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/

[Quantnet]

Which permission I need to give unregistered members to be able to view form and form result table but not submit form

[Quantnet]

Suggestion:
In the form edit,
Userids:
Comma seperated list of userids who have submitted the form

Can we replace userid by username? That would be more useful.

[ConfusedCartman]

Originally Posted by bananalive

The prefix is a seperate field in thread database table not part of the post. $formoutput is what gets stored as the post and does not contain prefix data.

Ah, I see I've confused you. I'm taking a different route, so I'll ask a different question:

Is there any way to use PHP to append "&prefixid=f4f" onto the end of the url that is submitted? This may allow me to use an if-else statement and, if it returns true, add the actual prefix to the thread.

By the way, if there is any way you can allow users to select their own prefix, that would be a much better solution than the above. Like I said, I tried the code you offered earlier, but it didn't work. Is there any way you can add this functionality?

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by Quantnet.org

bananalive,
Thanks, it works.
1) It would be nice to edit this phrase as well to show the red color.

2) Which template do I edit to rearrange the form result table? I like to remove/add another column, for example
3) The sort by column header still does not work. You mentioned about using javascript in 3.7. Is it implemented yet?

Thanks for all your hard work. This is a heck of a mod.

1. i might move that into phrase for next version.

2. it's hard coded atm.

3. you'll be missing two javascript files, which are needed for javascript sort table

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by Quantnet.org

You answered to No to the question of whether a member can go back and edit/update their partially filled form.

How about give the user the option to delete their forms and enter a new one with updated info. Would it be able to have a Delete/Add button next to the form result table so the user can click to remove one of their form, and replace it with another.

Can AJAX feature be implemented in the future?

You know i'm trying to mold this into the trackitt.com feature so hope you can understand

form results table is currently only viewable to those who can edit forms. it is much easier to implement than updating it.

What part did you want to use ajax?

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by Quantnet.org

Which permission I need to give unregistered members to be able to view form and form result table but not submit form

Currently it is not possible for those who cannot edit forms to view form results table. This is something i am working on for v3.7.

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by Quantnet.org

Suggestion:
In the form edit,
Userids:
Comma seperated list of userids who have submitted the form

Can we replace userid by username? That would be more useful.

User-names would make the list very long and unmanageable. Although not ideal, user-ids are much shorter and practical to use.

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by ConfusedCartman

Ah, I see I've confused you. I'm taking a different route, so I'll ask a different question:

Is there any way to use PHP to append "&prefixid=f4f" onto the end of the url that is submitted? This may allow me to use an if-else statement and, if it returns true, add the actual prefix to the thread.

By the way, if there is any way you can allow users to select their own prefix, that would be a much better solution than the above. Like I said, I tried the code you offered earlier, but it didn't work. Is there any way you can add this functionality?

The forms use POST actions i.e. the data is not sent via a long url containing all the data and hence is more secure.

If you open template form_view

find:

<input type="hidden" name="hiddenfield3" value="$hiddenfield3" />

Add after:

<input type="hidden" name="prefixid" value="f4f" />

The data is then available through $_POST[prefix] after the form is submitted.

I'll have another look at my code posted earlier and find out why it didnt work for you.

[chet]

Can this been used as a forum application form, I run a closed forum but would like users to be able to apply to join.

Thanks

[WickedWeb]

Im posting this with the disclaimer of many others. I have tried searching this thread but its huge and I've had no luck at the moment so my apology if its been answered.

If it helps any I've Installed* Rated 5 Stars and Nominated as its well deserved for all 3 in my opinion. I can do anything with this.

My problem is this. In the vb form options you can set it for the button to show up in your navbar which I have done. I use a custom template so what I need to do is assign the button a defined height and width along with a class for it to blend nicely with my layout. I have looked in the header and other locations that I can think of looking for anyway to add my desired values but I never see any reference of the button along side the other navbar buttons. Where do I need to be to achieve this?

My sincere thanks