How to format 'Product Review' text box font ?

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(12-07-2011 05:23 AM)akm Wrote:  Trying to make the 'sample text - 2' the same font/area as the 'sample text - 1 & 3' font/area,

What class you used for the 'sample text - 1' textbox?
By default, MyBB uses .textbox (input.textbox) class, and XThreads uses that class too.
If you use your own class, maybe you need to edit your threadfields_inputrow template (in Global Templates).
For example:

HTML Code

<tr> <td class="{$altbg}" width="20%"><strong>{$tf['title']}</strong></td> <td class="{$altbg} myinput">{$inputfield}<small style="display: block;">{$tf['desc']}</small></td> </tr>

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and add this class to your global.css:

Code:

.myinput .textbox { font-size: 24px; }

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(12-07-2011 05:23 AM)akm Wrote:  and eliminate the MyBB 'Your Message' display (both columns), much like the sample shown in the second attachment taken from the xthreads PR example.

The textarea (both columns) are in newthread and editpost template.
But, if you remove it from that templates, the textarea will be removed for other forums too, not for your Product Review forum only.
That's why you need to create a new newthread template with prefix. So, the textarea will be removed from your Product Review forum only.
The prefix must be the same as what Template Prefix you use for your Product Review forum.

(12-07-2011 05:23 AM)akm Wrote:  1. am somewhat familiar with templates and will try making a custom newthread template, per your direction, but not sure how to connect it to the specific sub-forum.

As long as you use the same prefix with your forum's Template Prefix, XThreads will "connects" it automatically.

(12-07-2011 05:23 AM)akm Wrote:  2. am not familiar with 'Display Format' or 'Formatting Map List' processes, is that part of the ACP ?

They are part of Custom Thread Fields settings.

Maybe you can look at the Testimonial example application:
http://mybbhacks.zingaburga.com/showthread.php?tid=567

It uses a custom newthread and editpost template (xttes_newthread and xttes_editpost_first templates), you can see the screenshots.
We use xttest_ as prefix for those templates because we use xttest_ as Template Prefix for the Testimonial forum. And XThreads will "connects" it automatically for us.