Contact Us Email Feedback Form (with IP address & status of sender)

Contact Us Email Feedback Form (with IP address) Version 2.3
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Reason:
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This hack allows members and guests to email you the administrator using an online email form. This way, you keep your email address hidden from spambots that crawl sites for email addresses.

When members use the form, their name and email address gets automatically inserted. Guests will have to fill out the name and email boxes. If they are not filled, the email will not be sent. Users get to choose from a list of subjects, or they can enter their own email subject if they choose "Other".

If the member who emails you is Unregistered or Not Logged In, the email will tell you that the Sender is Unregistered or Not Logged In.

If the member who emails you is Registered, then the username and email address of the member on file will be sent to you as well - this way, even if a registered member tries to pretend to be another member or put in a fake address, you will know who the member is.

The email sent to you will have the IP address and if available, the Host Name of the sender, with a link to click that will automatically search the database for members sharing that same IP - good for tracking down people sending you abusive emails using the form.

Example of an email from a Registered Member:
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IP address of sender: 123.123.12.12
Host name: test.hostname.com
Click below to search for members with same IP:
http://www.yourforums.com/forums/adm...=123.123.12.12

Registered Member - Username: Erwin
Email on file: admin@myforums.com

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Hi,

Test message here...

- Erwin

Email from a Unregistered User or Member who is Not Logged In:
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IP address of sender: 123.123.12.12
Host name: test.hostname.com
Click below to search for members with same IP:
http://www.yourforums.com/forums/adm...=123.123.12.12

Not Logged In or Unregistered User


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Hi,

Test message here...

- Erwin

The form is web-based, and the feedback is emailed to you, without ever revealing your admin email address if you want to keep that private.


Screenshot:
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Installation:
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Easy. There are no file changes, 3 new templates to make, and 2 files to upload.

Create the 3 templates based on the txt files - name the templates after the file names, and copy the content of the txt files into the templates.

contact
contact_error
contact_sent

Then upload the following files into your forums directory.

contact.php

Last thing you need to do is to place this link anywhere on your site, or in your contact link field in your vB Admin Options. I have placed mine in the footer template (change it to your forums URL).

<a href="http://www.yourforums.com/yourforums/contact.php">Contact Us</a>

And you're done!

Enjoy!


Version 2.0
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Added the option for users to choose from a list of subjects. Also fixed a minor title bug. If the option "Other" is chosen, but no title filled out in the optional text box, a blank field error message will be shown.

To upgrade from Version 1.2 - just copy the new "contact.php" and "send.php" over the old files, and replace the "contact" template with the new one.

Feel free to add more email subject titles by modifying the "contact" template.

Version 2.1
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Added - IP address and if available, the Host Name of sender in the email sent to you, with a link to search the database for members with the same IP address in the email (in case of people sending you abusive emails using the form)!

Version 2.2
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Added - if the sender is a Registered Member the email will contain the username and email on file, regardless of what the sender puts in the fields. If the sender is Not Logged In or Unregistered, the email will let you know.

Version 2.3
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Tidied the code up, removed the need for send.php.


Upgrading
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- to upgrade from version 1.2 - upload the new contact.php and send.php files, and replace the "contact" template with the new one.

- to upgrade from version 2.0 - upload the new send.php

- to upgrade from version 2.1 - upload the new send.php

- to upgrade from version 2.2 - upload the new contact.php, delete send.php (not needed), replace "contact" template with contact.txt



Latest hack version 2.3 below:

[Tungsten]

For what it's worth... I am having the same problem as Boofo.

[Unknown553]

Originally posted by Erwin
Unknown553 - this hack is totally based on your great work, so all credit goes to you! All I did was stand on the shoulders of giants. Thanks for letting me share this with others.

But unfortunately your hack is getting the same bug as mine. I think my code is corrupt or something :cross-eyed:

[freeshares1]

This is great, I use it for a slightly different use (for people claiming cashback on my site) working example at http://www.gamblingforums.net/vbport...ms/contact.php

[Erwin]

Originally posted by freeshares1
This is great, I use it for a slightly different use (for people claiming cashback on my site) working example at http://www.gamblingforums.net/vbport...ms/contact.php

Nice modification of the hack, freeshares1.

Boofo, can you post a screenshot of the error you get? I would like to see if I can work out why you have that bug. The contact form works fine on my site.

[SuB_ZeR0]

Can it be setup so that only registered users can use this function? I don't want unkown ppl spamming my inbox. I want to provide help to my members only. Thanks.

[Erwin]

To only allow registered members to use this:

In contact.php, find:

PHP Code:


if ($action == 'compose') { 


ABOVE it, add:

PHP Code:


if ($bbuserinfo[userid]) { 


Then find:

PHP Code:


?> 


ABOVE it, add:

PHP Code:


} else {
    eval("dooutput(\"".gettemplate('contact_error')."\");");
} 


Edit the contact_error template to include "you need to be registered to use our contact form" or something like that. Should work.

[Erwin]

Boofo, I went to your site and clicked on your "Contact Us" link. You're right, it goes straight to the error template.

http://www.bearfacts2.com/forum/contact.php

Very weird... It works for other members though... it has to be the way your forum is setup...

[Boofo]

Sorry, but it foesn't work for Tungsten, either, so it can't just be my setup.

Originally posted by Erwin
Boofo, I went to your site and clicked on your "Contact Us" link. You're right, it goes straight to the error template.

http://www.bearfacts2.com/forum/contact.php

Very weird... It works for other members though... it has to be the way your forum is setup...

[SuB_ZeR0]

Erwin>> Thanks for the prompt reply ... I'll try it tonight.

[Erwin]

I suspect it may be your PHP version. What version does your server use?

It probably is the "if (!isset($action))" command that your site is having a problem with - since it doesn't recognise this line, it automatically goes to "action=send" and because you haven't filled out any fields yet, you go to the error message as not all fields are entered.

This can be avoided by dividing the contact.php to 2 files, and not use the action variable... but that doesn't really make sense, since other vb files surely use the same variable too.