'll keep watch too hehe

[egdevilboy]

Ted,
Hook your boy up with a solution. I would love to use this app!

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by egdevilboy

Ted,
Hook your boy up with a solution. I would love to use this app!

Open up includes/class_wysiwygparser.php and search for parse_wysiwyg_html_to_bbcode

If it's not there we know your script is old

[lazyseller]

Ted you come up with the best mods!!! this mod has alot of potential to really change how forums are used...