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[phpWebLog-devel] poll

[philip o. <ph...@th...>]

greetings all,

yes, the poll is not complete and a polling manager is on the todo but 
... here are some thoughts / ideas ... some better then others :

+ cookie time configured in admin (hours/days)
+ if cookie present then 
    - display results of poll vs poll itself OR
    - cycle through another active poll
  this would work of course if one has >=2 active polls
+ networked polling system (hmm)
+ if GD then choice of pie,bar,foo for results
+ archivable polls where new visitors can vote on old poll , not just 
  view results (tricky, some are outdated ... maybe boolean of
  archive view y/n and archive post y/n per poll (huh?)
+ allow for other box where user types in answer (although 
  the addition of comments may disolve this thought)
+ make a poll a special "Topic" or just add comments seperatly
+ popup polls suck, actually, popups are evil in general ;)
+ have an ordered poll where order of preference is taken into account.
   - example : what is your favorite color?
   (2)blue
   (1)green <-- note, this is my fav i give it a one
   (3)black
   (4)pink  <-- note, i don't like pink so give it a four
   - either we enter numbers OR it takes into account our order of
     checking (can js do this?) or some other way
   - results would be compiled somehow ... ... ... hmm.

i think that's all for now, thoughts?  likes, dislikes?  the archive thing
sounds complicated and the networked way would (i think) require a
centralized server (polls.phpweblog.org) so idk ... unless the phpweblog
community decides to create a Beowulf Polling Cluster  ;)

philip

Re: [phpWebLog-devel] poll

[Jason H. <ope...@ey...>]

> + cookie time configured in admin (hours/days)

Yes. I love it.. will add this one.

> + if cookie present then
>     - display results of poll vs poll itself

This one too..

> + networked polling system (hmm)

Uhm. Hmm. *scratches self*

> + if GD then choice of pie,bar,foo for results

Hopefully someone else will do this. I have no will to learn how to make
pie charts. =]

> + archivable polls where new visitors can vote on old poll , not just
>   view results (tricky, some are outdated ... maybe boolean of
>   archive view y/n and archive post y/n per poll (huh?)

This resembles the current scheme actually, sortof..
Polls can be set as a block or not.  If not, they are still accessable
if you click on [ polls ],
these polls that aren't shown as a block can be regarded as 'archived'.  
I may have misunderstood here.

> + allow for other box where user types in answer (although
>   the addition of comments may disolve this thought)

Yea, comments may be better.

> + have an ordered poll where order of preference is taken into account.
>    - example : what is your favorite color?
>    (2)blue
>    (1)green <-- note, this is my fav i give it a one
>    (3)black
>    (4)pink  <-- note, i don't like pink so give it a four
>    - either we enter numbers OR it takes into account our order of
>      checking (can js do this?) or some other way
>    - results would be compiled somehow ... ... ... hmm.

This is a clever idea, but uhm.. you do it. =]


This adds a few more to the current TODO..  thanks!

jason

RE: [phpWebLog-devel] poll

[Theodore <the...@my...>]

>> + if GD then choice of pie,bar,foo for results

>Hopefully someone else will do this. I have no will to learn how to make
>pie charts. =]

phpwizard.net has some code for free use for pies I think.. as well as an
awesome poll script....

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RE: [phpWebLog-devel] poll

[philip o. <ph...@th...>]

> > + networked polling system (hmm)
>
> Uhm. Hmm. *scratches self*

i agree.

> > + archivable polls where new visitors can vote on old poll , not just
> >   view results (tricky, some are outdated ... maybe boolean of
> >   archive view y/n and archive post y/n per poll (huh?)
>
> This resembles the current scheme actually, sortof..
> Polls can be set as a block or not.  If not, they are still accessable
> if you click on [ polls ],
> these polls that aren't shown as a block can be regarded as 'archived'.
> I may have misunderstood here.

that makes sense.  i was thinking that after one has about 100 polls they'll
want to hide some but still keep the data but am not sure on this now.  btw, i
am looking at phpweblog.greenhell.com and cannot figure out how to turn poll
blocks on/off after one is created ... only a KILL option is available, no EDIT.

philip

RE: [phpWebLog-devel] poll

[Alex C. <ac...@fo...>]

You mean you don't have link to phpMyAdmin in your admin screen? :)
Thats how I've been doing most of my edititing.

Not really archiving, but I was thinking of more a slashdot type poll.
I was going to write a randomizer block (can you tell I love the feature?
thanks for adding on the idea Jason) so that you only display one poll
but it is randomize per page visit.



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> > + networked polling system (hmm)
>
> Uhm. Hmm. *scratches self*

i agree.

> > + archivable polls where new visitors can vote on old poll , not just
> >   view results (tricky, some are outdated ... maybe boolean of
> >   archive view y/n and archive post y/n per poll (huh?)
>
> This resembles the current scheme actually, sortof..
> Polls can be set as a block or not.  If not, they are still accessable
> if you click on [ polls ],
> these polls that aren't shown as a block can be regarded as 'archived'.
> I may have misunderstood here.

that makes sense.  i was thinking that after one has about 100 polls they'll
want to hide some but still keep the data but am not sure on this now.  btw,
i
am looking at phpweblog.greenhell.com and cannot figure out how to turn poll
blocks on/off after one is created ... only a KILL option is available, no
EDIT.

philip


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RE: [phpWebLog-devel] poll

[philip o. <ph...@th...>]

> You mean you don't have link to phpMyAdmin in your admin screen? :)
> Thats how I've been doing most of my edititing.

  do now, <g> 
 
> Not really archiving, but I was thinking of more a slashdot type poll.
> I was going to write a randomizer block (can you tell I love the feature?
> thanks for adding on the idea Jason) so that you only display one poll
> but it is randomize per page visit.

  randomizer rules.  randomizer may have a form of AI, and say :

 "ahh, one poll has not been filled out, i will not use my great powers 
  of randomification (should be word) and instead i will provide the 
  user with a new poll, one they've not yet seen."

  [k]
  
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> olson
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> 
> 
> > > + networked polling system (hmm)
> >
> > Uhm. Hmm. *scratches self*
> 
> i agree.
> 
> > > + archivable polls where new visitors can vote on old poll , not just
> > >   view results (tricky, some are outdated ... maybe boolean of
> > >   archive view y/n and archive post y/n per poll (huh?)
> >
> > This resembles the current scheme actually, sortof..
> > Polls can be set as a block or not.  If not, they are still accessable
> > if you click on [ polls ],
> > these polls that aren't shown as a block can be regarded as 'archived'.
> > I may have misunderstood here.
> 
> that makes sense.  i was thinking that after one has about 100 polls they'll
> want to hide some but still keep the data but am not sure on this now.  btw,
> i
> am looking at phpweblog.greenhell.com and cannot figure out how to turn poll
> blocks on/off after one is created ... only a KILL option is available, no
> EDIT.
> 
> philip
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Re: [phpWebLog-devel] poll

[Jason H. <ope...@ey...>]

Yes I know, I have been putting that off until after 0.3.0.  The TODO is
becoming my scapegoat. :p

Jason


philip olson wrote:
> i am looking at phpweblog.greenhell.com and cannot figure out how to turn poll
> blocks on/off after one is created ... only a KILL option is available, no EDIT.