[Release] Poll Hack v0.9

Yep, here it is, the poll hack for vBulletin, tested on 1.1.2 and 1.1.3 Beta3.

The hack incorparates a poll as a thread starter, where users can vote and reply normally. You can view the test forum at http://www.naboonline.com/polltest/index.php

I hope the instructions are clear, any questions should go here.

Download the zip here!

Enjoy!



[Edited by doron on 07-16-2000 at 11:47 AM]

the zip is the latest, there is a notes.txt which tells you what to do.

It's been isntalled on 1.1.2 and 1.1.3b3

YOU DA MAN!

I'm not sure whether this is related to this hack or not. Im running 1.1.3 beta 3 with the latest version of the PM hack installed. I have just added this poll hack and had followed the step by step instructions precisely to the stage where i had successfully posted a test poll, which worked perfectly. I could view the test poll and vote on it without a problem

at this point i decided to switch my VB back on. However, after submitting the options I ended up getting a parse error:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `STRING' or `'{'' or `'$'' in global.php on line 57

which corresponds to

// ###################### Start dovars #######################

If I try to visit the forum I receive a slightly different parse error:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `STRING' or `'{'' or `'$'' in global.php on line 52

corresponding to:

eval($optionstemp[template]);

I've got no idea why this has suddenly happened, especially as global.php isnt altered by the poll?

Does anyone know what I could do to fix this problem?

TIA

[Edited by Morgo on 07-20-2000 at 10:39 AM]

Hi Doron,

I added your poll and now everything is running smoothly. However, I do have a couple of remarks:

1) I do not use icons; therefore, I kept getting a mysql error. I solved this eventually by changing "iconid=$iconid"; in poll.php to "iconid=0;".

2) I would like to have a regular prefix to poll threads in their title, something like "[Poll]:" - any idea how I can do that?

3) I think that somewhere on the forumdisplay, next to the poll-thread title or even under "replies" it should have the total number of voters so far. Any idea how I can add that?

Thanks for a great hack!

Toda

Bira

1) I do not use icons; therefore, I kept getting a mysql error. I solved this eventually by changing "iconid=$iconid"; in poll.php to "iconid=0;".

yeah, that's the best way

2) I would like to have a regular prefix to poll threads in their title, something like "[Poll]:" - any idea how I can do that?

showthread.php, line 69
look for

$threadtitle=htmlspecialchars($threadinfo[title]);

change it to:

$threadtitle='Poll: ' . htmlspecialchars($threadinfo[title]);

That will add a Poll: infront of each poll.

3) I think that somewhere on the forumdisplay, next to the poll-thread title or even under "replies" it should have the total number of voters so far. Any idea how I can add that?

that's planned for the next version

Doron,

Changing that line 69 in showthread.php will put a "Poll:" prefix ahead of ALL threads, not just the poll ones, no???

Doron,

You have a small bug - in the template pollresults, the link back to the forum is forumshow.php?forumid=$forumid whereas it should be forumdisplay.php etc.

One more impeding wish, Doron:

Can you please add to the user permissions (as opposed to usergroup permissions) a "can post new polls - yes/no" option? This way, if someone abuses this option, I can simply bar him personally from posting polls.

Thanks,

Bira

Doron, in the vote options (the options you vote for) it adds a slash ahead of an apostrophe, like "It\'s"

hm... if you use addslashes() in the right way, there shouldn't be a problem.

Unless magic_quotes is activated in your php.ini file.