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.

[Afresh07]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Give this version a whirl to add the facebook meta support... It's only single site tested so if something seems off revert.

I gave it a try last night and it was a no go, when i shared it via addthis, nothing came up either, it posted on FB:

• No image
• Name of site
• Description of site
• Post title

Any suggestions ?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Afresh07

I gave it a try last night and it was a no go, when i shared it via addthis, nothing came up either, it posted on FB:

• No image
• Name of site
• Description of site
• Post title

Any suggestions ?

View the source of your product page and let me know if you see og:title filled in [or listed at all].

[Subieforums]

Looking for two things:

1. I see that users can not upload an image for a review, unless I (admin on site), manually add the image to the review through the admin panel. Is there a way to allow a regular registered member to upload an image with the review, and if the review is approved by staff, it will use the photo submitted?

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2. I am looking for a way that any time a new review is approved, a comment is automatically made to our site's facebook and/or twitter account. I think the power of this mod would really enhance it automatically shared it with the social sites.

Thanks in advance, love this mod!

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Subieforums

1. I see that users can not upload an image for a review, unless I (admin on site), manually add the image to the review through the admin panel. Is there a way to allow a regular registered member to upload an image with the review, and if the review is approved by staff, it will use the photo submitted?

Reviews do not support photos at this time from either users or staff.

Products however do support images. Users can add them via URL, admins via upload. If a user provides a link you can sync the image to save and resize it locally. There is no option for user uploading.

2. I am looking for a way that any time a new review is approved, a comment is automatically made to our site's facebook and/or twitter account. I think the power of this mod would really enhance it automatically shared it with the social sites.

I'm not a believer in automated posting, especially when it could amount to many simultaneous posts flooding followers & essentially turning the account into a broadcast feed. That's not social. It seems far more appropriate to highlight a select review here & there with a personal comment and an active discussion but that's just my $0.02 as an enterprise social strategist.

In our next release we'll include a hook location to insert a function after a review has been posted where you could automate an API call to Facebook, Twitter or any other platform. How's that?

[Subieforums]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Reviews do not support photos at this time from either users or staff.

Products however do support images. Users can add them via URL, admins via upload. If a user provides a link you can sync the image to save and resize it locally. There is no option for user uploading.



I'm not a believer in automated posting, especially when it could amount to many simultaneous posts flooding followers & essentially turning the account into a broadcast feed. That's not social. It seems far more appropriate to highlight a select review here & there with a personal comment and an active discussion but that's just my $0.02 as an enterprise social strategist.

In our next release we'll include a hook location to insert a function after a review has been posted where you could automate an API call to Facebook, Twitter or any other platform. How's that?

1. Ya for the image uploads in the admin panel I see that. I may be missing it, but can a "registered" usergroup member submit a photo for approval or moderation to go with the review they have submitted to be approved? If not, then I (as an admin) have to either upload or add the url for an image. Not an issue, was just wondering.

2. In regards to the new post upon a new review, that is exactly what I am looking for, that would be perfect! Any ETA on a new release? Thank you so much.

Greatly appreciate the mod Ted, and your response! Cheers :up:

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Subieforums

1. Ya for the image uploads in the admin panel I see that. I may be missing it, but can a "registered" usergroup member submit a photo for approval or moderation to go with the review they have submitted to be approved? If not, then I (as an admin) have to either upload or add the url for an image. Not an issue, was just wondering.

There is no option for user uploading.

2. In regards to the new post upon a new review, that is exactly what I am looking for, that would be perfect! Any ETA on a new release? Thank you so much.

Nothing scheduled but if you build your extension into the core code and tell me where you're hooking in I'll see that we add the hook there so upgrading just takes a few clicks...

[UK CHI3F]

I cant see an answer only the questin has anyone worked out how to change the order of the reviews, ie to the latest uploaded rather than reverse alpahbetical order.

Check our page if you are confused in any way
http://www.xboxplayers.co.uk/site/pr...s.php?tabid=98

[Ted S]

Pop open productreviews.php and about a third of the way down is the ranking routine. You can manually change the default.

[Harpo]

Hi.

I'm having problems uploading images. I don't know my correct path to past into the options. see the attached image.

I tried out.

/public html/images/product images/

still no luck.

Everything else is working great though. manually uploading and adding the url seems to work only.



Also I'll be using this for articles like "my top fives" etc... having those Manfactures, ISBN, where to purchase, options are useless to me. can I replace these with something else?

[Ted S]

[quote=Harpo;2373312]Hi.

I'm having problems uploading images. I don't know my correct path to past into the options. see the attached image.

I tried out.
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You need to check with your host. File paths can range to any number of options depending on the provider's setup and there's nothing we know here that will help with that.

Also I'll be using this for articles like "my top fives" etc... having those Manfactures, ISBN, where to purchase, options are useless to me. can I replace these with something else?

You can relabel the fields in the templates. The AdminCP doesn't change as easily but only you see that.