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

[proxyMX]

Erwin, im not dissing you man, you make some great hacks, its just this one dosent do "What is says on the box" Alot of people here have had problems with it posting, and ive had to edit ALL the files just to get one form to display properly.

The instructions say the only file you need to edit is the php file which is nonsense, if you do theres radio buttons etc everywhere, I suppose its because im DESPERATE for a hack like this, and have been waiting for one for quite some time. Instead ive got a half-baked version

[Talisman]

Erwin, this hack really rocks. I love it..... and I'm using it to create a bunch of forms for different purposes, and even setting up multiple templates to choose from so we can do similar forms for the same function and still vary the layout sometimes, too, (not just changing the variables) so they don't all look the same.

I did run into a problem I can't figure out though...... and I need your help (in a hurry, if you please?)...

On a registration form, our first question asks the member's username. But we have the form fill that in automatically using $bbuserinfo[ username] -- since the system already knows who they are.

But in the third question, we ask them to enter their Player Name (for the event they're registering for). In most cases, the Player Name and their Username are identical. And any time the $answer3 text field matches $bbuserinfo[ username], the silly thing shows up totally blank.

How do I get around this?

[Talisman]

Btw.... for the guys having problems getting the forms they want set up the first time. Once you get through that part once or twice, it's really easy to design the custom forms you want, then just rename new files and change the content on your variables every time you use it after that.

As soon as I get this registration thing of mine online, I can show that as an example, along with an expanded version of a moderator application form we're using now. And I'm sure others can help you customize your files/templates how you want them if you tell us what you need.

[PixelFx]

it's an awesome hack, so far I haven't had any problems, and it does everything my mods needed. It's a real time saver thank you.

[Talisman]

Okay, here's a simple one. Frustrating though, because I thought I should be able to figure it out myself...

Anyway, when the form posts as a reply to an existing thread, how do I get this to increment the thread's count and mark the post as "new?"

[Erwin]

Yesterday at 04:49 AM Talisman said this in Post #137
But in the third question, we ask them to enter their Player Name (for the event they're registering for). In most cases, the Player Name and their Username are identical. And any time the $answer3 text field matches $bbuserinfo[ username], the silly thing shows up totally blank.

How do I get around this?

That's weird... if you'ven put the variables in the right place there should be no blanks. Did you do this:

$answer3="$bbuserinfo[username]";

??

Anyway, when the form posts as a reply to an existing thread, how do I get this to increment the thread's count and mark the post as "new?"

This should be done automatically. The thread count should go up, and the post marked new automatically.

[Talisman]

Today at 07:44 PM Erwin said this in Post #141
That's weird... if you'ven put the variables in the right place there should be no blanks. Did you do this:

$answer3="$bbuserinfo[username]";

Well....... no, I didn't do it that way. Guess that's why it didn't work.

In my "post" template, I had it down like this:

$question1: $bbuserinfo[ username]

$question2: $answer2

$question3: $answer3

$question4: $answer4

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Though I hard-coded the $bbuser-thing into the "post" template and didn't input an answer for question 1 in the main form template ... I didn't use an $answer1 variable at all, so I had not defined $answer1 in the php file.

The form that posted looked like this:

(1) Your Username: Talisman

(2) Your first name: Susan

(3) Your boat name:

(4) Your country flag: USA

Every time I tested it, the boat name ($answer3) came up blank when it exactly matched the content of my $bbuserinfo[ username] variable.

I confirmed this by entering a different boat name (that didn't match my username). When the $answer3 boat name was different from the username..... it worked.

Now, I'll go try it the way you showed, Erwin.

Be back soon to let you know how that turns out.

Cheers!

[retsell]

Erwin, can you help me out with why I would get the following error message when trying to run form1.php?

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: gettemplate() in /home2/cms/public_html/forums/form1.php on line 214

The form is located at:

http://forums.classicmortgageservices.net/form1.php

I haven't even begun to customize it, Im just trying to get it working. I added the templates exactly as the instructions said...

Thanks,
Ryan

[Talisman]

I can see that problem, retsell.

Your error message points to "/forums/form1.php" but the link you show uses a different directory structure for your "forums" subdirectory.

[retsell]

Today at 06:18 AM Talisman said this in Post #144
I can see that problem, retsell.

Your error message points to "/forums/form1.php" but the link you show uses a different directory structure for your "forums" subdirectory.

Im confused.
http://www.classicmortgageservices.net/forums/form1.php

its the same as:

http://forums.classicmortgageservices.net/form1.php

forums.classicmortgageservices.net is just a subdomain that points to /forums

Am I not understanding you?

[Talisman]

Ok, sorry for the confusion, retsell...... I thought the link would be literal. Was going for a solution that was too obvious, I guess.

[proxyMX]

this hack scares me, I really REALLY want to use it, but its not working correctly, shame because its JUST what i need

[Erwin]

Put the form1.php file in the same directory as your forums.

It cannot find the nopermission function ie. cannot find your global.php

[proxyMX]

woooooh hold the press! i finally got this godamn thing working

thirteen template edits and ten file edits down the line, duno what the problem was.

anyways is their anyway of making one of the submitted fields the title of the thread?

[Erwin]

07-10-03 at 08:42 PM proxyMX said this in Post #136
Instead ive got a half-baked version

This hack is not half-baked. If you cannot install it, please don't blame the hack or the hacker. I've tried making it as simple as possible. It's for you to customize and change - you are never meant to use it without modifying it to suit you forums.