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]

Originally Posted by flash84

Awesome mod! I just have one little issue, same as the user I quoted below. When you click to read a review it is using showthread.php which takes you to the top of the product thread. Is there anyway you can get it to use showpost.php to take you to the actual review post?

I have the "Create New Thread on Review" option turned off, so the reviews are posts all in one single thread.

Thanks so much if you can help me!

Does the url loaded show a #xxx bit at the end as if it is trying to load a post?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by sadiq6210

Q: What will happen to the threads if I uninstall it?

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I try to uninstall the mod but I got this error

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.12:

Invalid SQL:
DELETE FROM activitystreamtype WHERE section = 'product' AND type = 'review';

MySQL Error : Table 'dbname_testforum2.activitystreamtype' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Request Date : Tuesday, March 12th 2013 @ 02:25:48 PM
Error Date : Tuesday, March 12th 2013 @ 02:25:48 PM
Script : http://www.domain.com/vbtest/admincp...do=productkill
Referrer : http://www.domain.com/vbtest/admincp...duct_forums&s=
IP Address :
Username : sadiq6210
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.1.68-cll

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In 4.1.12 there is no activity stream

I will use it soon but I want to test it first and have all information about it.
Thank you for the great mod

The perils of using a significantly outdated version of vB with mods...

We'll be sure to code in db error suppression to avoid this bug but in the meantime you can comment out the lines in the .xml file, update and then uninstall.

As for threads, they'd be a bit weird. The first post which has no content and is hidden would return and the product data which is stored in tables unique to this mod would be removed. In short you'd either want to add it back to those threads or remove the section.

[sadiq6210]

Originally Posted by Ted S

In short you'd either want to add it back to those threads or remove the section.

I see. Are you planing to update this mod to VB5 (in future**)?
** I am not planing to upgrade to VB5 this year.

I am sorry to ask a lot of questions but I will install it in a busy forum (~1 million posts) so I must think about the future to avoid any data lost after upgrading.

Thanks for support

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by sadiq6210

I see. Are you planing to update this mod to VB5 (in future**)?
** I am not planing to upgrade to VB5 this year.

It really depends on how vB5 goes. Updating mods to the new platform require a serious amount of work beyond what was required from 3 to 4.

[Aramist]

Hi

I'm getting this error when trying to proceed with image sync:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function imagecreatefromjpeg() in /home/myuser/public_html/myboard.com/forum/includes/prodforums_uploader.php on line 36

Any tip?

Ty in advance

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Aramist

Hi

I'm getting this error when trying to proceed with image sync:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function imagecreatefromjpeg() in /home/myuser/public_html/myboard.com/forum/includes/prodforums_uploader.php on line 36

Any tip?

Ty in advance

Sounds like your server does not have the GD image library installed. It's pretty common so check with your host about getting it added.

[flash84]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Does the url loaded show a #xxx bit at the end as if it is trying to load a post?

There is no #xxx in the URL, only the thread like this:

http://www.mysite.com/showthread.php?t=38020

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by flash84

There is no #xxx in the URL, only the thread like this:

http://www.mysite.com/showthread.php?t=38020

Thanks.

Are you using the create review thread option by chance?

[BlogTwits]

Is this fine to install on 4.2?

[flash84]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Thanks.

Are you using the create review thread option by chance?

I am using the Write Your Own link in the product description. It has a URL like this:

http://www.mysite.com/productforums.php?do=write_review&productid=2

When I write a new review and click the Post Review button the vbulletin message "Your review on xxxxxxxx has been posted!" is linking me to the correct review post with a URL like this:

http://www.mysite.com/showpost.php?p=345392

But when I go back to Read All Reviews and click on one of the reviews it will just take me to the beginning of the thread showing the product description instead of the actual review post.