I guess I am an idiot!

I tried installing this hack on my board (which had a dozen or so other hacks installed too) and it did not work.

So then I created a test board with no hacks and cannot get it to work properly there either!

When I create the poll it puts a double blank post from no one in the thread too.

Then when I respond to the poll, my comments are double posted between the poll and the two blank posts. If my other tester responds to the poll his comments are double posted after mine but before the two blank posts.

The poll works otherwise.

You can look at the test board and what is happening: http://www.iambornagainru.org/ubbtest/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi

I just did another test...

When I create the poll it puts up a blank post by no one with the poll right behind it by no one.

As soon as anyone responds is makes the first post and the poll by the creator and then moves the two empty posts down.

Any ideas would help, thank you!

If you would like to log in and try it for yourself username is: tester pswrd is: tester

or you can just register - i have it set to give you your password right there

<FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="1">[ July 08, 2001 08:09 PM: Message edited by: CaCoffin ]</font>

ok

I uninstalled the poll mods and every thread is as it should be...

So that means the error is in the routine that is getting the topics and displaying them right?

Which is ubb_get_topic.cgi right?

Or would it be somewhere else?

I hate to ask this, for fear that everyone will mock me, however, what special things must I do to install this on UBB 6.0 Gold?

License ran out, and got too many hacks to worry about updating to a newer version..

Thanks in advance...

The server where the mod is hosted is non-existant...

I uploaded it to my server so you can download it here

http://www.ultanime.net/ubb/hacks/thread-polls.zip

I had what I thought was the problem posted and looking for an answer.

However something went off (or is that on?) in my head and I tried something else and now I have the poll program working 100% on a test board that has nothing else installed!!!

In the instructions there is a reference to custom_status

I removed the reference to custom_status as follows:



I changed that to:



(Taking out $custom_status)

AND

in the file public_poll_page there is a section that should be commented out IF you do not have the custom status and avatar hacks installed



actually I just deleted the whole section but remarking it out would be better in case you install those hacks later on

What is missing from these instructions is that we (the "idiots" who don't know better) should go into the poll files and uncomment the code that needs to be uncommented IF we have the avatar and custom status hacks installed.

I realize now this is the problem I was having with my board when I tried installing this hack previously.

So now I will attempt to install this hack on my board (that has the avatar and custom status hacks already installed on).

This has been a very educational process to say the least! And even though it has been many hours of banging my head on the desk, pulling my hair out, and wondering how stupid I can be, it has been fun through it all; especially when I eventually figured out what was wrong and could fix it!

Now I too can say, "Great MOD! Thanks and I look forward to future versions!"

Christopher
The Born Again Board

<FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="1">[ July 10, 2001 03:06 AM: Message edited by: CaCoffin ]</font>

Thanks... wanted to check this one out. I haven't had much luck with any of the others.

Here's my problem:



As you can see, after I post the poll, this is what I'm getting. Since I'm really an idiot as far as perl goes, I have no idea what's going on. I click "new poll" type a subject, type the option, type a comment, post it, then when I go to look at it, I get this. Check my board out if you want: matt.dynodns.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi .

Oh man... that's not all that happened, it also blanked out the first post in every single thread and moved it to the place where the latest post would be in that thread... what the hell did I do wrong? And to make things even more interesting, those blank posts that are in every thread don't move at all. They always stay at the bottom of the thread. It's looking like maybe I screwed up while copying some of the code. If anyone has an idea what I should doublecheck or how I could fix this, it would be greatly appreciated.

By the way, I'm running version 6.0 and I skipped that 6.04 specific section of the instructions. Other people said it worked for them, though...

Okay, I've fixed all the code (as far as I can tell, I've gone over it twice) and now my name and stats show up when I post a poll, but now just the poll itself is missing.

<FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="1">[ July 10, 2001 06:52 PM: Message edited by: PowerMatt ]</font>

No problem .

This was the root of my problem... can't believe I missed that.

I have a suggestion, is it possible to edit a poll?

Just a quick question, is this hack still being worked on? I haven't seen any messages from Alan or Olson for quite a while now. Not rushing just wondering.

notta

it appears ryan believes it works to his liking and isn't developing it anymore...

jordo is developing a similar modification that surpasses this one in administrative control, so you might consider that one if you are looking for ongoing support. As it is, this one does work if it's installed correctly.

Ok, well then here is my problem. Ex:
3 pictures to vote on in a thread.

User A: Posts the poll with 3 pics.
User B: Votes and types a reply.

Open the thread and you see 2 posts the orignal on the bottom with 3 pics and User B's post on the top also with 3 pics and the voting standing but no reply that he wrote.

Now User C comes along and votes and now he is on the top looking like User B in the previous post(3 pics and no reply) but now User B's post is in the second positon is now the way it should have been when he posted orignally.

Bottom line, your reply is not shown until the next person votes. I had to tell everyone not to reply in the reply box I would just create another thread for comments. Clear or garbage?

notta

Ok, LK helped me clear something up in the chat room, but I still have the problem that if a person replies in the reply box then their reply will not show up until a new person votes. I undestand now that the images repeat on the most recent reply, but I wish there reply would show. Too confusing, see for yourself. Make sure to reply in the box.

nm the room is password protected.

notta

<FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="1">[ July 18, 2001 12:33 PM: Message edited by: notta ]</font>

ERRR! This hack is soo long and I have done it for like 8 times and it never works! Can anyone install it for me? Possibly you, Allen? Well contact me, or reply, I would willing to pay as well.

I get this error:
You did not complete all required fields.
You did not complete: TemplateName


I was editing my template.

Never mind, look above

<FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="1">[ July 19, 2001 11:02 PM: Message edited by: Teleknesis ]</font>

nevermind

<FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="1">[ July 19, 2001 11:00 PM: Message edited by: Teleknesis ]</font>