e-steki Unvote

[Lea Verou]

I was surprised that nobody had made a similar hack, so I decided to make it myself as I missed that feature a lot (SMF had it by default). :)

I think it's purpose is quite obvious: It allows a user to withdraw his vote from a poll. Very useful when somebody clicks the wrong choice, when more options are added in a poll or simply when somebody changes his mind! ;)

Installation is very easy. Just import the product XML and make a simple template edit (more detailed instructions in the zip file).

My apologies for the greek lang in the screenshot, my english language is right to left due to the upcoming april fools.

Updates
---------
Bug fixed thanks to Psionic Vision :D

[hotwheels]

Hotwheels clicks install

[Lea Verou]

Tell me how it goes :)

[hotwheels]

Its installed and working perfectly...........thanks so much for this addition....

[projectego]

Good idea, should be very handy. :)

[Odysseus]

Ah, that sounds good.
Installed & thank you!

[TTG]

Thanks Michelle .. useful .. clicked install.

[MrZeropage]

Users should only be able to reverse their vote once, otherwise this could lead into total chaos ;)
Or this option should only be possible within 24h after first vote...


nice idea anyway !

[hiiped]

Users should only be able to reverse their vote once, otherwise this could lead into total chaos ;)
Or this option should only be possible within 24h after first vote...


nice idea anyway !
I was just about to suggest similar

admin can set time expire limit: allow to change within 5 minutes ( thats enough time if they made a MISTAKE in voting ) , or 30 minutes, or 1440 minutes
( admin decides how long )


Thanks Michelle for the hack tho

< still installs >

[Lea Verou]

I am planning to add options to it, this is a quite basic version that I put together in about half an hour :)

[AdminNation]

I am planning to add options to it, this is a quite basic version that I put together in about half an hour :)
In terms of those options, could you add settings by forum and usergroup?

[COBRAws]

I am planning to add options to it, this is a quite basic version that I put together in about half an hour :)
It would be great if that admincp option would be placed within the New Postiongs menu under the options panel in the ACP.

Ill click install but ill wait for the "vote change only allowed within X hours"


Thanks!

[yinyang]

*clicks install* this should be a standard vB option. great work!

[Lea Verou]

So suggest features :)
1. Vote change only allowed within X hours
2. ...?

[Barakat]

great man . installed

[Lea Verou]

Warning!!! Important bug found!!!
If somebody unvotes and votes again then the number of votes is incremented by one! I suggest all of you to uninstall until I fix the bug.
My sincere apologies :(

[Lea Verou]

I will not remove the attachment in case someone else fixes it and shares the solution...

[Exitilus]

awkk!!!

Well i hope a fix is found soon ... heh :)

Thanks for the heads up

[Ziki]

Warning!!! Important bug found!!!
If somebody unvotes and votes again then the number of votes is incremented by one! I suggest all of you to uninstall until I fix the bug.
My sincere apologies :(
Just wanted to say that :rolleyes:

[akanevsky]

Nice hack.

Tip on how to fix the "serious bug":
Using "voteoption" column from "pollvote" table, update the appropriate part of the "votes" column (need to use explode and then implode).

EDIT: Too easy, I'll post a fix in a minute.

[akanevsky]

Here we go. Fixed Version Attached. :)

Feature Suggestions:

- Per-Poll Enable / Disable
- Per-Poll Vote Change Time Limit
- Have it Display The Link Here Too: poll.php?do=showresults

[Exitilus]

Awesome Thanks Psionic!!!

[Lea Verou]

Woah thanks Psionic!! :D

[IrPr]

Psionic Rocks!
does work with Multple Vote?

[akanevsky]

Multiple Vote - no. Only single vote. But this can be adjusted. :)

[Lea Verou]

It will cause the same problem with multiple votes? :(

[akanevsky]

It will only decrease the very first of the votes. However, the fix is easy once again, I'll post it today. :)

[akanevsky]

Is it ok if I add some more features to this hack? (since you are not coding for a month)

[Lea Verou]

Is it ok if I add some more features to this hack? (since you are not coding for a month)
You are free to do whatever you believe will benefit the community. :)

[Nathan2006]

Thank you Michelle :cool:

This is great!:D

Install

[akanevsky]

Ok, I'll see whether I implement my own suggestion or not, but for now - here is a fix (once again).

[Ronin Storm]

Marvelous. I was having an issue with the lack of this feature over this weekend just past.

By the by, Psionic Vision's feature list sounds ideal. :)

Thanks! Installed.

[Allan]

This hack should be to install of origin in the next version of vBulletin :) (team vb.com ???)

Click Install ;)

[akanevsky]

This hack should be to install of origin in the next version of vBulletin :) (team vb.com ???)

Click Install ;)

Yes, it def. should.

[Lea Verou]

What feature did you add Psionic? I am asking to decide whether I'll upgrade it on my board now or later :)

[akanevsky]

I only fixed the bugs, did not add any features .. yet. :)

[Boofo]

Any way to make this so only Admins can use it to change votes for users? And does it work on polls that are there before the install? ;)

[Snake]

Very nice idea!

