New Posting Features - Easy Forms - Create a form or multiple forms without php or html knowledge

EASY FORMS FOR vB 4.x here

Easily create forms with no HTML or PHP knowledge. Questions can be made compulsory and are checked before the form is submitted. Forms can be previewed. (You can create multiple forms)

Backwards compatible with vb v3.7.x and 3.6.8

Example Form | Help File | Version History

Question Types:

• Single line text
• Multi-line text
• Multi-select checkboxes
• Single-select radio buttons
• Single Select Dropdown
• Yes/No
• Multi-line text field using vbeditor (max one per form - limited by vB)
• Human verification question
• Custom Question (can query database or do whatever you want)
• Date (month/ day/ year fields)

Form can Submit to:

• new thread in forum
• new post in thread
• new pm to user
• email address
• save to database

Installation:

• Just Import the Product File
• Set usergroups options
  admincp -> vboptions -> Easy Form Options
• View/Create forms at
  http://your-forum.com/forums/misc.php?do=forms
• Click installed to get latest updates

More Features:

• Form list categories (optional)
• Preview form (can disable for individual forms)
• Optional questions
• Form Sections
• Prefix support - you can choose which prefix you want thread to have
• Different thread/pm title to form title with variables {username} {userid} and {q_1} (replacing 1 with appropriate question number)
• Poll Options: Multiple choice, public vote, poll question, poll options, poll timeout
• Regular expression match for single line text input field
• Usergroup permissions per form
• Forumid/threadid/username can be specified by input via {value=X} in dropdown, single line input or radio buttons
• Multiple dropdown select for form usergroup permissions (still optional - leave blank to not use)
• Option to show link to form list in navbar and quick links (separate options)
• Import/ Export your forms as XML files - great for transferring forms across forums or creating backups
• Specify bbcode for questions/ answers/ sections for the form's output
• Form Hooks: (uses php code)
  1. Before form submitted
     Useful for: your own form validation, multiple form outputs, etc.
  2. At form start
     Useful for: banning userids/usergroups from form, setting minimum post count,etc.
• Attachments allowed for posting new thread
• Mass Copy Forms & their questions

Coming soon:

• Allow attachments for posting in thread

Translations:

• French/ Fran?aise http://www.vbulletin-ressources.com/...apides-t14717/

[len backus]

Banana

So the css and js files go right into the "http:...forums/" location? I have now done that.

I found where you create a form and did create one. I am having trouble placing one in a thread.

[TaMpE]

Originally Posted by bananalive

Your 'Bug':

custom output:
[b][size=5][u]I favorite color is $qo[7][/u][/size][/b]

Thread title
Username: {q_1} | From: {q_2} | Fav color: {qo_7}

Suggestions
2. You can add select prefix for thread to use when editing the form.
3. There is a modification by abe1 which replaces newthread button with a specified link

That qo_7 doesn't seem to work. IT says "{qo_7}" in the output. Also there are these things when I click submit.

<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: formoutput --> (at the very top of the output)
<!-- END TEMPLATE: formoutput --> (at the very end of the output)

I am using 3.6. I tried 3.7 and it was the same.

[len backus]

Hooray! My tiny brain has figured out how to use it.

Now, is there any way one could export the resulting database/table data to something like Excel to make it easier to utilize the data?

[Welshy2008]

Originally Posted by bananalive

Thank you for your donation, it is much appreciated

You can search through data stored in the form database? Is that what you meant?

No Problem - I will donate some more when I get some.

Yes Mate - I would like it to search through the details entered in the forms only.

[len backus]

Does anyone know how to extract and export the form database contents?

[len backus]

One of the options is to have the form output data to a post in a thread. How could I customize it to output only one of the fields on the form?

[Navyr]

Thanks for this hack.

[TROLL]

I have a silly question! I have a form setup that submits a form for a contest that I am running on my site. The contest requires that the users attach an image to each submission, but the form posts that thread to a forum which the users cannot view. This results in the site not allowing them to add attachments. I have all permissions for Registered users set to "No" except for "Can Upload Attachments". This does not seem to affect it at all though.

I know this is different than posting in a forum as far as permissions go, but it seems that if the form can go around the fact that "Can Post Threads" is set to "No", it should be able to include attachments in a forum that they cannot view. Any insight?

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by TaMpE

That qo_7 doesn't seem to work. IT says "{qo_7}" in the output. Also there are these things when I click submit.

<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: formoutput --> (at the very top of the output)
<!-- END TEMPLATE: formoutput --> (at the very end of the output)

I am using 3.6. I tried 3.7 and it was the same.

Yep sorry it should be {q_7) in thread title.


And to remove the stuff from top/bottom of output:
AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> General Options -> Add Template Name in HTML Comments -> No

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by len backus

One of the options is to have the form output data to a post in a thread. How could I customize it to output only one of the fields on the form?

Use the custom output.

Contents:

$qo[5]

where 5 is the question hash of the answer you want to be the output. See attached image for question hash