New Posting Features - Easy Forms v4.x - Create a form or multiple forms without php or html knowledge

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)

Screenshots
There are two posts full of screenshots of this modification

• https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....64&postcount=3
• https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....65&postcount=4

Installation

1. Download and then extract .zip archive
2. Upload the contents of upload folder to forum root
   (Allow Overwrite "YES" for overwrite)
   clientscript\easyforms.css -> \clientscript\
   clientscript\easyforms.js -> \clientscript\
3. Import product file (product-easyforms v4.0.xml) in admincp
   AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> [Add/Import Product]
4. Change usergroups permissions at:
   AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> Easy Form Options

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
• Human verification question
• Custom Question (can query database or do whatever you want using php and html)
• Date (month/ day/ year fields)
• Address
• Scale

Form can Submit to:

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

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
• Quiz Mode

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[bananalive]

Originally Posted by ascroft

This is a neat mod - I have the following challenges in how to use it within my site - sorry if these have been asked before.......

1. Can the same form be used in more than one forum or do I need to copy the form for each? (I would like really to attach at the parent forum level - but not let it be used at that level.)

2. Do I use the hook feature to force the use of a particular form for the forum rather than say the standard thread post or reply ( I have a form for each)

3. This is probably ambitous but I would like to do more with emailing the form as well as posting to the thread. I would like to have it as a pdf with its own format - the idea here is listing a property for sale in the forum, and generating certain info in to a flyer that could be put in the window of the property but the format of the flyer wouldn't be the same as how it showuld be viewed in the thread.

1. If you only have a few sub-forums it would be easier for you to copy the form for each sub-forum.

2. You do not use the Form Hooks for this, instead use vBulletin hooks

Re-Directing the New Thread:

Create plugin newthread_start

PHP Code:

if (in_array($forumid, array(1,2,3)))
{ 
header( 'Location: [url]http://www.your-site.com/forum/misc.php?do=form&fid=1[/url]' ) ; 
} 


Change 1,2,3 for appropriate forumids.

Re-Directing the Reply:

Create plugin newreply_form_complete

PHP Code:

  if (in_array($threadinfo[threadid], array(1,2,3)))
{ 
header( 'Location: http://www.your-site.com/forum/misc.php?do=form&fid=1' ) ; 
} 


Change 1,2,3 for appropriate threadids.

3. this is too advanced for Easy Forms

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by bearcub

Yes that is correct. Just one box that gives the detailed review/explanation. Anyone can fill out the form..but to read the details one would have to belong to a certain group.

I believe you could achieve this using this modification https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=237057

[sebbbl]

Originally Posted by bananalive

What permission settings are you using?

You should only give the following permissions to administrative/ trusted users:

• Usergroups Allowed to Edit Form Results
• Usergroups Allowed to Delete Form Results

Thanks. Those permission settings were not set. Hope this helps.

[Aquestor]

Hi,
i found this nice Mod, but i have to know if i can realize something.
In Version 3.7 i used a Mod called ADVPolls, but there is no Version for vb4.

It was possible that a User can weight the answers in a Poll.
I have a sports Forum and it should be possible for Users to type the table how it would be after the season.

Club A 5
Club B 4
Club C 3
Club D 1
Club E 6
Club F 2

The result after the answers from many users should be shown like that
Club D 1,3 (average of answers)
Club F 1,75 (average of answers)
Club C 3,3 (average of answers)
Club B 4,7 (average of answers)
Club A 5,2 (average of answers)
Club E 5,6 (average of answers)

Is something like that possible with this mod? If yes what have i to chosse to get this work?

Thanks for every answer!
greetings Kai

[Devil_Dog]

Thank you so much for this great mod.

I do need some help. When the form is filled out I have a thread created. When this is done the form's name is posted in the middle in big black font. How can I change the color? I use a dark theme and you can hardly see it.

Thanks in advance!!!

[Lazorbeam]

Originally Posted by Devil_Dog

Thank you so much for this great mod.

I do need some help. When the form is filled out I have a thread created. When this is done the form's name is posted in the middle in big black font. How can I change the color? I use a dark theme and you can hardly see it.

Thanks in advance!!!

"Form Output Top BB code:"

Change the formatting as needed.

I do have a question of my own, however. I can't figure out how to use the copy form feature... I click the button and nothing happens?

[nakedanvil]

I need to set up a lending library on my site for members to check out books and videos. They need to be able to select from a list (check boxes?) or fill in titles and submit their name, address etc. This should then generate an email to our librarian. Would this be a good mod for doing that? Something else better?

[Halfhidden]

Originally Posted by nakedanvil

I need to set up a lending library on my site for members to check out books and videos. They need to be able to select from a list (check boxes?) or fill in titles and submit their name, address etc. This should then generate an email to our librarian. Would this be a good mod for doing that? Something else better?

Yep this form does exactly that.

[Halfhidden]

Originally Posted by bananalive

You would need to use the Form Hooks to achieve these.

Thanks... this really is a great mod:up:

[TMSBrad]

In the message body, how should I write this:

if userid>0
write (url=http://domain.com/member.php/userid)username(/url)