Poll Start - End - Days Run/Remaining Hack v1.1

[Boofo]

Poll Start - End - Days Run/Remaining Hack
Version 1.1
(By Boofo and Zzed)

What this hack does:

It will list the Start Date, End Date, Days to Run and the Days remaining for a poll in both the forumdisplay (under the thread title) and the showthread (under the poll question or status). If the poll does not have an ending time, the Start Date, End Date, Days to Run and Days Remaining will not show up.

Files to edit: 2 (forumdisplay.php, showthread.php)
Templates to edit: 3 (forumdisplaybit, showthread_polloptions, showthread_pollresults)
Install Time: 5 minutes (if you are REALLY slow)

Version 1.0 - Initial release
Version 1.1 - Fixed the error that a few people were having with the poll start and end time showing up in each thread instead of just the thread it was intended for.

French translation of this hack in post 7.

Screenshots in posts 4, 5 and 6 below.

If you find this hack useful, please click the install button.

[Mathieu]

Thanks for this hack i will install it imediatly.

[Boofo]

You're very welcome. Enjoy! ;)

[Boofo]

Image from a poll with a start and end date. This is the forumdisplay view.

[Boofo]

Image from a poll with a start and end date. This is the poll view.

[Boofo]

Image from a poll with NO start and end date. This is the poll view.

[Boofo]

Here is the French translation of this hack (provided by Mathieu).

[Kars10]

He very cool Hack!!

Thanks for sharing with us!

Kars

/me kicks installed!

[Boofo]

No problemo. Glad you like it. See you on the site. ;)

[Lesane]

Pretty cool Boofo, a nice addon for my Gamblick addon.

Well done.

[Boofo]

Thank you, sir. Coming from you, that means alot. ;)

[Dean C]

Nice hack buddy - you sure love using the date systems in php don't you ;)

- miSt

[Boofo]

If you really think about it, that is the main backbone of vBulletin. I love the $ourtimenow variable. Can't get enough of it. ;)

And Zzed came up with the core of the code. I just re-worked it to fit what we needed. ;)

[Intex]

Nice one Boofo - I'll add this to my install list :cool:.

[Zzed]

Today at 10:02 AM Boofo said this in Post #13 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=373118#post373118)
If you really think about it, that is the main backbone of vBulletin. I love the $ourtimenow variable. Can't get enough of it. ;)

And Zzed came up with the core of the code. I just re-worked it to fit what we needed. ;)

Very nice Boofo. Well done my friend. :)

And thank you for your kind words. :)

[Stud_Muffin]

I installed it in vb 2.3.0 and it seams to be showing in almost all the threads :surprised: Something in the forumdisplay.php ??

[Boofo]

If you have a start time and end time configured with the poll, it will show. It you don't have an ending time configured, it will not show. Check your polls and see how many of them are set up with the start and end time. ;)

[Stud_Muffin]

NO, sorry my fault. Perhaps i should include a screenshot to explain :p They all have the same start and end date as the test poll i just posted. so if you set all the polls of the forum not to time out it does not display like the screenshot

[Boofo]

Today at 10:39 AM Stud_Muffin said this in Post #18 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=373620#post373620)
NO, sorry my fault. Perhaps i should include a screenshot to explain :p They all have the same start and end date as the test poll i just posted. so if you set all the polls of the forum not to time out it does not display like the screenshot

Ok, make sure you edit the "forumdisplaybit" template with:

$thread[pagenav]$pollrun

I had that happen as I was putting this together before I added:

} else {
$pollrun = '';

to the code but that fixed it on my site.

Please recheck the instructions and make sure everything is there and let me know. There's really no way that should be happening unless you either missed a piece of code or got it in the wrong place. ;)

[Sebastian]

nice job., Boofo :)

[Stud_Muffin]

So where abouts do i add

} else {
$pollrun = '';

[Boofo]

Today at 02:52 PM Sebastian said this in Post #20 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=373730#post373730)
nice job., Boofo :)

Thank for the kind words. Don't forget the install button. ;)

[Boofo]

Today at 03:27 PM Stud_Muffin said this in Post #21 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=373754#post373754)
So where abouts do i add

} else {
$pollrun = '';

That is in the code you were supposed to add to the php files. Check the instructions and make sure you added all of the code exactly like it says. ;)

[Bison]

Boofo,

I just experienced the same problem as the guy above. Once a poll is created in any forum and is given a expiration date, all of the threads in that forum inherits the poll start and expiration date printed under all threads. If you don't enter a expiration date, everything works fine.

