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BirdOPrey5
03-22-2012, 11:00 PM
Contact Us Enhancement
by ChrisTERiS (http://www.vbulleton.com)

25 Mar 2012 New version 1.1.0 Changes

Shows the company email as: you [at] domain.com instead of link
Moves the error messages just above the form to be more visible
Fixes a bug of blank page if errors occured.
I made transparent the image which appears in the form, for better appearance in dark backgrounds.To upgrade:

Download and unzip the new version
Upload contactus.php at your forum directory
Upload the file images/misc/contactus.png to images/misc overwritting the old one.
Import product-contactus.xml checking overwrite.----------------------------------------------------------------------




Like my Memberlist, this hack adds more features and a better design to the poor vB Contact Us Form. In details
Lite version
Ability to show one (or more) from the fields below in the contact us page:
Company Name
Address
City, Zipcode
State, Country
Phone
Fax
Website
Email
Working hours
Ability to request email verification from guest who are using the contact us form. If the user does not confirm his email in the given time, then a cronjob removes it, and you'll never be distrurbed from the spam emails.
Visitor can request to get a copy of the message
Ability to request from Guest to agree to your TOS before the "Submit button" appears.
Ability to add a welcome intro text which appears at the top of the page.
Pro version
No Copyright link
Ability to show Google Map of your location (just below your company's details)
Ability to set departments, each one with its own email address.
Ability to add extra fields in the form.Installation:
Download, Unzip and upload all files from the folder upload to the directory where your vB installation exist. contact.php file must be on the same level as forum.php
Login to your Admincp and import product-contactus.xml
Set the settings at Contact Us-> General settings
That's all. After testing it's functionality and you want to use this page instead the original one, you must goto vB Settings-> Site Name / URL / Contact Details and replace sendmessage.php with contactus.phpCopyright:

There is a small copyright link in the bottom of the page. Don't remove it please.

Thank you
Chris

persianpros
03-23-2012, 09:42 PM
nice mod but i like the pro version :D

Christos Teriakis
03-24-2012, 06:17 AM
nice mod but i like the pro version :D

I think that even with these features is much better than the original contact form.

Chris

bloodyred
03-24-2012, 04:15 PM
I can already see the spam without having a captcha ... The Horror!

Bots can click links in emails!!!

Christos Teriakis
03-24-2012, 04:27 PM
I can already see the spam without having a captcha ... The Horror!

Bots can click links in emails!!!

If you don't want to show your email there, just leave the email field empty.

Chris

Christos Teriakis
03-24-2012, 05:41 PM
I changed the way that company's email appears, by replacing @ with ' [at] '. An update will soon be realize.

Chris

1320Nation
03-24-2012, 06:05 PM
Is there anyway for us to change the css in the image with the girl? I have a dark website and the current text does not appear very well.

Christos Teriakis
03-24-2012, 06:21 PM
Is there anyway for us to change the css in the image with the girl? I have a dark website and the current text does not appear very well.

Tomorrow I'll release some additional photos and the only that you need is to rename it. Yestrerday I was in rush to relase it, so I added the one that I've in my site.

Chris

1320Nation
03-24-2012, 06:37 PM
Tomorrow I'll release some additional photos and the only that you need is to rename it. Yestrerday I was in rush to relase it, so I added the one that I've in my site.

Chris

Great...thank you!

Christos Teriakis
03-24-2012, 06:43 PM
Great...thank you!

Even if I'm not good designer, give me your background color to modify the current photo and send it to you.

Chris

Christos Teriakis
03-24-2012, 08:33 PM
I added a screenshot from the PRO version which I just finished.

Chris

Christos Teriakis
03-25-2012, 09:04 AM
25 Mar 2012 New version 1.1.0 Changes

Shows the company email as: you [at] domain.com instead of link
Moves the error messages just above the form to be more visible
Fixes a bug of blank page if errors occured.
I made transparent the image which appears in the form, for better appearance in dark backgrounds.To upgrade:

Download and unzip the new version
Upload contactus.php at your forum directory
Upload the file images/misc/contactus.png to images/misc overwritting the old one.
Import product-contactus.xml checking overwrite.Greetings
Chris

1320Nation
03-25-2012, 01:25 PM
Seems to be working flawlessly now. I did put the contactus.png image in photoshop and sharpen it up and well as brighten it up some. It looks much better now with my black background.

Charis
03-27-2012, 03:13 PM
Thanks Chris,
Very nice mod indeed.

anandbagmane
05-03-2012, 07:06 AM
where we can buy this mods?

Christos Teriakis
05-03-2012, 07:49 AM
where we can buy this mods?

From Monday morning and then, at: http://www.vbulleton.com

Chris

BirdOPrey5
05-03-2012, 11:59 AM
Specific pricing can not be discussed on the forum, please take it to PM.

Energypac
05-08-2012, 03:41 PM
Chris, This looks close to what I need and thank you about the classifieds mod I pm you earlier about. I made a copy of sendmessage.php and renamed the copy sendmessage2.php and linked to it from my navbar. It works however I want to change what radio buttons and maybe ad a message how could I use your mod, leave original "Contact Us" and modify the new sendmessage.php.
thanks
Marc J. Clark

Christos Teriakis
05-08-2012, 04:05 PM
Chris, This looks close to what I need and thank you about the classifieds mod I pm you earlier about. I made a copy of sendmessage.php and renamed the copy sendmessage2.php and linked to it from my navbar. It works however I want to change what radio buttons and maybe ad a message how could I use your mod, leave original "Contact Us" and modify the new sendmessage.php.
thanks
Marc J. Clark

Hello Marc,

Why you're doing such complicated work? Just upload the files and then goto admincp-> vB Settings-> Options-> Site Name / URL / Contact Details and set:
Contact Us Link = contactus.php instead of sendmessage.php

Chris

Nirjonadda
08-08-2012, 11:51 AM
Joe ! where is the PRO version ? Does not found on Qapla ?

BirdOPrey5
08-08-2012, 12:45 PM
No I have not yet found time to update this mod after getting it from ChrisTERiS. When I do I will post here.

BirdOPrey5
11-03-2012, 07:46 PM
Mod returned to ChrisTERiS.