Name: Thread-Integrated UBB™ Polls

Description: This is a thread-integrated ubb poll script that allows your members to start polls with new threads and have other members vote on the poll. There is also the ability for them to leave coments in the thread when they vote.

Original Author: Ryan Olson

Demo: http://ubbdev.com

Link: http://beta.collegevilletc.com/thread-polls.zip

(Updated 06/02/2001)

Requires: DPK's Wordlet Dev Kit to be installed first.

Gonna go install *Runs Away* Looks Good

I have two requests:

• The option/ability to have UBBPolls only work in certain forum. Anotherwards an option when you edit a forum or create one is to have the ability to turn it on or off for that thrad.
  
• It would be totally kewl if it also had an option that would like rate something.. Option to turn off for certain forums and such. And when posting the Poll you have a choice to add an image and get it rated.. I know it could be done but it would look so much betta as a Poll kind of thing..

Thanks very much for listening to my ideas.

Very nice and useful hack. Thanks a bunch.

<FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="1">[ May 31, 2001 11:50 PM: Message edited by: Zach B ]</font>

If I'm not mistaken you have HTML or UBB Code Enabled for you forums. If you want to rate a photo, create a poll then in the message body rate this image: [ImageCode]

Adding restrictions to which forums have the polls enabled is possible, but it will require a bit more overhead. I'll put it on the TODO list.

Another possibility would be to have the title of the poll be different than the title of the topic. If that was an editable option, you could put your image as the title. That way the image becomes part of the poll table. That is an interesting possibility!

I am diggin' it it sounds good!

Thanks for listening to my requests.

<FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="1">[ June 01, 2001 10:31 AM: Message edited by: Tech-Ni-Kal ]</font>

Hey Ryan, just a note to say that the poll Melder started here and I moved to chit chat never showed up in chit chat, even after refreshing the screen a couple of times.

edit: nevermind, it showed up after someone else posted in that forum in another thread... leetle bug then

Ok, I'm having a couple problems with this:

• The 'new poll' image won't show up. I have named it the right file name in the Style Templates and it still will no work. Instead the Style Templates does not save it and it stays blank everytime.
  
  Next, everytime someone votes or replies, it gets double posted.

Anybody else having these problems and does anyone know how to fix?

You know that actually happened to me. Allen do you know why this is?

I just went in and put the entry in the for the poll image (which is BBPoll) in the style files. That is a temporary fix.

Is it double voting or double posting. If it is double posting you added a particular block rather than replacing it. In looking at the install directions you probably errored in the second to last step of the ubb_new_reply.cgi section.

Definitely check to make sure you did everything right in the ubb_new_reply.cgi, that is where you error is coming from.

<FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="1">[ June 01, 2001 02:15 AM: Message edited by: Olson ]</font>

I'll go check that now, but I just found out it has doubled every post on the whole message board! Hopefully, I can fix it.

Bugs:
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[*](the only real bug) Sometimes it's "Voting With No Comment" and sometimes it's "VotingWithNoComment". I changed everything to "Voting With No Comment" and it worked.

[*]In ubb_forum.cgi, $vars_style{BBTopic} is duplicated (instead of once {BBTopic} and once {BBPoll}), and it uses $vars_wordlets{post_new_topic}.

[*]In ubb_lib.cgi, the icon has $vars_wordlets{post_new_poll}, which doesn't exist.

[*]the name and everything is centered (it's just a little <center> in public_poll_page.pl).

[*]There is no title unless I use the custom title hack (it can be fixed by a little else)

[*]Its width isn't correct, so the text/poll doesn't start like the replies do (change width="90%" to width="100%" in public_poll_page.pl)

[*]The Registered: in the bottom doesn't have the registered information. (the most simple solution is BEFORE "# author info options", add $RegDateVote = $RegDate;, and then in ubb_poll_ssi.cgi, call $RegDateVote instead of $RegDate)
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Example of the last 4 ones: http://www.ubbdev.com/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=10&t=000932

MasterMind is aligned to the center, there is no "Moderator" under him, "Registered:" has no text afterwards, and "Posts: 3225" (in the same line) isn't exactly above freakscene's icon.

<FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="1">[ June 01, 2001 06:06 AM: Message edited by: LK ]</font>

I had the same problem, fixed it by adding BBPoll at the end of the line that starts



cp_styles.cgi and not after BBTopic

Dont ask why but it worked for me that way and not the other way.

One problem I do have is when I create a new style template there is no option to add the graphic, when i try and submit I get told I cant leave that field blank, I may of missed a bit of code so will double check when I get home

<FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="1">[ June 01, 2001 09:22 AM: Message edited by: Marty ]</font>

Marty, here I did something I forgot what to fix it, and it's not that...

About the other thing, do the same to cp_add_new_template.pl as to cp_vars_styles.pl

I dig the comments feature. Very spiffy.

What I dont like is the Item #1 &#0124;&#0124; Item #2 &#0124;&#0124; Item #3....and so on. Would it be possible to create "X" amount of input boxes (X being how many poll options users are alowed to make).

The input boxes would be alot easier for newBs, as some [stupid] people get dumb and cant use the "&#0124;&#0124;"s.

BTW, if im not mistaken, the thread integrated polls use "3d" table borders. Could you make it so the poll has borders that you set in the CP?

Also, letting the inside of the poll box (in a thread) be the opposite alternating table color??

Hope you understand what I was getting at, and thanks for listening to my ideas.

had it insdtalled for bout a week now workin perfect......
http://www.411hype.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=12&t=000546

Just instaled it on my ubb6.04e(private)board,and everything seems to work with c.p and all but when doing a test poll the actuall poll don't show up in the post!?

Tryed to cmod the public_poll_page.pl to 755 and 777 but still no luck,and i have looked at my code but can't se any errors in my code hacking.

Anyone know what could be wrong here?

are you clearing the page cache after you move the topic and after the poll gets added to the thread?

Nice Work LK,

The format issues (width, centering, and registration date) were all left-overs from the format on my board.

I fixed all other bugs. I'll update the zip files as soon as I learn how to from allen!!

I'm not sure the "Vote With No Comment" and the "VoteWithNoComment" is really a bug, because I have those on my board and the poll works fine. However, for consistency, I'll change them!

You can either email them to me at info@ubbdev.com , or send me a link to them, or, if you think you'll be updating them often, I can link the first post to a copy you have...:)

i also installed, and have checked all my files over, and i get to "Post Topic" buttons on my pages and no "New Poll" buttons

in the style settings in the CP the correct icon shows up too

~~~also after i post a poll, the thread is all f'd up, the format of the page is nothing like any of the others~~~
thats cause WritePollOrBallotHere shows up in the post, not the poll at all

help pleeze

<FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="1">[ June 02, 2001 03:49 AM: Message edited by: CtrlAltDel ]</font>