Version: 4.1, by Abe1
Developer Last Online: Jun 2010
Category: New Posting Features -
Version: 3.6.x
Rating:
Released: 09-14-2006
Last Update: 04-23-2008
Installs: 1216
Uses Plugins Template Edits
No support by the author.
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.
For some reason when I import this product to a new set of forums running vBulletin 3.7.3 and try the newthread.php?do=<name> it gives me a parse error:
Code:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /<taken out>/forums/newthread.php(74) : eval()'d code on line 100
I tried it in forums running 3.7.0 and it doesn't work either, whereas the original forum I made these for was running 3.7.0.. It honestly makes no sense. Any help is appreciated!
Has anyone been able to find a way to warn the user when the title is too long for the 'thread'?
I'm finding that our users are putting a very long title in.
I have a field set: Please give a brief description of the problem here
Well, they seem to think that brief means long....
So they go to submit a bug report, they are told by vBulletin that it's submitted...yet nothing ever shows up because the title is too long.
The way I had took care of this was go to your input textbox for the thread title and add maxlength="75". I believe the cut off is 80 but I just put 75 to be safe. This will work its funny to cause I just was asked to do this.
Has anyone gotten this to work where you must have a certain amount of post before you can do it.
The way I had took care of this was go to your input textbox for the thread title and add maxlength="75". I believe the cut off is 80 but I just put 75 to be safe. This will work its funny to cause I just was asked to do this.
Has anyone gotten this to work where you must have a certain amount of post before you can do it.
can you show me exactly per the code? I'm not sure I understand.
Input text box....is that in teh product its self or in the form template?
As for your second question, can you put those users in another group and allow only that group (and others) to use the form?
On my forums I have used the active members and registered members groups.
Active for those I want to be allowed to use the features of the site.
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09-06-2008, 11:57 AM
