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I havent a clue...Advance Poll

enchant — GMT

I installed the Advanced poll into my admin file manager through fantastico...The problem is I am not sure what what to put adn where to put everything...I am completely lost...I used the generator and the preview looked good...but after that...nothing I do works...can some one baby walk me through the steps Please?

amber222 — GMT

Copying this from another post:

[quote]You need to create a poll in your Poll Admin Panel and then put the [b]codes[/b] in whichever of your website's pages that you want to include a poll. If you want the poll to appear on your home page, add the codes to your index file.

Start that page with the [b]poll cookie code[/b]:
[list][code] /* Include this before your html code */
include "./poll_cookie.php";
?>[/code][/list]Just like it says, this code goes before the at the very beginning of your document.

Then wherever in the document that you want the poll to appear, you add the [b]poll code[/b]. You can get the poll code from your Poll Admin Panel by clicking on "Help". Example of a poll code:
[list][code] include_once "/home/username/public_html/poll/booth.php";
echo $php_poll->poll_process(x); // x = Poll ID
?>[/code][/list] In the poll code, change username to your cpanel username, and change x to the poll number. Admin Panel Help will also give you the code to display random polls or the latest poll. To use other templates, see the [url=http://proxy2.de/poll/demo_1.php][color="blue"]demos[/color][/url] and tweak the code to fit your site.

Save the file with a .php extension or search this forum if you want instructions for .html or .shtml.

Search this forum for instructions and you will find lots of posts. Use this search string: poll AND instructions[/quote]

See the sticky at the top of the forum, [url=http://proxy2.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4864][color="blue"]"How To Install Advanced Poll"[/color][/url] or read Auron's instructions:

Advanced Poll v2.02 -- Installation / Instructions..

[url]http://proxy2.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2067[/url]

[url]http://proxy2.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2203[/url]

enchant — GMT

I am sorry, but I DID read the sticky and the other suggestions..I just dont get it.... I dont know if I am over thinking it, or what...but I read them and get more confused...

amber222 — GMT

What is the page you want the poll to appear on? Some people put it on their index (home) page.

Edit the page you want the poll to appear on. Put the cookie code at the top of the page, and then put the poll code in the page at whatever place you want the poll to show up.

enchant — GMT

[quote="amber222"]What is the page you want the poll to appear on? Some people put it on their index (home) page.

Edit the page you want the poll to appear on. Put the cookie code at the top of the page, and then put the poll code in the page at whatever place you want the poll to show up.[/quote]

hello thanks for responding...

I think I had done that and it didn't work ...

I got the poll to work in my booth.php
http://www.theenchantedelement.com/booth.php

I am indeed trying to embed it into my homepage
http://www.theenchantedelement.com/

but I keep getting this snippet of loose coding

poll_process(5); ?>

Auron — GMT

Try changing the page extension to *.php

enchant — GMT

[quote="Auron"]Try changing the page extension to *.php[/quote]

ahhh thank you that did it....its amazing how simple it looks after the fact...much appreciated thank you

Auron — GMT

No problem, lots of people forget about PHP's file extension.
Although there are ways to overcome it--mainly .htaccess files.