UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6 MultiHack Mods [6.3.x] Application Forms v3.1.5

New Version 3.1.5 Released on 2-18-2003

Name: Application Forms v3.1.5

Author: Corona

Description: Creates a fully customized form (textboxes, checkboxes, radio buttons and select lists) to display on a website. Submitted form data is added to a new thread in a setable forum. Form records can be managed with built-in functions by moderators and administrators. Application Forms communicate to the original form submitter via configurable email messages.

Requirements: Sticky Threads by Jordo

Tested On: UBB v6.3 & UBB v6.3.1.1 with Sticky Threads Hack v1.7 by Jordo

Thanks: Jordo for producing and maintaining Sticky Threads, Bookie for providing the buttons, and all UBBDev Hack Authors

Purpose: Application Forms is an add-on to the Ultimate Bulletin Board (UBB) which enables a website to display a fully customizable input form ( Example Screenshot of a Custom Form ). Administrators create a custom form through the UBB's control panel interface. After a custom form is created, the form is displayed on a website and accessed by an end user to request and gather data. Forms can be displayed in a shtml page by using SSI, or as a standalone page using the UBB's style templates.

When data is entered into the custom Form and submitted by an end user, the data entered into the form is posted to a new thread in any selectable UBB message forum -- the data is placed into a record and neatly displayed to users who have the appropriate access permissions to view the forum. An optional customizable email message is sent to the user who submitted the form (which by default) indicates that the form has been recieved successfully. A preview of the data entered into the form is also included in the reply email.

Admin functions are provided which give an administrator or moderator various automated functions that can be executed on any form. Custom email messages are shipped to the individual who submitted a form when an admin or mod performs admin functions on the submitted form. Admin functions provide various scripting options which can sticky/unsticky a thread, grant or deny the form submitter private access to any forums, provide status reports, edit any submitted form, email a custom message, etc... Forms can be managed by moderators with a set of features included with this release.

This release is appropriate for gathering data with an Application type form for a game guild, private club, or private member organization. While this release can be used to display any custom form that is desired, and performs varying tasks for various status settings, the included admin functions may not be appropriate for some situations. Admin functions are not required to be used, (forms will work without using the admin functions), but the admin functions in this release may not be appropriate for various organizations. Please read more about the admin functions for further information.

Screenshots, Information and Download:
Application Form Mods Information and Download

Demo:
Demo the Mod - A Gaming Form

Future Plans:

• Rewrite admin functions to be customizable and provide a proper fit with any type of input form (paypal, credit card orders, trouble ticket systems, software request and shipment upon acceptance, etc...).

Support Questions? Feel free to post your support problems here, or contact me via email.

nice work as always C... it's shaping up quite nicely

except I don't see a download link

edit: nevermind, it seems that your site is down at the moment

I see that it is online again this link worx:
http://test.altereddestiny.net/AppformScreenshots/

Lots of Errors:

When setting up the application config, always says missing field template.

Also get this error:

LoadStyleTemplate no longer takes a number.Backtrace: ultimatebb.cgi:651 -> sub main::RequireCode

Backtrace: ubb_lib.cgi:1843 -> sub (eval)

Backtrace: ubb_registration_application.cgi:5 -> sub main::LoadStyleTemplate

Backtrace: ubb_lib.cgi:1859 -> sub main::Tracer

How's the hack running now? Was Raichu's problem solved?

I'm beginning to think this mod doesn't do what I think it does.

I'm looking for something that will allow my members to make a report thread based on a form I set up. We have members who fish particular lakes and want to report back on temperature, successful depths, etc. I want a set form so that they all appear the same. Is that what this mod will do? I don't want to have to approve each form that's submitted.

Thanks for your attention.

Nice hack Corona.

Will test soon.

Can anyone here answer this?

Any response to the down links?

Catcherman -- This hack will not do what your looking for. Each form submittal will be posted under a unique thread.

AllenAyres -- Sorry about the downed link from time to time -- i been turning off my server quite a bit lately as its usage is extremely limited. I'll see if i can move the download to another server and update the link. Also, email has been sent.

Btw, if anyone has any problems with this hack, feel free to email me at [email protected] I'll respond when i recieve the emails, and do whatever i can to see your situation resolved. I have not been recieving any legitimate bugs for a very long time on this app, but i have been seeing a bit of misconfiguration and permissions problems which seem to be associated with not setting up permissions on the cgi-bin/variables/non-cgi-bin directories as stated within the UBB installation instructions.

However, if ya do have problems, and need solutions email me. I'm more then happy to help.

Thanks you for your reply Corona. I actually would want each one to be unique...

If you need unique threads per form submittal, this should do what your looking for Catcherman. You can ignore approval of each form and edit out the button display of the admin features if you desire. Give it a shot, but keep a backup of your pre-hacked files so that you can revert to your original ubb if the hack is not to your liking.

You will have to create a completely new template in order to come up with a form that is tailored to accept water temperatures, depths, etc.. All the features to create a custom template are already included in this software package.

