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:

[jugo]

Erwin,

Thanks Again....Great work...Big fan of your Hacks.

NOW for the challenge(?).

I would like to use to include a POLL with the post. Is this possible. It would definitely be worth while. (This would be ideal in addition to the attachment hack).

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by juanph

Erwin,

Thanks Again....Great work...Big fan of your Hacks.

NOW for the challenge(?).

I would like to use to include a POLL with the post. Is this possible. It would definitely be worth while. (This would be ideal in addition to the attachment hack).

Not as simple as it looks, adding poll. When I have time I may tackle this. Too busy at the moment with work and my own site.

[teksigns]

I have a question !

i want my form to post a new thread in html ....

i have it where it works fine for the administrator .

however when a registered user post using the form
the thread just displays the raw html in the post
rather than showing the parsed html version....

the reason this happens is because i do not allow
html posting for anyone except administrators .

are there a way to make it so that post genterated with the
form allow the html to show requardless of the forum permissions

but still ristrict all other post to the forum permission of no html

'

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by teksigns

I have a question !

i want my form to post a new thread in html ....

i have it where it works fine for the administrator .


however when a registered user post using the form
the thread just displays the raw html in the post
rather than showing the parsed html version....

the reason this happens is because i do not allow
html posting for anyone except administrators .


are there a way to make it so that post genterated with the
form allow the html to show requardless of the forum permissions

but still ristrict all other post to the forum permission of no html



'

You need to hack functions_newpost for that to occur.

[ragintajin]

Originally Posted by Erwin

You need to be a licensed user to use this hack first.

Okay, its official...Steve Machol says I'm showing up as licensed...could you kindly address my questions in post #64?

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by ragintajin

Okay, its official...Steve Machol says I'm showing up as licensed...could you kindly address my questions in post #64?

Was that at vBulletin.com? Because over here, you're still showing up as unlicensed. vBulletin.org uses a separate database to check if a member is licensed.

[Praxin]

I'm trying to pre-populate a drop down box with usernames from a specific usergroup - I know how to do it if it was all in the PHP file (cant quote it off the top of my head, got it all at home though), but I am not sure how to then translate this into the form using the actual template.

Its the templates that really bamboozle me - I'm thinking that I need to create separate variables for each returned row to then pass into the template. Anything easier?

[Steve Machol]

Originally Posted by Erwin

Was that at vBulletin.com? Because over here, you're still showing up as unlicensed. vBulletin.org uses a separate database to check if a member is licensed.

Erwin, he's showing up as licensed for me on these forums and was yesterday when I checked. He also shows as licensed in the Admin CP here, and was yesterday when I checked.

[Creative210]

Excellent I will be installing this.

[WAR]

Originally Posted by Praxin

I'm trying to pre-populate a drop down box with usernames from a specific usergroup - I know how to do it if it was all in the PHP file (cant quote it off the top of my head, got it all at home though), but I am not sure how to then translate this into the form using the actual template.

Its the templates that really bamboozle me - I'm thinking that I need to create separate variables for each returned row to then pass into the template. Anything easier?

I am trying to do similiar things, populating drop down menus with results from a query.

If anyone figures out an easy way to do this please share.

[trainer]

how can i setup different layouts for different forms? do i have to add a template for each layout? if so how do i call the new template so the .php file knows what template to use?

[GamerzWorld]

Anyone got a premade form.php i can edit for mod application

[GamerzWorld]

Nvm, all done great hack

[high]* GamerzWorld installs[/high]

[blkmgc]

*clicks install*

got a quick question though, ok i installed it on my site (www.jo-joint.com/forums/form.php) and it only lets the user submit a form one time, is there a way to change that?

[Jolten]

Wonderful hack!

After some modifying I'm getting a query for an uncached template. All I pretty much did was delete some radio buttons and the check for them and changed the two template names to two new custom templates. I'm having a real hard time finding what other template the script may be using other than STANDARD_ERROR.

Either way.. freakin' great hack Erwin. Thanks.