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Ok, I had the same problems a lot of you are having and I finally got mine up an running. So, I decided to share my experience with you in hopes of helping as many of you as possible. I installed the "textfile" version and here is what I learned:

First of all, you only upload either the db or the textfile copy to your server. It just depends on which one you want to use. db requires that your server have MySQL 3.2x or PostgreSQL AND PHP3 or PHP4 installed. The textfile version only requires PHP3 or PHP4.

Secondly, there is no admin.php file. There is only an index.php file in the admin folder. So, once you have all the files uploaded to your server and chmod them all correctly, then you open your browser and go to the directory where you put your files, for example:

http://www.yourdomain.com/polls/admin/index.php

This will take you to the login screen, where you can log in for the first time with admin//poll as the username and password.

Once you are in, you need to immediately change the username and password to something other than the defaults.

Lastly, there is the issue of the image files not showing up. That is because the programmer put in default paths to the images.
I beleive it was something like:
[quote]/~poll/phppoll/image/ [/quote]

...but I don't remember exactly. So, the reason the images are not showing up is because these images are not in that directory. They are in the directory that YOU created on your server. You simply need to correct the paths by going to the general settings tab and filling out the "URL to poll directory" and "URL to image directory" fields. Replace the defaults paths in these two fields with the correct paths (the ones you created on your server).

Oh yes, and I forgot one more thing. Once you embed the syntax into your webpage, you need to save your page with the .php extension. If you save the web page with your embedded poll as a .htm or .html file it will not work. It is as simple as that. The .php extension tells the server, when it examines the file, that it contains php code.

That should do the trick.

I will be happy to try an help anyone who is really stuck. You can email me at [i][b] MissyM@cfl.rr.com [/b][/i]. Be sure to put "[b] Advanced Poll Help [/b]" in the subject line or I may simply delete your email and not open it, thinking it is junk mail. Keep in mind I am not an expert, this is just what I was able to figure out on my own with a little research.

If you find this message helpful, please keep it alive by posting a reply. In that way, you can do your part to help future users of Advance Poll.]]> https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/637.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/637.php GMT https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/639.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/639.php GMT https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/650.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/650.php GMT https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/651.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/651.php GMT
If you need to know where to change the colors of the bars, go here:
[url]http://museium.net/images/poll-admin.gif[/url]]]> https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/653.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/653.php GMT Thanks a bunch.]]> https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/657.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/657.php GMT
[url=http://museium.net/testpoll.php]http:museium.net/testpoll.php[/url]]]> https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/805.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/805.php GMT https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1755.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1755.php GMT https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1772.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1772.php GMT ]]> https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1878.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1878.php GMT https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1888.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1888.php GMT
I'm having some problems though..and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong (aside from perhaps trying to do this instead of sleeping like I should be :) ... One problem I'm having is with the colors for the results bars. I am selecting colors, and making sure they don't match my background, but when I view the results, I just get an outline of the color bar but that's it...

Also, I have the "send comments" section turned off, but I still get a link for it, and it just pops the caution 'errors on page' when I try to click it. I'm trying to edit the templates, but it's filling up with errors when I try to do it. I don't know, probably just me needing sleep... I'm going to cruise for a few more posts then crash, but if there is any help available to me on these issues it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! :)]]> https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1925.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1925.php GMT
I just got Advanced Poll 2.0.2 I want it so that results for a poll will come up on the same page that the poll was on (just reloaded of course) not in it's own "page" (Just poll results come up after you vote).

I would glady use this piece of software if the above worked, and also, if I didn't have to rename my main page to a .php extension. See, I have a very easy layout. One page is actually made up of four pages: left.shtml (my left navigation bar) table.shtml (the starting of one table and the ending of another) xxx.shtml (xxx being the name of the actual page) and bottom.shtml (the footer of every page). As every page on my website referrs to left.shtml, you can see how annoying it would be for me to change it to left.php.

I tried putting the two pieces of php code in their own .php files, and using ssi to call them. No luck. The poll showed up on the page OK, but it didn't reload the page with the results like I wanted. Also, the cookies aren't working for me. I have cookies enabled my my machine, just to let you know.

Is anybody out there willing to help me? Getting this poll up would help my site out, as we just started about a month or so ago.

