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

EASY FORMS FOR vB 4.x here

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)

Backwards compatible with vb v3.7.x and 3.6.8

Example Form | Help File | Version History

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 (max one per form - limited by vB)
• Human verification question
• Custom Question (can query database or do whatever you want)
• Date (month/ day/ year fields)

Form can Submit to:

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

Installation:

• Just Import the Product File
• Set usergroups options
  admincp -> vboptions -> Easy Form Options
• View/Create forms at
  http://your-forum.com/forums/misc.php?do=forms
• Click installed to get latest updates

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

Coming soon:

• Allow attachments for posting in thread

Translations:

• French/ Fran?aise http://www.vbulletin-ressources.com/...apides-t14717/

[lazyseller]

Originally Posted by Andyrew

It's already got the attachments feature., i guess he forgot to update the first post.

Haha the attachment option was on like page 17 or something...

This gotta be one of the best mods out there right now. Most flexible.

[ButtKrust]

When i choose for it to store the information in the database, where do i go to find the stored information? Does it go into MySQL? I would like to be able to pull this information out through php if at all possible.

[Michigan Morels]

1. I have this in Custom Form Output

$qo[1]: $qo[2]: $qo[7]
$qo[3]: $qo[4]: $qo[8]
$qo[5]: $qo[6]: $qo[9]

2. I get this display posted to the thread

 
<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: formoutput -->
widget one: 3: 5.00
widget two: 2: $10.00
widget three: 1: 30.00
<!-- END TEMPLATE: formoutput -->

3. I also have this in Form Hook: Before Submit: to remove bbcode from empty answers.

PHP Code:

$formoutput = str_replace("", "", $formoutput); 


How do I remove those Template tags from example #2.?

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by Michigan Morels

1. I have this in Custom Form Output

$qo[1]: $qo[2]: $qo[7]
$qo[3]: $qo[4]: $qo[8]
$qo[5]: $qo[6]: $qo[9]

2. I get this display posted to the thread

 
<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: formoutput -->
widget one: 3: 5.00
widget two: 2: $10.00
widget three: 1: 30.00
<!-- END TEMPLATE: formoutput -->

3. I also have this in Form Hook: Before Submit: to remove bbcode from empty answers.

PHP Code:

$formoutput = str_replace("", "", $formoutput); 


How do I remove those Template tags from example #2.?

AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> General Options -> Add Template Name in HTML Comments -> No

[Michigan Morels]

Thank you. I knew it was something simple I was overlooking.
I forgot I had that turned on. DUH

[dknelson]

Originally Posted by bananalive

You could use custom question to get birthday of user from their profile.

PHP Code:

$answer = '<input type="text" readonly="readonly" id="q_' . $formbit[id] . '" name="' . $formbit[id] . '" value="' . $vbulletin->userinfo[birthday] . '" />'; 


Can't think of any easy way of easy way to do all states/ countries. But for US/Canada you could use this custom question with following php code:

PHP Code:

$answer = '<select id="q_' . $formbit[id] . '" name="' . $formbit[id] . '"><option value="">Select One</option><optgroup label="Canadian Provinces"><option value="AB">Alberta</option><option value="BC">British Columbia</option><option value="MB">Manitoba</option><option value="NB">New Brunswick</option><option value="NF">Newfoundland</option><option value="NT">Northwest Territories</option><option value="NS">Nova Scotia</option><option value="NU">Nunavut</option><option value="ON">Ontario</option><option value="PE">Prince Edward Island</option><option value="QC">Quebec</option><option value="SK">Saskatchewan</option><option value="YT">Yukon Territory</option></optgroup>        <optgroup label="U.S. States"><option value="AK">Alaska</option><option value="AL">Alabama</option><option value="AR">Arkansas</option><option value="AZ">Arizona</option><option value="CA">California</option><option value="CO">Colorado</option><option value="CT">Connecticut</option><option value="DC">District of Columbia</option><option value="DE">Delaware</option><option value="FL">Florida</option><option value="GA">Georgia</option><option value="HI">Hawaii</option><option value="IA">Iowa</option><option value="ID">Idaho</option><option value="IL">Illinois</option><option value="IN">Indiana</option><option value="KS">Kansas</option><option value="KY">Kentucky</option><option value="LA">Louisiana</option><option value="MA">Massachusetts</option><option value="MD">Maryland</option><option value="ME">Maine</option><option value="MI">Michigan</option><option value="MN">Minnesota</option><option value="MO">Missouri</option><option value="MS">Mississippi</option><option value="MT">Montana</option><option value="NC">North Carolina</option><option value="ND">North Dakota</option><option value="NE">Nebraska</option><option value="NH">New Hampshire</option><option value="NJ">New Jersey</option><option value="NM">New Mexico</option><option value="NV">Nevada</option><option value="NY">New York</option><option value="OH">Ohio</option><option value="OK">Oklahoma</option><option value="OR">Oregon</option><option value="PA">Pennsylvania</option><option value="PR">Puerto Rico</option><option value="RI">Rhode Island</option><option value="SC">South Carolina</option><option value="SD">South Dakota</option><option value="TN">Tennessee</option><option value="TX">Texas</option><option value="UT">Utah</option><option value="VA">Virginia</option><option value="VT">Vermont</option><option value="WA">Washington</option><option value="WI">Wisconsin</option><option value="WV">West Virginia</option><option value="WY">Wyoming</option></optgroup></select>';
$selected = "value=\"" . $q_{$formbit[id]} . "\"";
$answer = str_replace($selected, $selected. "selected=\"seleceted\"", $answer); 


This is about perfect for what I am trying to do. My members want a list of recommended restaurants across the USA and Canada. Members from various states will submit their favorites via the forms. Here is my question.

I want to output the results to a "Recommended Restaurant" forum. I guess I could manually create a thread for each state and province. Then a member will submit the forum and it should go to the correct state/province thread. Do I have to create 57 different forms to do this? Is there any way that the form could use this drop-down state/province field to know which thread to post to?

[stratfan87]

***IGNORE THIS***
When I hit "submit" after filling out my form, I get the following error.

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/stratfan/public_html/forum/includes/class_core.php
Line: 3254

I am very new to all of this, I was attempting to "create a new thread" with the forms information, any help would be appreciated.

(great product btw!)
***END OF IGNORE***

I figured it out! Thanks for the great Product!

[ilanyon]

Hi, fantastic mod!

A quick question - after the form has been submitted, a message appears stating "Form Submitted - Click here to go to the thread" (or similar). Trouble is, that only Admins have permission for the forum that the thread is posted in and if they follow the 'click here' they get an another error message...

I would therefore like to change this wording and have edited the "form_submit_message" and "form_submit_message_explain" via the phrase manager, but despite such, the message remains the same (ie the standard phrase remains unaltered)...

No doubt it is something I am doing wrong but any ideas would be very much appreciated....

[stratfan87]

I have a question related to ilanyon..

Like he said, you have the option to change what the user sees after submitting a form.

To change the message you put your own message in the text box below
Form Submit Message:
Message the user sees when the form is submitted successfully. Leave blank to use the default message."

I want to use this message to direct them to a different url, what code can I use? I tried [URL] tags and <a href> tags and they didn't work..

I understand there is a redirect option, but I want to display a message first, and also give a few options for where to go after the form is completed.

[Lone Gunman]

when i click manage attachments on the form i made i get this on the new screen...

Invalid Post specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator


form is set to post new thread and attachments allowed. logged in as admin

edit...
nevermind. i see what i did wrong. just need forum id # not link.

great mod!