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.

[Michael_Tree]

how do i edit the main hook?

[Sarcoth]

I made my own redirect option. It is working just fine and redirects to the proper page. I need it to do a little more though and not quite sure how to do it yet.

if ($redirectoption == "5")
     {
     $vbulletin->url = '../index.php?' . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'] . "page=HOME";
     eval(print_standard_redirect('redirect_postthanks'));
     exit();
     }

I tried to play around with the code by adding another "IF...ELSE" statement and that gave me an error. Abe, can you or someone else assist me.

I'm trying to have this do one of two things. If someone provides the correct answer to $answer1, the user will be added to a usergroup with the ID = 14 and then they'll be redirected to the congrats page. If someone provides an incorrect answer, they will be redirected to a "Sorry, try again" page instead.

Thanks for keeping this hack updated. It is definitely one of my favorites.

-Sarcoth

[upnorth]

Does this work with version 3.5.4?

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by upnorth

Does this work with version 3.5.4?

Yes.

[grecostimpy]

For some reason my users are receiving subscription emails from the form results thread even though it is in a private forum. How can I prevent this?

I noticed this in the plugin:

if ($vbulletin->userinfo['autosubscribe'] != -1)
            {
                $newpost['emailupdate'] = $vbulletin->userinfo['autosubscribe'];
            }
            else
            {
                $newpost['emailupdate'] = 9999;
            }

Can I get rid of this? Any thoughts? They really should not be subscribed/notified of these posts.

Thanks

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by grecostimpy

For some reason my users are receiving subscription emails from the form results thread even though it is in a private forum. How can I prevent this?

I noticed this in the plugin:

if ($vbulletin->userinfo['autosubscribe'] != -1)
            {
                $newpost['emailupdate'] = $vbulletin->userinfo['autosubscribe'];
            }
            else
            {
                $newpost['emailupdate'] = 9999;
            }

Can I get rid of this? Any thoughts? They really should not be subscribed/notified of these posts.

Thanks

Delete this whole thing and just leave this:

$newpost['emailupdate'] = 9999;

[serhat_kk]

I'd like to create a thread. But when I submit the form, I obtain the preview screen and the thread isn't created. What could be the problem ?

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by serhat_kk

I'd like to create a thread. But when I submit the form, I obtain the preview screen and the thread isn't created. What could be the problem ?

You may have edited the word "Submit".

[rylord]

I am also looking for the option to add an attachment while submitting the form. Hopefully, the creator of this mod will provide us with the answer to this.

I believe, but haven't tested it yet, that instead of having the final input option on the form as:

1. $vbtextquestion = "Please write down a paragraph about how you like this forum.";

and

2. $vbtextexplain = "For example, what makes this forum different from all other forums?";

We might be able to switch that to what the regular forums are using when a forum user submits a regular forum message. I say this because when you click on submit within a forum area, it comes up with the same looking text editor box, but has the "paper clip" attachment option so the user then has the ability to upload an attachment.

If I knew what this vbbox was called, I could try it out. I don't know enough about vbulletin yet to test it out.

My question then is...instead of using:

$vbtextquestion =
$vbtextexplain =

What would it be for the regular message posting area to come up?

Here is the form I modified so far for my website (see the attached jpeg picture):

Originally Posted by Cebby

I have the same question - searched through all 58 pages and didn't see a reply.

This will be a great addition to my forum (will have forms for recipe input and restaurant reviews). For the recipe inout I'd like to have the option of adding attachments (pics) to the post.

Any ideas for those trying to figure this out - will open doors for more types of forms I'd think.

[upnorth]

I noticed that the subject of the created thread is the name of the form. Is there any easy way to allow the user to enter the subject?