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Quiz & Surveys Show All Developer's Extensions
Mad Blanks ComponentcomponentModulemodule
Rating
7 votes
Developer:Chris Hallett Version:1.1.0 RC1 (Updated 57 days ago)
E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Compatibility:Compatible with Joomla! 1.5 LegacyCompatible with Joomla! 1.0
Views: 16,709 License:GPLv2.0
Favoured:
11
Type:Non-Commercial
Date Added:Dec 5, 2006
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Collect, store, and display form input (or just store and display admin input--see below). Give quizzes or surveys and respond to what the user entered with powerful and flexible Score Scripts. (Selected examples: Display confirmation of what the user entered right after s/he does it; for quizzes, show percentage correct, points earned per response, points earned per question, total points, loop through each question and show if it was correct or not [and give correct answer]; use conditional operators; send highly configurable email; more features too.) Textarea, radio buttons, checkboxes, pulldown menus, and multiple choice menus can be used. The original purpose for this versatile component was to have users fill in Mad Libs, and this can still be done as well as implementing quotations with authors and additional fields (example: a mini-biography of the quoted person). Linkable quotes, food orders, and reviews are possible--anything involving a fill in the blanks scenario in which you or your users fill in the blanks and you surround the blanks with configurable HTML and/or text, all with CSS formatting. It is analogous to a database used to fill in form letters. You could do all above mentioned things at once by using multiple categories.

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Tons of features by rbracewell, August 9, 2008
The author has added tons of customization options, or you can just plug and play. I was looking for a survey and quiz option for my family site. I was impresses the author included both abilities in one program.

The only improvement I would recommend is having the component display in the main menu with a list of all surveys without the use of a module or custom links.

Thanks to the author,


It would be nice but ... by cantthinkofanickname, July 24, 2008
This seems to be the cheapest quiz extension for Joomla! the others being overpriced for me. For some time the download site has been down. If anyone could make a copy available that would be great. Then I could evaluate it some more.


Wonderful Extension by gnts, July 9, 2008
I have tried and used a number of extensions over the past 3 years that I have been using Joomla!... but I have not seen something that does everything it claims to do... AND MORE.

The extension downloaded and installed like a charm. I used it to create an interactive online quiz, and with fantastic support from the Developer, the final product is wonderful!

For anyone that wants to run a quiz or test of their site...this is the REAL DEAL.


Gees. Lots in there . nice by nooblarama, June 20, 2008
Free quiz. yay!!!
Nice work Chris.


Excellent by harvest, May 31, 2008
As a new user to Joomla less than 3 weeks this component appeared daunting but I went on to the Madblanks site a found a simple how to guide.

I am now using it on our Intranet and am teaching other users how to go about it


Superb component by gregII, May 2, 2008
The component (ver. 1.1.0 Beta 3) is very easy to install. Once it is installed you have to devote half an hour to understand its logic, go through the demos and manuals provided at the project homepage, but it is worth to do it!

First look may suggest to someone that it is "user-unfriendly". But later you realise that this is the way to do a good a flexible, professional quiz module. I see no alternative for this component among *free* quiz modules. Many thanks for this great work. I hope he will continue support this project.


Excellent Component by raxitha, February 5, 2008
I was looking for a quiz component and just came across this and tried it and wow!!! it works beautifully and Chris reponds very fast to all your queries....also has a nice tutorial setup to help you to create quiz. Thanks a lot for creating this wonderful component. I just love it.


pretty complicated by day, November 5, 2007
very very user-unfriendly.


Owner's reply:
As the author of Mad Blanks, I do recognize that it can be daunting to set up for some users. There are a lot of options because it can do a lot of things. Please, please, please use the forum on the Mad Blanks website to ask for help doing what you want to do, or to find out if it is possible with this extension. I have made numerous small custom changes to make things possible for Mad Blanks users. I need your questions and feedback so I know what the sticking points are to help make this a better extension. I am planning a wizard of some sort to help make categories and quizzes easier to create in a future release.