New Posting Features - Easy Forms v4.x - Create a form or multiple forms without php or html knowledge

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)

Screenshots
There are two posts full of screenshots of this modification

• https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....64&postcount=3
• https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....65&postcount=4

Installation

1. Download and then extract .zip archive
2. Upload the contents of upload folder to forum root
   (Allow Overwrite "YES" for overwrite)
   clientscript\easyforms.css -> \clientscript\
   clientscript\easyforms.js -> \clientscript\
3. Import product file (product-easyforms v4.0.xml) in admincp
   AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> [Add/Import Product]
4. Change usergroups permissions at:
   AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> Easy Form Options

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
• Human verification question
• Custom Question (can query database or do whatever you want using php and html)
• Date (month/ day/ year fields)
• Address
• Scale

Form can Submit to:

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

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
• Quiz Mode

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[bananalive]

Originally Posted by ixian

I searched the thread - is it possible to create a form that creates a calendar entry instead of a post, and if so how?

The form in question would of course have required fields like date, time, etc.

Thanks! Fantastic addon.

You would need to use the form hooks. Then you could send the form variables to vbulletin's calendar data manager to create the event.

[CharlieDelta]

Originally Posted by bananalive

Edit Form -> Form Hook: Before Submit:

PHP Code:

if (!$vbulletin->userinfo['userid'])
{
print_no_permission();
} 


This will ask them to login or register once they hit submit.

Thanks for this Banana, this will come in handy.

[Welshy2008]

BA - Please clear your inbox, and would it be alright to PM you, please?

Thanks.

[ascroft]

Hi there - still keen to find a way to use the same form but called from multiple forums and posting back in to there. I have maybe 40 geographic forums that i am keen to use the same form in.

Thank you.

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by ascroft

Hi there - still keen to find a way to use the same form but called from multiple forums and posting back in to there. I have maybe 40 geographic forums that i am keen to use the same form in.

Thank you.

1. Edit Form
2. Add 'Custom' Question
   • Type

     Custom

   • Reference

     forumid

   • PHP Code
     PHP Code:

     $answer = "<select name="$formbit[id]" id="q_" . $formbit[id]  . "">";
foreach ($vbulletin->forumcache AS $forumid  => $forum)
{
if ($qo['forumid']==$forumid)
{
$forum['selected'] = ' selected="selected"';
}
$answer .= "<option value="$forumid"$forum[selected]>$forum[title]</option>";
}
$answer .= "</select>"; 

   • Compulsory:

     Yes

3. Form Hook: Form Start:
   PHP Code:

   $form['forumid'] = $qo['forumid']; 

4. Form Hook: Before Submit:
   PHP Code:

   $forumid = $form['forumid'] = $qo['forumid']; 


[bananalive]

Originally Posted by Welshy2008

BA - Please clear your inbox, and would it be alright to PM you, please?

Thanks.

Try again now.

[wolfey]

Originally Posted by bananalive

Added the functionality to attached file.

Import attached product file and then it should work.

Thank you for the extra help!

[russellw]

Having read through all 76 pages, I'm hoping someone can help.

I've installed on a test server and everything looks fine except the link to http://url/misc.php?do=forms simply shows the smilie page from FAQ.

The forum isn't installed in a subdirectory (it's at the html root) and a quick look through the misc.php doesn't show any code related to do forms.

I noted in the 3.6/3.8 threads that a couple of people had this issue but couldn't see a fix.

It's odd when the show smilies code in misc.php is a do?=smilies and calls smiliebits

Cheers
Russ

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by russellw

Having read through all 76 pages, I'm hoping someone can help.

I've installed on a test server and everything looks fine except the link to http://url/misc.php?do=forms simply shows the smilie page from FAQ.

The forum isn't installed in a subdirectory (it's at the html root) and a quick look through the misc.php doesn't show any code related to do forms.

I noted in the 3.6/3.8 threads that a couple of people had this issue but couldn't see a fix.

It's odd when the show smilies code in misc.php is a do?=smilies and calls smiliebits

Cheers
Russ

Have you tried un-installing and then re-installing it. The default page when a 'do' isn't called is the smilies so the hooks aren't exec'ing. Do you get any error messages at the top of the page?

[Mobo]

Okay, I installed this mod and have a working form that posts a thread in my Book Review sub-forum. Is there a way to have the form its self displayed at the top of that forum, instead of in a link buried in the man nav menu?