FORM TO FORUM/ THREAD/ PM/ EMAIL - CUSTOMIZABLE FORMS for Mod Apps, Orders, News

FORM TO FORUM/ THREAD/ PM/ EMAIL - Totally CUSTOMIZABLE FORMS
Version 1.3 - Dr. Erwin Loh
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vB3 version is here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=66082


Ever wanted an online form that a user can fill out, which when submitted gets:

1. Posted into a new thread in a forum of your choice
2. Posted as a REPLY to a current thread
3. PMed to you or someone else
4. Emailed to an email address you specify

Or any combination or all of the above?

Well, this is the hack for you!

You can use this for:

1) Moderator Application
2) Quiz Submit Form which gets PMed to a moderator
3) Contact Form that goes to PM, email or thread
4) Guests to apply to be members
5) Report a Moderator form that goes as a PM to you
6) Guests can PM you for whatever reason
7) Order form to buy things
8) Donation form
9) News or Articles submissions that can go straight to a thread


Or anything you like - this hack is totally customizable via the PHP file.

Basically, this hack involves modifying 1 PHP file form1.php (you add questions, options etc. in the PHP file itself), uploading it, and then adding 3 templates.

The beauty of this hack is that once you have added the 3 templates, to make a new form, all you need to do is copy the form1.php and rename it to form2.php, edit the variables in the PHP file, and you have a totally new form!!! You do not need to touch the templates again. However, if you do wish to modify the templates, you can copy and rename the templates. All the names of files and templates can be set in the PHP files.

Format of the form:

1. One main input question
2. 2 Radio buttons Choice questions
3. 3 Normal text input questions
4. 1 Long answer question

This is customizable via the PHP file.


INSTALLATION
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Easy - takes a few minutes:

1. Add the 3 templates - they are included as 3 TEXT files - form1.txt, formpost1.txt and formthanks1.txt = just use the names of the TEXT files as the name of the template, and cut and paste the contents.

2. Edit form1.php - the instructions are all inside the PHP file itself, in the top half. Follow the instructions carefully!

3. Upload form1.php

Done!

Just link to form1.php eg. http://www.yourforum.com/forums/form1.php

LAST POST TITLE ON FORUMHOME HACK SUPPORT
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If you have the "Last Post Title on Forum Home" hack by PPN, this hack supports it. Just find the line that says:

$lastposttitlehack = "0";

And change it to:

$lastposttitlehack = "1";

Done!

Updates:
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Version 1.1 - fixed a username with quotation bug.
Version 1.2 - fixed the email bug - oops... bad spelling...
Version 1.3 - added ability for form to REPLY to a current thread

To upgrade, just download the new form1.php - ensure it says "Version 1.3" at the top.

Enjoy!



Dr. Erwin Loh

[Smoothie]

Not posting to a forum either....

PHP Code:

//ENABLE FORM TO BE POSTED - 1 = yes, 0 = no
$formforum = "1";

//FORUM TO POST NEW THREAD IN
$formforumid = "65"; 


[Erwin]

Smoothie, your forum always has problems with my hacks for some reason.

Anyone else with the same problems? The hack works fine for me here at my own private forums.

Smoothie, try and see if the hack works without any modifications - it should. Make sure you edit the email address variable. And you have installed the templates.

[Smoothie]

Some good news, I'm getting the PM. Yes Erwin, all templates are correctly added.

[Cyricx]

Thanks for the modification Erwin

I have it posting to a forum with no problems at all. Tested it pretty heavy before we took it "live"

Great hack!

[Smoothie]

Uploaded all new files and templates, ver 1.1. Posting to forums, getting PM's, no email.

[Erwin]

Today at 05:57 PM Smoothie said this in Post #55
Uploaded all new files and templates, ver 1.1. Posting to forums, getting PM's, no email.

I am an idiot. To fix this, find in form1.php:

PHP Code:

    if ($formmemail == "1") { 


Notice the wrong spelling - the 2 "m"'s? Change it to:

PHP Code:

    if ($formemail == "1") { 


It should work now...

For people using an older version of vB, change "vbmail" to "mail".

Anyway, I have updated the version to version 1.2 to fix this mistake. Apologies to all...

[Smoothie]

LOL, ok. Now I know its not just my forum that has this problem. Thanks Erwin.

[Gaffer]

goodies i got it working the way i want and working right....

great hack Erwin

[SouledOut]

Thanks man. I can't help to think that maybe I helped a tad to inspire this mod since I requested one like this . Already I can think of 5 uses of this for a hosting company:

1) Hosting Apps (have it in a forum to have archived, or if you need a group decision, and to tell who took care of it and when)
2) To Report a Jerkoff Member
3) Report an inactive site
4) Request something else (domain, etc.)
5) Submit a support problem

My co-owned hosting network is being revamped this summer, and this will definitly help us, and it'll be alot easier for me when I get my site up and working and have requests for layouts or forum layouts.

[corsacrazy]

thanks 4 the fixes lol