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VodkaFish
Average Member
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 Posted - 05 September 2002 : 13:23:01
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| I'm not a fan of the pop-up, but that's just my opinion. Plus, it's something I can always mod myself. It seems to work very well, good job. Did you keep the same db setup? |
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 06 September 2002 : 02:46:14
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Oh I'm not a fan of it either, that's why it's optional. You can just switch back to the normal way. I am using the pop-up for the testing so I can get users reviews on it since it is a new feature. I had seen it used with another poll mod huwr had with his forum that opened up. So I incorporated the feature based on users input that they would like that option.
No the db setup is not the same. There are 2 new tables, POLLS and POLL_VOTES. POLLS keeps the poll questions and answers and id's etc., while POLL_VOTES keeps the MEMBER_ID and TOPIC_ID of the poll the voted in. |
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wii
Free ASP Hosts Moderator
Denmark
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Posted - 06 September 2002 : 04:04:24
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| What about us who have the old poll MOD installed? Will the old polls still appear and work correctly ? thanks... |
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 06 September 2002 : 13:27:29
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Yes wii. I have already written an upgrade script to move the old polls and who voted to the new version.  |
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wii
Free ASP Hosts Moderator
Denmark
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Posted - 06 September 2002 : 18:17:44
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| Thanks, can´t wait to get my hands on it !!! |
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VodkaFish
Average Member
USA
654 Posts |
Posted - 08 September 2002 : 13:11:32
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Davio - if you're keeping a total of the votes in POLLS and just a record of the votes in POLLS_VOTES, may I suggest an option that includes "erase votes". If you have an active site and like to make a few polls and each poll gets thousands of votes, that table is going to get very large, very fast. If you're just using a count to get the results from POLLS_VOTES, then ignore my suggestion
Same members/everyone option? Are you keeping the IP address as well for the everyone option (and writing cookie)?
Good thoughts so far Davio, can't wait to see the finished product  |
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 08 September 2002 : 17:08:11
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The POLLS table keeps the polls that are created (the poll answers, the votes for each answer, the last post date, and id's).
The POLL_VOTES table keeps the member_id of the user that voted and the topic_id of the poll they voted in.
If you are talking about the POLL_VOTES table getting too big, look at the TOPICS and REPLIES table. Users can post thousands of posts and replies, without any problem. Unless you are suggesting I create an ARCHIVE table for the poll votes.
And yes, you can delete the poll (and all votes will be deleted from the POLL_VOTES table) and there is also a Reset Poll option which resets the votes to 0 (thus deleting the votes from the POLL_VOTES table). |
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VodkaFish
Average Member
USA
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Posted - 08 September 2002 : 17:33:20
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Davio, I understand thousands. I probably have over 100,000 replies right now, but that's from a couple of years of posts. While my forums will continuously grow, I know I might have to start deleting some to take up my space wisely. The poll I plan on putting on my front page (while the forums are just part of the site). I always like to allow everyone to vote and I think I'll get many, many more votes then I do posts.
My thoughts were that you can lock a poll, keep the results, but clear out all the answers as it doesn't matter anymore since no one can vote (and then conserve some space as well). Just a thought. |
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amir
Junior Member
Pakistan
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Posted - 08 September 2002 : 23:04:07
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| we can use this mod for snitz 3.4.2 or not ?????? |
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 09 September 2002 : 02:45:04
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| You know, really, if you can't take the time out to read some of these posts, I'm not going to answer you. |
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 09 September 2002 : 02:49:22
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My thoughts were that you can lock a poll, keep the results, but clear out all the answers as it doesn't matter anymore since no one can vote (and then conserve some space as well). Just a thought.
While that may be a good idea, there is still the option of unlocking the poll and continue the voting.
I will consider if I can add such a function maybe to the admin options. Don't know how I would implement it though. Maybe choose the poll, then select some option that closes the poll and removes the poll_votes. |
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Lydecker
Junior Member
United Kingdom
297 Posts |
Posted - 09 September 2002 : 20:57:07
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Davio my man,
Suggestion here for your next release (a graphical one). I was using a poll feature on another non-snitz forum and the poll 'bar' graphics were pretty cool. Look here:
http://www.ina-community.com/forums/poll.php?s=&action=showresults&pollid=2836
The bar is made of 3 cells. 2 end ones of fixed width and the varying center cell width. It is very effective. What dyou think?? |
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@tomic
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 09 September 2002 : 21:27:38
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That's in the MOD now. Different colors, same thing.
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
12217 Posts |
Posted - 09 September 2002 : 21:42:18
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I have only offered a simple graphic for the poll mod. If users want to use a different graphic, that's up to them.
Also, if users have created new poll graphics, and don't mind sharing them with the community, I am more than willing to add them as graphic choices to the poll mod. |
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cnewman777
Starting Member
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Posted - 09 September 2002 : 21:50:24
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You know, really, if you can't take the time out to read some of these posts, I'm not going to answer you.
Davio, I think that is a lame answer. U mean I have parse through 5 pages of people quetsions, comments, and other stuff. It was a simple question. And you should answer it. Maybe deleteing replies on this topic so that people dont have to all the BS that on this topic to find a simple answer. Or, here is a really great idea, lock this topic and create a new one. |
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