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

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by wintrmte

Great hack, but I'm having one problem.

The posts to a forum are being posted as Moderated. The forum permissions are set to be Non Moderated. How do I fix this?

Thanks!

check the forums permissions that the posts are going to.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by GrossKopf

Ok, I'm doing something wrong. I'm a total noob to vbulletin so please explain. I am getting the same results as this person:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....6&postcount=22

Can someone explain in step by step instructions what I need to do to remove the empty fields and get the fields I want to display?

Here's my actual form:

http://flotserver.net/forums/newthread.php?do=flotapp

you have to edit the template for this hack also. it's called 'form'

[nymyth]

Is there anyway to get rid of the message box at the bottom, the submit thread TEXT BOX....i just need the long question......not the piece under it...thanks

Peace

ps..N/M, just get rid of the $message area in the template.....

[Spookysalem]

I have just installed this, however before i click install. Which templates need editing and also i am confused regarding creating a custom form.

Thanks in advance for all help.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Spookysalem

I have just installed this, however before i click install. Which templates need editing and also i am confused regarding creating a custom form.

Thanks in advance for all help.

template form

[Spookysalem]

Thanks found that, figured out how to create a new form. All i get when i go to it is a blank page.

sorted out the blank page thing just cannot get it to post in the correct forum or thread now.

[nymyth]

You have to make changes to the FORM HACK Plugin....

Its a little tricky. First thing is making changes to the Plugin, this is where your questions, email addys, username, etc must be edited. MAKE SURE U READ THIS AREA SPECIFICALLY. After the questions and stuff have been changed to your liking, then make the changes to the template.

Peace

[hal05]

Looking for this also. The mod is easy to use once you get the hang of it but I need to pass one of the variable as the title, anyone?

Originally Posted by DarkDraco07

how can i make it possible to use $post[fieldx] variable as my $posttitle? i would really like this to work. thx

[Bonee70]

Is there a chance we get this hack for 3.6.4 please?

[blind-eddie]

Originally Posted by Bonee70

Is there a chance we get this hack for 3.6.4 please?

It works in 3.6.4