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Custom form instead of the standard "new thread" form?
11-27-2005, 11:05 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 518  | Custom form instead of the standard "new thread" form? Well, right now I'm thinking of having software and hardware categories in my forum, and in those categories have helpdesk forums where users can post their problems with each and get help from other users. And for making it easier for everyone to give and get help I tought of using a simple custom form that could put more useful info in the threads title and first post instead the common "I need help plz ASAP!!!!!!!!1111shift+one" and one sentence problem descriptions that I have learnt to hate with passion   I was cheking out this plugin but I really don't have the necessary knowledge to make it work the way I intend to, I was hoping someone here could give me a quick rundown so I can implement myself something like this: When the user clicks the new thread button in those forums they get a form that asks them "Wich hardware part/software program are you having trouble with?", "Give a short description of your problem", "Give a detailed description of the issue" and finally "How urgent is your problem" with some radio buttons with the posible answers. The resulting thread could be like "[CPU][Very Urgent] Strange Overheating Issue" or "[MS Word][Medium Urgency] How can I save document as HTML?"as the title and the long description as a first post. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help  vict:
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11-28-2005, 01:04 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 841 | Hi Hell You could use conditionals in the newthread template that checks for which forumID the new thread is being made in, and then presents a different set of code for the newthread template for each forumID. You know what I mean, something like; If forumID = hardware this type of layout /if if forumID = software this other type of layout /if et al... With vB 3.5.1 you can even add a simple plugin such that you can then create, add and call your own templates in the code anywhere. in hook cache_templates ADD Code: Code: $globaltemplates = array_merge($globaltemplates, array('TEMPLATE NAME - NO $'));
In hook parse_tamplates Code: Code: eval('$navbar_bottom = "' . fetch_template('TEMPLATE NAME - NO $') . '";'); Create your template then put $templatename in the places where you want it to show.
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11-28-2005, 04:21 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 109 Location: Islamabad, Pakistan 
| There is a hack by Erwin over at vb.org which is quite comprehensive in doing what you are planning to do.
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11-28-2005, 07:26 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 518 | The link I posted has a port to 3.5.x of the hack you mention scribbller, the problem was that I didn´t had an idea how to make it show the custom form instead the regular form when I press the new thread button in some forums. But thanks anyway. TMM Thanks for that, I think that is precisely what I was looking for, I'll check it out later today if the workload gets lighter 
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