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/

[Welshy2008]

*** That's strange, It's working now.

Thank for your reply.

Donation on it's way to you for your help previously and for such a fantastic mod.

Before I go - Is it possible that I could add a search facility to only search through the forms/pages that I want.

IE. If I offer a free company advertising, The form would ask for Name, address, poscode phone number, website address and E-mail address.

I would like it to search through those listed in my example above.

Thank You Again.

[len backus]

I uploaded the mod's xml file and set the Easy Form Options to allow myself as ADMIN to view and edit. I enabled the Quick Links Link.

I guess I don't know where to look to start using the mod. Can someone help me get started, please.

If I click on "Form List" in the admin cp options area, I am told "there are no forms" and "upload the xml file for the form from your computer". Don't quite know what that is referring to. Where do you find the forms and where do you make new ones.

[Trek]

Originally Posted by len backus

I uploaded the mod's xml file and set the Easy Form Options to allow myself as ADMIN to view and edit. I enabled the Quick Links Link.

I guess I don't know where to look to start using the mod. Can someone help me get started, please.

Try this: http://www.yourdomain.ext/misc.php?do=forms

At which point you should see a link towards the bottom center of the page that says "Create New Form"

[len backus]

Thanks, if you mean
http://www.longrangehunting.com/misc.php?do=forms

I get "Not Found".

And once you have a form, where do you go to use it. Is that choice supposed to show up when you post a new thread.

[Trek]

Originally Posted by len backus

Thanks, if you mean
http://www.longrangehunting.com/misc.php?do=forms

I get "Not Found".

And once you have a form, where do you go to use it. Is that choice supposed to show up when you post a new thread.

That is what I meant, although it's been a while since I installed it, it sounds like something didn't go correctly or there was a step missed in install. Not sure though, sorry.

[len backus]

Was I supposed to do something with the "Upload" folder files?

[TaMpE]

suggestions

Hi, first of I like your Easy Forms mod but there are a few things I would like to point out to implement in the upcoming versions.

1. Show signature when form mod is used.
2. Ability to select post icon and thread prefix when using the form mod.
3. Ability to replace the "New Thread" button in specified forums or ability to put a new button beside "New Thread" button. So it'll be like this in some forums:

in the introduction forum
[New Thread] [Introduce yourself]

Or completely replace the "New Thread" button and be only like:

[Introduce yourself]

then this button will open up a specified form ID Or there is an option to whether or not to put a special button like a check box and the field to put the forum ID beside it then the special button appears in the specified forum ID like I mentioned above.



What do you think of this suggestion?

Btw, there is a problem/minor bug with Dropdown select question.

I have 3 questions as options.

Question #7.
option 1: Blue
option 2: Red
option 3: Green

In the thread I set it up like this

[b][size=5][u]I favorite color is {q_7}[/u][/size][/b]

That is the codes for inside the thread. And I also put that variable in the thread title box as below:

Thread title
Username: {q_1} | From: {q_2} | Fav color: {q_7}

When I submit the thread, in the thread it only says the option numbers when users select the any of the options. Ex. if the user selected GREEN then it will say

I favorite color is 3

instead of saying Green but in the thread title it will say "Green". Do you have any idea how to fix it?

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by Welshy2008

*** That's strange, It's working now.

Thank for your reply.

Donation on it's way to you for your help previously and for such a fantastic mod.


Before I go - Is it possible that I could add a search facility to only search through the forms/pages that I want.

IE. If I offer a free company advertising, The form would ask for Name, address, poscode phone number, website address and E-mail address.

I would like it to search through those listed in my example above.

Thank You Again.

Thank you for your donation, it is much appreciated

You can search through data stored in the form database? Is that what you meant?

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by Trek

That is what I meant, although it's been a while since I installed it, it sounds like something didn't go correctly or there was a step missed in install. Not sure though, sorry.

Yes, you were meant to upload the contents of upload/ folder to your forums/ directory

Form List:
http://www.longrangehunting.com/foru...c.php?do=forms

Add New form:
http://www.longrangehunting.com/foru...php?do=newform

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by TaMpE

suggestions

Hi, first of I like your Easy Forms mod but there are a few things I would like to point out to implement in the upcoming versions.

1. Show signature when form mod is used.
2. Ability to select post icon and thread prefix when using the form mod.
3. Ability to replace the "New Thread" button in specified forums or ability to put a new button beside "New Thread" button. So it'll be like this in some forums:

in the introduction forum
[New Thread] [Introduce yourself]

Or completely replace the "New Thread" button and be only like:

[Introduce yourself]

then this button will open up a specified form ID Or there is an option to whether or not to put a special button like a check box and the field to put the forum ID beside it then the special button appears in the specified forum ID like I mentioned above.



What do you think of this suggestion?

Btw, there is a problem/minor bug with Dropdown select question.

I have 3 questions as options.

Question #7.
option 1: Blue
option 2: Red
option 3: Green

In the thread I set it up like this

[b][size=5][u]I favorite color is {q_7}[/u][/size][/b]

That is the codes for inside the thread. And I also put that variable in the thread title box as below:

Thread title
Username: {q_1} | From: {q_2} | Fav color: {q_7}

When I submit the thread, in the thread it only says the option numbers when users select the any of the options. Ex. if the user selected GREEN then it will say

I favorite color is 3

instead of saying Green but in the thread title it will say "Green". Do you have any idea how to fix it?

Your 'Bug':

custom output:
[b][size=5][u]I favorite color is $qo[7][/u][/size][/b]

Thread title
Username: {q_1} | From: {q_2} | Fav color: {qo_7}

Suggestions
2. You can add select prefix for thread to use when editing the form.
3. There is a modification by abe1 which replaces newthread button with a specified link