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/

[Andyrew]

Originally Posted by dknelson

When a form is submitted, it takes a lot of space due to each question being on a different line. What do I edit to give it a more horizontal layout. Attached is a picture of what is posted now. I would like to be able to have two or three of the questions on one line so that it is not such a long post.

Use the custom form output

Use $qo[1] for drop down menu

$qn[8] to show question 1 eg. Age

$q[8] $qo[8] to show question 1 answer eg. 45

So just put then on the same line.

$qn[1] $q[1] $qn[2] $q[2] $qn[3] $q[3] replace numbers with your question numbers, and use bb code around the questions for bold font.


eg: [B]$qn[1][/B] $q[1] [B]$qn[2][/B] $q[2] [B]$qn[3][/B] $q[3]

[dknelson]

hmmm....I thought I did it right but now when I try to submit the form, I get this error message.

The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 3 characters.

This is what I entered in the custom output box.

$qn[1] $q[1]
$qn[2] $q[2]
$qn[3] $q[3] $qn[4] $q[4]
$qn[5] $q[5]
$qn[6] $q[6] $qn[7] $q[7] $qn[8] $q[8]
$qn[9] $q[9] $qn[10] $q[10]
$qn[11] $q[11]

[Andyrew]

Originally Posted by dknelson

hmmm....I thought I did it right but now when I try to submit the form, I get this error message.

The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 3 characters.

Try putting some text in somewhere, like a header.

[CENTER][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=Red]United states[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/CENTER]

Or just some dots right at the bottom of your form.

[dknelson]

OK...when I tried that...the form submitted but the post only showed the "United States" centered in red. None of the other questions and answers showed up.

If I remove it all and just use the default, everything shows up fine but not if I try the custom output.

[dknelson]

OK....the problem was that I had my head too far up where the sun doesn't shine. I was using the order of the questions instead of the actual question number. Sorry about that.

One ...hopefully last...question. For yes/no questions, the output is 1 or 2 whether I use yes/no type question or a drop down box with yes and no as answers. How can I get it to actually show yes or no instead of the numbers?

[Andyrew]

Originally Posted by dknelson

One ...hopefully last...question. For yes/no questions, the output is 1 or 2 whether I use yes/no type question or a drop down box with yes and no as answers. How can I get it to actually show yes or no instead of the numbers?

$qo[x] replace x with your question number.

[DontWannaName]

How would one add a prefix setup in the admincp to the new thread when they submit it?

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by dknelson

When a form is submitted, it takes a lot of space due to each question being on a different line. What do I edit to give it a more horizontal layout. Attached is a picture of what is posted now. I would like to be able to have two or three of the questions on one line so that it is not such a long post.

Remove[indent] bbcode for answer bbcode, and add \r\n at end of answer bbcode. Or use custom output.

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by DontWannaName

How would one add a prefix setup in the admincp to the new thread when they submit it?

Edit plugin: Easy Forms Part 1

Find:

PHP Code:

/*$newpost['prefixid'] =& '';*/ 


Replace:

PHP Code:

$newpost['prefixid'] =& 1''; 


Replace 1 with the appropriate prefixid

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by ilanyon

Thanks mate,

Yep, changed that to what I wanted and it even shows up in italics above the field in the edit form -> Form Submit Message....however, the standard "Form was submitted successfully. Click here to view the thread." message continues to show when the form is submitted...

Cheers,

Ian

Are you sure you're not editing Form Description?