[Lea Verou]

Any way to make this so only Admins can use it to change votes for users? And does it work on polls that are there before the install? ;)

Of course there is a way but I have no time to do it :(
Maybe during summer :/
Yes, it works for all polls. :)

[akanevsky]

Sorry for not making the updates as I offered, haven't had time to. :(

[Lea Verou]

Sorry for not making the updates as I offered, haven't had time to. :(
Neither had I :(

[DWard]

Very useful.

[bada_bing]

excellant hack thank you both of you..

[bada_bing]

I had a question are both Psionic Vision fixed in the zip download or do I need to get them from his post replies?

[SeanS]

I'm having no joy trying to import the product-unvote.xml file -- I get an "Invalid File Specified" message on vBulletin 3.6.0. Any suggestions?
ta,
sean

[SeanS]

I'm an idiot, needed to use the "Plugins and Product" | "Manage Products" screens. Thanks for a great addition.

[Exitilus]

Use the XML from this post

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=946391&postcount=31

[Barteh]

Installed Psionic's fixed version, works like a charm :)

I'm not much of a coder so I humbly await the update that allows multiple vote polls to be 'unvoted' :)

[PoetJA-1975]

Great stuff - thanx for sharing /me CLICKS INSTALL

Jacquii

[chrisvonc]

Nice, thank you! A very welcome mod! SHould be a standard option.

[Mellow]

This is great... this simple fix make VB complete in my opinion.. again, Thanks!

[Guest210212002]

/me clicks install

[Barteh]

I've got a bit of an odd problem with unvote... the 'Withdraw vote' option is not showing up for one of my members. He's running Firefox 2 and tried it under IE as well, so it's probably not a plugin parsing the page and removing that line.

I've added a test account to the same four usergroups that he's in, and for this one 'Withdraw vote' *does* appear in the exact same poll, just like for the standard usergroup - all working fine.

Any suggestions as to where the problem might lie?

[deeoo]

Great mod. However, I can still unvote after the poll has been closed. I can't seem to find the 'if-code' to not show the link after it had been closed.

[deeoo]

Found it! What you should do is open showthread.php and poll.php and look for this:
if ($nopermission)
{
$pollstatus = $vbphrase['you_may_not_vote_on_this_poll'];
}
else if ($showresults)
{
$pollstatus = $vbphrase['this_poll_is_closed'];
}
else if ($uservoted)
{
$pollstatus = $vbphrase['you_have_already_voted_on_this_poll'];
}

and replace it with this:
$unvote = false;
if ($nopermission)
{
$pollstatus = $vbphrase['you_may_not_vote_on_this_poll'];
$unvote = false;
}
else if ($showresults)
{
$pollstatus = $vbphrase['this_poll_is_closed'];
$unvote = false;
}
else if ($uservoted)
{
$pollstatus = $vbphrase['you_have_already_voted_on_this_poll'];
$unvote = true;
}

Then, in the template pollresults_table you look for:
$pollstatus

and ADD behind it:
<if condition="$unvote"> | <a href="poll.php?$session[sessionurl]do=unvote&amp;pollid=$pollinfo[pollid]">$vbphrase[unvote_unvote]</a></if>

[adwade]

What feature did you add Psionic? I am asking to decide whether I'll upgrade it on my board now or later :)

I just D/L'd and installed the v1.01 zip file into my vB3.64 and everything seems to work fine. Is v1.01 bugfree -or- are we supposed to be D/L'ing one of Psionic Vision's xml files instead and installing it?

Btw, GREAT MOD! Many Thanxx for creating it.

[dcpaq2xx]

Is v1.01 bugfree -or- are we supposed to be D/L'ing one of Psionic Vision's xml files instead and installing it?

Yes what is the difference between this one and Psionic's version?

Which one 'should' we be using?

Thanks

Doug

[Exitilus]

Use Psionics

[dcpaq2xx]

Use Psionics

Ok, but why and what is the difference between the two?

Doug

[Exitilus]

Psionic tweaked it to work better if I remember. It's been a while.

[dcpaq2xx]

Oh I see.

I was just wondering but that link to his file, is there anything else on that post that would be helpful reading about his hack? The link only takes me to that one post, and I cant figure out how to access all the replys on that post.

Doug

[Exitilus]

use the product that he posted (most current one) .... then use the instructions in the zip file for the mod.

[dcpaq2xx]

That "Who" posted, please be more specific. thank you.

Doug

[Exitilus]

Psionic

[dcpaq2xx]

Ok, Thank you.

Doug

[manofphat]

Does this work in 3.6.8 and will it work in 3.7?

[Exitilus]

Using a XML that was posted later on in this Thread, and the standard Template Edit. It seems to work perfectly fine on 3.7. The only thing I didn't verify is what happens when you edit / change aspects of the Poll after someone has voted.

[aidler]

The number of voters isn't updated after you withdraw your vote.