New Posting Features - Form Hack

Form Hack 4.1

Features:

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

• Posted into a new thread in a forum of your choice
• Create a new poll in the new thread with options of your choice
• Posted as a reply in an existing thread of your choice
• PMed to you or someone else
• Emailed to an email address you specify
• Choose to redirect to the post, thread or forum, or a custom thank you message
• Choose to redirect to edit post
• See a preview before they submit

Or any combination or all of the above?

Well, this is the hack for you!

You can use this for:

• Moderator Applications
• Quiz Submit Form which gets PMed to a moderator
• Contact Form that goes to PM, email or thread
• Guests to apply to be members
• Report a Moderator form that goes as a PM to you
• Guests can PM you for whatever reason
• Order form to buy things
• Donation form
• News or Articles submissions that can go straight to a thread

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

The beauty of this hack is that once you install this hack, to make a new form all you need to do is copy the main hook, rename it to whatever you want, edit the variables in the hook, and you have a totally new form!!! You do not need to touch the templates again, but can always create new ones and use different templates for different forms.

Format of the form:

• One main input question
• 3 Radio buttons Choice questions
• 3 Normal text input questions
• 1 Drop down menu
• 3 Check boxes
• 1 Long answer question
• 1 VB message editor text box question
• Upload attachments

This is customizable via the hook.

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:

• Import the XML into products. (admin cp -> Plug-in System -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product)
• Edit the main plug-in - the instructions are all inside the hook itself, in the top half. Follow the instructions carefully!
• To get to the form, go to: /newthread.php?do=form (change "form" to the name of your form if you have few)

Done!

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

Enjoy!

Updates:

Version 4.0: (09/15/2006)

• Ported over for vb3.6
• Send to multiple emails.
• Send multiple PMs.
• Parse emails for BBCode
• And finally, ATTACHMENTS!

Version 4.1: (04/24/2008)

• Fixed for vb 3.6.10
• Small bug fixed.
• List of the 2 quick edits are in the zip file so you don't have to start making a form from scratch.

MAKE SURE YOU CLICK INSTALL!
You will get an email when a new version is released.

Abe1 with rights from Dr Erwin Loh

[MoB Zigmister]

Originally Posted by Deepdog009

MoB Zigmister zip all three files ( both templates and plugin) in txt format and upload, I shall check it out 4 ya.???

Sincerely, thanks. Please see attachment.

[samual]

Originally Posted by ComputerVitals

Now you have to look in your templates
"form" template.

Is that admincp>styles&templates?

[ComputerVitals]

yes

By default install you will have 2 new templates
form
formanswers

The form template is the "design" of the form you would type in and submit.
The formanswers template is the email you would get if you added an email address.

[XxBuLLeTz]

Is there anyway I can set it so when they fill out the form and submit it, it counts towards the users post. I have it set to reply to the post, but I just want it to count as an actually post.

Thanks.

[Deepdog009]

Originally Posted by MoB Zigmister

Sincerely, thanks. Please see attachment.

Just gotts back, checking on it and will post info by morrow evening.

L8ter...

[Deepdog009]

Originally Posted by MoB Zigmister

Sincerely, thanks. Please see attachment.

Error message... Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE

I found yo problem MoB...

It was here in the PLUGIN...

if ($answerall == "1")
    {
        if ($answer1 == '' OR $answer2 == '' OR $answer3 == '' OR $answer4 == '' OR $answer5 == '' OR $answer6 == '' OR $answer7 == '' OR $answer8 == '' OR $longanswer1 == '' OR $longanswer2 == '' OR $longanswer3 == '' OR $longanswer4 == '' OR $longanswer5 == '' OR $longanswer6 == '' OR $longanswer7 == '' OR $longanswer8 == '' OR $longanswer9 == '')

One of yo {{{ OR }}} was missing... I added it on $answer5 or 6...

Take a look at the code there and add the missing {{{ OR }}}...

Kooooooool form U have there...

Good Luck

[MoB Zigmister]

Originally Posted by Deepdog009

One of yo {{{ OR }}} was missing... I added it on $answer5 or 6...

Take a look at the code there and add the missing {{{ OR }}}...

Kooooooool form U have there...

Good Luck

Thanks a lot. Ahhhh.... It Works!

I took a little time adjusting the template to make it roughly fit more with the "vb" style of forms, throwing in some Legends and threads and such inside some <td>'s. But then again, sometimes you need a fair of fresh eyes to catch errors.

Thanks again.

[ZomgStuff]

Arg, I deleted some stuff off the code but it still shows up!

[XxBuLLeTz]

Originally Posted by XxBuLLeTz

Is there anyway I can set it so when they fill out the form and submit it, it counts towards the users post. I have it set to reply to the post, but I just want it to count as an actually post.

Thanks.

Can anyone help me?

[Snipa]

i have just installed this hack, and i was going about editing it, i have been editing all 3 files to what i want them to be but my form does not show up, it just says invalid fourm specified. i am posting my codes maybe someone can give me a hand, my php skills are very rusty heh. link to form is as follows:

http://www.endeavour-guild.com/forum...d.php?do=eqapp