As some of you may already know, Camping Babble is soon going to have a snazzy new reviews function (https://campingbabble.com/reviews/) so that we can create a listing of various camping products. This thread is going to be for discussing what the best way to organize the products and reviews will be.
I have tried to keep the categories logical but also closely matching to the forum structure, this way the discussion threads from various items can easily be sorted into the appropriate section of the main forum and be accessed either way. For example, notice how the Tents all get put into the Shelter forum.
The main thing I am undecided on is setting the custom data for each item. For example, other than the star rating and review contents; what data should be able to be entered for different item types? How do you normally search for items?
For example for a tent, we might have:
I have tried to keep the categories logical but also closely matching to the forum structure, this way the discussion threads from various items can easily be sorted into the appropriate section of the main forum and be accessed either way. For example, notice how the Tents all get put into the Shelter forum.
The main thing I am undecided on is setting the custom data for each item. For example, other than the star rating and review contents; what data should be able to be entered for different item types? How do you normally search for items?
For example for a tent, we might have:
- Brand
- Number of people it can fit
- Color
- Style (dome, a-frame, etc.)
- Material
- Brand
- Steel name
- Blade length
