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

[attroll]

Originally Posted by curse-1

First-> THX for Support!

In the first picture (aufzeichnung.jpg) is the current display.


In the second, I picture (unbenannt.jpg) it with an image editing program to edit as I like it wants. But I do not know how?

I have been in the template "form" much edited, but without success. The arrangement is apparently where otherwise stated.

greez curse

It looks like you are missing a td or tr tag somewhere. If you want to post your form template I will look at it or you can send it in a pm and I will look at it for you later tonight after work.

[attroll]

Originally Posted by theoz1

Yea I tried that before and it didnt work, tried it again still didnt. This is what its suppose to be?

if ($normalanswer1 == '' OR $radioanswer1 == '' OR $radioanswer2 == '' OR $radioanswer3 == '' OR $answer1 == '' OR $answer2 == '' OR $answer3 == '' OR $answer4 == '' OR $answer5 == '' OR ($checkboxchoice1_1 AND $checkboxchoice1_2 AND $checkboxchoice1_3) OR $longanswer1 == '')

If you only have 5 questions then try getting ride of all the excess code in that statement and see if that helps. It would look like this:

if ($answer1 == '' OR $answer2 == '' OR $answer3 == '' OR $answer4 == '' OR $answer5 == '')

Also make sure that you template "form" is set up correctly in the right order because if that it not in the right order it could screw up you "formanswers" post.

What does you template "form" look like?

[theoz1]

$bbuserinfo[username]

$question1
$answer1

$question2
$answer2

$question3
$answer3

$question4
$answer4

$question5
$answer5

------------------------------------------------------
$vbtextquestion

$vbtextanswer

------------------------------------------------------
i typed in amount for # 3, number for 4, and cost for 5. But after hitting preview this is what I get.



is this what you meant by the template form?

once again thx for the help.

[attroll]

Originally Posted by theoz1

.is this what you meant by the template form?

once again thx for the help.

Yeah that was sort of what I meant.

Now it looks to me as if you did not add this to the lower part of your plugin like I mentioned before.

 
OR $answer4 == '' OR $answer5 == '')

[Deety]

I would like to have the form post new threads in multiple forums selected by checkboxes.

This code seems to work well for selecting one $formforumid, but the first two "else" statements would prevent multiple selections, and taking them out did no good.

I'm guessing the issue may be that $formforumid can't be assigned multiple values (i.e., $formforumid = "1,2,3" or some such), but hopefully it can and I'm just missing the language that will do it. Easy answers are nice.

If anyone has a suggestion to get multiple forums working, I'll make the edit to the original form and post it as an example so it's easy for the next person. Thanks for any ideas...

PHP Code:

if ($checkboxchoice1_1 = 1)
{
$formforumid = "1";
}
else
if ($checkboxchoice1_2 = 1)
{
$formforumid = "2";
}
else
if ($checkboxchoice1_3 = 1)
{
$formforumid = "3";
}
else
$formforumid = "4"; 


[theoz1]

this is my lower code

// #######################################################################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// #######################################################################
if ($_REQUEST['action'] == '')
{
  $_REQUEST['action'] = "form";
}


$bbuserinfo = $vbulletin->userinfo;

// start navbar
$navbits = array();
$navbits['newthread.php?' . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'] . "do=$formname"] = $formtitle;

$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');

if ($_REQUEST['action'] == "submit")
{

    if ($answerall == "1")
    {
        if ($answer1 == '' OR $answer2 == '' OR $answer3 == '' OR $answer4 == '' OR $answer5 == '')
        {
            $errormessage = "$bbuserinfo[username], you need to answer every question!";
            eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('STANDARD_ERROR') . '");');
            exit();
        }
    }

	$vbulletin->input->clean_array_gpc('p', array(
		'wysiwyg'			=> TYPE_BOOL,
		'message'			=> TYPE_STR
		));

	if ($vbulletin->GPC['wysiwyg'])
	{
		require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_wysiwyg.php');
		$vbtextanswer = convert_wysiwyg_html_to_bbcode($vbulletin->GPC['message'], $foruminfo['allowhtml']);
	}
	else
	{
		$vbtextanswer =& $vbulletin->GPC['message'];
	}

    eval('$formsend = "' . fetch_template("$answertemplate") . '";');

