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]

Ok, found yo issue...

// Part 1
$vbulletin->input->clean_array_gpc('p', array(
'radioanswer3other' => TYPE_STR,
'answer1' => TYPE_STR,
'answer2' => TYPE_STR,
'answer3' => TYPE_STR,
'answer4' => TYPE_STR,
'answer5' => TYPE_STR,
'answer6' => TYPE_STR,
'answer7' => TYPE_STR,
'answer8' => TYPE_STR,
'dropdownanswer1' => TYPE_STR,
'longanswer1' => TYPE_STR     <<<..... comma missing here 
'longanswer2' => TYPE_STR   <<<.... comma missing here
'longanswer3' => TYPE_STR
));

COMMA's missing...

Add comma's at the end and as Milk Carton was saying get rid of the {{{ // }}} and that will rectify yo issues...

Good Luck

[StudMuffin21]

Ah man! I knew it was gonna be something stupid! I can't believe I didn't see that.

Well it is all working now. Thank you SO very much for your help. You saved me a ton of hours of headache.

[shanevas2]

What am i doing wrong? I have it all set up but after they fill out all the fields and click submit you get this and no new thread

No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

[shanevas2]

oops

[shanevas2]

any one?

[Alfa1]

Will this work with GARS?

[Deepdog009]

Originally Posted by shanevas2

What am i doing wrong? I have it all set up but after they fill out all the fields and click submit you get this and no new thread

No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

Shanevas2 go back a few pages in this Mod and U will C several posts that relate 2 your issue...

Its a plugin issue thats causing that message...

When editing your new form, go one step at a time and check your form after every edit, that way U will know where the issue is if there is one...

Good Luck

[popowich]

The form page sends my web server to 100% and locks up my forum when trying to view a form.

-Raymond

[shanevas2]

I can not find it?

[shanevas2]

Is this right?

//FORUM TO POST NEW THREAD IN
//You CAN make this number a variable. You can have a drop down menu or in the link like do=form&f=1. Make sure you add it the variables list.
$formforumid = "121";