Thanks,

~Daniel Fischbach

http://www.gcuniverse.com
http://www.gcuniverse.com/boards]]> https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1932.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1932.php GMT
As for the results displaying on the same page ... that will likely depend on which options you chose in your setup of the poll questions. For mine, the results always pop on the same page - it's quite nice. The comments window is a pop-up (if you chose to send a comment) but I've found it nicely removes itself after you send the comment... really nice, in fact. :)

You can take a look at mine at [url]http://atlantis.betterbox.net[/url] if you're of the mind. Hope this post helps :)]]> https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1933.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1933.php GMT
[code]AllowOverride All
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .html[/code]

I tried it in an .htaccess file. It causes my site not to come up. I put the code in an exsisting .htaccess file, that has the following code in it:

(Comments included)

[code]ErrorDocument 404 /errors/notfound.shtml (Custom error page)
ErrorDocument 500 /errors/serverer.shtml (Custom error page)
ErrorDocument 403 /errors/forbidden.shtml (Custom error page)
DirectoryIndex index.shtml (I put this in so I don't have to make an index.html to redirect to the .shtml page)[/code]

[quote]As for the results displaying on the same page ... that will likely depend on which options you chose in your setup of the poll questions. [/quote]

Where are they? In the Settings, Templates, or the actual settings of the poll?

Thanks again.]]> https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1937.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1937.php GMT
I have a [b]PHP script[/b] on my site that searches records in a database, and [b]returns the results in an html page (because it generates its own).[/b] If Advanced Poll would work like that, everybody's life would be a lot easier.

I have just about given up on this poll. [b]Waldo[/b], if you have any more help for me, please, post in this topic.

If anybody can find a poll that is just like Advanced Poll, but works in SSI, pleas let me know.

[b]We should make a petition to get this company to work on this script more![/b]

Thanks everybody.]]> https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1938.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1938.php GMT
I wish I could be of more help. (and there was a different way to do the php in shtml part listed elsewhere in the posts, I remember seeing 2 different posts about it, with 2 different ways of doing it)

I think the thing to keep in mind is this is free software - which typically means "as is". You get what you pay for you know. :) I could be wrong, but I'm going to go out on a limb here and say I think the coders leave bits and buggies in the free scripts intentionally... either in hopes of co-ercing people into paying for code that is not so buggy and better supported, or perhaps, because they hope that it will encourage people to get to know their code a little better, and become more proficient at coding the language a bit themselves. I've known some talker coders that will give out their code, but the buggy versions...specifically to help others learn how to look at it and figure things out on their own...and they don't even sell a bug-free version as it is.

I'm enjoying the use of this polling software for the time being - perhaps a stroke of luck hit for me that it's doing what I want it to now without much effort. I didn't have to change anything to get it to post the results in the same page instead of a pop-up (that I can remember anyway).

Good luck with it, and with anything else you sink your teeth into! :)]]> https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1940.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1940.php GMT https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1941.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1941.php GMT
I dont want visitors vote again and again on a same computer...

I couldnt find how to run that system...

and when that poll is voted, visitors must be blocked from their IP.

how can I do this

thanks...]]> https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1946.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1946.php GMT
Please note: I have NOT tested this, as I'm fine and happy with the defaults I have. I did set IP Checking, but left the default 2 hours...and have noticed that generally speaking after I cast a vote, I can't do it again for at least a while (haven't really timed it). If someone else knows better, by all means, let us know :)]]> https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1952.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/1952.php GMT I'm having a Minor ?? problem with [color="blue"]embedding the script of a poll [/color]in my Frontpage website.

I learned that

[quote]Once you embed the syntax into your webpage, you need to save your page with the .php extension.
[/quote]

OK. But [b]HOW[/b]? With Frontpage I can save my page only with the following extensions:

.css; htt; asp; html ;

[color="red"]HOW CAN I SAVE A PAGE WITH A .PHP extension? [/color]]]> https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/2032.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/2032.php GMT
As far as saving as .php .... basic basic basic file management. Most *normal* programs will let you simply do a 'file/save as' and if you don't have a .php already listed, there should be a 'all files' listed, where you can just type .php after your filename. If that doesn't work out, you can always just find the file on your drive, right click, select "rename" and then just change the .html to .php and hit enter.

Have a happy day! (and please, for the love of web design, stop using FrontPage!)

- Waldo -]]> https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/2062.php https://proxy2.de/forum/posts/preList/259/2062.php GMT