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

[life is boost]

Hello everyone. i have done all of the edits but still cannot get the attachments to show. It is enabled. i am posting to a forum, i have tried default forms and everything but still no attachments. I even removd the if statement so it just says.

$attachmentoption

any help is appreciated

[a33]

I am trying to get this to work..
I keep getting this problem below when i submit the form....... so i uninstalled and started again without making any changes.
I have only changed the forum to post in...

The error is

Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array in [path]/includes/functions_newpost.php on line 370

What have i done wrong ?

Line 370 is

PHP Code:

$polloptions = count($polloption); 


[fodvapor]

Does this also work with 3.7.3 ???

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by a33

I am trying to get this to work..
I keep getting this problem below when i submit the form....... so i uninstalled and started again without making any changes.
I have only changed the forum to post in...

The error is


What have i done wrong ?

Line 370 is

PHP Code:

$polloptions = count($polloption); 


Don't hold me to this BUT you might have an option in the usergroup that's trying to use the form set to where they cannot create OR can create polls and it's conflicting maybe?

You can open the files up and view the contents to remove or add in what you like, additionally if you keep searching there is a similar yet different hack like this HOWEVER more easily customizable... I believe it is listed as a recruitment hack etc and was originally intended for a Guild or WOW forum however the way they made it leaves the person more options for tweaking and has informaton on how to do it all!

If I find the link while browsing I'll edit this post

EDIT: Here it is! --> Click Here <-- ** It seems more complicated when you first view that page w/ all the code snippets BUT it is not and you can tailor it to your needs very easily!

Remember not to always download the first mod you go WOW over as there could be one more to your liking or need if you keep looking!

S-MAN

[RedGTiVR6]

Originally Posted by fodvapor

Does this also work with 3.7.3 ???

Yes.

[a33]

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

Don't hold me to this BUT you might have an option in the usergroup that's trying to use the form set to where they cannot create OR can create polls and it's conflicting maybe?

You can open the files up and view the contents to remove or add in what you like, additionally if you keep searching there is a similar yet different hack like this HOWEVER more easily customizable... I believe it is listed as a recruitment hack etc and was originally intended for a Guild or WOW forum however the way they made it leaves the person more options for tweaking and has informaton on how to do it all!

If I find the link while browsing I'll edit this post

EDIT: Here it is! --> Click Here <-- ** It seems more complicated when you first view that page w/ all the code snippets BUT it is not and you can tailor it to your needs very easily!

Remember not to always download the first mod you go WOW over as there could be one more to your liking or need if you keep looking!

S-MAN

Thanks

I found my mistake..... i had used the forum name instead of the forum number... ooops

I checked out the other hack you recommended , it wasn't customizable enough for me......Thanks though

This one is now working great for me (vBulletin 3.7.3 Patch Level 1)

[a33]

Hi
I am trying to put a user field automatically in the title I have tried $post[field11] in the title section and it doesn't work.

Is It possible to do this?

edit--------think i found the answer on page 35

edit 2 ------- Yes answer on page 35

[fodvapor]

Originally Posted by RedGTiVR6

Yes.

SWEET THX

[Simon Lloyd]

I have little or no coding experience at all so can't get my head round how to customise this form i can get to the form as instructed /newthread?do=form but have no idea what to do from there, i have been in the admincp and looked at form and formanswers in the templates but again don't know what to do to change this form to something i want.

Any help?

[a33]

Simon i was the same as you 3 days ago .... I now have a form that works great !!
If you "search this hack" (at the top of this page) there is a lot of info in these 86 pages...
Go to admin - Plugins & Products - Plugin Manager Then "edit" form hack ...