Forms to forum

Springer · June 13, 2004, 02:53:32 PM

Has anyone found a way to create a form that will post the information in SMF.

BKerr · June 14, 2004, 01:01:41 PM

Im looking for the same thing...

[Unknown] · June 14, 2004, 02:00:01 PM

I have no idea what you mean, but have the feeling that if I did I could help you....

Might you explain this a little more... verbosely?

-[Unknown]

BKerr · June 14, 2004, 02:07:37 PM

I think were talking about the same thing...

What we are looking for is like a form on a website with various input fields and when you hit submit on the form in the website, it converts it into post and posts it automatically.

Example:

Form
Clan Name: Variable is CNAME
Clan Leader: Variable is CLead
Map: Variable is Map
Anything Else: Variable is Comments

Submit

What it posts in form
Topic Name: CNAME vs BBB
Text: Clead from CNAME challenges your team to a battle on Map. CLead had these comments:

Comments

Springer · June 14, 2004, 02:21:30 PM

Seems we clanners think alike. Exactly what Bkerr said.

I am looking for anything that would allow someone to input data into a predefined form, and then have that data posted on the forum.

If not posted in the forum the atleast retrievable by the admins. At first I was thinking about creating a register account type page that would save the "account" to something other than the real memberlist. Then it could view it that way.

BKerr · June 14, 2004, 04:20:39 PM

I dont think the "Register Account" type thing would work...but lets wait for Unknown to respond...

Springer · June 14, 2004, 11:55:37 PM

Probably right. But it was the closest thing I could think of that was already in SMF.

Springer · June 17, 2004, 11:20:54 PM

Thanks to an idea from Dove (she posted the php spell check a while back) I think we might have thought of something.

Create a copy of the default theme name it Form1. This is not a theme users can select.

Create a new board called Forms. Permissions so that anyone can post. Set to the theme Form1, non changeable.

Edit the Theme so that the message display resembles a Form. No buttons for style, smilies, preview, or even links to other areas of the forum. This part I am unsure about because I do not know if it is possible to manipulate the post box in such a way that it appears to the user that they are filling out a form.

This would require what ever link sent them there to act as a Post new topic or reply in the board.

Now the sneaky part. Make the board with all access not be seen by everyone.
There is a way to make boards invisible. So I assume that it could be adjusted to invisible to all but admin.

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=3484.0

Since only the post message template was changed the admin can still read the posts and navigate correctly?

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