Forms Hack

Forms Hack 3.5

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 to upload attachments
• 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

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 2.0: (08/10/2005)

• Ported over for vb3.5

Version 2.1: (08/10/2005)

• bug fix with answers not showing

Version 2.5: (08/13/2005)

• Major update:
• Templates have a few lines changed here and there.
• You can now have more then 2 poll options very easily
• Polls can't be created if your not creating a new thread
• New Thread now uses VB function to add the thread
• New Poll now uses VB function to add the poll
• New Reply now uses VB function to add the reply
• PM now uses VB function to send the PM

Version 2.6: (08/21/2005)

• fixed bug with posts having to be moderated

Version 2.7: (08/23/2005)

• Minor update:
• Fixed some issues with signatures, URL parsing, and subscriptions
• Option to name the post titles
• Made template XHTML 1.0 Transitional

Version 3.0: (11/29/2005)

• Major update:
• Added drop down menu
• Made the long answer show up in a the vb message box
• Re-wrote some instructions
• Pressing back should save work
• Both templates and plug-in were edited
• Some more minor things

Version 3.1: (12/07/2005)

• Brought back the standard text box (longanswer)

Version 3.2: (12/09/2005)

• [ADDED] Option to make polls public.

Version 3.3: (12/19/2005)

• [FIXED] Guests can now post using the forms to make a thread or post. They cannot send a PM though.
• [ADDED] Paypal link so you can make a donation for this hack.

Version 3.4: (04/05/2006)

• [FIXED] Removed extra line from template.
• [ADDED] WYSIWYG editor now works besides the regular editor.
• [ADDED] Preview.
• [CHANGED] Subscriptions now take from user default setting.

Version 3.5: (05/31/2006)

• [ADDED] Check boxes.

Abe1 with rights from Dr Erwin Loh

This hack is created for your use free of charge. No payment is requested. However, if you would like to donate money for the work I put in to this hack, a donation would show your appreciation.

[Mr Chad]

Originally Posted by RMS-Chef

_answers

thats it, thank you

i also removed all the <b> from the questions in the template and put them in the php, and made the forum support HTML, so i could get the bold questions in the post.

[Mr Chad]

wow this has potential, you can really make the post look nice w/ sum HTML alterations.

He He Ha Ha

Is is possible to change the edior the big msg uses into an actual WYSIWYG box?

[Mr Chad]

Originally Posted by chatbum

thats it, thank you

i also removed all the <b> from the questions in the template and put them in the php, and made the forum support HTML, so i could get the bold questions in the post.

wow this has potential, you can really make the post look nice w/ sum HTML alterations.

[RMS-Chef]

Originally Posted by chatbum

wow this has potential, you can really make the post look nice w/ sum HTML alterations.

He He Ha Ha

Is is possible to change the edior the big msg uses into an actual WYSIWYG box?

Originally Posted by RMS-Chef

Well Abe, although this is working great for me, my users are never fully satisfied...lol

Again, not sure if it's possible or how involved it would be but they are looking to integrate the vB editing options/buttons (like the standard editor or WYSIWYG editor) for the "LONGQUESTION" fields.

Just thought I would throw that out there to see what you think.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Abe1

You guys want a lot. I'll have to look into that.

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[Abe1]

Originally Posted by RMS-Chef

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Sorry, I didn't work on yet.

[RMS-Chef]

Take you time Abe. You have already been a huge help.
I was simply pointing it out to chatbum.

[wimminrule]

Hi there - I completely LOVE your form. I am a complete newbie to PHP. I have all of it working except for one part, and was hoping someone could help me with it.

We want the form we created completed before we validate registrations. So, I modified the moderateuser in the phrase manager to say the following:

Thank you, {1}! We require one additional step in the registration process. Please click<a href="http://phenomsonline.com/board/newthread.php?do=form"> here</a> and tell us a little more about yourself.

instead of:

Thank you for registering, {1}. Your account has been submitted for moderation by an administrator and will be activated shortly. You will be notified by email when this happens. To return to the forums, click <a href="{2}.php{3}">here</a>.

My problem arises when the new user clicks on the link to the form. It doesn't carry over their username. Consequently, the post will not post to the thread that I have specified for it to reply to. Can anyone help me with this? I'd be most grateful.

Thanking you in advance!

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by wimminrule

Hi there - I completely LOVE your form. I am a complete newbie to PHP. I have all of it working except for one part, and was hoping someone could help me with it.

We want the form we created completed before we validate registrations. So, I modified the moderateuser in the phrase manager to say the following:

Thank you, {1}! We require one additional step in the registration process. Please click<a href="http://phenomsonline.com/board/newthread.php?do=form"> here</a> and tell us a little more about yourself.

instead of:

Thank you for registering, {1}. Your account has been submitted for moderation by an administrator and will be activated shortly. You will be notified by email when this happens. To return to the forums, click <a href="{2}.php{3}">here</a>.

My problem arises when the new user clicks on the link to the form. It doesn't carry over their username. Consequently, the post will not post to the thread that I have specified for it to reply to. Can anyone help me with this? I'd be most grateful.

Thanking you in advance!

I dont think when you register vb automaticly logs you in. You have to then sign in. But I'll try to look for a solution for you.

As for the were the form info gets posted, i can't help you with out you showing me the settings you did and exacly what you want done and were it goes now instead.

[wimminrule]

Thank you for responding, Abe! Everything else is working perfectly, as far as the posting issue. I had it set to reply to a specific thread in our Adminstrator's Corner Forum. Before I modified the moderateuser to point to the form, if I manually entered the location of the form (http://phenomsonline.com/board/newthread.php?do=form) and completed it, it posted just fine.

Now, however, I have no idea where it goes with the Unregistered user. I assume that since it has no permission to post, it just goes off into neverneverland, although it says that the form completed successfully.

[wimminrule]

Oh, and I just tried registering a new member and not clicking on the link to the form, but instead going to the index, and it says I'm logged in, so it must be passing that (username) variable somehow, correct? TIA.