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Anonymous



i had a difficult time finding and installing a web poll. i figured i would share my findings by providing this forum with the steps i took to successfully install and run this poll. btw, this is a really nice free poll with lots of features. heres the guide...
mySQL db version install, unix web server
1.http://download.com.com/3000-2160-1572132.html?tag=lst-0-1, download ws_ftp le (ftp program)
2.find out your hosts ftp information, use ws_ftp le to connect to your web server
3.download pollphp.zip
4.extract pollphp.zip to desktop in folder 'pollphp'
5.create 'poll' folder in root directory on web server. www.yourdomain.com/poll
6.upload all files located in folder 'db' (in the 'phppoll' folder on your desktop) to the poll folder you created on your web server...
upload files contained in 'db' folder in ascii
upload admin folder in ascii
upload image folder in binary
upload include folder in ascii
upload install folder in binary
upload lang folder in ascii
upload misc folder in ascii
upload templates folder in ascii
7.chage the permissions of every file ending in .php to 755 on your remote site.
8.create a database on your server (create user on database you just created). open 'config.inc.php' and edit the variables on lines 9,11,&12 to correspond to your database. upload 'config.inc.php' and chmod to 755.
9.call http://www.yourURL.com/poll/install.php in your browser
10.if install successful, call http://www.yourURL.com/poll/admin/index.php login with the user you created for database(also the one you used to edit config.inc.php)
11.after you log in, your taken to a page that displays the list of polls. DO NOT DELETE ANY OF THE EXISTING POLLS. i had a problem here with deleting the default polls.
12.reset the polls and edit the question/answers to your needs. save changes
13.to display poll...click on the help icon (looks like wordpad) for the auction you wish to display.
14.this brings you to a new page where you should see the question of the aucion & the phrase "To emded a poll into a webpage insert the code snippet from below"
15.use this information in the page you wish to display your poll on. remember, the page you wish to display the poll on must end in .php
16.upload your-page with code snipet, chmod to 755.
17.www.yourdomain.com/your-page.php

goodluck!
also, if you have something to add or edit to improve poll in any way...feel free.
thanks, tony
 
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