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/

[Michigan Morels]

First of all... Thank you bananalive, for your quick help and responses to everyone in thread. I also see you have actually updated your help file yesterday too!

Hats off to you my friend, for being so diligent and helpful.

Of course you knew there was gonna be a question or two along with this. HA!

1. I changed the code to make a single line field into a number only field

From this /(d+)/  to this:  /(\d+)/

and that did get rid of the error even when a number was correctly entered.
But... now, when a non-compulsory number only question, is left empty, it is showing the same error and not letting the form being submited.

2. I've noticed that when I use a dropdown box field, and it is Not Compulsory, that when posted, it will print the 1st option in the post. Even though not selected by user. (I haven't tried the radios or check boxes yet, but I suspect they may do the same.)

How can I make a blank/empty space at top of dropdown list, so that this doesn't happen?

3. What exactly is the Section option for and what does it do?
(I've read the help file, but still haven't a clue.)

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by DontWannaName

I get this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_LNUMBER, expecting T_NEW or T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or '$' in /home/topnotch/public_html/forums/misc.php(100) : eval()'d code on line 438

Sorry, my fault the 1 should be inside the ''


Edit plugin: Easy Forms Part 1

Find:

PHP Code:

/*$newpost['prefixid'] =& '';*/ 


Replace:

PHP Code:

$newpost['prefixid'] =& '1'; 


Replace 1 with the appropriate prefixid

[dknelson]

OK...I've pretty much got this working the way I like it to. I still wish there was a way to use one form instead of the 60 something that I had to create to post basically the same output but to different threads. It's done though and I can change it later if a solution is found.

I do have a question about URL links though. I have one question where a user can enter a URL. It posts fine the the URL is posted just as text and not as an actual link. Can I change something so that it posts as an actual link?

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by Michigan Morels

First of all... Thank you bananalive, for your quick help and responses to everyone in thread. I also see you have actually updated your help file yesterday too!

Hats off to you my friend, for being so diligent and helpful.

Of course you knew there was gonna be a question or two along with this. HA!

1. I changed the code to make a single line field into a number only field

From this /(d+)/  to this:  /(\d+)/

and that did get rid of the error even when a number was correctly entered.
But... now, when a non-compulsory number only question, is left empty, it is showing the same error and not letting the form being submited.

2. I've noticed that when I use a dropdown box field, and it is Not Compulsory, that when posted, it will print the 1st option in the post. Even though not selected by user. (I haven't tried the radios or check boxes yet, but I suspect they may do the same.)

How can I make a blank/empty space at top of dropdown list, so that this doesn't happen?

3. What exactly is the Section option for and what does it do?
(I've read the help file, but still haven't a clue.)

Fixed issues in attached file

The Section is not a question but more like a heading.

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by dknelson

OK...I've pretty much got this working the way I like it to. I still wish there was a way to use one form instead of the 60 something that I had to create to post basically the same output but to different threads. It's done though and I can change it later if a solution is found.

I do have a question about URL links though. I have one question where a user can enter a URL. It posts fine the the URL is posted just as text and not as an actual link. Can I change something so that it posts as an actual link?

I told you how to do it in this post

You could use conditional statement in custom output:

<if condition"$q[8]">[url]$q[8][/url]</if>

[dknelson]

OK...sorry I didn't see it. I did search the thread for an answer before posting the question but missed it somehow. My apologies.

[dknelson]

OK...here is the issue. Maybe I'm trying to use this in a way that it was really not intended for and just need to find another solution.

My members wanted a place to post their favorite restaurants. I have members all across the USA and Canada plus some other countries.

I created a new forum area called Restaurant Reviews. Within that forum, I created threads for all the states, provinces and "other countries".

I created 60 something forms so that they click a form for their state/province and the review goes to the appropriate thread.

To make the URL clickable, I would have to create custom outputs for all of those 60 something forms. Any change I make I would have to do this also. That's why it would be great if one form could be used and then the drop down question that lists all the states and provinces would direct it to the proper thread.

If that can't be done though, is there another way to make URLs clickable without having to create custom outputs for all the forms?

[Michigan Morels]

Originally Posted by bananalive

Fixed issues in attached file

The Section is not a question but more like a heading.

Thank you. That updated file worked.

Here's another question for you.
I'm sure there's an easy way to do this, but I don't understand php. I'm strictly a copy and paste guy.

Questions that depend on another question.
Question 4 [your item for sale] is not compulsory - but...

Question 5 [how many of item one?]
relates to question 4 and must be filled in, if 4 is used

Question 6 {your price for item?]
relates to question 4 and must be filled in, if 4 is used
________________

if question 4 if filled in then both questions 5 and 6 must be filled in as well. If question 4 is left blank, then 5 and 6 must be left blank as well.

I hope I've explained it well enough.

Thank you for your help. So far I really like this Mod and can see a lot of uses for it.

[Chet T16]

I'm having issues with all posts (from non admin/mods) from the forms being put in the moderation queue.

I searched this thread and checked

PHP Code:

$newpost['visible'] = '1'; 


The people posting always had permission to post in these forums but are now being redirected to the forms as directed in this post

Any ideas?

[DontWannaName]

Originally Posted by bananalive

Sorry, my fault the 1 should be inside the ''


Edit plugin: Easy Forms Part 1

Find:

PHP Code:

/*$newpost['prefixid'] =& '';*/ 


Replace:

PHP Code:

$newpost['prefixid'] =& '1'; 


Replace 1 with the appropriate prefixid

I did exactly that and I get
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting T_NEW or T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or '$' in /home/topnotch/public_html/forums/misc.php(100) : eval()'d code on line 438

It takes me to a page with all of my smilies.