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

[rjordan]

At the risk of sounding like an idiot, I have to ask this. To have multiple forms, you have to change the XML, rename it, and upload it? Is that correct? It is somewhat confusing the way it is described and I could not find a solid answer through the thread.

[xandizitxu]

Got it working! Sorry for the trouble thanks!

[Deepdog009]

PHP Code:

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//CHOOSE WHETHER YOU WANT FORM TO BE POSTED IN A NEW THREAD, NEW POLL, REPLY TO EXISITING THREAD, PMed OR EMAILED
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

//ENABLE FORM TO BE POSTED - 1 = yes, 0 = no
$formforum = "1";

//FORUM TO POST NEW THREAD IN
//You CAN make this number a variable. You can have a drop down menu or in the link like do=form&f=1. Make sure you add it the variables list.
if ($dropdownanswer2 == "Title here")
        {
            $formforumid = "11";
        }
if ($dropdownanswer2 == "Title here 1")
        {
            $formforumid = "5";
        }
if ($dropdownanswer2 == "Title here 2")
        {
            $formforumid = "17";
        }
if ($dropdownanswer2 == "Title here 3")
        {
            $formforumid = "9";
        }
if ($dropdownanswer2 == "Title here 4")
        {
            $formforumid = "32";
        }

//ENABLE POLL TO BE CREATED - 1 = yes, 0 = no
$formpoll = "0";
$polloption[1] = "Yes";
$polloption[2] = "No";
$polloption[3] = "Maybe";

//Make poll public - 1 = yes, 0 = no
$pollpublic = "0";

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 


POSTING 2 FORUMS ??????????????????????????????????

Many ways, but this may help U

[xanthide]

hey..
i have changed my newthread to
newthread.php?$session[sessionurl]do=form

but now i have a small prob..
what should i change this line to then?
$formforumid = "2";

[Deepdog009]

Originally Posted by xanthide

hey..
i have changed my newthread to
newthread.php?$session[sessionurl]do=form

but now i have a small prob..
what should i change this line to then?
$formforumid = "2";

Not sure Xanthide,,, Im still learning on the PHP side of things with vBulletin...
Im more of a graphics guy,,, but I've been getting better with java and php,,, thank god...

What are ya trying 2 do???

Ask ABE1

[OneEyeSleepy]

Sorry, I am a new user and already installed this Mod. I read your brief documentation but how do you use it? I can edit the form and save it into a text file, where do I put it into?

[vien]

You guys should be careful with this bug.

This happens with topics which are created by this hack.

When an user chooses option "Instant email notification" in "Default Thread Subscription Mode", then the moderators move those topics (that user subscribed) to moderator areas or somewhere that user can't access, but emails were still sent out to nofify that user about all the replied messages.

Sometimes the administrators and moderators discuss about that user in those topic are created by this hack, he/she also knows everything even he/she can't access to the area where the topics has been moved in.

Please advise.

Thanks.

[MoJo Smirnoff]

can someone please help me...i got the form all done...but i have no submit button. i guess i might have deleted the code on accident..

can some please share the code for the submit button..and tell me exactly where i deleted it from lol

thanks!

[alan92rttt]

I have this hack working with only one issue.

I can't figure out how to make it only allow posts from selected user groups.

I tried modifying

PHP Code:

 if (!in_array($vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'], array(22))) print_no_permission(); 


I also tried adding

PHP Code:

$forumperms = fetch_permissions($foruminfo['10']);
if (!($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canpost']))
{
     print_no_permission();
} 


The 1st had no effect the second locked everyone out.

[Stijndg]

Good add-on i like it a lot :up: