WMS Modell&Technik, Ing. Mag. (FH) Wolfgang Murth

This is our first released XOOPS module. It is an advancement of xoopspoll an is named umfrage and handles polls.

It is free available as an Open Source Project and is released under the GPL license.

Why a new module
The reason why we have chosen a new name is simple. At first this is no offical advancement of xoopspoll and secondly GibaPhp from Brasil has made a branch with version 1.23 ( October 2007). Any kind of own versioning would lead to a confusion between three different modules. So the decision was to create a new module name.

Why a german name for the module
Why not? This will differentiate this module from other polls modules.

Why new functions
During test of xoopspoll with the blind voting it was soon clear that the blind voting has to be implemented for each poll and not globally. In addition it was confusing, that many links and buttons will result in actions that the user may not allowed. this is when the user has already voted or has not the rights for that action. GibaPhp made an enhancement, to forbid the multiple voting from an IP address. This has not been implemented due to the fact that many users have dynamic IP's and that could lead into a situation where different users could have the same IP and will not be allowed for voting.

What are the new features?
Three different voting types
Normal voting, preliminary and final result always visible
Blind voting, preliminary and final result not visible
Blind voting, preliminary result not visible and final result visible
Only hyperlinks that result in an allowed action are visible
Only buttons that result in an allowed action are visible
Presentation of the block is changeable via CSS
#pollheader (Question of the poll)
.polleven (even rows of options)
.pollodd (odd rows of options )
.pollfooter (footer of the poll)
Text changes in the Block
When a poll is not over, the bottons and links to the current result are named "Current Standings"
When a poll is over, the bottons and links to current result are named "Final Result"
If the poll owner gets a mail at the end of the poll the final result is included in the mail.
The generation of the poll owner after the end of the poll is done when the summaries of the polls are shown.
Optional removal of polls at the end of the vote from the front block
When creating or editing polls, the title can be entered in a textarea
When creating or editing polls, the description is no longer mandatory
Reworking of the templates
End of poll can be shown in the front block