	$posthash = $vbulletin->input->clean_gpc('p', 'posthash', TYPE_NOHTML);
	$poststarttime = $vbulletin->input->clean_gpc('p', 'poststarttime', TYPE_UINT);

	if ($_POST['submit'] == 'Submit')
	{
		if ($formforum == "1")
    	{
        	$foruminfo = verify_id('forum', $formforumid, 0, 1);
        	$forumperms = fetch_permissions($foruminfo[forumid]);
        	$newpost['username'] =& $vbulletin->userinfo['username'];
        	$newpost['message'] =& $formsend;
        	$newpost['title'] =& $posttitle;
        	$newpost['parseurl'] = '1';
        	$newpost['poststarttime'] = $poststarttime;
			$newpost['posthash'] = $posthash;

			if ($vbulletin->userinfo['autosubscribe'] != -1)
			{
				$newpost['emailupdate'] = $vbulletin->userinfo['autosubscribe'];
			}
			else
			{
				$newpost['emailupdate'] = 9999;
			}

			if ($vbulletin->userinfo['signature'] != '')
			{
				$newpost['signature'] = '1';
			}
			else
			{
				$newpost['signature'] = '0';
			}

    		build_new_post('thread', $foruminfo, array(), array(), $newpost, $errors);

        	if ($formpoll == "1")
        	{
            	$threadinfo = verify_id('thread', $newpost[threadid], 0, 1);
            	$polloptions = count($polloption);
            	$question = $posttitle;
            	$vbulletin->GPC['options'] = $polloption;

            	$counter = 0;
            	$optioncount = 0;
            	$badoption = '';
            	while ($counter++ < $polloptions)
            	{ // 0..Pollnum-1 we want, as arrays start with 0
                	if ($vbulletin->options['maxpolllength'] AND vbstrlen($vbulletin->GPC['options']["$counter"]) > $vbulletin->options['maxpolllength'])
                	{
                    	$badoption .= iif($badoption, ', ') . $counter;
                	}
                	if (!empty($vbulletin->GPC['options']["$counter"]))
                	{
                    	$optioncount++;
                	}
            	}

            	// Add the poll
            	$poll =& datamanager_init('Poll', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_STANDARD);

            	$counter = 0;
            	while ($counter++ < $polloptions)
            	{
                	if ($vbulletin->GPC['options']["$counter"] != '')
                	{
                    	$poll->set_option($vbulletin->GPC['options']["$counter"]);
                	}
            	}

            	$poll->set('question',	$question);
            	$poll->set('dateline',	TIMENOW);
            	$poll->set('active',	'1');
            	$poll->set('public',	$pollpublic);

            	$pollid = $poll->save();
            	//end create new poll

            	// update thread
            	$threadman =& datamanager_init('Thread', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_STANDARD, 'threadpost');
            	$threadman->set_existing($threadinfo);
            	$threadman->set('pollid', $pollid);
            	$threadman->save();
			}
    	}

    	if ($formreply == "1")
    	{
        	$threadinfo = verify_id('thread', $formreplythreadid, 0, 1);
        	$forumperms = fetch_permissions($threadinfo[forumid]);
        	$newpost['username'] =& $vbulletin->userinfo['username'];
        	$newpost['message'] =& $formsend;
        	$newpost['title'] =& $posttitle;
        	$newpost['parseurl'] = "1";
        	$newpost['poststarttime'] = $poststarttime;
			$newpost['posthash'] = $posthash;
        
			if ($vbulletin->userinfo['autosubscribe'] != -1)
			{
				$newpost['emailupdate'] = $vbulletin->userinfo['autosubscribe'];
			}
			else
			{
				$newpost['emailupdate'] = 9999;
			}

			if ($vbulletin->userinfo['signature'] != '')
			{
				$newpost['signature'] = '1';
			}
			else
			{
				$newpost['signature'] = '0';
			}

        	build_new_post('reply', $foruminfo, $threadinfo, $postinfo, $newpost, $errors);
    	}

    	if ($formpm == "1")
    	{
        	$vbulletin->GPC['message'] =& $formsend;
        	$vbulletin->GPC['title'] =& $posttitle;
        	$vbulletin->GPC['recipients'] =& $formpmname;

        	$pm['message'] =& $vbulletin->GPC['message'];
        	$pm['title'] =& $vbulletin->GPC['title'];
        	$pm['recipients'] =& $vbulletin->GPC['recipients'];

        	// create the DM to do error checking and insert the new PM
        	$pmdm =& datamanager_init('PM', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_ARRAY);

        	$pmdm->set('fromuserid', $vbulletin->userinfo['userid']);
        	$pmdm->set('fromusername', $vbulletin->userinfo['username']);
        	$pmdm->setr('title', $pm['title']);
        	$pmdm->setr('message', $pm['message']);
        	$pmdm->set_recipients($pm['recipients'], $permissions);
        	$pmdm->set('dateline', TIMENOW);

        	// everything's good!
        	$pmdm->save();
    	}

		if ($formemail == "1")
    	{
			require_once(DIR . '/includes/class_bbcode_alt.php');
			$plaintext_parser =& new vB_BbCodeParser_PlainText($vbulletin, fetch_tag_list());
			$plaintext_parser->set_parsing_language($touserinfo['languageid']);
			$formsend = $plaintext_parser->parse($formsend);