It sounds good, that was my thought as well, but there were so many options after installing, I wasn't sure

Thanks Corona

Version 3.1.1 Released

Changes:

• Additional Customization Options Available in the Control Panel
• Consolidated Options within the Control Panel
• Cleaned up the installation text

To upgrade from V3.1.0 to V3.1.1:

• download the new version and replace the following files:
• - ubb_applicants.cgi
• - cp_appform.cgi
• - ubb_applicants_misc.cgi
• - cp_vars_appform.pl
• Enter the control Panel
• Select Application Form Settings from the Primary Menu
• Click Update Application Form Settings

Man you do quick work! Thanks again, and I'll let you know when I get it running.

anybody has done it ?
plz send me your ultimatebb.cgi which is hacked

against license agreement

The hardcoded level and class in the subject title has been removed to make the application forms hack a bit more viable for people to display custom forms which are not specific to EQ only.

However, you can hard code the subject line to appear similiar to the old style by performing the following:

Open ubb_new_application.cgi

## FIND:
$in{topic_subject} = $in{("Field" . (&FirstFieldNumber(0)))};

## REPLACE WITH:
$in{topic_subject} = $in{("Field" . (&FirstFieldNumber(0)))} . " (" . $in{Field7} . " " . $in{Field5} . ")";

Bug Repair:

Setting the sticky on submital option to 'do not change' or 'remove sticky' persisted in sticking the thread. This has been fixed.

Download v3.1.1 and replace the following files:
ubb_new_application.cgi
ubb_applicants_misc.cgi

Thanks Catcherman for the bug report!

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?

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


$vars_wordlets{closed_topic}

Umm Chrimera is a HE and my issues were easy enough to overcome for someone that DOES NOT know perl. I know being here is attempting suicide with my board in that case. But working with Beta software is about the best way I can think of to accelerate my learning perl. I am beginning to understand what a particular code string is trying to do, and make some comparisons between what this code is saying, and JCTemplates needs it to say for instance. (though it would not break my heart to see some accomidations made for JCTemplates when a mod goes Gold) I make mistakes, but if I were THAT good I would be producing here and not copy and pasting from here

BTW Corona - sorry for not including the syntax errors, I’ll get to the server and see if I can find the instances. I have some notes on what I was taking about and where I stuck the code to get it to work. I’m new here and would like to fit in and do my share

And anon09, I have heard it mentioned here a lot - "relax, we'll get you there". These guys/gals are not here to screw up your boards and have patiently walked me through some pretty elementary stuff

Check out what I have been able to do in 2 weeks, knowing NO perl when I began the board over a year ago.

Hello,

I know that code in this forum is beta. I have been installing the hacks from the beta forums since the 5.x days. My problem, as with many of the people visiting these boards is time. I normally wait untill a number of people have installed a hack and any initial problems have been repaired before I install. As a number of people had said that they had installed the hack, successfully, I thought before I posted that I had problems with it, that I would re-download the zip file from infopop and do a search for the meantioned code in the unmodified original code. When after doing a find for the code and finding nothing even remotely resembleing the line to add it after I searched through the code to find nothing. As I had just finished a long day working, to be over half way through doing a hack to find inconsistancies in the instructions I got upset. I will also need to check one other piece of code from ultimatebb.cgi as it too was not like the instructions, but I guessed at it and made the appropriate change. Though I will not know if I am correct untill I re-open the board after the hack has installed. I appreciate that a number of people here know perl very well. What I would also appreciate is that if they have had to modify something to make it work, rather than just saying it installed with no problems, that they post what they changed to make it work. That helps everyone includeing the hack developer to eliminate any errors.

Hello,

Maybe I am missing something here, but the instructions in the file that I downloaded are exactly the same as they were before. I still see that code that I can not locate to place the required addition below for this hack. Has the zip file been updated?

Corona,

Check your email. I could post what I did in here, HTML code restrictions in posting.

But you'll see they were minor, and quite possible incorrect as I have only the vaguest knowledge of cgi. But it works

Anon90,

Instructions have been updated to match v6.3.1 boards with the inconsistency you have detailed above. I extracted the zip to make sure the change was there, and it was.

Tonight, Chrimera was also kind enough to ship me the second variation he found -- and as of the time of this posting i updated the install text with this syntax variation as well. Redownload the mod to grab the new install instructions with both of the syntax variations repaired. You will only need to examine the code hack to public_forum_page.pl and ubb_forum.cgi.

here are the exact changes to the installation text:
## IN PUBLIC_FORUM_PAGE.PL FIND:
$TBB





## ADD ABOVE:
$view_applicants

## IN UBB_FORUM.CGI FIND:
$subject = $this_topic_data[3];
## if the above code can not be found, search for the following instead: $subject = &PipeFixer($this_topic_data[3]);

## ADD BELOW (refer to instructions for the addition -- its the same as it was before, but just a little too lengthy to post here):

This should take care of the syntax variations between UBB versions 6.3.0 and 6.3.1+. As UBB versions change, i do my best to stay on top of all the versions, but quite simply, i haven't had time to test the install to v6.3.1 and v6.3.1.1 personally. I know 2 individuals successfully have this mod installed on v6.3.1+, and they have reported that the hack is operating properly -- you should have the same results (after you get past the install instructions that is). But if you do experience additional troubles, please post them, and i'll help you out as soon as possible.

Chrimera,
Thank you for submitting the syntax variations -- i've updated the install instructions with the appropriate changes.

$new_topic_button $poll_link