Version: 3.5, by Abe1
Developer Last Online: Jun 2010
Version: 3.5.4
Rating:
Released: 08-09-2005
Last Update: 05-30-2006
Installs: 467
Uses Plugins Template Edits
No support by the author.
Forms Hack 3.5
Features:
Ever wanted an online form that a user can fill out, which when submitted gets:
Posted into a new thread in a forum of your choice
Create a new poll in the new thread with options of your choice
Posted as a reply in an existing thread of your choice
PMed to you or someone else
Emailed to an email address you specify
Choose to redirect to the post, thread or forum, or a custom thank you message
Choose to redirect to edit post to upload attachments
See a preview before they submit
Or any combination or all of the above?
Well, this is the hack for you!
You can use this for:
Moderator Applications
Quiz Submit Form which gets PMed to a moderator
Contact Form that goes to PM, email or thread
Guests to apply to be members
Report a Moderator form that goes as a PM to you
Guests can PM you for whatever reason
Order form to buy things
Donation form
News or Articles submissions that can go straight to a thread
Or anything you like - this hack is totally customizable via the AdminCP.
The beauty of this hack is that once you install this hack, to make a new form all you need to do is copy the main hook, rename it to whatever you want, edit the variables in the hook, and you have a totally new form!!! You do not need to touch the templates again, but can always create new ones and use different templates for different forms.
Format of the form:
One main input question
3 Radio buttons Choice questions
3 Normal text input questions
1 Drop down menu
3 Check boxes
1 Long answer question
1 VB message editor text box question
This is customizable via the hook.
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:
Import the XML into products. (admin cp -> Plug-in System -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product)
Edit the main plug-in - the instructions are all inside the hook itself, in the top half. Follow the instructions carefully!
To get to the form, go to: /newthread.php?do=form (change "form" to the name of your form if you have few)
Done!
Use this hack to make as many forms as you like!
Enjoy!
Updates:
Version 2.0: (08/10/2005)
Ported over for vb3.5
Version 2.1: (08/10/2005)
bug fix with answers not showing
Version 2.5: (08/13/2005)
Major update:
Templates have a few lines changed here and there.
You can now have more then 2 poll options very easily
Polls can't be created if your not creating a new thread
New Thread now uses VB function to add the thread
New Poll now uses VB function to add the poll
New Reply now uses VB function to add the reply
PM now uses VB function to send the PM
Version 2.6: (08/21/2005)
fixed bug with posts having to be moderated
Version 2.7: (08/23/2005)
Minor update:
Fixed some issues with signatures, URL parsing, and subscriptions
Option to name the post titles
Made template XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Version 3.0: (11/29/2005)
Major update:
Added drop down menu
Made the long answer show up in a the vb message box
Re-wrote some instructions
Pressing back should save work
Both templates and plug-in were edited
Some more minor things
Version 3.1: (12/07/2005)
Brought back the standard text box (longanswer)
Version 3.2: (12/09/2005)
[ADDED] Option to make polls public.
Version 3.3: (12/19/2005)
[FIXED] Guests can now post using the forms to make a thread or post. They cannot send a PM though.
[ADDED] Paypal link so you can make a donation for this hack.
Version 3.4: (04/05/2006)
[FIXED] Removed extra line from template.
[ADDED] WYSIWYG editor now works besides the regular editor.
[ADDED] Preview.
[CHANGED] Subscriptions now take from user default setting.
Version 3.5: (05/31/2006)
[ADDED] Check boxes.
Abe1 with rights from Dr Erwin Loh
This hack is created for your use free of charge. No payment is requested. However, if you would like to donate money for the work I put in to this hack, a donation would show your appreciation.
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I appear to be having permissions problems with this hack (v3.3 of the hack on vB v.3.6.4). Twice, I've had spam posts to a forum using the form hack from users that have not been approved (their usergroup is "(COPPA) Awaiting Moderation"). This user group should not have posting permission in any forum. Any ideas?
All I want is a simple little Yes or No answer, not all this other stuff on the bottom of my form. How do I suppress all this extra stuff? Everything I don't want is contained in a red box:
Here is a little template modification for this add-on:
It allows you to replace the 'New Thread' button with a link to the form. This way you disallow users to create custom threads but keep the threads in a specific forum unifor and the same!
I'm using this Form to accept entrants in a show...I'd like to add a link to upload a photo in the gallery to the Thank you message. I've tried both HTML and BB code in the $errormessage but I don't get anything but an unparsed link or an error. I searched the thread, and saw a question similar to mine, but it was never answered that I could see.
How can I add a link to the Thank You message? Appreciate the help!
This hack is really great, but tho I get a problem.
I created this new plugin with a new formname, new templates for the form+answer (to post it)... but after activating this plugin all newthread pages apear white without content.
Excellent hack. However, I am still confused about one thing. The instructions say that a variable can be used to specify a specific forum that the form would post to. I want the user to choose this via either a drop down menu or radio boxes.
But I don't see how I can display the name of the forum in the drop down menu while assigning the forumid to the variable that can be passed on to the script. Was this already addressed? I'm sure its relatively straightforward, I just don't have enough knowledge of PHP to do it. Just to be clear, I want the person completing the forum to be able to choose which forum, from a list, it gets submitted to.
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