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.

[GCC LLC]

Originally Posted by GCC LLC

Yes. User "submits" one review but the content gets posted twice within postbit with a visible <br> in between.

Every review goes into moderation even though I have moderation turned off within the plugin as well as in the forum. I don't think it shows the <br> and duplicate content within the moderation window. I will check and see next time it happen.

The <br> does show up in the moderation window as well...

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by GCC LLC

Yes. User "submits" one review but the content gets posted twice within postbit with a visible <br> in between.

Every review goes into moderation even though I have moderation turned off within the plugin as well as in the forum. I don't think it shows the <br> and duplicate content within the moderation window. I will check and see next time it happen.

Wait, is it going into standard vB moderation or the PRF's internal "pending" moderation?

[deverill2010]

I'm having the same issue, it's going into VBmoderation. And when I try to approve it it tells me I haven't selected a valid thread/post to approve (which in theory is correct as its already posted). This is leaving me with loads of threads/posts in the moderation que that I can't approve.

There's an issue regarding moderation for products as well. When a product is posted as it has to be approved it posts a thread which cotains the words -

'product information' < this is viewable to everyone.

Then once the product is approved it will change and show all the product information/template.

[GE-Tom]

hey, this is a very good mod !! i wait a long time for somthing like that. mutch thanks.

but i have 2 questions.

1: is it possible to sort by price in the overview list? over all i think sort by the headlines was a good feature.
2: is it possible to add 2 of the same products (same product name)? i like to add products from different shops with different prices so thats wy i need it.

i hope you can help me. mutch thanks

[GCC LLC]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Wait, is it going into standard vB moderation or the PRF's internal "pending" moderation?

Standard vB moderation.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by deverill2010

I'm having the same issue, it's going into VBmoderation. And when I try to approve it it tells me I haven't selected a valid thread/post to approve (which in theory is correct as its already posted). This is leaving me with loads of threads/posts in the moderation que that I can't approve.

There's an issue regarding moderation for products as well. When a product is posted as it has to be approved it posts a thread which cotains the words -

'product information' < this is viewable to everyone.

Then once the product is approved it will change and show all the product information/template.

You're the only one to have the Product Thread issue so I'm going to break that out as I suspect it's a setting change. In order for that first post to be hidden the thread must be in a PRF enabled forum category and that forum category should allow new threads to be made.

Double check those.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by GE-Tom

1: is it possible to sort by price in the overview list? over all i think sort by the headlines was a good feature.

Change your database structure from a text string (varchar) to a decimal and you can order on that field.

Originally Posted by GE-Tom

2: is it possible to add 2 of the same products (same product name)? i like to add products from different shops with different prices so thats wy i need it.

Sure. Just note the store in the title or other key fields so the filter doesn't think it's a dup.

[GE-Tom]

Hey Ted S,

thanks but i not realy understand the answer from question 1. some other problem is that i get this exception if i try to add a product.

Oh great, you had to go and press THAT button. There goes the whole site. Just kidding...

We had an issue posting your review, please try again or contact support and use code 164261-A.

first i can build some product threads but now i get this exception.

thanks again !!

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by GE-Tom

Hey Ted S,

thanks but i not realy understand the answer from question 1. some other problem is that i get this exception if i try to add a product.

first i can build some product threads but now i get this exception.

thanks again !!

You have not configured all of your settings or are using forums that can not accept posts/ threads. Be sure to re-read the install guide as this mod requires specific settings to be completed if you want to use the corresponding options.

As far as moderation, as far as I know there have been no sites with moderation issues on products when things were configured properly. There is an open bug for moderation on reviews which we're reviewing.

[GCC LLC]

I have everything configured properly. I still get double postings and moderation issues.