    		$emails = explode(';', $formemailaddress);
    		foreach ($emails AS $email)
    		{
        		vbmail($email, $posttitle, $formsend);
			}
    	}

    	if ($redirectoption == "1")
    	{
        	$vbulletin->url = 'showthread.php?' . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'] . "p=$newpost[postid]";
        	eval(print_standard_redirect('redirect_postthanks'));
        	exit();
    	}
    	if ($redirectoption == "2")
    	{
        	$vbulletin->url = 'showthread.php?' . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'] . "t=$newpost[threadid]";
        	eval(print_standard_redirect('redirect_postthanks'));
        	exit();
    	}
    	if ($redirectoption == "3")
    	{
        	$vbulletin->url = 'forumdisplay.php?' . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'] . "f=$foruminfo[forumid]";
        	eval(print_standard_redirect('redirect_postthanks'));
        	exit();
    	}
    	if ($redirectoption == "4")
    	{
        	$vbulletin->url = 'editpost.php?do=editpost&' . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'] . "p=$newpost[postid]";
        	eval(print_standard_redirect('redirect_postthanks'));
        	exit();
    	}
    	eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('STANDARD_ERROR') . '");');
    	exit();
	}
	else
	{
  		require_once('./includes/class_bbcode.php');
        $parser =& new vB_BbCodeParser($vbulletin, fetch_tag_list());
        $preview = $parser->do_parse($formsend);

		$_REQUEST['action'] = 'form';
	}
}

if ($_REQUEST['action'] == 'form')
{
	if (($formforum OR $formreply) AND $allow_attachments)
	{
		if ($formforum AND $formreply)
		{
			$forumid = $formforumid;
		}
		else if ($formreply)
		{
			$threadid = $formreplythreadid;
        	$threadinfo = verify_id('thread', $threadid, 0, 1);
        	$forumid = $threadinfo[forumid];
		}
		else
		{
			$forumid = $formforumid;
		}

        $forumperms = fetch_permissions($forumid);

		// get attachment options
		require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_file.php');
		$inimaxattach = fetch_max_upload_size();

		$maxattachsize = vb_number_format($inimaxattach, 1, true);
		$attachcount = 0;
		$attach_editor = array();
		$attachment_js = '';

		if ($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canpostattachment'] AND $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] AND !empty($vbulletin->userinfo['attachmentextensions']))
		{
			if (!$posthash OR !$poststarttime)
			{
				$poststarttime = TIMENOW;
				$posthash = md5($poststarttime . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] . $vbulletin->userinfo['salt']);
			}
			else
			{
				if (empty($postattach))
				{
					$currentattaches = $db->query_read("
						SELECT dateline, filename, filesize, attachmentid
						FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "attachment
						WHERE posthash = '" . $db->escape_string($posthash) . "'
							AND userid = " . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid']
					);

					while ($attach = $db->fetch_array($currentattaches))
					{
						$postattach["$attach[attachmentid]"] = $attach;
					}
				}

				if (!empty($postattach))
				{
					foreach($postattach AS $attachmentid => $attach)
					{
						$attach['extension'] = strtolower(file_extension($attach['filename']));
						$attach['filename'] = htmlspecialchars_uni($attach['filename']);
						$attach['filesize'] = vb_number_format($attach['filesize'], 1, true);
							$attach['imgpath'] = "$stylevar[imgdir_attach]/$attach[extension].gif";
						$show['attachmentlist'] = true;
						eval('$attachments .= "' . fetch_template('newpost_attachmentbit') . '";');

						$attachment_js .= construct_attachment_add_js($attachmentid, $attach['filename'], $attach['filesize'], $attach['extension']);

						$attach_editor["$attachmentid"] = $attach['filename'];
					}
				}
			}

			if ($threadid)
			{
				$attachurl = "t=$threadid";
			}
			else
			{
				$attachurl = "f=$forumid";			
			}
			$newpost_attachmentbit = prepare_newpost_attachmentbit();
			eval('$attachmentoption = "' . fetch_template('newpost_attachment') . '";');

			if ($threadid)
			{
				$attach_editor['hash'] = $threadid;
				$attach_editor['url'] = "newattachment.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$threadid&amp;poststarttime=$poststarttime&amp;posthash=$posthash";
			}
			else
			{
				$attach_editor['hash'] = $forumid;
				$attach_editor['url'] = "newattachment.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forumid&amp;poststarttime=$poststarttime&amp;posthash=$posthash";		
			}
		}
		else
		{
			$attachmentoption = '';
		}
	}
	else
	{
		$attachmentoption = '';
	}

	// set message box width to usercp size
	$stylevar['messagewidth'] = $stylevar['messagewidth_usercp'];
	$editorid = construct_edit_toolbar($vbtextanswer);

	eval('print_output("' . fetch_template("$maintemplate") . '");');
}
}

[attroll]

Originally Posted by theoz1

this is my lower code

I just sent a PM to you with my email address so you could send me some of your files for me to look over.

