New Posting Features - Easy Forms - Create a form or multiple forms without php or html knowledge

EASY FORMS FOR vB 4.x here

Easily create forms with no HTML or PHP knowledge. Questions can be made compulsory and are checked before the form is submitted. Forms can be previewed. (You can create multiple forms)

Backwards compatible with vb v3.7.x and 3.6.8

Example Form | Help File | Version History

Question Types:

• Single line text
• Multi-line text
• Multi-select checkboxes
• Single-select radio buttons
• Single Select Dropdown
• Yes/No
• Multi-line text field using vbeditor (max one per form - limited by vB)
• Human verification question
• Custom Question (can query database or do whatever you want)
• Date (month/ day/ year fields)

Form can Submit to:

• new thread in forum
• new post in thread
• new pm to user
• email address
• save to database

Installation:

• Just Import the Product File
• Set usergroups options
  admincp -> vboptions -> Easy Form Options
• View/Create forms at
  http://your-forum.com/forums/misc.php?do=forms
• Click installed to get latest updates

More Features:

• Form list categories (optional)
• Preview form (can disable for individual forms)
• Optional questions
• Form Sections
• Prefix support - you can choose which prefix you want thread to have
• Different thread/pm title to form title with variables {username} {userid} and {q_1} (replacing 1 with appropriate question number)
• Poll Options: Multiple choice, public vote, poll question, poll options, poll timeout
• Regular expression match for single line text input field
• Usergroup permissions per form
• Forumid/threadid/username can be specified by input via {value=X} in dropdown, single line input or radio buttons
• Multiple dropdown select for form usergroup permissions (still optional - leave blank to not use)
• Option to show link to form list in navbar and quick links (separate options)
• Import/ Export your forms as XML files - great for transferring forms across forums or creating backups
• Specify bbcode for questions/ answers/ sections for the form's output
• Form Hooks: (uses php code)
  1. Before form submitted
     Useful for: your own form validation, multiple form outputs, etc.
  2. At form start
     Useful for: banning userids/usergroups from form, setting minimum post count,etc.
• Attachments allowed for posting new thread
• Mass Copy Forms & their questions

Coming soon:

• Allow attachments for posting in thread

Translations:

• French/ Fran?aise http://www.vbulletin-ressources.com/...apides-t14717/

[hqlman]

I found a small bug, when writing a description i used inverted commas like: "Introduce Yourself" , on my form the output is as such: "Introduce Yourself"

Im not sure how this bug can be corrected, anyone?

[pmflav1]

i was wondering if i have a question where someone has to put there postcode in, can i have the answer link to a URL to a map showing the postcode?

its for my classified section.

other than that excellent script. clicked install..

also is it possible to highlight answers to 2x questions red and BOLD? (for example both answers should be a price!)

thank you.

You can use the Custom Form Output for both of these if I am reading the question right

A1.

[HTML]http://www.yourmap.com/{q_*}[/HTML ]

Replacing * with your field number.
Or to have text linking:

[URL="http://www.yourmap.com/{q_*}"]Click here for map[/URL ]

Remove spaces out of closing [/URL ]

A2.
To have your answers in bold, use Custom Form Output:

[B][COLOR="Red"]{q_*}[/COLOR ][/B ]

Again, replacing * with your field number. Remove spaces out of closing [/B ] and [/COLOR ]

[pmflav1]

I found a small bug, when writing a description i used inverted commas like: "Introduce Yourself" , on my form the output is as such: "Introduce Yourself"

Im not sure how this bug can be corrected, anyone?

Strange. Tried to replicate this, and the output is "Introduce Yourself"

Are you using a custom field?

[Quantnet]

I have added a question with date type and it's not compulsory i.e I don't have to choose any date. However, the default format for that date field is already have Jan chosen and if I don't pick any date, it will display the error and prevent me from go to other questions.

[Quantnet]

Originally Posted by Vitaly

And date format is hardcoded. It's better to use format string from VB options (not from language preferences).

8. I'd show asterisks (*) for compulsory question with red color.

Can do so with template edit, but think, that would be useful for all as general template.
.

1) The date output is right now as 3\30\2006, how do I change it to 3/30/2006
2) Which template I need to edit to show the * in red.

[steve71]

I've had no luck with the thumbnails but thanks for the effort and continued support. Is it possible to have the "insert image" icon added to the "field using vb editor"?

[Quantnet]

Is there any plan in the future to store the form data as fields in the database. It will allow the sort by column in the result table.
I've seen a couple of people asking this so it would be awesome if you can add this feature.

Second, can you add a features for members to come back later to edit/update/finish their answers in the form?
This will have to do with a tracking of how many forms each member submit.

[ConfusedCartman]

First of all, thanks for the great mod!

I'm having a bit of an issue, though, and since I'm not too well versed in PHP, I may need your help. I'm trying to work around the fact that there's no easy way to offer the user a choice of a prefix (though if there is, let me know - I tried the code you offered earlier on, but it didn't work). Anyway, I'm adding a radio selection in which the top option will include a preset prefix, and the bottom option will not include any prefix. I'm trying to use an if-else combined with a str_replace in order to add the right "prefix" (actually, it's just extra text) when the option is selected.

In Form Hook: Before Submit:

PHP Code:

if ($q[6] == 1)
{
    $formoutput = str_replace("{f4f}", "[f4f]F4F:[/f4f]", $formoutput);
} else {
    $formoutput = str_replace("{f4f}", "", $formoutput);
} 


{f4f} is the placeholder that I'm using in order to place the text in the right place. I have the {f4f} placeholder in the Thread/ PM/ Email Title field, but it doesn't get replaced when I submit the form - it just remains in the title. I'm not saying it's your fault - if anything, it's probably a product of poor coding on my part. I'm not very familiar with PHP, so I just know enough to get by. Any chance you can help? It would be greatly appreciated.

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by Quantnet.org

This has a lot of potential. I plan to modify this mod to obtain something TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

example: http://www.trackitt.com/usa-immigrat...kers/i130-i485

Question

1) Can we sort by column headers?
2) Can users go back and complete/update partial filled forms?
3) Is there anywhere the user can control the number of cases they filled?

Thanks

1. In the latest version you can sort form data stored to database by headers via javascript (view results as table)
2. No.
3. You can limit how many times a user can submit the form by editing a form.

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by jacko_162

i was wondering if i have a question where someone has to put there postcode in, can i have the answer link to a URL to a map showing the postcode?

its for my classified section.

other than that excellent script. clicked install..

also is it possible to highlight answers to 2x questions red and BOLD? (for example both answers should be a price!)

thank you.

You use try creating a custom output, some-else has replied with specifics a few posts up.