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

[optrex]

Nice hack Abe1,

I have a couple of questions before I install.

1) Is there a need/requirement for flood control
2) Is there a need/requirement for image verification

Just wondering if these would be measures to put in to prevent "spamming" ?

[blacklancer]

I'm having problems with this hack...

I have the need for 2 forms. I made the easier one of the 2 first and tested it and it works fine. When I do the 2nd one, it gives me the following error when I try to submit the form.

Fatal error: Unable to proceed with save while $errors array is not empty in class vB_DataManager_PM in \includes\class_dm.php on line 763

any advice on what to do??

[blacklancer]

anyone?

[laittnet]

I wanna write the form variables to the database, but it turn in to trouble if one field contains quote mark, for example " or '

PHP Code:

        //$db->query_write(" 
        //    INSERT IGNORE INTO agent_register(userid, fullname, email, phone_mobile, phone_fixed, address, city, country, agent_type, ic_owner, ic_pc, sell_already, sell_cards, cards_month, pay_direct, pay_atm, pay_transfer, pay_post, pay_mb, pay_other, otherinfo, date_submit) 
        //    VALUES 
        //    ({$vbulletin->userinfo['userid']}, {$vbulletin->GPC['answer1']},  {$vbulletin->GPC['answer2']}, {$vbulletin->GPC['answer3']}, {$vbulletin->GPC['answer4']}, {$vbulletin->GPC['answer5']}, {$vbulletin->GPC['answer6']}, {$vbulletin->GPC['answer7']}, {$vbulletin->GPC['radioanswer3']}, {$vbulletin->GPC['radioanswer4']}, {$vbulletin->GPC['radioanswer4other']}, {$vbulletin->GPC['radioanswer5']}, {$vbulletin->GPC['radioanswer5other']}, {$vbulletin->GPC['dropdownanswer1']}, {$vbulletin->GPC['checkboxanswer1_1']}, {$vbulletin->GPC['checkboxanswer1_2']}, {$vbulletin->GPC['checkboxanswer1_3']}, {$vbulletin->GPC['checkboxanswer1_4']}, {$vbulletin->GPC['checkboxanswer1_5']}, {$vbulletin->GPC['checkboxanswer1_6']}, $vbtextanswer, ". TIMENOW . ") 
        //"); 


How can I handle this problem?

[DarkDraco07]

can anyone help with my problem? i want only members that are logged in to be able to use the form =/

[civil78]

Originally Posted by DarkDraco07

can anyone help with my problem? i want only members that are logged in to be able to use the form =/

Search in form hack php code, this phrase

PHP Code:

//USERGROUPS ALLOWED 


It's in the start of php.

After that find this if check

PHP Code:

// if (!in_array($vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'], array(2,5,6,7))) print_no_permission(); 


Remove the // and in the array(2,5,6,7) set the id numbers of the user groups that you want to allow.

[DarkDraco07]

wow... how did i not see that...
thx

[gullystation]

where is this : /newthread.php?do=form ? Where do i put it, can anyone help me?

[civil78]

Originally Posted by gullystation

where is this : /newthread.php?do=form ? Where do i put it, can anyone help me?

Go to Plugins & Products --> Plugin Manager and edit under the the Product : Form Hack the Form Hack plugin (you can add more forms if you go down in the [Add New Plugin], see the example of Form Hack and clone it) and in the inside the php code find this

PHP Code:

$formname = "form"; 


The varieble formname is the name of your form. To call your form from your site just write "http://www.yoursitename.com/newthread.php?do= + $formname". like http://www.yoursitename.com/newthread.php?do=form

As you see you can add multiple forms just change the name in the $formname varieble in every new plugin.

Also if you want to make new forms you have to change or add a new template in Styles & Templates, the templates with names in this variebles.

PHP Code:

// Name of the main template
$maintemplate = "form";
// Name of the answer template
$answertemplate = "formanswers"; 


$maintemplate is the varieble that contains the name of the template as it show if you call the newthread.php?do=form url, and the $answertemplate contains the name of the template of the post.

I hope that you are undestand that.

[elricstorm]

I'm starting to become very proficient with this plugin and I've created 5 separate "advanced" forms, but now I'd like to take it to a new level.

I want to move the form from posting a message in a thread to posting a calendar event. How difficult would this be?

For instance, the normal forms point to newthread_start and I'm guessing I would change this to calendar_start. So my questions are thus:

1. What form elements would I use to handle date parameters that are already in the existing calendars?
2. Would the form elements have to be separate to account for single day, multi-day, and recurring events?
3. If you look at a "recurring calendar event" I would want to start the form so that it looks exactly like this, with the exception of the editor box which the rest of the form would replace so that I could choose the type of questions/answers I would use here.

I know this might sound difficult, but I feel that if I'm pointed in the right direction, I'm positive I could figure it out. I'm good at hacking/editing existing code due to having a photographic memory.

Thanks in advance.