FORM to THREAD/ FORUM/ POLL/ PM/ EMAIL - CUSTOMIZABLE FORMS - Mod Apps, Orders, News.

FORM to THREAD/ FORUM/ POLL/ PM/ EMAIL - Totally CUSTOMIZABLE FORMS
Version 1.6 for vBulletin 3.x.x by Dr Erwin Loh

Features:

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. Create a new poll in the new thread with options of your choice
3. Posted as a reply in an existing thread of your choice
4. PMed to you or someone else
5. Emailed to an email address you specify
6. Choose to redirect to the post, thread or forum, or a custom thank you message
7. Choose to redirect to editpost to upload attachments

Or any combination or all of the above?

Well, this is the hack for you!

You can use this for:

1) Moderator Applications
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 form.php (you add questions, options etc. in the PHP file itself), uploading it, and then adding 2 templates.

The beauty of this hack is that once you have added the 2 templates, to make a new form, all you need to do is copy the form.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.

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.

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:

1. Add the 2 templates.

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

3. Upload form.php

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

Done!

Use this hack to make as many forms as you like!

Enjoy!


Updates:

Version 1.1 - Option to force user to answer all questions.
Version 1.2 - Thread count and lastposter information now updated if form is sent to existing thread.
Version 1.3 - ADDED CREATE POLL OPTION!
Version 1.4 - Fixed bug with Form-to-thread code
Version 1.5 - Major update:
- fixed bug where thread count not updated when form to forum
- fixed default posting to allow smilies and sigs when reply to thread
- added templates to cache (saves 2 queries)
- added option to change thank you message
- added options to redirect to post, thread or forum when submit
Version 1.6 - Choose to redirect to editpost to upload attachments

Screenshot is an example of a form - the form title and questions are customizable:

[taffy056]

Hi Erwin,

I just started over again, and redone the templates etc, now I have a major problem with my forum, I can't go into any of the threads, if I give you an admin account on my forum can you have a look at what the problem is?

Just sent you a PM of my url, for you to have a look

taffy

[Lionel]

Erwin, I have a small problem with

<tr>
<td class="alt1"><INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="radioanswer1" value="$radiochoice1a">$radiochoice1a</td>
<td class="alt1"><INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="radioanswer1" value="$radiochoice1b">$radiochoice1b</td>
<td class="alt1">If $radiochoice1b, what should we use? <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="radioanswer1other"></td>
</tr>

If I set all fields, it will not go thru. If I set it as 0, it will go thru but variable $radiochoice1b is not parsed.

Since we have two radioanswer1 choices (either 1a or 1b), it seems that the second choice 1b is not perceived as $radioanswer1. Could it be the reason why it is not going thru?

[taffy056]

Hi Erwin,

Would it be possible to put this form directly on the create 'New Thread' button, so you come directly to the form instead of creating a new thread? I have requested a hack like this for a poll, but I am still waiting for an answer.

taffy

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by taffy056

Hi Erwin,

Would it be possible to put this form directly on the create 'New Thread' button, so you come directly to the form instead of creating a new thread? I have requested a hack like this for a poll, but I am still waiting for an answer.

taffy

Instructions to do this is in the thread itself.

I can enter your threads with no problems.

[Lionel]

I seem to have solved my problem by adding 'checked' to the first radio button

<tr>
<td class="alt1"><INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="radioanswer1" value="$radiochoice1a" checked>$radiochoice1a</td>
<td class="alt1"><INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="radioanswer1" value="$radiochoice1b">$radiochoice1b</td>
<td class="alt1">If $radiochoice1b, what should we use? <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="radioanswer1other"></td>
</tr>

[taffy056]

Originally Posted by Erwin

Instructions to do this is in the thread itself.

Hi Erwin,

Thanks for the reply, but I do not understand what you mean, can you explain with a bit more detail.

taffy

[Abe1]

@ Erwin

Did you even fix my bug I mentioned awile ago about threads and posts made by the forms dont get put on the search index?

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by Abe1

@ Erwin

Did you even fix my bug I mentioned awile ago about threads and posts made by the forms dont get put on the search index?

It's not a bug because I use the mysql fulltext search on my site, not the searchindex, and I'm not about to modify the hack to do something which I don't require and cannot test.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Erwin

It's not a bug because I use the mysql fulltext search on my site, not the searchindex, and I'm not about to modify the hack to do something which I don't require and cannot test.

How do I switch? Never saw an option.

[Roms]

Thanks, I've been looking for something like this.

Clicks Install.

[Amavisca]

I want to use this form for article hack. Mean that members who want to post a new article have to use this form to submit. Can anybody help me out how to do it plz??? Thanks in advance.

[Lostnode]

Email function not working... al I did was change the 0 to a 1 and changed the meail... after a few tries and nothing I tried the PN function and it works fine... and ideas?

[Blam Forumz]

woohoo

got it working

Erwin, thanks again

[AmbitiousLemon]

Originally Posted by AmbitiousLemon

Erwin I would also like to add my vote for allowing attachments in the form should it be used to create a new thread. You mentioned earlier that this might be hard while simply uploading an image to the db wouldn't be as hard. Could you give us some example code on how to allow someone to uplaod to db and then show the template mod that would be needed to display that image in the thread?

I like a previous poster am trying to use this for a classifieds section.

any help?

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by AmbitiousLemon

any help?

I'll look into this on the weekend... no promises...