pollXT
Version
2.00.x (last update on May 2, 2009)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
Favoured
86
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
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215317
Date Added
26 April 2007
* highly configurable polls:
o unlimited questions
o unlimited answers
o different types of answers (checkbox, radiobutton, ...)
o images for questions and/or answers
o mandatory questions
o single/multiple voting
o configurable intro and thank you texts
o restrict poll to registered users
o freetext entry (which optionally becomes a new option)
o ...
* highly configurable results display
o main window, module or separate window
o display results only after voting
o flexible style through stylesheets and configuration
o configurable ordering
o detailed statistics
o graphical display using JPGRAPH
o send results via email
* easy to use administration interface
o online upgrade
* Security
o IP-logging
o userid-logging
o Cookies
o email confirmation
plus much more...
The latest version (2.x) is fully AJAX based and available for Joomla 1.5 native.
This is the best "free" voting system for Joomla. Very flexible and easy to understand and lots of ways to show the poll results. The interface for entering survey question information is easy to follow, although a bit buggy. For instance, I can't create new survey question from scratch; I have to copy & edit existing ones. Other than that, pollXT works very well! Highly recommended.
First off: This Poll package removes the functionality of "Lag (elapsed time between votes)" from a poll. This means that although you may have a poll where multiple voting is allowed, a restriction or "lag" can't be configured into the poll. What this does is to allow multiple votes to happen one time after another without having to wait.
Having said that: Hold on to your keyboards. This is one package that does everything else with polls. Is it ultra refined and flawless? I am sure not. Being that it is the only alternative out there, and that it kicks some serious Joomla! butt, while running very nicely on a Unix machine, it is awsome, however.
Very little support. Crude in most cases, VERY EFFECTIVE. Allows for some serious creativity and data mining possibilities.
Thank you, Thank you. Thank you.
Having said that: Hold on to your keyboards. This is one package that does everything else with polls. Is it ultra refined and flawless? I am sure not. Being that it is the only alternative out there, and that it kicks some serious Joomla! butt, while running very nicely on a Unix machine, it is awsome, however.
Very little support. Crude in most cases, VERY EFFECTIVE. Allows for some serious creativity and data mining possibilities.
Thank you, Thank you. Thank you.
PollXT is a great extension. Major feature for me is the multiple response via check boxes or multiple select. Result display is adequate and clean. ***Important*** any problems not addressed in the community resources are handled by the developer, Oli, very quickly.
When the next version allows a max number of selections on multiple response questions, this will be an EXCELLENT extension.
When the next version allows a max number of selections on multiple response questions, this will be an EXCELLENT extension.
Why aren't you using this com/mod/bot yet?
It's great and the install went quick and smooth and it does nearly everything we wanted. The things it doesn't do in 1.22 that we need it will do in 1.30 so we are very much looking forward to the update.
Get rid of the plain old stock polls and get this magnificently simple-to-use and easy-to-install pack.
Though installing 5 pieces separately could be combined one day I hope.
It's great and the install went quick and smooth and it does nearly everything we wanted. The things it doesn't do in 1.22 that we need it will do in 1.30 so we are very much looking forward to the update.
Get rid of the plain old stock polls and get this magnificently simple-to-use and easy-to-install pack.
Though installing 5 pieces separately could be combined one day I hope.
admin side of script is so slow that it takes almost 40/60 seconds to just download the main config page. same thing after every new question added.
you cannot delete a question after you've added it, just unpublish it.
some code errors and the hanging of the browser at every click in the admin side.
the support forum is completely unuseful.
20 threads, some of them 15 days old and only 3 threads answered.
you don't want to download this!
you cannot delete a question after you've added it, just unpublish it.
some code errors and the hanging of the browser at every click in the admin side.
the support forum is completely unuseful.
20 threads, some of them 15 days old and only 3 threads answered.
you don't want to download this!
