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

[wrang]

Now i have looking for some wrong but i cant find anything wrong

Has someone get this work for anybody else like admin, mod to attach a file in the form hack or just me

[wrang]

Sorry to nag, but is there anyone who can help me?
I searched in the threads but i dident found a solution

[Digital Jedi]

Did you check you normal usergroup settings for attachments?

[wrang]

Yes it says
Usergroup Manager - Can Upload Attachments - Yes
Forum Permissions Manager - Attachment Permissions - Yes

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by wrang

Yes it says
Usergroup Manager - Can Upload Attachments - Yes
Forum Permissions Manager - Attachment Permissions - Yes

Attachments are tricky in vB. Also check the vB Options on attachments and your Attachment Manager settings.

[wrang]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

Attachments are tricky in vB. Also check the vB Options on attachments and your Attachment Manager settings.

Realy strange.
All i can see it right set yes


Thanks so far :up:

[wrang]

Now i have tested to copy a usergroup ho it work fornow to the two it dosent work, but its the same.
two usergroup cant upload a attachment

[wrang]

Same problem is it someway it can be set so all members can attach files,
I do not sort out this problem :erm: and want it to work

[chrisbeau]

I have this working for 3.7.2 and I only use the questions ($question1/2/3). All working nicely but the forum section it posts to requires prefixes, how can I go about adding which prefix to select into this form ??

BTW If I change it to does not require prefixes it works fine, but I want prefixes more than this mod so they have to stay.

Im so close to what I want please can you advise ?

How it is now:
Attachment 103173

Attachment 103174

How I want it to appear using the prefixes:

[imk]

please explain how to install better for newbs to codeing!

i installed the xml file

now where do i go to create a custom form? and where do i choose where to put it?