FORM to THREAD/ FORUM/ POLL/ PM/ EMAIL - CUSTOMIZABLE FORMS - Mod Apps, Orders, News.

FORM to THREAD/ FORUM/ POLL/ PM/ EMAIL - Totally CUSTOMIZABLE FORMS
Version 1.6 for vBulletin 3.x.x by Dr Erwin Loh

Features:

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. Create a new poll in the new thread with options of your choice
3. Posted as a reply in an existing thread of your choice
4. PMed to you or someone else
5. Emailed to an email address you specify
6. Choose to redirect to the post, thread or forum, or a custom thank you message
7. Choose to redirect to editpost to upload attachments

Or any combination or all of the above?

Well, this is the hack for you!

You can use this for:

1) Moderator Applications
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 form.php (you add questions, options etc. in the PHP file itself), uploading it, and then adding 2 templates.

The beauty of this hack is that once you have added the 2 templates, to make a new form, all you need to do is copy the form.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.

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.

Also:
- You can set the usergroups you want access to this form.
- Depending on your forum permissions, if the new thread is in a public forum, members can reply to it. This hack allows a form to submit the new thread or post wherever you want it to go.
- Force the user to answer all questions.


INSTALLATION


Easy - takes only a few minutes:

1. Add the 2 templates.

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

3. Upload form.php

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

Done!

Use this hack to make as many forms as you like!

Enjoy!


Updates:

Version 1.1 - Option to force user to answer all questions.
Version 1.2 - Thread count and lastposter information now updated if form is sent to existing thread.
Version 1.3 - ADDED CREATE POLL OPTION!
Version 1.4 - Fixed bug with Form-to-thread code
Version 1.5 - Major update:
- fixed bug where thread count not updated when form to forum
- fixed default posting to allow smilies and sigs when reply to thread
- added templates to cache (saves 2 queries)
- added option to change thank you message
- added options to redirect to post, thread or forum when submit
Version 1.6 - Choose to redirect to editpost to upload attachments

Screenshot is an example of a form - the form title and questions are customizable:

[AmbitiousLemon]

Originally Posted by Erwin

I'll look into this on the weekend... no promises...

Thank you, I appreciate it.

[hasan2k]

Erwin

I have 2 questions which may have been answered already but I was not able to find.

1. Can this hack be used to create a form which PM's the info to a specific user group chosen (all the members in the user group get the PM)?

2. Can I add 30 or more fields for questions and answers instead of the format you had in the attached image in the first post?

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by hasan2k

Erwin

I have 2 questions which may have been answered already but I was not able to find.

1. Can this hack be used to create a form which PM's the info to a specific user group chosen (all the members in the user group get the PM)?

2. Can I add 30 or more fields for questions and answers instead of the format you had in the attached image in the first post?

Yes to both, with modification. I'm not going to have time to do them though.

[hasan2k]

Originally Posted by Erwin

Yes to both, with modification. I'm not going to have time to do them though.

Thanks.. I will see what I can do myself. if i get stuck I will ask for help here.

[bendigo-tech]

Fantastic... love it!

Installed and working nicely.

THANKS!

[SirJonathan]

Hmm.. I have a feeling I'm missing something super obvious .

I uploaded the files to my server and when I viewed form.php, it was completely blank.. Any ideas?

-Jonathan

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by SirJonathan

Hmm.. I have a feeling I'm missing something super obvious .

I uploaded the files to my server and when I viewed form.php, it was completely blank.. Any ideas?

-Jonathan

Did you add the templates?

[lancepoint]

how do i get each form thats filled out to post in a certain area and given a custom post tittle defined in the form?

[lancepoint]

Originally Posted by lancepoint

how do i get each form thats filled out to post in a certain area and given a custom post tittle defined in the form?

HELP!@@

[Chrisedge]

Any U2 fans want to help me with this one? I'm looking to do a form that when in a certain forum (not all forums), when they click on new thread, a form comes up with various questions on particular live recordings like:

Date: (Drop downs)
Venue: (Text Box)
City/State/Country: (Text Box)
Setlist: (Text Box)
Taper?: (Drop downs YES/NO)
NTSC/PAL: (Drop down)
PC Authored/Standalone: (Drop down)
Notes: (Text Box)
Attach Screenshots: (Attach box, then creates thumbnails)

Then it creates a new thread, with the date, city and venue as the title, and all the info gets dumped into a new thread and people can reply to the thread with the thumbnail attachments at the bottom.

If someone wants to help, I could throw a few live DVD's into the deal