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

[durdan1]

Originally Posted by 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?

Me too, im lost. Where is the hook?

[PlaybyPlay]

I have a problem... The prefix Moderated: comes up with these submissions, and it doesn't show up in the post count....

[harakiri]

Hi there,

first: thanks a lot for this mod .

I'm having a little problem, where using your form to create a new post into a thread the lastpost isn't updated on the forumhome.

Is there any fix or a hint?

Regards,
Christian

(I can see the post on "get daily" and in the specific forum.. but not on the forum home)

[harakiri]

FIXED!

there's something missing @ plugins:

below:

PHP Code:

if ($formreply == "1")
{
$threadinfo = verify_id('thread', $formreplythreadid, 0, 1); 


add this:

PHP Code:

$foruminfo = verify_id('forum', $formforumid, 0, 1); 


works

[davida500]

Let's say I wanted to make it so when you choose a certain radio answer, a new question appears on the form. How would I go about doing that?

[RedGTiVR6]

Has anyone ever figured out how to require an attachment with this hack?

I would be very greatful for any assistance with this aspect.

Many thanks in advance!

[wolfey]

Awesome tool!

Customized everything exactly the way I needed..excellent instructions...even for a non programmer to understand!

OK simple question & fix I hope:

In the FormAnswer template for when it displays the answered questions if someone didnt answer all of them it still shows a blank space where that answer would be..

How do I make it so the completed form will not leave a space for the unanswered questions?

Thank you in advance!

Copy of part of code used in template:

 $checkboxquestion1 
$checkboxanswer1_1
$checkboxanswer1_2 
$checkboxanswer1_3 
$checkboxanswer1_4 
$checkboxanswer1_5 
$checkboxanswer1_6  
$checkboxanswer1_7 
$checkboxanswer1_8 
$checkboxanswer1_9

[wolfey]

Anyone have the answer? I've playing around with it and cant get the answers to look good

[idslamyou]

Does anyone have this installed on vb4.0? I searched for a similar mod in the vb4 forum but found nothing.

[Cadellin]

Originally Posted by idslamyou

Does anyone have this installed on vb4.0? I searched for a similar mod in the vb4 forum but found nothing.

Likewise I would be interested in a mod like this for v4.0