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 stevectaylor

Where do a alter the size of the images?

Images are remotely hosted and set at whatever size they are.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by imported_stefan

1. I like this MOD as well and try to use it also. Is there a simple way to get rid of the shown Price Field at all, because I don't need it for the one purpose :-)

Sure. It's just a template line you can delete, change, bold, whatever you like.

Originally Posted by imported_stefan

2. Can I install it a seccond time on my forum with an different purpose? I asume thats a lot f work, right?

Yes it's possible but you'd have to hack every reference to a new table / variable.

[ludachris]

Wish this was available for 3.8... nice looking add-on.

[goowa]

I'm having a strange problem.

I have this set up in a "Review" forum, and I've added all the items for review.
I can go in as myself and rate/review an item and it works fine.

When my members try it, all of their review are going to moderation. The real problem is I can't approve the posts. I select them just as I normally would and try to approve, and I get a message that says
"You did not select any posts to which the action you picked can be applied."

I don't have any settings turned on in this mod that should send posts to moderation, nor do I have any turned on to automatically moderate my forum in general.

Any suggestions?

[Ted S]

The mod doesn't change any settings (it follows however the forum is setup) so for the sake of argument try adjusting the settings down or up and see if that makes the moderation queue go away (or work correctly).

[cloferba]

Can I rate different aspects of a product? I mean, for example product xx
Easy to use?: Rate
Easy to uninstall?: Rate
Intuitive?: Rate

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by cloferba

Can I rate different aspects of a product? I mean, for example product xx
Easy to use?: Rate
Easy to uninstall?: Rate
Intuitive?: Rate

Nope.

[stevectaylor]

Doesn't seem to generate a meta description on ours?

[Wizza]

For some reason my purchase url isn't showing up?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by stevectaylor

Doesn't seem to generate a meta description on ours?

That's not a feature of the mod.