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

[Lord Kuam]

Well it seems that I am still getting the white page, although I realized that I could not directly enter the link into my browser (I had to enter it first, get the error message, and then hit refresh).

I've modified several details to include the questions and a few other aspects, and now I can't get the form to show up, as I said. Why am I only getting a white page?

Thanks!

EDIT

So I've figured out that I'm getting white pages because I changed the template name. Now, I need a new template because when I change all the options (add/remove questions, change number of answers etc) it stays with the current template, meaning I have fields that don't exist (they're there but are blank), my radioquestion fields have 6 selections in it from the original form even though I only have two options, and a variety of other issues.

What do I need to do to get a new template running?

[attroll]

Originally Posted by Lord Kuam

Well it seems that I am still getting the white page, although I realized that I could not directly enter the link into my browser (I had to enter it first, get the error message, and then hit refresh).

I've modified several details to include the questions and a few other aspects, and now I can't get the form to show up, as I said. Why am I only getting a white page?

Thanks!

EDIT

So I've figured out that I'm getting white pages because I changed the template name. Now, I need a new template because when I change all the options (add/remove questions, change number of answers etc) it stays with the current template, meaning I have fields that don't exist (they're there but are blank), my radioquestion fields have 6 selections in it from the original form even though I only have two options, and a variety of other issues.

What do I need to do to get a new template running?

What template name did you change and if you changed any templates names then you also have to make sure you changed your name of the template inside the plugin also.

[Lord Kuam]

// Name of the main template
$maintemplate = "support";
// Name of the answer template
$answertemplate = "supportanswers";

This is what I changed (support WAS form; supportanswers WAS formanswers).

I am still learning this coding. If you could direct me what other code I need to modify, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you

[afmarko99]

I have tried to figure this out. I was able to make a few changes but to overhaul the form like I want would take awhile. Too bad someone doesn't come out with a hack like Wow Recruitment Form. I believe he took this form and developed a much more user friendly gaming form. All I really want is some custom question blocks.

I guess I will give it a try again later.

[firstrebel]

Originally Posted by EaglezEye

I have tried to figure this out. I was able to make a few changes but to overhaul the form like I want would take awhile. Too bad someone doesn't come out with a hack like Wow Recruitment Form. I believe he took this form and developed a much more user friendly gaming form. All I really want is some custom question blocks.

I guess I will give it a try again later.

The WOW form is designed for a specific purpose, this mod is the basics for any purpose. You just need to customise the form and the two templates.

Yes, it takes time, that is the fun in web design. The alternate option is to pay someone to do the job. That is no fun. Like many such mods the author has done the functionality code and the rest is down to us.

Bob

[attroll]

Originally Posted by Lord Kuam

// Name of the main template
$maintemplate = "support";
// Name of the answer template
$answertemplate = "supportanswers";

This is what I changed (support WAS form; supportanswers WAS formanswers).

I am still learning this coding. If you could direct me what other code I need to modify, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you

Then you need to create a support template and copy the code from form and put it in there and edit the way you want it to be.

Then you need to create a supportanswers template and copy the code from formanswers and put it in there and edit the way you want it to be.

[attroll]

Originally Posted by EaglezEye

I have tried to figure this out. I was able to make a few changes but to overhaul the form like I want would take awhile.
I guess I will give it a try again later.

Yes this does take a while. It took me a long time to get my form the way I wanted it. It took two nights to get it done.

[mystic10]

sorry for the silly question but i am very confused i dont understand ur instructions about edit form hook and u will see the intrucion...i went to the plugin and pressed edit and i saw

Product ID form_hack
Title

Version

Description

Product URL

Version Check URL
please clarify and help thanks

[attroll]

Originally Posted by mystic10

sorry for the silly question but i am very confused i dont understand ur instructions about edit form hook and u will see the intrucion...i went to the plugin and pressed edit and i saw

Product ID form_hack
Title

Version

Description

Product URL

Version Check URL
please clarify and help thanks

Read this post here and it should help https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=675

[Brundlefly]

The hook is edited from the "Plugin Manager", Each plugin has two templates that are edited from the style manager. 1. Usually named "form" 2. Usually named "form_answers".