poll display in block on frontpage

[Lesmond]

Just a side note here, guest can vote with SMF 2.0 RC1-1 if the option is set, but TP is not ready has yet for smf 2.0

[den15b]

That's great news Lesmondâ„¢, I want to be able to allow guests to vote, & I am not really concerned if people vote more than once, after all, it's just for fun, but I have noticed that a site I frequent does have a front page poll that guests are allowed to vote on, it seems that when you vote as a guest & leave the site, apon returning the site has remembered you & will not allow you to vote again, however, I have worked out that if you delete your cookies, you can vote again, so obviously the poll vote uses the cookies to remember who you are, do you think that SMF2.0 or TP has/will implement this?

BTW, the block code snippet that ZarPrime linked me to is working great on my site, you bunch are really helpful & friendly around here, thankyou

Regards Denis

[edit] fix typos

[WillyP]

Thanks for this code, I have it up and running at PlanetDescent.net. Only one thing, I have the Poll set to view poll results only after voting, but I can view the poll results by logging out. ie, Guests can view results. Ideally, I would like guests to see the options, along with a message directing them to login or register to vote and view results.  It seems a little odd to view the results, then login and be told to vote before viewing the results... 

[JPDeni]

Then don't allow guests to view the block at all. You can create a "guest-only" block that says something like "If you would like to vote in polls, you must log in first."

[WillyP]

Thanks for the quick reply!

If there's no way to let guests see the options but not vote, then I will let everyone see the results before voting, so at least it's consistent. It's just for fun anyway... 

[JPDeni]

You can change the code if you want. If you're using the tp_showPoll function,

before

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else
{
echo '
<table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" class="ssi_table">
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="smalltext"><a href="', $boardurl, '/index.php?topic=', $return['topic'], '"><b>', $return['question'], '</b></a></td>
</tr>';


add

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elseif ($user_info['is_guest'])
{
<table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" class="ssi_table">
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="smalltext"><a href="', $boardurl, '/index.php?topic=', $return['topic'], '"><b>', $return['question'], '</b></a></td>
</tr>';
foreach ($return['options'] as $option)
echo '
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" style="font-style: italic" class="smalltext">', $option['option'], '</td>
</tr>';
echo '
</table>
If you would like to vote in this poll, please <a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=login">login</a> or <a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=register">register</a>.';
}


Also, change

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global $context;


to

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global $context, $scripturl;


[WillyP]

If you're using the tp_showPoll function,

OOPS, sorry, I posted in the wrong thread. I am using the code in a thread Zarprime linked to on page 2 of this thread.

[JPDeni]

That would be the tp_showPoll function. That's where I got the code, too.

[WillyP]

Ok... well, I tried your code above anyway and I got an empty block. I'll try again, maybe tomorrow. :up: I probably copied something wrong...

[JPDeni]

If you still have problems, post your code so I can see what's wrong.