Author
» Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan

EMail:
»

Website:
» http://www.lesterchan.net/

Demo:
» http://www.lesterchan.net/blogs

Documentation:
» http://dev.wp-plugins.org/wiki/wp-polls

Development:
» http://dev.wp-plugins.org/browser/wp-polls/

Support Forums:
» http://forums.lesterchan.net/viewforum.php?f=7

Updated:
» 8th June 2006

Note:
» I have changed some of WP-Polls's structure to accommodate AJAX, So if there is any bug, please contact me immediately.

• Version 2.11 (08-06-2006)
  • NEW: You Can Now Place The Poll On The Sidebar As A Widget
  • NEW: Moved wp-polls.php To wp-content/plugins/polls/ Folder
  • FIXED: AJAX Not Working In Opera Browser
  • FIXED: Poll Not Working On Physical Pages That Is Integrated Into WordPress
• Version 2.1 (01-06-2006)
  • NEW: Poll Is Now Using AJAX
  • NEW: Ability To Close/Open Poll
  • NEW: Added Poll Option For Logging Method
  • NEW: Added Poll Option For Who Can Vote
  • NEW: Added Poll Results Footer Template Variable (Used When User Click "View Results")
  • NEW: Added The Ability To Delete All Poll Logs Or Logs From A Specific Poll
  • NEW: Poll Administration Panel And The Code That WP-Polls Generated Is XHTML 1.0 Transitional
• Version 2.06b (26-04-2006)
  • FIXED: Bug In vote_poll();
• Version 2.06a (02-04-2006)
  • FIXED: Random Poll Not Working Correctly
• Version 2.06 (01-04-2006)
  • NEW: Poll Bar Is Slightly Nicer
  • NEW: Got Rid Of Tables, Now Using List
  • NEW: Added In Most Voted And Least Voted Answer/Votes/Percentage For Individual Poll As Template Variables
  • NEW: Display Random Poll Option Under Poll -> Poll Options -> Current Poll
  • FIXED: Totally Removed Tables In wp-polls.php
• Version 2.05 (01-03-2006)
  • NEW: Improved On 'manage_polls' Capabilities
  • NEW: Neater Structure
  • NEW: No More Install/Upgrade File, It Will Install/Upgrade When You Activate The Plugin
  • NEW: Added Poll Stats Function
• Version 2.04 (01-02-2006)
  • NEW: Added 'manage_polls' Capabilities To Administrator Role
  • NEW: [poll=POLL_ID] Tag To Insert Poll Into A Post
  • NEW: Ability To Edit Poll's Timestamp
  • NEW: Ability To Edit Individual Poll's Answer Votes
  • NEW: %POLL_RESULT_URL% To Display Poll's Result URL
  • FIXED: Cannot Sent Header Error
• Version 2.03 (01-01-2006)
  • NEW: Compatible With WordPress 2.0 Only
  • NEW: Poll Administration Menu Added Automatically Upon Activating The Plugin
  • NEW: Removed Add Poll Link From The Administration Menu
  • NEW: GPL License Added
  • NEW: Page Title Added To wp-polls.php
• Version 2.02a (17-11-2005)
  • FIXED: poll-install.php And poll-upgrade.php will Now Be Installed/Upgraded To 2.02 Instead Of 2.01
• Version 2.02 (05-11-2005)
  • FIXED: Showing 0 Vote On Poll Edit Page
  • FIXED: Null Vote Being Counted As A Vote
  • FIXED: Auto Loading Of Poll Option: Polls Per Page In Poll Archive Page Is Now "No"
  • NEW: Host Column In Poll IP Table To Prevent Network Lagging When Resolving IP
  • NEW: New Poll Error Template
• Version 2.01 (25-10-2005)
  • FIXED: Upgrade Script To Insert Lastest Poll ID Of User's Current Polls, Instead Of Poll ID 1
  • FIXED: Replace All <?= With <?php
  • FIXED: Added addalshes() To $pollip_user
  • FIXED: Better Localization Support (80% Done, Will Leave It In The Mean Time)
• Version 2.0 (20-10-2005)
  • NEW: IP Logging
  • NEW: Poll Options: Sorting Of Answers In Voting Form
  • NEW: Poll Options: Sorting Of Answers In Results View
  • NEW: Poll Options: Number Of Polls Per Page In Poll Archive
  • NEW: Poll Options: Choose Poll To Display On Index Page
  • NEW: Poll Options: Able To Disable Poll With Custom Message
  • NEW: Poll Options: Poll Templates
  • NEW: Display User's Voted Choice
  • FIXED: Better Install/Upgrade Script

1. Open wp-content/plugins Folder
2. Put:

   Folder: polls

3. Activate WP-Polls Plugin
4. Refer To Usage For Further Instructions

1. Deactivate WP-Polls Plugin
2. Open wp-content/plugins Folder
3. Overwrite:

   Folder: polls

4. Open Root WordPress Folder
5. Delete file if exists:

   File: wp-polls.php

6. Activate WP-Polls Plugin
7. Go to 'WP-Admin -> Polls -> Polls Options' and restore all the template variables to Default

1. Deactivate WP-Polls Plugin
2. Delete these file if exists:

   wp-content/plugins/polls.php
   wp-admin/polls-options.php
   wp-admin/polls-manager.php
   wp-includes/images/pollbar.gif
   wp-polls.php

3. Open wp-content/plugins Folder
4. Put:

   Folder: polls

5. Activate WP-Polls Plugin
6. Go to 'WP-Admin -> Polls -> Polls Options' and restore all the template variables to Default
7. Refer To Usage For Further Instructions

1. Open wp-content/themes/<YOUR THEME NAME>/sidebar.php
2. Add:

   <?php if (function_exists('vote_poll') && basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) != 'wp-polls.php'): ?>
   <li>
      <h2>Polls</h2>
      <ul>
         <li><?php get_poll();?></li>
         <li><a href="<?php echo get_settings('siteurl'); ?>/wp-content/plugins/polls/wp-polls.php">Polls Archive</a></li>
      </ul>
   </li>
   <?php endif; ?>

   To show specific poll, use <?php get_poll(<ID>);?> where <ID> is your poll id.

   To embed a specific poll in your post, use [poll=<ID>] where <ID> is your poll id.

3. Tutorial On How To Integrate wp-polls.php With Your Theme:

   http://www.lesterchan.net/wordpress/tutorials/integrating/

4. Note: In IE, some of the poll's text may appear jagged (this is normal in IE). To solve this issue,
   1. Open poll-css.css
   2. Find:

      /* background-color: #ffffff; */

   3. Replace:

      background-color: #ffffff;

      Where #ffffff should be your background color for the poll.

• To Display Total Polls
• Use:

  <?php if (function_exists('get_pollquestions')): ?>
     <?php get_pollquestions(); ?>
  <?php endif; ?>

• To Display Total Poll Answers
• Use:

  <?php if (function_exists('get_pollanswers')): ?>
     <?php get_pollanswers(); ?>
  <?php endif; ?>

• To Display Total Poll Votes
• Use:

  <?php if (function_exists('get_pollvotes')): ?>
     <?php get_pollvotes(); ?>
  <?php endif; ?>