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 deverill2010

I've come accross one thing.

I posted a review under another users account which for some reason went into moderation (it should of just been posted) I don't have reviews set to be moderated by the way.

However when I try to approve the post it says - You did not select any posts to which the action you picked can be applied. even though I am selecting the post.

I also checked and this review/post is not pending to be moderated in the reviews in your back end.

So at the moment I have no way of approving this review/post..

Your forum rules will override any settings in the mod [vBulletin > mods]. Check the forum reviews go too.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by deverill2010

Where on the front end do they add products? I can't seem to find this.

You have to enable the option per usergroup. Then it shows up in the productforums.php file or where ever else you chose to add the link.

[nibb]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Looks like the script is really not seeing any message, thus it can't post the review thread. You'll need to wait until 1.3 comes out [soon] to get past this.

Ok, so I installed this yesterday and created allot of products, but I can?t use it then for now as nobody can post any review.

When will 1.3 be out? I guess I will not lose any products I created already right?

Thanks

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by nibb

Ok, so I installed this yesterday and created allot of products, but I can?t use it then for now as nobody can post any review.

When will 1.3 be out? I guess I will not lose any products I created already right?

Thanks

I know waiting sucks but it's that or chase down what's flagging this issue.

You won't lose any products turning off the mod just dont uninstall it.

1.3 will be out soon... No exact date until we finish all of the features, but figure a week or two.

[nibb]

Originally Posted by Ted S

I know waiting sucks but it's that or chase down what's flagging this issue.

You won't lose any products turning off the mod just dont uninstall it.

1.3 will be out soon... No exact date until we finish all of the features, but figure a week or two.

This may sound strange but I do prefer to chase the issue. Because Im very curios why it works on most Vbulletin like you said and it does not in my own, in particular when I have no other plugins installed. Just upgraded to the latest VB and issue is still there. I also have basically none customization. Just a theme installed.

The issue must be surely a JavaScript issue or the mod not detecting any data send in the field. It must be a very small and easy to fix bug. My guess its not counting characters correctly and it assumes always the length is not correct.

Yes, waiting for versions is fine, if you have a temporary fix which I don?t. Im even more curious now because the other poster that said had the same issue like me fixed it by uninstalling and re-installing the mod. Something I can?t try because I have products already added and would lose them.

[deverill2010]

Nibb I'm on the latest version 4.2 pl2 I don't know why it wasn't working then but is now. Very strange but in grateful either way!

[Kirk Fitzgerald]

Originally Posted by PattiOz

Ted/Kirk,

Here's my file from adminCP. I am at a loss with this one.

There are really only two things left I can think of, first of which is are you running the latest version of vB4, if not update to the latest build, it's a long shot but there it is.

The second of which and this one is a real long shot, maybe your localhost PHP setup is a bit quirky, in this case try changing line 1387 of admincp/productforums.php to this:

	<?php

It shouldn't normally make a difference, my localhost install works fine with that line both ways, but you never know, when all else fails, maybe it's time to turn to the extraordinary!

[PattiOz]

Kirk, IT WORKED! Thank you so much!

[deverill2010]

Ihave to say I love how easy it is to customise the product page. Nothing like trying to edit colours an shizzle in VB.

I'm quite chuffed with what I've done, fits in with my new skin perfectly

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[deverill2010]

Ha I'm loving it I'm well into it now. Sorry for my over excitement, I have been looking for something like this for ages!

Ted a wee customisation.. Is there anyway to make new reviews post with a prefix? I have a prefix set in the reviews forum but I'm manually having to edit the thread of each review and assign a prefix. I only have one prefix enabled so is there anyway when a review is created, to make it use the prefix?