No problem!

One thing I want to let all of you know is that this is the most versatile, value adding mod I have ever added to a community. I have had very few bugs to report - and that's even while using the mod for something it was originally not intended to do.

Corona has put a lot of effort into making this mod and it's self evident. I hope that more of you can find an application for this on your boards. Also, Corona has been available, and extremely helpful, to help me customize his code into my Fishing Report feature that will soon be available on my site.

I've been fine tuning my application of the mod and will soon be able to release it to my community. Check it out at http://www.catcherman.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi - in a day or so (from 8/26/02). The Fishing Reports forum is there now, but it's private until I finish tweaking it. You can see my submittal form right now at http://www.catcherman.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=agreeapplication just to get an idea of what this is capable of doing.

Thanks for this GREAT hack Corona!

- Cheers

Bug repair:

When in the control panel and creating or editing a new template, a delete table option was not available. This has been fixed -- empty tables can now be deleted.

Download v3.1.1 and replace the following files:
cp_appform.cgi
cp_vars_appform_template.cgi

Thanks again Catcherman for submitting the bug!

Glad to hear the hack is working well for you Catcherman -- your custom form looks very good. However, users need to register on your board before the form will show to them.

Mashie: I've fixed the problem with illegible emails being sent out when someone registers through the forms on a board with admin notification enabled. The repair will be available in the next version release.

Next Version:
Complete overhaul to the registration routines:

• Now displays and operates properly with coppa agreements enabled
• The form rules page now contains a cancel button
• Allows email verification while registering
• The confirm page now forwards the user to the appropriate location
• Admin Notification of Registrations now ships out a legible email
• Suspending Registrations no longer shuts off the forms from displaying to users who are already registered.
• Submitting a new form with a blank first field now displays the correct missing field text message.
• The registration page accessed from the application forms hack appears and operates just like the one included with UBB

Should be released soon.

An intended feature. Works perfectly for me.

hey corona, plz build your hack linke this: http://www.web-app.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi

the forum of web-app will be replaced by UBB forum, and user can login at homepage. ....

Im not following you Tyfa. Tell me more of what you want this hack to do, or more specifics on how you want it to be like web-app.

oh, you're my hope, because i'm not programmer.
I wonder can you combine web-app and UBB ?
I found that web-app is very good portal. if you replace their forum by UBB forum, it will great.
then user can login, logout, regist, view latest post ... on home (web-app)

web-app is Free, and you can download here: http://www.web-app.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=downloads&cat=webapp

Im sure they could be combined, but your question is better suited for the Mod Ideas and Suggestions Forum as it has absolutely nothing to do with the Applicant Forms mod.

can't you include your mof huh corona ?
I think you can do it.

New Version 3.1.2 Release!

• Added Functionality to support Email Verification when registering
• Added Cancel button to form rules page
• Register Confirm Page should forward the user to the appropriate location
• Admin Notification of Registrations ships out legible emails
• Password Verification ships out legible emails
• Suspending Registrations no longer shuts off the forms from displaying to registered users
• Submitting a new form with a blank first field now displays the correct error message
• Registration, Login, Confirm, and transfer pages show as the style template dictates
• Registration page within the hack appears and operates just like the UBB registration pages
• Coppa Protection enabled forums are now supported
• Status Levels can be hidden from the users view
• Email Address can be hidden from the users view
• Websites using the hack with SSI should transition properly
• Empty Title Tables can be deleted
• Submit Sticky persistence has been fixed

Upgrade from v3.1.1 to v3.1.2 Instructions are found here: Upgrade from 3.1.1 to 3.1.2 Instructions
Download the new version here: Application Forms V3.1.2

If you experience any troubles, please let me know!

thanks nice-man!

Using 6.3.1 there were a only 2 syntax things that didnt fit exactly, but close enough I could figure them out.