Also i've noticed that if someone uses the "Move with redirect" ... it in advertantly adds the polls start/exp date to each thread in that forum where the "Move with Redirect" was applied.

[Boofo]

Was it working fine before? I have not experienced that at all on my forums. It works like clock-work. I will look into it and see if I can figure out what is going on.

[Stud_Muffin]

My Vb version is 2.3.0 RC3

[Boofo]

Stud_Muffin & Rolodex - Try the following code. Replace it in both the forumdisplay.php and showthread.php files

Find:

$pollrun = "<br><nobr><smallfont>Start Date: $start | End Date: $finish | Days to Run: $days | Days Remaining: $remaining</nobr></smallfont>";
} else {
$pollrun = '';

Replace it with this:

$pollrun = "<br><nobr><smallfont>Start Date: $start | End Date: $finish | Days to Run: $days | Days Remaining: $remaining</nobr></smallfont>";
} else {
$pollrun = "<br /><smallfont>(<b>No ending date set</b>)</smallfont>";

and let me know if this fixes your problem. If it does, I will update the first post. I am not experiencing this, myself, but this should take care of the problem for you. ;)

[BigJohnson]

Nope that definaltey does not work. It has to be a problem in one of the IF statements then. Calloing for the wrong variable.

But I am using 2.2.9 and am having the same problem.

[Boofo]

I am running 2.2.9 and using the same exact code and it works fine for me and the others who have installed it. Recheck the instructions and make sure you have entered it into the right templates.

[Cyricx]

Getting the same thing for me on VB 2.2.9 followed the instructions carefully as listed and it's displaying the run time on all threads including polls :(

[Boofo]

I'm looking into this now. I will be sending an update with whatever fix I find to anyone who has installed this and clicked the install button.

[Bison]

Remove this (high-lighted):

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
In the "forumdisplaybit" template

Find:
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

$thread[pagenav]

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Replace it with:
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

$thread[pagenav]$pollrun

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Everything should work! ;)

[subu1]

hi Boofo, you know my english is not the best, but i thing you unterstand if i say "your Hack is very fine, it works*

thank you

subu1

[subu1]

ups, i dont see in my forum display, i have the same problem with the other Friends here, i have 2.2.8

[subu1]

Today at 02:37 PM Rolodex said this in Post #32 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=383360#post383360)
Remove this (high-lighted):

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
In the "forumdisplaybit" template

Find:
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

$thread[pagenav]

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Replace it with:
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

$thread[pagenav]$pollrun

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Everything should work! ;)


ok i have removed $pollrun now it will work :classic: I hope so :bunny:

[Boofo]

Ok, we think some global info might be carrying over to the other polls. Try this fix and it should take care of any problems you guys have been having with this hack.

Look for:

if($thread[pollid]) {
$polldatetime = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT dateline, timeout from poll where pollid = $thread[pollid];");

and replace it with:

if($thread[pollid]) {
$pollrun = "";
$polldatetime = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT dateline, timeout from poll where pollid = $thread[pollid];");

[subu1]

sorry,it work not

[Zzed]

Try this:

$pollrun = "";
if($thread[pollid]) {
$polldatetime = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT dateline, timeout from poll where pollid = $thread[pollid];");

[Bison]

Look guys,

All you need to do is *remove* what I said above and the dang hack will work without error.

It worked for me ... that whole bit of code is un-necessary

[Boofo]

Today at 03:08 PM Rolodex said this in Post #39 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=383489#post383489)
Look guys,

All you need to do is *remove* what I said above and the dang hack will work without error.

It worked for me ... that whole bit of code is un-necessary

That whole bit of code is if you want the poll start and end date in the foumdisplay, also. That was the original idea for the hack. ;)

[Bison]

Well after taking that out, it seems to work ok for me. Long as the polls are printing out the date, it's ok with me!

