How to feature a forum poll in TP?

[misjka]

Hi!
I wonder how to feature a single forum poll (or several single polls, or posts for that matter?) on the frontpage of TP?

[Rasyr]

If you pull up the ssi_examples.php file that is in the root of the forums, there are already several functions built that will display a poll.

However, these functions do not give you control over which poll to display, and they do not show the results of the poll once the user has voted.

I have already asked about being able to show polls on the front page as well.

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[misjka]

Thanks - great !

Well, what about

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<?php ssi_showPoll($topic); ?> that shows up on that page And how do I implement that code, if the correct one?, into a self made block?

[gerrymo]

To use the code you have, put it into a php block, but leave out the php tags.

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ssi_showPoll($topic);


[misjka]

Thanks, that seemed to work... but I only got the poll result, not the voting form itself (I haven't voted in that poll myself)... Instead of the $topic string I just wrote the number of the topic, ssi_showPoll(684.0);
that is... Right or wrong...?

[Rasyr]

Wow, I must of messed something up the other day when I was trying it.. hehe

I only ever saw the poll questions, never the results.

However, I just tried it again, and it works very well. Although, it did break the column format (I had the poll in the right hand column), so I changed a couple of things in the ssi.php file to shorten the results bar. Around line 950, you will find a line that reads:
$barWide = $bar == 0 ? 1 : floor(($bar * 5) / 3);
I changed it to:
$barWide = $bar == 0 ? 1 : floor(($bar * 5) / 6);

And down around line 1000, I changed

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<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><b>', $option['option'], '</b></td>
<td align="left">', $option['bar'], ' ', $option['votes'], '(', $option['percent'], '%)</td>
</tr>';


to

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<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><b>', $option['option'], '</b></td>
</tr><tr>
<td align="left">', $option['bar'], ' ', $option['votes'], '(', $option['percent'], '%)</td>
</tr>';


[misjka]

Do you mean you could see the question as well as the result from the poll??? Over here I only see the result... Do you have an url to give me to check what it looks like over yours, before I get into that hacking php business and probably screw things up ?

[Rasyr]

Yes, I saw the poll until I voted and then saw the results.

I did it on a test installation on a local machine, so I cannot give you a URL (I am waiting on ver 0.8 before installing it on a live site, as I am also planning on upgrading to 1.1 RC2 at the same time...).

However, I did take a few screen shots of it that I can show you. Also, as a suggestion, instead of changing the function itself, it might be a better idea to copy it, and paste that copy at the bottom of the file (before the ?> that closes the file), and then just give it a slightly different name, and then make the changes I suggested in the new function.

[misjka]

Sry, the attachments didn't work over here but I may go ahead with the code changes anyway . Thanks!

EDIT: Well, I still just see the result from the poll - even when I'm logged out  ... I wonder, may this be a 1.0.5 issue, or did I use the wrong code for that $topic argument to the function...

[misjka]

Sure, the code change worked allright  ! Thanks!
But, still 2 issues:

1) As before, I just can see the poll result 
2) The text font in the poll result is too big, overflooding the block.... Where may I change that (am using the default theme, btw)...?