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Originally Posted by jl255

tks alot for taking the time to help us all

For Q3, what I mean to ask is, what if the results of the poll are 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, which means that some of the polls share same number of votes. How does it award the top 3?

For Q2, I understand how it works now. I observe that if i retain the values of the variable nominate_topic_amount, then when a search is done for a members' nominated posts, it will show all past nominations as well. I think that it is important, just like the 'thank you' mod for members to be able to see what posts of other members were previously nominated. However, the main problem is that it will then display that the post has 'won' the TOTW. Where do I go to change the check to exclude nominate_topic_amount to determine if the post has won? I believe that the variable nominate_topic_award_rank shld be sufficient to determine if the post has won previously and we can exclude the condition on nominate_topic_amount?

Regarding #3, I forgot the exact location of the code that determine which post wins 3rd place when tied with others.... it may be by post title, post date, or even post id. That can easily be changed, but like I said, forgot the exact location.

Regarding your comment on #2: if you manually edit nominate_topic_amount via mysql or write a script to edit it, you will totally change the logic of this mod and find your nominations contest to be arbitrary! I strongly advise against this and will not support any more Q's if you do so.