[Boofo]

What's really strange is that is has been working for me with no problems. It seems it doesn't do this with everyone. Only certain sites. I'm curious as to why some have problems and some don't. That is why I want to fix it. ;)

[Bison]

I forgot to mention that the $pollrun has to be initialized to zero (No String) before executing the "if" statement.

[subu1]

Today at 08:53 PM Zzed said this in Post #38 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=383480#post383480)
Try this:

$pollrun = "";
if($thread[pollid]) {
$polldatetime = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT dateline, timeout from poll where pollid = $thread[pollid];");

yes sorry, for my remove :bunny: now it works perfekt :banana:

[Boofo]

Today at 03:27 PM Rolodex said this in Post #43 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=383497#post383497)
I forgot to mention that the $pollrun has to be initialized to zero (No String) before executing the "if" statement.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=383480#post383480 ;)

[Boofo]

Today at 03:32 PM subu1 said this in Post #44 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=383499#post383499)
yes sorry, for my remove :bunny: now it works perfekt :banana:

Great! I'll update the first post. ;)

[subu1]

on Pic my Forumdisplay

[subu1]

and my showthread :)

greetz subu

[Boofo]

What does Heute mean? Today? ;)

[StealthAnime]

danka for this hack m8, this will come in handy :)

[Boofo]

Today at 03:58 PM StealthAnime said this in Post #50 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=383517#post383517)
danka for this hack m8, this will come in handy :)

Thank you for the kind words. ;)

Don't forget to click install. ;)

[Bison]

I saw that Boofo, but I had already done this before posting what I call "my fix" to this.

But I see no need for the $Pollrun to be *concatenated* to the forumdisplaybit>nav ... unless you have polls that show outside the forum.

[Boofo]

I did it for the forumdisplay so that users could see how long a poll had to run without having to go into the poll itself.

[subu1]

Today at 09:57 PM Boofo said this in Post #49 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=383516#post383516)
What does Heute mean? Today? ;)

oh yes, this is my german Board. Today is Heute, Umfrage is poll, Tage is Day

greetz subu1

[Boofo]

Great! I just learned 3 German words. ;)

[moosey]

Boofo - great hack! worked first time and so easy to use!!

now for my cheeky bit!! :)

Is there a way of delaying the start dates for the polls to actually open?

say if I was running a competition thread and at a certain date the pool just opened for voting and then closed on the given date?

any ideas here?

many thanks

[Boofo]

You're very welcome. ;)

Don't forget to click the install button. ;)

As far as the delaying part goes, I'm not quite sure I understand what you are wanting to do.

[moosey]

clicked it mate :)

many thanks - as far as my request goes..

I run a competition in certain threads ...

some of these competitions are 7 days long but I dont want people voting until 2 days before the end of the competition.

So I need a delay in the poll, so is there a way of setting the poll to start on a different date then it starting automatically on that day

so a delayed poll i guess :)

thx man

[Crazy Pete]

Very nice addition. :D Installed.

[Boofo]

Thank you for the kind words. Enjoy! ;)

[Mike Gaidin]

Great hack Boofo. Gonna install it tonight. :)

[Boofo]

Thank you and enjoy! ;)

[DelFDgfd_gT]

how do i change the colors?

In showthread.php when viewing a thread you see this:

test poll forum
Start Date: 05-20-2003 | End Date: 05-25-2003 | Days to Run: 5 | Days Remaining: 4

the "test poll forum" is in white and the "Start Date: 05-20-2003 | End Date: 05-25-2003 | Days to Run: 5 | Days Remaining: 4" is in black.
This is unreadable because it is on adark blue background.

Anyways to help?

[Boofo]

You need to add the colors to the code in the showthread.php. Also, there is going to be an update to this in the next week or so, so you might want to click the install button so you will be notified when it is updated. ;)

[DelFDgfd_gT]

can you tell me how to change the colors to #ffffff

[Mike Gaidin]

Forgot to mention that I installed it and it works great Boofo.

[DelFDgfd_gT]

well.....can you tell me how to change the colors to #ffffff

[DelFDgfd_gT]

un-installing due to lack of support. help me out, and i'll re-install.

[Boofo]

How did I know you had it installed if you never clicked the install button? ;)

[DelFDgfd_gT]

why cant you just tell me how to change it so I can re-install it.

Thanks.