FORM TO FORUM/ THREAD/ PM/ EMAIL - CUSTOMIZABLE FORMS for Mod Apps, Orders, News

FORM TO FORUM/ THREAD/ PM/ EMAIL - Totally CUSTOMIZABLE FORMS
Version 1.3 - Dr. Erwin Loh
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vB3 version is here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=66082


Ever wanted an online form that a user can fill out, which when submitted gets:

1. Posted into a new thread in a forum of your choice
2. Posted as a REPLY to a current thread
3. PMed to you or someone else
4. Emailed to an email address you specify

Or any combination or all of the above?

Well, this is the hack for you!

You can use this for:

1) Moderator Application
2) Quiz Submit Form which gets PMed to a moderator
3) Contact Form that goes to PM, email or thread
4) Guests to apply to be members
5) Report a Moderator form that goes as a PM to you
6) Guests can PM you for whatever reason
7) Order form to buy things
8) Donation form
9) News or Articles submissions that can go straight to a thread


Or anything you like - this hack is totally customizable via the PHP file.

Basically, this hack involves modifying 1 PHP file form1.php (you add questions, options etc. in the PHP file itself), uploading it, and then adding 3 templates.

The beauty of this hack is that once you have added the 3 templates, to make a new form, all you need to do is copy the form1.php and rename it to form2.php, edit the variables in the PHP file, and you have a totally new form!!! You do not need to touch the templates again. However, if you do wish to modify the templates, you can copy and rename the templates. All the names of files and templates can be set in the PHP files.

Format of the form:

1. One main input question
2. 2 Radio buttons Choice questions
3. 3 Normal text input questions
4. 1 Long answer question

This is customizable via the PHP file.


INSTALLATION
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Easy - takes a few minutes:

1. Add the 3 templates - they are included as 3 TEXT files - form1.txt, formpost1.txt and formthanks1.txt = just use the names of the TEXT files as the name of the template, and cut and paste the contents.

2. Edit form1.php - the instructions are all inside the PHP file itself, in the top half. Follow the instructions carefully!

3. Upload form1.php

Done!

Just link to form1.php eg. http://www.yourforum.com/forums/form1.php

LAST POST TITLE ON FORUMHOME HACK SUPPORT
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If you have the "Last Post Title on Forum Home" hack by PPN, this hack supports it. Just find the line that says:

$lastposttitlehack = "0";

And change it to:

$lastposttitlehack = "1";

Done!

Updates:
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Version 1.1 - fixed a username with quotation bug.
Version 1.2 - fixed the email bug - oops... bad spelling...
Version 1.3 - added ability for form to REPLY to a current thread

To upgrade, just download the new form1.php - ensure it says "Version 1.3" at the top.

Enjoy!



Dr. Erwin Loh

[Cyricx]

Yeah it's not updating the threads post count =/

[drives fast]

I have messed with this thing and figured it out real good for what I am using it for right now

however....could somebody please help with adding the appropriate code into it to allow an attachment?

I want to use this for my classifieds area that I have concocted and the edits I made to newthread.php (adding in some post formatting) keep getting deleted by the poster and this form would be the perfect thing to stop them from changing the format.......but I need for them to be able to use the attachment part to add their item picture

rambling you say? whew

can anyone help with this? It is over my head...I have tried...no success

[drives fast]

I guess nobody checks these threads anymore

[zsmom]

OMG Erwin, this hack is awesome! Thank you thank you! I'm a newbie and got it working with no problems.
And Talisman, you rock for posting your mod app...thanks to you too!
And thank god that Proxy person apologized, I was getting irritated reading that crap.
I guess I'm just a thankful person this week.

[Byll]

I was just wondering if there is a way to show this form when a guest press "Want to register"?

Thx for help

[h?kkiz]

Erwin... you're a genius. Thanks a lot!

[gearshifter47]

Is there a way to edit this to make certain parts of the forum mandatory to answer... I notice if you just hit submit without filling anything out.. people could just spam you to death by sending blank forums lol....

[Fargo]

Erwin,

Ill have to second the thread post count bug. Ive got that problem as well Users post count does not increment as expected, nor does the reply count on the thread its posted to

Odd thing is - if I delete the post created by the form - it decreases the users' post count (as expected).

Im using vbulletin 2.3.4 case that matters.

Good job on the rest - she works like a charm!

[bigwest]

PERFECT!!!! This is just what I need!

I will install tonight! Thank you!

[bigwest]

Oh my gosh....

I installed this last night and I love it!!!!

Customization was easy (if you have ANY knowledge of HTML)

Thank you so much for this incredibly useful hack!