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

[attroll]

Originally Posted by zglows

attroll, im talking about this little image on the editor, its disabled

Sorry I misunderstood you. I don't know why it is disabled. I don't know how to enable it either. I wish the people that posted these hacks would come in once and a while and support them. I will look at it some but I don't know if I can figure it out.

[zglows]

thanks anyway attroll, you're cool
i really need this

[zglows]

it's working now!!!
i'd like to know how to add a message when you forget to add a title. I mean the popup that goes like "please add a title" and wouldn't let you submit the form.

[dieselpowered]

Anyone figure out how to make it so that when in a specific forum and the new thread button is clicked, the forum is brought up?

[CMF]

Thank you attroll and Brundlefly for you help

I now have the form working exactly as I would like it to, except for one thing:
How can I change the poll title?

Thanks again

[zglows]

how can i add post icons to the form???

[mufar]

Ok, wtf. Where are these freakin' "templates" you are talking about?
I imported the "hook" I have a PHP file, that i edited correctly i believe. (the two top parts)
And then modified the individual questions.
But no sign of any "templates".
The readme.txt isn't very comprehensive.

[attroll]

Originally Posted by mufar

Ok, wtf. Where are these freakin' "templates" you are talking about?
I imported the "hook" I have a PHP file, that i edited correctly i believe. (the two top parts)
And then modified the individual questions.
But no sign of any "templates".
The readme.txt isn't very comprehensive.

Look in your ADMINCP-->Styles & Templates

[mufar]

Thank You, Finally got it working.

[exstatic]

Hey, for some reason when I edit the formanswers template, html formatting is not working, I can actually see the tags.. is there somewhere I have to enable html in posts?