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:

[glenvw]

I am looking for a registration process where a person:

First has to fill out a separate front-end registration process I already have. The applicant fills out name, address, phone, birthdate, etc (common demographic information) . He is presented with opt-in co-reg offers etc.

He is then automatically sent to the VBBS registration page where he/she enters a user name and password. It would be nice if the user name, birthdate, etc could be passed from the first form (not on a VBBS page) and inserted in the VBBS registration. This would make it look uniform. It is not necessary though.

My goal is first to monetize the registration process.

Restrict access to all forums unless they were registered.

However, if a person is not registered now, they are sent directly to the VBBS registration page. This process would require that they be sent to the new front end registration page.

After a member is regsitered, I would like it if they were made to log in only on the front end page where they could just log in if already registered.

I have no idea if this could be done but I am looking for a programmer that knows his stuff and can make this happen. I am posting it here because Erwin's hack was as close as I have seen.

Thank in advance.

[The Markus]

Originally Posted by BarHopper

This sia stupid question, but where are the two templates?

If that was stupid then my question is ridiculous... :nervous:

Where do you upload these to?? I am somewhat PHP inept at the moment, but I am learning.. I can feel my brain swelling :ninja:

[ChrisBaktis]

Need some Mod Help....

I run a site that mambers trade on - I want to use this form to post a thread of what is being traded....This is what I would like to do...

Instead of the username and form title to show up as the 'Thread Title' I would like to use $normalanswer1 / $normalanswer2

For Example..I would like the title show up as 'member#1 / member#2' This way when our mods are going through the posts the title of each post is the two members names that are making the trade with an '/' in between.

Can this be done? if so how?

Also is it possible to use Bold and underline in the output when this is posted to a thread? I know I cannot use HTML because I dont allow HTML in the thread but is there any other way?

Chris

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by ChrisBaktis

Need some Mod Help....

I run a site that mambers trade on - I want to use this form to post a thread of what is being traded....This is what I would like to do...

Instead of the username and form title to show up as the 'Thread Title' I would like to use $normalanswer1 / $normalanswer2

For Example..I would like the title show up as 'member#1 / member#2' This way when our mods are going through the posts the title of each post is the two members names that are making the trade with an '/' in between.

Can this be done? if so how?

Also is it possible to use Bold and underline in the output when this is posted to a thread? I know I cannot use HTML because I dont allow HTML in the thread but is there any other way?

Chris

1. You can change the thread title within the code - look at the code and you can work it out.

2. You can modify the form template with bbcode tags to add bold.

[ChrisBaktis]

problem is i have no idea where to change it in the form.php file....$formtitle shows up all over the place and i dont know which to replace and how I would put 2 variables with an "/" between them.

[ChrisBaktis]

figured it out!

[oldford]

I've had this great mod (thanks Erwin!) running fine for months, but I do have one problem. Every couple of weeks I get someone complaining that they get the following error:

There seems to have been a slight problem with the Discussion Boards database.
Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser.

An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can also contact if the problem persists.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

The error doesn't seem to happen very often and I can't recreate the error on my end. I do know that the problem only occurs on the forum that I used this mod on.

Any thoughts? :surprised:

[TheDPQ]

Installed
Its just so...mind bogglingly useful. THANK YOU.

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by oldford

I've had this great mod (thanks Erwin!) running fine for months, but I do have one problem. Every couple of weeks I get someone complaining that they get the following error:



The error doesn't seem to happen very often and I can't recreate the error on my end. I do know that the problem only occurs on the forum that I used this mod on.

Any thoughts? :surprised:

What is the actual mysql error?

[alqadir]

Firstly, I would like to say I love this hack, it is really awesome and used on a daily basis at www.wetnerds.com. After using this hack for some time, I am trying to mod it so it can better fit my site. I was hoping someone can help me out for the following:
a) have an image uploading option which allows users to upload an image upto a certian size
b) If a user tries to post a topic(subject), where that topic already exists, the system does not allow the post to be posted.

thanks

[sensimilla]

looks like a great hack thanks alot!

[alqadir]

Has anyone had problems when " ' " (single quotes) are inputted by the user?

[oldford]

Originally Posted by Erwin

What is the actual mysql error?

I don't actually get the error myself so I'm not sure. Is there a log I can find to see what the mysql error was?

[j_86]

Having problems using different form templates and form.php names.

Can someone give me a step by step to doing this? It's not working for me, i'm completeley stumped!

[alkatraz]

a) have an image uploading option which allows users to upload an image upto a certian size

I've been watching this thread for months hoping to see the option for attachments.

As soon as it's added this hack will become invaluable to every admin who has a classifieds sections or a members _____ section (fill in the blank, with anything from car profiles to collections)

My #1 pet peeve is people posting classifieds without the required info and it's a huge waste of time for my moderators to make sure the info gets posted.


I dropped $100 bucks on the ClassifiedPost system which ended up being a nightmare for my members. Adding attachments to this hack (combined with the recently released thumbnail threadview) will make all my headaches go away!!!

I would gladly paypal you $25 bucks for your time Erwin if you can make it happen by Jan 1st. =) (I realize your time is probably worth more then that, but am hoping a small donation will give you some incentive.)