Its working great in my sandbox, going live as soon as I get it tweaked

thanks and good job

(edited by Chrimera)
Someon playing in my sandbox created an application and then deleted the thread
I had a practice application I made, stepped through the process all the way to Decline. But when I try to edit the worrksheet, I get this error:

This Template is in use by 2 application(s) and can not be saved or closed until all applications using the template are removed.

removed from where?

thanks

Hello Chrimera,

Glad the hack installed with minimal trouble on 6.3.1.

Each application will be found in the forum number that you have set as the 'Form Forum Number' option (setting found in the control panel under 'Application Form Settings').

Head to that forum and examine the posts. You should find 2 threads that have applications posted in them. Basically, the warning message is telling you that you must remove all active applications before being allowed to edit the template. To remove the applications you can either
a) delete the thread which contains an application
or
b) open the thread, press the 'edit' button, check the delete application checkbox, then click the submit button.

After all active applications are deleted, you will be able to edit the template.

What I think happened is I posted a preview for some people back to the sandbox. They deleted the thread after making an application. And oddly it created the *.app fine and I deleted it, still get the error. Ill keep working on it, thought I dont know cgi/perl I can pick out patterens and look for anomolies.

Oh can I just replace the worksheet to solve the errors (I dont care if any apps dissappear at this point) with the original to over come this?

<end ramble>

If your certain all applications have been deleted, try entering the control panel, and within the maintenance menu select 'Applicants File Rebuild". Then see if your template can be edited.

YOU are a life saver.

And I am an ID10T for not trying it

Chrimera,

Happy to see the problem resolved.

So I can understand why the applicants file needed a rebuild, mind if i ask a question? After you installed the hack, the forum specified under 'form forum number' - did you change the access of this forum to private or public or vice versa? In other words, did you check or uncheck the 'Restrict Viewing and Writing of Posts To Administrators, the forum Moderator, and other authorized* users' option found within 'Forum Settings' - 'Details'?

I made no changes

I think it was a freak thing, but Ill keep you posted

Okay,

I am now more than a little pissed at the non-existant lines that this hack says to find:

public_forum_page.pl

<img src="$vars_config{NonCGIURL}/$vars_style{plain_old_regular_lock}" hspace="2" border="0" alt="$vars_wordlets{closed_topic}" />
$vars_wordlets{closed_topic}
</font>
</td>
</tr>

that does NOT exist in either the orginal 6.3.1.1 zip file, nor in the 6.3.1 code. Where exactly is it?
I have so far wasted my time because people have claimed this hack is working when in fact the instructions are incorrect.

Did you happen to notice this forums description? The part that says 'V6.3x BETA Mods'? This mod is a beta, installers are the beta-testers and this is why its posted here instead of within the v6.3x Finished Mods forum.

This software works perfectly fine on ubb boards version 6.3.0 -- as the code was tested on v6.3.0 as indicated within the original mod description. Others have installed to 6.3.1 & v6.3.1.1 without many reported troubles, but im also geussing the multiple v6.3.1 and v6.3.1.1 installers knew enough perl to figure out where to place the listed code chunk. 8 Posts up, Chrimera says he/she installed to 6.3.1, and while there were 2 syntax inconsistencies in the install instructions, he/she was able to install the hack. However, Chrimera didn't state the syntax inconsistencies with v6.3.1 thus I couldn't repair them.

Anyhows, thanks for pointing out an inconsistency in the BETA VERSION installation instructions. The installation manual has been upgraded to show exactly where to put the code in v6.3.1. Re-download the software, examine the new installation text and rehack public_forum_page.pl. Note: Chimera says there were 2 inconsistencies, so you might find another somewhere -- if you do, please post it and i'll repair it as soon as possible.

Please attempt to be a bit more charismatic and not rant when reporting bugs -- thats what this forum is for. Software within this forum is prone to various inconsistencies or bugs, its the nature of these hacks. If you have additional troubles with installing or operating this mod, please post the issues here and i'll be more then happy to help you out.