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alex042
Average Member
USA
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 Posted - 17 May 2002 : 14:19:46
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It seems you think i have another version of the poll mod somewhere.
Actually, I wasn't sure who separated the polls into their own table in the HuwR modded version, but thought it might be it's own mod somewhere. Maybe this is something HuwR did specifically to his version.
What do you think of my table concept? Is it feasible?
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 17 May 2002 : 14:43:48
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What do you think of my table concept? Is it feasible?
No it isn't. How are you going to store how many users have voted in each poll? How are you going to store who votes in each poll? You also have a different poll id for each question and answer. Don't think that will work.
I actually have 2 poll tables using for the next update. One stores the poll data, the other stores which member voted in which poll.
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VodkaFish
Average Member
USA
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Posted - 17 May 2002 : 15:30:38
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I'm not sure if I asked you this before, but are you waiting till 3.4 to release this next version of the poll mod?
Also - will it be a new mod, or also include an upgrade? (just want to know if I'll have to edit my db manually for the old fields).
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 17 May 2002 : 15:51:12
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I'm not waiting on anything actually. But most of my time if not all is tied up with the 3.4 version, so it looks like I won't be able to release it until after the 3.4 version is released. Then that means I would have to do a new version for the 3.4.  Oh well.
Yes, it will have an upgrade script. That's what I am working on. It's half way complete.
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alex042
Average Member
USA
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Posted - 17 May 2002 : 18:34:58
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Actually, I thought about the count shortly after my last post. That seems simple, add POLL_COUNT (INT). I hadn't really thought about figuring who had voted however. hm.
I have a few different polling MOD-type set of pages and databases that I've accumulated. One of those, called polls, is similar to the current polling MOD. Another called vote has a log table, question/answer table, and results/count table. Another one called voting booth has question and answer tables with counts in each table. And another called votes db has a ballot table which holds the results (w/IP). All of these have their similarities and differences.
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alex042
Average Member
USA
631 Posts |
Posted - 03 June 2002 : 13:43:29
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I actually have 2 poll tables using for the next update. One stores the poll data, the other stores which member voted in which poll.
I've found a few polling solutions that seem to allow for unlimited poll options by separating the polls into 3 tables (Question, Options, & Voting logs). One of them is from the same place table editor is from at 2enetworx.com, another from duresources.com, and another from myscript.co.il. Maybe you can gather some ideas from these. The last two don't include the ip capture, but the concept is similar in all of them.
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Masked
Starting Member
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Posted - 05 June 2002 : 21:36:53
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I have a question:
I have no other mods to my forum installed. I installed the database for the poll mod last night, but there was a lot of code copying and pasting to do so I figured I would finish it tonight.
But I just thought of a question: since I haven't put any other mods on the forums, couldn't I simply upload all of the files from the zip and overwrite the ones on the server? The only exception would be the config.asp, or whichever one was the one that we had to define paths in.
Am I correct in this assumption? If not, how can I get rid of the poll mod. I would figure it slows down the board some to have even the database entries left over.
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 06 June 2002 : 07:32:09
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No, don't overwrite your files from the zip. The poll mod files are taken from the 3.3.03 version of the Snitz Forums. The latest version of the forums is 3.3.05. So you would have to copy and paste the code into your files.
If you don't want the poll mod, remove the code you copied into your files.
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Aaron S.
Average Member
USA
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Posted - 28 July 2002 : 10:10:57
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Hey Davio:
I had suggested a while back about adding a way for the poll to close without locking the topic. You had mentioned possibly including that in the next release.
If so, I would like to make one more suggestion... the poll should be able to be closed by the author and admin (not just the admin).
That way the admin is not bombarded by requests to close polls.
--Aaron
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
12217 Posts |
Posted - 28 July 2002 : 15:18:15
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That is how I did it. 
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Aquillar
Starting Member
Canada
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Posted - 30 July 2002 : 01:58:15
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I don't know if I passed this or not but I tinhk poll mod should be part of the next release of this very impressive forum software. To make updating easier, the places with poll code should be included, so those includes can be quickly and easily updated. I find the setup very confusing and easy to mess up so I'm going not try for now.
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Roland
Advanced Member
Netherlands
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Posted - 30 July 2002 : 02:09:34
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Last time I tried the poll MOD was when I first started with Snitz. I had my share of problems, but 99% of them were caused by uncautious installing of the MOD (missing things that had to be changed, pasting one or two lines too far up or down, stuff like that). But that aside, I don't believe it's such a difficult MOD to install.
As for including the Poll MOD in 3.4: 1 in a million chance. The DEV team is testing 3.4 right now, the Moderators will get a copy too when 3.4 is installed here, and then it'll be released. My estimate (not an official ETA so don't complain if it's wrong!) is that if no bugs are found in the next week, in about two weeks 3.4 will be released.
Davio still has a lot of things to do to finish the new version of the Poll MOD and I don't think he'd be happy about including a version that will be outdated so soon.
I know this post sounds harsh and I apologise in advance. I don't mean for it to come across mean.
Roland
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moataz
Starting Member
Israel
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Posted - 01 August 2002 : 07:32:14
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Can any body tell me what to the lines to add & replace :: because I can't remove the old files like : topics.asp : forum.asp ::
I have added many mods and lines to it's files ...
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 01 August 2002 : 07:41:44
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The code you need to add is commented in the files. Just look for words "Poll Mod" in the files and you will find the code you need to add.
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Aaron S.
Average Member
USA
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Posted - 07 August 2002 : 17:51:47
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Hey Davio... what's your ETA on the next Poll MOD version?
I am starting over on my forums from the ground up, and I want to know whether I should load the current version or wait for the next one?
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