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

[HabboHut]

For some reason, Administrators can see the attachment option at the bottom, but normal users cannot. How can I fix this?

[Deepdog009]

Originally Posted by HabboHut

For some reason, Administrators can see the attachment option at the bottom, but normal users cannot. How can I fix this?

HabboHut,,,

• Goto admincp and look 4 usergroup options area...
• Open and make changes to only groups that U wish to access page...

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I forgot about the internal usergroup option within this mod...
Look in the PLUGIN code at the top and edit the usergroup option there to allow other members grps...

[CampinCarl]

I cant get multiple forms to work :/
i get this error when i try:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/deathmatch/communitysite/index/forums/newthread.php(73) : eval()'d code on line 1

[ionian]

Originally Posted by edongski

I wish that it would be updated to use the prefixes in 3.7.1

Yes..! It would be great update for me too

[Deepdog009]

Originally Posted by CampinCarl

I cant get multiple forms to work :/
i get this error when i try:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/deathmatch/communitysite/index/forums/newthread.php(73) : eval()'d code on line 1

CampinCarl,,,
That line of code helps about 10%...

Can U give a bit more info please and I will try to assist U???

[absy]

Loved using this, cant get it to work at all in 3.7.1. Getting a security token error whenever anyone tries to submit a form. Does anyone know how to stop this from happening?

[Deepdog009]

Originally Posted by absy

Loved using this, cant get it to work at all in 3.7.1. Getting a security token error whenever anyone tries to submit a form. Does anyone know how to stop this from happening?

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absy,,,

• Download 4.1 ver...
• Read Instructions on how to update S.Token...

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Folks I've noticed that IE7 has a minor issue with ATTachmenTs... N-E-Body???
If I can see the issue I will post on why its doing that...

[ravelink69]

anyone getting this to work on 3.7.1?

[Deepdog009]

Originally Posted by ravelink69

anyone getting this to work on 3.7.1?

ravelink69,,,
YES,,, its working...

Which browser are U using???

Post a link to your FORM???

[Attitude5ire]

Not sure if this was asked before did a search and saw vague posts.
Is there any tweaks to do by which when it sends out email.
We can get the FROM: address to be email address of Username which sent the form.

Any help regarding this would be helpful.