New Posting Features - Form Hack

Form Hack 4.1

Features:

Ever wanted an online form that a user can fill out, which when submitted gets:

• Posted into a new thread in a forum of your choice
• Create a new poll in the new thread with options of your choice
• Posted as a reply in an existing thread of your choice
• PMed to you or someone else
• Emailed to an email address you specify
• Choose to redirect to the post, thread or forum, or a custom thank you message
• Choose to redirect to edit post
• See a preview before they submit

Or any combination or all of the above?

Well, this is the hack for you!

You can use this for:

• Moderator Applications
• Quiz Submit Form which gets PMed to a moderator
• Contact Form that goes to PM, email or thread
• Guests to apply to be members
• Report a Moderator form that goes as a PM to you
• Guests can PM you for whatever reason
• Order form to buy things
• Donation form
• News or Articles submissions that can go straight to a thread

Or anything you like - this hack is totally customizable via the AdminCP.

The beauty of this hack is that once you install this hack, to make a new form all you need to do is copy the main hook, rename it to whatever you want, edit the variables in the hook, and you have a totally new form!!! You do not need to touch the templates again, but can always create new ones and use different templates for different forms.

Format of the form:

• One main input question
• 3 Radio buttons Choice questions
• 3 Normal text input questions
• 1 Drop down menu
• 3 Check boxes
• 1 Long answer question
• 1 VB message editor text box question
• Upload attachments

This is customizable via the hook.

Also:

• You can set the usergroups you want access to this form.
• Depending on your forum permissions, if the new thread is in a public forum, members can reply to it. This hack allows a form to submit the new thread or post wherever you want it to go.
• Force the user to answer all questions.

INSTALLATION
Easy - takes only a few minutes:

• Import the XML into products. (admin cp -> Plug-in System -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product)
• Edit the main plug-in - the instructions are all inside the hook itself, in the top half. Follow the instructions carefully!
• To get to the form, go to: /newthread.php?do=form (change "form" to the name of your form if you have few)

Done!

Use this hack to make as many forms as you like!

Enjoy!

Updates:

Version 4.0: (09/15/2006)

• Ported over for vb3.6
• Send to multiple emails.
• Send multiple PMs.
• Parse emails for BBCode
• And finally, ATTACHMENTS!

Version 4.1: (04/24/2008)

• Fixed for vb 3.6.10
• Small bug fixed.
• List of the 2 quick edits are in the zip file so you don't have to start making a form from scratch.

MAKE SURE YOU CLICK INSTALL!
You will get an email when a new version is released.

Abe1 with rights from Dr Erwin Loh

[mrgrimes]

Originally Posted by blind-eddie

Yes, dont allow guest to post. Set usergroup setting for guest, not to be able to post. Make them register.

My guests have to be able to post, unfortunately. I'm looking at the NoSpam! hack, which says it works with the Form Hack but I'm currently experiencing problems with it. I shall persevere though.

[blind-eddie]

I get no spam at all, all guest must register to post or fill out an app. How do you know who they are if you dont make them register. You have there ip, also only people who register and take the time to fill out there reg info are going to do what it is they came to you for, your form hack.....JMO....makem register, it will stop most if not all spam. Good luck

[dutchbb]

Originally Posted by dutchbb

The attachments are a great improvement but do you think it's possible to also include the thread rating (stars) in the form?

I'm using it as a 'write a review' form and it would be nice to have the rating included in the database instead of using static content.

???

[jacki]

is there anybody help me?


I set this form before and all forms are received me and when my super moderators write reply that form their message number are rising.But after my update forum version, even though I send reply that form viewing number get higher but reply number still 0. When I enter the form I can see the replies.

Screen Shot

1 - http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/7943/40914909to6.gif

2 - http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/7732/98835333bh5.gif

[dutchbb]

Strange it always worked and now I'm suddenly getting an error; after I submit the review it shows the message: 'no thread specified' could it be because of the upgrade to 3.6.4???

[RedGTiVR6]

For some reason, on a new template that I've created, the attachment area on the initial form page, isn't centered on the bottom of the page any more.

I've tried comparing the code to another form that has the module positioned correctly, but no dice.

Any ideas?

[RedGTiVR6]

ACK!

Now I'm running into a new issue, and I can't track it down.

I've uploaded a new form. I hooked it to 'newthread_start'. I've created two new templates for this new form, and I've called them in the new form as well.

When this form is activated and I try to access it, I get an error telling me that an invalid forum was specified.

While this fom is activated, and I try to access any other form that I've created, I get the same error - that an invalid forum was specified.

If I diable this newest form, I'm able to access the other forms without a problem.

I get an error about the syntax in newthread.php.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[dutchbb]

hmm ik think this doesn't work with vbseo, i keep getting 'no thread specified' when trying to post a form

[optrex]

it does work with vbseo. make sure you have it posting to a valid forum id (have you edited the plugin?)


How do you get the CAPTCHA to work please?

[The-Ensemble]

I wanted to know if its possible to put the form in a custom php file? example form.php?do=form1
can this be easily done or does it have to be for newthread.php?