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Forms Hack · **Released**: 08-09-2005

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.

Abe1 · #**932** 06-18-2006, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SupremeWeapon

Tell you what. I decided to wait for fixes to all the issues i reported. just tried you rnew version and it posts to pm like a glove is required to catch a 100m,ile an hour fast ball( means it works perfectly)

***Reclicks install***

great job

ONE THING.

is there a way to allow for this to have attachments?

Like 2 different places have a user upload something to it and then when its pmed it is sent to the uperson with the files as attachments?

that would be a big help

I will try to get attachments to work again when I come out with a vb3.6 version. Not sure it would work though.

Also, you wont be able to get it to work with PM's since there is no attachment feature with PM's.

mrgrimes · #**933** 06-20-2006, 05:53 AM

I've got a problem with new threads. The form is being emailed fine, but new threads are not being created.

This isn't the first time I've used this plugin, so it must be something I've done wrong. I've checked the plugin and templates over and over again, and checked them against other instances of the plugin, but I can't see where the problem is.

There's no error message and the user permissions seem to be correct. The forum ID is also correct.

Any ideas?

Abe1 · #**934** 06-20-2006, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrgrimes

I've got a problem with new threads. The form is being emailed fine, but new threads are not being created.

This isn't the first time I've used this plugin, so it must be something I've done wrong. I've checked the plugin and templates over and over again, and checked them against other instances of the plugin, but I can't see where the problem is.

There's no error message and the user permissions seem to be correct. The forum ID is also correct.

Any ideas?

Does the user have permission to make a new thread?

Canis Firebrand · #**935** 06-20-2006, 04:09 PM

I used the plugin, and put in the forum id and thread id to have the forum submit to an existing thread.

When I type in all the info and hit submit, I get the following message

"No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator"

I turned on the redirection to have it take me to the post, and when the above message shows, in the url it has this at the end showthread.php?p=

With the default setup, after submitting, I get the message "Thanks for submitting the form." and it looks like it makes the post. But, no new post is made.

I am posting with proper permissions, and the forum id and thread id do exist.

I enabled the option to have the form PM'ed to me, and I do get a PM as soon as I hit submit with the proper info.

It just seems to be hanging up on creating the post.

**EDIT**

After reading page 52, it appears I may have my answer. I use Psionic Vision's adv.editing options hack. Has any inroad been made to resolve why these two plugings conflict?

I disabled the adv. edition hack, and it did make a post successfully. However, it created a new thread. It didn't add it to an existing thread like I said to in the options.
It did, at least, put it in the right forum.

*EDIT*

Actually, it appears that it did append it to an existing thread. But, it also created a new thread. Strange.

Boinger · #**936** 06-20-2006, 05:16 PM

is there a way to make a form so only one user group can view it but everyone can post to it ?

Boinger · #**937** 06-22-2006, 02:21 AM

i am gettin an error

it is saying that everything went through ok and it posted but it is not making a new thread..

Domenico · #**938** 06-22-2006, 10:44 AM

Do I need to make own links to the forms or does the newreply button automaticly link to the form url ?

Crazy Serb · #**939** 06-28-2006, 03:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abe1

You have to copy the code that gets the answer template. Put the copy right before the email function.

you mean right before the "vbmail($formemailaddress, $posttitle, $formsend);" line?

and if I include user's email as one of the answers, when it's emailed it gets emailed/inserted as

HTML Code:

[email]email@address.com[/email]

which looks really weird in an email... any workaround for that?

CoolHand_79 · #**940** 06-28-2006, 10:03 AM

I am creating a form and would like to have a drop down boxing listing the users from a specific user group on my site. How would I write this?

Thanks,

Luke

Abe1 · #**941** 06-28-2006, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crazy Serb

you mean right before the "vbmail($formemailaddress, $posttitle, $formsend);" line?

and if I include user's email as one of the answers, when it's emailed it gets emailed/inserted as

HTML Code:

[email]email@address.com[/email]

which looks really weird in an email... any workaround for that?

No work around right now.

When vb3.6 comes out, there will be a work around.

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