been trying to find a free web poll script

sinjin · Apr 8, 2003, 02:55 AM

that holds the user from voting only once. any ideas?

Matth · Apr 8, 2003, 05:32 PM

Virtually impossible to be foolproof, I would think.

For forum polls, voting rules can probably be enforced by the forum software.

For an "open" poll, a (breakable) solution is to require and use cookies, though any client-side tool the forces SESSION cookies could subvert that!

One per IP would NOT work, due to ISP proxies.

Jeff · Apr 9, 2003, 02:01 AM

you can limit to one IP within a period of 60 minutes or something, and also set a client cookie.

UberLord · Apr 27, 2003, 03:49 PM

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Originally posted by sinjin
that holds the user from voting only once. any ideas?

Something like the poll script I wrote for our main page?

Adagio · Apr 27, 2003, 04:01 PM

Try the Poll script from http://www.proxy2.de/ ... it's really nice (PHP and MySQL ist required).

UberLord · Apr 27, 2003, 04:47 PM

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Originally posted by Adagio
Try the Poll script from http://www.proxy2.de/ ... it's really nice (PHP and MySQL ist required).

Why is a database needed for a basic polling script? LOL
Sometimes DB's are used where flat files should be.

Jeff · Apr 27, 2003, 10:01 PM

Yeah, I see no need for a DB at all with just a simple poll script.

Adagio · Apr 27, 2003, 11:55 PM

It is simple to use, but has many powerful features (Logging, user comments to polls, archive etc.).

UberLord · Apr 28, 2003, 01:11 AM

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Originally posted by Adagio
It is simple to use, but has many powerful features (Logging, user comments to polls, archive etc.).

You can achieve all that with flat files.

In fact with properly structured objects you could write an entire forum using PHP without any database as it's internal data serialisation is very fast and poweful. The only thing that would be challenging would be search functions.

Apr 8, 2003, 02:55 AM	#1
sinjin the last samurai Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 1,086 Rep Power: 0	been trying to find a free web poll script that holds the user from voting only once. any ideas? __________________

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Jeff Yarr... I be blind! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 3,191 Rep Power: 80	you can limit to one IP within a period of 60 minutes or something, and also set a client cookie. __________________

Apr 27, 2003, 04:01 PM	#5
Adagio DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 70 Rep Power: 0	Try the Poll script from http://www.proxy2.de/ ... it's really nice (PHP and MySQL ist required). __________________ My software never has bugs. It just develops random features. ° Adagios hard- and softwareconfiguration ° 3DFusion - All news around ATi, Matrox, nVidia and more!

Apr 27, 2003, 10:01 PM	#7
Jeff Yarr... I be blind! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 3,191 Rep Power: 80	Yeah, I see no need for a DB at all with just a simple poll script. __________________

Apr 27, 2003, 11:55 PM	#8
Adagio DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 70 Rep Power: 0	It is simple to use, but has many powerful features (Logging, user comments to polls, archive etc.). __________________ My software never has bugs. It just develops random features. ° Adagios hard- and softwareconfiguration ° 3DFusion - All news around ATi, Matrox, nVidia and more!

Apr 8, 2003, 05:32 PM	#2
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	Virtually impossible to be foolproof, I would think. For forum polls, voting rules can probably be enforced by the forum software. For an "open" poll, a (breakable) solution is to require and use cookies, though any client-side tool the forces SESSION cookies could subvert that! One per IP would NOT work, due to ISP proxies.