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

[Deepdog009]

My bad, i meant 3.6.5

Im using test board to verify this now. Maybe its another hack causing issue.

By the way can somebody help Milk Carton with the image verification add-on?

Good Luck

Fixed it...

[Deepdog009]

Use bbcodes from smilies fields to add some color and flair to PREVIEWS and posts...

Upload smilies and insert into your answers template

Take a Peek...

[dutchbb]

Originally Posted by dutchbb

Hello Abe, can you PLEASE tell me why it doesn't work anymore. Ihave now uninstalled/installed it over and over again but the same problem keeps coming back. The form apears, I can fill it in , but after submit nothing get's posted, there is just no thread made. And yes I have selected a forum where the thread needs to be posted in. How is this possible? I used this before for a year and it always worked , it's driving me nuts?!

Ok, I finally found the cause of this problem. It's because this mod doesn't work together with the form mod because it interferes in the posting process. It took me days to found this out but I'm happy to get it solved now. Hopefully both mods can work together in future updates some day...

[hal05]

This has to be the best mod ever!

[Deepdog009]

Im still having a few troubles getting this fully loaded, but here it is NE-ways.

Hope this helps...

<script type="text/javascript">
function popup(url){
  window.open(url,"","width=275,height=250,scrollbars,");
  return false;
}
</script>

<a href="http://yourlinktocalendarpopuppage.com" onclick="return popup(this.href);">One</a>




<a href="" onclick="return popup(this.href);"><img src="/images/calendar1.gif" alt="Submit Events" width="20" height="20" border="0"></a>

Use this in body of page.

This is very useful 4 many things. Im using it to send folks to CALENDAR events. Not fully perfected.

Good Luck

[marlita]

If a user fills this out & it goes into a thread, are they automatically subscribed to that thread too? What about the forum?

[Deepdog009]

Originally Posted by marlita

If a user fills this out & it goes into a thread, are they automatically subscribed to that thread too? What about the forum?

I haven't played around very much with replys to forums, but Im sure if their a member of your forum and forums is set to subscibe, then it should work.

Marlita use your test board to verify.

Good Luck

[Deepdog009]

If you dont like the standard form in vBull then use CSS forms to help spice um up. Make changes as needed...

<style type="text/css">
body{
	font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	background: #CCD8FF;
	color: #000000;
}
.outside{
	color: #000000;
}
.radio_button_question{
	font-weight: bold;
	vertical-align: top;
}
.radio_button_answer{
	padding-right: 5px;
}
.text_field_question{
	font-weight: bold;
	vertical-align: top;
}
.file_upload_question{
	font-weight: bold;
	vertical-align: top;
}
.segment_header{
	background: #3265FF;
	color: #ffffff;
	background-repeat: repeat;
}
.text_area_question{
	font-weight: bold;
}
.check_box_question{
	font-weight: bold;
}
.check_box_answer{
	padding-right: 5px;
}
a{
	color: #0000FF;
}
a:visited{
	color: #0000FF;
}
.matrix_question{
	font-weight: bold;
}
.matrix_header{
	font-weight: bold;
	background: #3265FF;
	background-repeat: repeat;
	color: #ffffff;
}
.matrix_subquestion{
	font-weight: bold;
}
.matrix_answer_dark{
	font-weight: bold;
	background: #273254;
	color: #ffffff;
}
.matrix_answer_light{
	font-weight: bold;
	background: #4F65A9;
	color: #ffffff;
}
.matrix_td{
	border-right-width: 1px;
	border-right-color: #000000;
	border-right-style: solid;
}
.multi_scale_question{
	font-weight: bold;
}
.multi_scale_break{
	background: #3265FF;
	background-repeat: repeat;
}
.ranking_question{
	font-weight: bold;
}
.ranking_dark{
	background: #f0f0f0;
}
.text_area_matrix_question{
	font-weight: bold;
}
.page_break{
	background-color: #0000ff;
	color: #ffffff;
}
.end_of_form{
	background-color: #000000;
	color: #ffffff;
}
.left_question{
	text-align: right;
}
.right_question{
	text-align: right;
}
.form_table{
	background: #99B2FF;
	border-width: 1px;
	border-color: #000000;
	border-style: solid;
}

</style>

Good Luck!

[rayw]

I'm trying to modify this form a little bit so that I have a drop down box with a list of 2-3 forums that users can choose to post the information too. I'm not an experienced programmer so I'm having a little trouble getting this working.

Would anyone be willing to post exactly what needs to be modified for this to work correctly?

THanks!

[Deepdog009]

Originally Posted by rayw

I'm trying to modify this form a little bit so that I have a drop down box with a list of 2-3 forums that users can choose to post the information too. I'm not an experienced programmer so I'm having a little trouble getting this working.

Would anyone be willing to post exactly what needs to be modified for this to work correctly?

THanks!

In answer template add another...>
$dropdownquestion4
$dropdownanswer4

in proper order, you may have to shift stuff around a bit...

$formtitle

$radioquestion1
$bbuserinfo[username]

$question1
$answer1

$question2
$answer2

$radioquestion1
$radioanswer1

$radioquestion2
$radioanswer2

$radioquestion3
$radioanswer3

$radioquestion4
$radioanswer4

$radioquestion5
$radioanswer5

$radioquestion6
$radioanswer6

$radioquestion7
$radioanswer7

$dropdownquestion1
$dropdownanswer1

$dropdownquestion2
$dropdownanswer2

$question3
$answer3

$radioquestion8
$radioanswer8

$radioquestion9
$radioanswer9

$radioquestion10
$radioanswer10

$radioquestion11
$radioanswer11

$question4
$answer4

$dropdownquestion3
$dropdownanswer3

$question5
$answer5

$question6
$answer6

------------------------------------------------------
$vbtextquestion

$vbtextanswer

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