Hi there. I was looking to be able to place a google map in my posted thread from a form utilising the form header as an address. For example - "154 Eglinton Road, Mornington", and that would insert a small map as part of the post. (In New Zealand, so may need to append "NZ" on the end of the form header info. Example is: http://www.shackchat.co.nz/listings/...oad-Mornington

for that I'm using map bb code:

Hi there - thanks for that.

I have two questions please -

1. Where am I sticking the BB code for this in to the form? (presume its under form output styling?)
2. Re the {param} - where is that getting it from? Should that be replaced with for example {threadtitle} or {qo_85} etc?

Mark

First you need to install this bb code in admincp: AdminCp->Custom BB Codes->BB Code Manager and set for example:

Title: Map
BB Code Tag Name: map
Replacement: - code from previous post
Example: [map]Paris,France[/map]
Description: Insert Google map

then in the form output add something like:
[MAP]{qo_72},{qo_73},{qo_74}[/MAP]

For me the best results I have when I use:
[MAP]number and street, city ,country[/MAP]

Anyone know how to use this form to create tables?

Can i use this for 4.2.0? I tried installing it worked but it doesnt show up in Navbar or quick links. I am using (Morbid Dark) Style by Digital VB

You need to go to your URL /misc.php?do=forms

From there, you can access everything. Just make sure you setup the permissions in the Options in the AdminCP.

And yes, it works on 4.2 without issue.

For me the URL is just forms.php

You can easily add it using vBulletin Navigation Manager.

hi
as in the title have installed the mod (twice) as per instructions but still do not have quick link or nav bar access, and can not create a form either, some help please to point me in the right direction. Have tried the above fixes but still no joy.
using BtechBlue style with vb 4.2
many thanks:)

Go to your forum home page and rather than forum.php what appears when you type in forms.php into your browser?

thx for getting back to me, just done it again and I am now able to create the form, but still no sign of the nav bar or quick links option, how am I going to be able to make it visible for my members?

ADMIN-CP > SETTINGS > NAVIGATION MANAGER > ADD TAB

Product : Easy Forms
Target URL : forms.php
Active : Yes
Display Order : Up to you where you want it to appear. (i have 70 here)

Hit save. :up:

Many thanks all sorted now, I think vb need cach clearing or something along those lines:D

Thanks for that - worked well.

Mark

Same here, attachment function is broken.

Create new thread, checked.
Allow attachment, checked.

User groups can make new threads with attachment, without Easy Form.

Any fixed?

Has anyone ever figured out how (or even IF), you can save a field to a customfield in the user profile?

Thanks for your Good Mod.
How can I export Form Result to Excel with UTF-8 charset?

Allright, i just installed Easy Forms, and know that i go to the directory of the forms.php i get this message

Anyone knows why this is happening ?

How would I go about inserting the answers of a specific form into my database? (Not the default save to databse function)

During a previous installation, I had a form set up to insert info into the database in the user profile field. If you want it inserted elsewhere, you'll need to modify as necessary. I HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend developing this on a test install because, if you don't know what you're doing, you can royally mess up your database.

Note: This may no longer work, try and use at your own risk. ;)


You first need to get the question number where they enter in the info - you get this in the questions list (I believe) or by editing the individual question.

Then you need to find the corresponding user profile field ID. This is seen in the "name" field on the profile field manager (i.e. "field34").

There are two basic parts to this, the first is to make the field "play nice" with the database so it doesn't break any code. Replace the $q[###] with the appropriate question number. Repeat this line for each question you have that you want to insert into the database... change the $info# AND $query# so that each line (variable) is unique.


So for example, if I have a question #12 that I want put in user field 30, and a question #14 that I was in user field 33, this is what mine might look like:

Very helpful.

Thank you.

Elenna, thank you very much!! That worked out great! I did have to remove the back slashes where you were escaping the single quotes, but after that, all is good.

Thanks again, it's very much appreciated!

I need to put a link on a form to a URL. I am putting it in the "Title" "Description" on the form.
I am using BB Code. But this does not create a link the code just shows up. What am I doing wrong?

Aha, thanks! I fixed that in my post. That's what I get for copying from a old database backup. :) Glad to help!!

We used to do this for very complex database things (specifically messing with the Event Attendance tables) without giving members direct access to the queries. We even added in error checking (like "You aren't RSVPd for this event") by sometimes using variables and if statements.

I believe you need to use HTML to put links in forms, rather than BB Code (or it's reversed, and you need to used BB Code and not HTML).

What ever way you're trying now, use the other "code" type and all should be well!

First wanted to say I love the mod. It is helping me out a lot. I am having one problem with it. Whenever I copy a form and then use the copied form, I get the following error message:

Form failed to submit. The following error(s) occured:
Please complete both the subject and message fields.

There is nothing being left blank when I use my form, I am filling out all required information.

Any idea what I am doing wrong? I am using the newest version of VB. Thanks in advance for your help!

Hi noob (boy, that sounds bad - sorry!),

When you copy the form, does it copy over the form "Title"? Sounds like you may have some of the settings blank?

Thanks for your reply Elenna. Your post made me dig a little digger and I was able to figure it out.

After copying the form, at first glance everything was filled out like it was suppose to, including the title. I had it as q_1 (question 1)

The problem was that question 1 was no longer q_1 in the database for this form. It was q_13. Once I change that the title error was no longer a problem.

Another issued I had was when I was editing the copied formand selected all, it was not properly updating the database. I had to select each section individually for it to properly update.

Now that I know what I did wrong everything works great!

I was wondering is it possible to set an option to where the user can select from a drop down menu which forum he would want the form to be submitted into as a thread?

Anyone?

To get to your forms, don't visit forms.php directly. Instead go to your_forum/misc.php?do=forms

Elenna,

Thanks. I tried html href. It doesn't work either. Any other suggestions?

I just checked, we have a link in our Description section with this format:
link text here

If you're trying it in the title, maybe it won't work?

And just to confirm, it is displaying the code when people view the form, or it's displaying the code after they submit the form and the results are sent to a PM or new thread?

Hi there.

One tweak I wanted to make is pass the forum in the string - [MAP]{qo_72},{qo_73},{qo_74}[/MAP] but strip a prefix I have on the forum (one of the questions).

For example if {qo_73} actually contained "PD_Wakari", I wanted the insert in to the string to be "Wakari" i.e. drop the first 3 chars. I know how to do that in Excel but not that useful here!

Is there a simple way to do this please?

Thanks.

Mark

I am currently using this form for an employee to request a vacation from work
What I would like to do is check the start date against todays date and make sure it is 2 weeks in advance.

Can you point me in the right direction with what code or hook I can use

Thanks!

Originally Posted by wolfey

I want to make a look up tool for part#'s using a website

I created a form asking for the part#
the I used the url to redirect user and added to link the {qo_part} after the slash..but it doesnt work
The url doesnt come out right...it says the {qo_part}

Is what I am doing possible?
Added the functionality to attached file.

Import attached product file and then it should work.
Trying to use this again, not working correctly

I get this:
vBulletin Message

Invalid Redirect URL (http://www.metraonline.com/part/99-2003)
but it is all correct..just wont redirect

using latest version 4.3.0 on VB 4.2.0

I want to use this for event registration.
Does anyone know if there is a way to add a payment field?

Thnx

I get this error during some instances. How do I fix it?

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/...../forums/forms.php(664) : eval()'d code on line 1

Have you put anything in the php form hooks?

Nope, you would have to create a custom question for this