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 Killhunter

When will you fix this bug, that you cant edit products which arent at the first page, because you cant change the page?

Have you upgraded to a current (or near current) version of vBulletin 4?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Killhunter

If a user has not wrote any review there should be no link in the stats.

Using a conditional you can decide what, if any, information shows in this area just as you may chose to apply similar filtering on post counts, photo uploads, etc.

[Athena1984]

After adding more products I realized I am having the same issue as Killhunter, not able to edit products on the next page. Click next page takes you back to the Manage Products page. Even if I enter the product name, I am taken to the first page of the list. I am using vBulletin 4.1.12 PL1.

EDIT: I forgot to ask, is the import product xml function specifically for 50 or more items? I tried testing it with just a few items and I received an error.

[Killhunter]

@Athena: Thank you. I think it isnt the vBulletin version, hmm? Does it work for you, Ted S?

Originally Posted by Ted S

Using a conditional you can decide what, if any, information shows in this area just as you may chose to apply similar filtering on post counts, photo uploads, etc.

I didnt get it. Can you explain that farther or show me how?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Killhunter

@Athena: Thank you. I think it isnt the vBulletin version, hmm? Does it work for you, Ted S?

As I've mentioned before, I don't offer support for significantly outdated versions of vBulletin. Even if issues exist in the mod it introduces too many variables to debug. This may change your decision to use mod but I'll leave that to you.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Athena1984

After adding more products I realized I am having the same issue as Killhunter, not able to edit products on the next page. Click next page takes you back to the Manage Products page. Even if I enter the product name, I am taken to the first page of the list. I am using vBulletin 4.1.12 PL1.

Thanks. Give this version of admincp/productsforums.php a shot... I posted it a few weeks back but haven't updated the main download yet apparently.

Originally Posted by Athena1984

EDIT: I forgot to ask, is the import product xml function specifically for 50 or more items? I tried testing it with just a few items and I received an error.

The script doesn't care if you have one or one thousand products but your server may as importing can timeout the processes. What error are you getting?

[Killhunter]

Originally Posted by Ted S

As I've mentioned before, I don't offer support for significantly outdated versions of vBulletin. Even if issues exist in the mod it introduces too many variables to debug. This may change your decision to use mod but I'll leave that to you.

I dont have a choice, I've long relied on it.

I really love it...

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Killhunter

I dont have a choice, I've long relied on it.

I really love it...

Well like I said, I can't offer direct support until you get to a more recent version but the file I posted a few messages back should work for your version as well.

[Athena1984]

The productforums.php file you uploaded does not correct the problem for me. As for the errors, I was mistaken, they were warnings. Below is basically what I had happen when trying to upload the xml file. I used the template in the "do not upload" folder.

Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: /tmp/phpIdjobj:29: parser error : xmlParseEntityRef: no name in [path]/admincp/productforums.php on line 1174

Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: u>Price Comparisons</u></b> (<i>From lowest to highest, NOT including shipping & in [path]/admincp/productforums.php on line 1174

Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: ^ in [path]/admincp/productforums.php on line 1174

Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: /tmp/phpIdjobj:31: parser error : attributes construct error in [path]/admincp/productforums.php on line 1174

Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: <table border="1", cellpadding="5"> in [path]/admincp/productforums.php on line 1174

Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: ^ in [path]/admincp/productforums.php on line 1174

Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: /tmp/phpIdjobj:31: parser error : Couldn't find end of Start Tag table line 31 in [path]/admincp/productforums.php on line 1174...

All done!

Now looking at it though, could it be because I am using html in the description?

[Ted S]

Which function are you still having issues with the in admin?

As for the import, it looks like you have special characters in your HTML. I'll throw in some sanatizing elements when I post up changes for the product manager.