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.

[qpurser]

Ted,
any idea how I can solve the small issues I mentioned in post #1516?

Thanks
Michael

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by qpurser

Ted,
any idea how I can solve the small issues I mentioned in post #1516?

Thanks
Michael

I'm not entirely sure why it's happening at all. The editor should strip out any tags it doesn't like...

What are your HTML settings for posts?

[qpurser]

Originally Posted by Ted S

I'm not entirely sure why it's happening at all. The editor should strip out any tags it doesn't like...

What are your HTML settings for posts?

For this particular forum HTML = No and BB code = yes.
Always thought for safety reasons you never should turn HTML ON. That's the reason I never turned it on

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by qpurser

For this particular forum HTML = No and BB code = yes.
Always thought for safety reasons you never should turn HTML ON. That's the reason I never turned it on

Filtering should stop any real abuse from HTML but from a design perspective it's certainly a smart call in my book.

More importantly however your settings should allow everything to parse properly.

If you don't mind, give this version of productforums.php a try (backup your current version first).

[qpurser]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Filtering should stop any real abuse from HTML but from a design perspective it's certainly a smart call in my book.

More importantly however your settings should allow everything to parse properly.

If you don't mind, give this version of productforums.php a try (backup your current version first).

This one does work for the formatting. No issues even when HTML is off but it seems every review needs moderation even when I said NO in the options

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by qpurser

This one does work for the formatting. No issues even when HTML is off but it seems every review needs moderation even when I said NO in the options

Ok one more try using the most current public version with just the tweak made for this issue (the version I posted before probably had a few other new changes included as well).

[miket1234]

I got some problems with this plugin.
One is that path where I put the imagines.
I set it like this:

/var/www/www.talkpoint.ro/imagini

But when I try to Sync them i get this error:

couldnt save the image for - skipping
All Done!

That folder has 777 permisions. If i try other combinations of path i get this error:

Couldnt save the image. Check your upload folder permissions.

In the first case, i find in folder IMAGINI some strange named jpg files with something_full.jpg,thumb and small at the end.

But nothing happens here. Still no pics:
http://talkpoint.ro/productforums.php?langid=1

Other questions:
Where I can remove SKU and EIN fields?
and it's possible to ADD pictures in "Full Description" field? If yes, how?
Thanks in advance

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by miket1234

I got some problems with this plugin.
One is that path where I put the imagines.
I set it like this:

Very strange that something is getting saved as these errors occur when the script can't access a file at the end of the process. Try adding a trailing / to the end of your folder name.

Originally Posted by miket1234

Where I can remove SKU and EIN fields?

Pull them out of the product page template and, if you're letting users add products, out of the add product template. You should know however that without an identifier you can't import products.

Originally Posted by miket1234

and it's possible to ADD pictures in "Full Description" field? If yes, how?

Nope.

[miket1234]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Very strange that something is getting saved as these errors occur when the script can't access a file at the end of the process. Try adding a trailing / to the end of your folder name.

Didnt worked
What else can i do?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by miket1234

Didnt worked
What else can i do?

Change to a new folder. Set the permissions. Check if the images are created in it and, if so, that they load.