[p1a6u3]

I too have done everything to the "T".....I am having an issue getting answer 4 to display after submit.....i have done everyhting right...mind you I have been doing vbulletin hacks for quite some time but i am just stumped on this one......i have edited both templates....i have also added the variables to 1 & 2 of the plugin and added $normalanswer1 == '' OR $answer1 == '' OR $answer2 == '' OR $answer3 == '' OR $answer4 == '' as well.....and yet nada....this is the only hack i have ever had stump me.....i have also atached a copy of my plugin

 Form Answers Template

$formtitle
$bbuserinfo[username]

$normalquestion1
$normalanswer1

$question1
$answer1

$question2
$answer2

$question3
$answer3

$question4
$answer4


------------------------------------------------------
$vbtextquestion

$vbtextanswer

------------------------------------------------------

Form Template

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
$headinclude
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle] - $formtitle</title>
</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar

<!-- main -->
<if condition="$preview">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
	<td class="tcat">
		Preview
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="alt1">
$preview
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</if>

<br />
<form name="vbform" action="newthread.php" method="post"<if condition="!is_browser('webtv')"> onsubmit="return vB_Editor['$editorid'].prepare_submit(0, $vboptions[postminchars])"</if>>
<input type="hidden" value="$formname" name="do" />
<input type="hidden" value="submit" name="action" />

<input type="hidden" name="posthash" value="$posthash" />
<input type="hidden" name="poststarttime" value="$poststarttime" />

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
	<td class="tcat" colspan="3">
		$vboptions[bbtitle] - $formtitle
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="panelsurround" align="center" colspan="3">

	<table class="panel" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0" width="100%">
	<tr>
		<td align="$stylevar[left]">
			<fieldset class="fieldset" style="margin:0px">
				<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
				<tr>
					<td>
						$formpurpose

					</td>
				</tr>
		</table>
	</fieldset>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="alt1" colspan="3">
				<b>$normalquestion1</b>
		</td>
	</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt2" colspan="3">
<input type="text" size="30" value="$normalanswer1" name="normalanswer1" />
</td>
</tr>



<tr>
<td class="alt1" valign="middle">
<b>Username</b>:<br />
Your Username.</td>
<td class="alt1" valign="middle" colspan="2">
<b>$bbuserinfo[username]</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt2" valign="middle">
<b>$question1</b>:<br />
$explain1</td>
<td class="alt2" valign="middle" colspan="2">
<input type="text" size="30" value="$answer1" name="answer1" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" valign="middle">
<b>$question2</b>:<br />
$explain2</td>
<td class="alt1" valign="middle" colspan="2">
<input type="text" size="30" value="$answer2" name="answer2" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt2" valign="middle">
<b>$question3</b>:<br />
$explain3</td>
<td class="alt2" valign="middle" colspan="2">
<input type="text" size="30" value="$answer3" name="answer3" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" valign="middle">
<b>$question4</b>:<br />
$explain4</td>
<td class="alt1" valign="middle" colspan="2">
<input type="text" size="30" value="$answer4" name="answer4" /></td>
</tr>


<tr>
<td class="alt2" valign="middle" colspan="3">
<b>$vbtextquestion</b><br />
$vbtextexplain
<div align="center">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td>
$messagearea
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<if condition="$attachmentoption">
<tr>
<td class="alt1" colspan="3" align="center">
<div style="width:$stylevar[formwidth]" align="$stylevar[left]">$attachmentoption</div>
</td>
</tr>
</if>
<tr>
<td valign="top" colspan="3">
<p align="center">
<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt" class="button" />
<input type="submit" value="Preview" name="submit" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt" class="button" />
<input type="reset" value="Reset" name="reset" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt" class="button" />
</p></td></tr>
</table>

</form>

$footer
</body>
</html>

[attroll]

p1a6u3

I just installed your templates that you posted for your form, formanswers and your plugin into my test site and everything worked fine for me. I even got question #4 to post in my thread. I did not change or alter anything you posted. I just put your code you posted in and it all worked.

Maybe one of your other hacks or plugins is interfering with this.

[p1a6u3]

No im an idiot lol I ust figured it out....i guess i need to be sure that i refresh my browser instead of going back page lol..sorry for taking up your time....my bad!.....n00b m0v3!