[NEW PLUGIN] Democracy AJAX Poll

  • Ia€?m announcing my second ever WordPress plugin, Democracy. Democracy adds polling functionality to your WordPress blog. It grew out of frustration with the only other WordPress polling option, WP-poll. It didna€?t have valid markup, it was clunky, and it required one heck of an installation process. So I decided to create my own, using WP-poll as a reference. This plugin uses AJAX for quick sending and loading of poll data, although it doesna€?t depend on javascript to function, like my other plugin. It is fully functional in non-javascript environments, meaning it will work in ALL browsers. The AJAX part is tested to work in Safari, Opera, Firefox, and IE6/Win. The poll is in my sidebar, so go ahead and see for yourself.

    For more information and the download: https://blog.jalenack.com/archives/democracy/

    It also has a full-featured admin panel, which allows one to manage their polls. You can activate, edit, delete, and add new polls from the admin panel. It is also harder to ballot-stuff than WP-poll. It uses cookies as well as IP logging to prevent users from working spamming the ballot box.

    And Installation is a piece of cake. Just upload it to your server, activate it, and place a template tag in your theme where you want the poll to appear.

    Note, this version is Alpha. However, ita€?s been thoroughly tested by around 10 people without problems, so ita€?s nothing like my shoutbox plugin that was so terrible in the early days. Please report any errors you encounter with it in the comments below. If you like it, saying thank you is all I ask.

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  • Great plugin. Though I don’t know if this is possible.

    Currently, the only type of poll I see available is a radio button type. You can only choose one answer.
    I’d love the ability to have a different kind of poll and be able to choose which type I want to use.
    Something like a check box where more then one answer can be chosen.

    Looking foward to further releases of this, as it is much better then the external polling options available.

    Thread Starter jalenack

    (@jalenack)

    Vryce,

    I might just do that. Sounds like a good option. I won’t promise it, but I think I would use that feature. Cool idea

    i think another good idea (but will take alot more work i think) is to have an “other” option with a type in

    Thread Starter jalenack

    (@jalenack)

    Huh? Are you talking about the “allow users to add their own answers” option?

    That would be a horrid option if you ask me. Anyway, jalenack, thanks for this plugin!

    richschmidt,

    AFAIK you can have two polls active at the same time..you just have to specify the poll id number in the code. And don’t be confused by the plug in’s admin page that lists one of them as “deactivated”.

    I have two running right now on my site:
    https://bikeportland.org/polls/

    Is it possible to add graphical bars next to the percentages and to define one color for those bars?

    I see most poll results with bars.

    Thanks!

    Thread Starter jalenack

    (@jalenack)

    Just updated to version 1.2: https://blog.jalenack.com/archives/democracy/

    Enjoy

    Thanks for adding those graphical bars. I’ve sucessfully activated and configured the plug-in. How do I get it to show up in the sidebar? I also posted the question on your blog. Thanks!

    Apologies, I got it. I forgot to add the template tag.

    Now if someone could invent a good print plugin with a simple installation to both print blog posts and print single pages that would be amazing. ?? *hint Hint*

    Thanks for the great work on the poll plugin.

    Just installed the plugin this minute. My first vote in! And I can’t even program.

    Now I just have to play around with the styles a bit (I’m using Equix) and it should be Woo-hoo.

    Thanks! (Two thumbs)

    Can images be used in place of text for this poll plugin? I want to have a contest that requires user-submitted images that people can vote on.

    Thanks!

    Thread Starter jalenack

    (@jalenack)

    intricate artist, yes you can. You may use any HTML you like. Sorry for the super delayed response

    Nice plugin, I will give it a try.

    excellent plugin and quite easy installtion too thanks!

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