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.

[bosanci28]

So this can be used as a Research, Review & Compare Items for a automotive related field forum? I can add what ever categories? and the questions that a user will have to input? like:
*best transmission shop in town?
or other questions under that specific category...
Thanks

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by bosanci28

So this can be used as a Research, Review & Compare Items for a automotive related field forum? I can add what ever categories? and the questions that a user will have to input? like:
*best transmission shop in town?
or other questions under that specific category...
Thanks

A product is a product is a product... type doesn't change much.

Questions are not category specific but you can add them forum-wide.

[pjkcards]

While this isn't supported any longer, does it still work on 4.2.1?

Thanks.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by pjkcards

While this isn't supported any longer, does it still work on 4.2.1?

Thanks.

As a public addon, there's no guarentee of response time for our modules though you can see the history of updates and answers in the thread.

This addon works on 4.x.

[RaiinbowEyes]

Originally Posted by Ted S

The addon was unable to create your product's thread resulting in a critical error.

This is usually a function of a particular setting on the product forum, such as having it as a category or requiring pre-fixes when none are used. Review those types of options first.

If it persists, open up admincp/productforums.php and go to line 330

BEFORE it add:

print_r($errors);

This will reveal the debug information from vB.

Thank you for responding! I appreciate that! I did as you said, but the same error came up when I tried again. No additional information sadly.

However, whenever I try and edit existing products I get "Database error "Warning: mysqli_query() [function.mysqli-query]: (42S22/1054): Unknown column 'uploadimg' in 'field list' in [path]/includes/class_core.php on line 1391".

So that's something. I went to that path and found line 1391 and it's:

if ($queryresult = mysqli_query($link, $this->sql, ($buffered ? MYSQLI_STORE_RESULT : MYSQLI_USE_RESULT)))

I have no idea how I'd go about fixing or what is wrong. If someone tells me to go to a line of code and put something in or replace something, I can do that. But beyond that I have no idea what I'm doing X_x Is there anything I can do? The review forums have become a big part in my forum and I'd really really hate to lose them.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by RaiinbowEyes

However, whenever I try and edit existing products I get "Database error "Warning: mysqli_query() [function.mysqli-query]: (42S22/1054): Unknown column 'uploadimg' in 'field list' in [path]/includes/class_core.php on line 1391".

That's a good start...

Sounds like the addon was unable to alter your database, so let's do it the fun way:

Run the queries below (via your AdminCP, mySQL shell or something like phpMyAdmin):

ALTER TABLE pf_product ADD uploadimg TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT '0';
ALTER TABLE pf_product ADD mainphoto_small VARCHAR(150) NOT NULL DEFAULT '';
ALTER TABLE pf_product ADD uploadimg mainphoto_thumb VARCHAR(150) NOT NULL DEFAULT '';

If you are using table prefixes, those go before pf_product but without spaces (i.e. vb_pf_product).

[RichieBoy67]

Will this work well as an Ebay network affiliate store and not a product review forum?

Does anyone have this type of a set up working? If so can you send me the link so I can see?

Thanks

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by RichieBoy67

Will this work well as an Ebay network affiliate store and not a product review forum?

I suppose you could build it into a product directory without reviews but I'm sure there's better solutions for that out there than hacking the entire review side out of this.

[malinghi]

I'm really sorry that giftery closed. Would it be possible to get a copy of the instructions for installing this mod? They're no longer available on giftery.me

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by malinghi

I'm really sorry that giftery closed. Would it be possible to get a copy of the instructions for installing this mod? They're no longer available on giftery.me

Sorry about that, still have to make a couple changes to address the shift.

Look for 1.4.0 with the install guide included.