It is a nice thought.. but i have read all info.. and the users guid on the other website link to the main website..
am haveing a major prob.. when i try to click and vote, using ie 6 ie7 and firefox.. the browser locks and get an error a script is running.. i tried to search the forum but have to enter a security code each time i search..which is silly..its not like you have thousands of posts..and are getting a server overload.. i have installed this mod on 2 diff servers.. thinking it was server related.. it locks up the browsers with a java script error.. i saw one post about this issue on your forum ..but it was never replied to.. so i will have to go with another voting system.. I wish it would work..i really soent 3 days trying to get it going..re-reading all info available..but ending up with the same prob.. my reg joomla polls work and function fine..im using the latest joomla..and your lates mods.. sorry i have to give it a low rating
am haveing a major prob.. when i try to click and vote, using ie 6 ie7 and firefox.. the browser locks and get an error a script is running.. i tried to search the forum but have to enter a security code each time i search..which is silly..its not like you have thousands of posts..and are getting a server overload.. i have installed this mod on 2 diff servers.. thinking it was server related.. it locks up the browsers with a java script error.. i saw one post about this issue on your forum ..but it was never replied to.. so i will have to go with another voting system.. I wish it would work..i really soent 3 days trying to get it going..re-reading all info available..but ending up with the same prob.. my reg joomla polls work and function fine..im using the latest joomla..and your lates mods.. sorry i have to give it a low rating
I thought this was going to be a minor extension of the standard polls component (which quite frankly is useless) but it's not! It's a features-rich component allowing to you run and manage a complete voting system. Many options available, I really like the fact that you can set the start and end time of the polls. You can check for uniqueness by user name, IP address and/or cookies too.
There literally isn't (to the best of my knowledge) a component out there that even attempts to do the same thing.
It's a shame the email authentication is only for registered users who are logged in as an email verification system would be perfect for me, then you could run a "one vote per email address per poll" system.
There literally isn't (to the best of my knowledge) a component out there that even attempts to do the same thing.
It's a shame the email authentication is only for registered users who are logged in as an email verification system would be perfect for me, then you could run a "one vote per email address per poll" system.
PollXT outperforms the default Joomla polls toy by far and seems to have no serious competitor in this area.
However, it might need some serious recoding, as it keeps on freezing Firefox 2.0.0.3 after a while. I can hardly finish even the simplest task without a hang.
It is in deed feature rich, but at this stage it requires loads of patience to work with.
However, it might need some serious recoding, as it keeps on freezing Firefox 2.0.0.3 after a while. I can hardly finish even the simplest task without a hang.
It is in deed feature rich, but at this stage it requires loads of patience to work with.
This is a smashing utility. It does exactly what it says –and more- straight out of the box and into a new Joomla 1.0.12 site.
One of the most interesting features is having a number of questions with their respective answers underneath all on the same poll module.
You can see much thought has gone into this to make it something that gives Joomla users all the things they had on their ‘poll’ wish list.
I highly recommend it.
It works well in Firefox and almost as well in IE although if you have the results set to ‘popup’ they have to be prompted by using the results button.
PollXT also seems to be working well with the other components I have installed.
You will need to download all the three files and install each one separately. In my case that was straightforward and error free.
There is also the option of another module to display a list of links to all the polls on your site.
Bottom line – this seems to be a very mature and well thought out set of tools and as such is well worthy of being part of the core installation.
One of the most interesting features is having a number of questions with their respective answers underneath all on the same poll module.
You can see much thought has gone into this to make it something that gives Joomla users all the things they had on their ‘poll’ wish list.
I highly recommend it.
It works well in Firefox and almost as well in IE although if you have the results set to ‘popup’ they have to be prompted by using the results button.
PollXT also seems to be working well with the other components I have installed.
You will need to download all the three files and install each one separately. In my case that was straightforward and error free.
There is also the option of another module to display a list of links to all the polls on your site.
Bottom line – this seems to be a very mature and well thought out set of tools and as such is well worthy of being part of the core installation.
Hey! I love the functionality of this extension, it shows great promise and will be very useful to my organization as we do onine polling often. A couple bugs I've run into though:
1. I cannot create a new poll and have it display in the component on the frontend. If I copy the sample poll then it will work, but polls I create from scratch don't display.
2. the General configuration settings don't update. When I make edits and press "save" it reverts to its default state.
I am using Mac OSX with the latest Safari Browser. I understand that this is new software so I will be generous with my overall review...Good Job!
1. I cannot create a new poll and have it display in the component on the frontend. If I copy the sample poll then it will work, but polls I create from scratch don't display.
2. the General configuration settings don't update. When I make edits and press "save" it reverts to its default state.
I am using Mac OSX with the latest Safari Browser. I understand that this is new software so I will be generous with my overall review...Good Job!
Owner's reply
If you post your problems in the forum on http://www.JoomlaXT.com I'll probably be able to help.
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