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| October 5, 2008, 10:02 am, *Andrew wrote: | |
| an other box where they can enter there own awnser | |
| September 3, 2008, 7:42 am, *naan wrote: | |
| Hi,
I would need to insert an expiring date to my polls, is it possible in some way? thanks in advance for your answer naan | |
| April 15, 2008, 8:48 pm, *anonymous wrote: | |
| I have a freedom uni keyboard and a blackberry 8120smartphone i have followed instructions but its asking for registration code not the 0000 unlock code already input any help please | |
| March 7, 2008, 4:08 pm, admin wrote: | |
| Yep. Thanks. Fixed it. | |
| March 7, 2008, 4:04 pm, *anonymous wrote: | |
| There seems to be a typo in the second sentence. Did you mean to say, "are you sure you want to see the results now"?
This is how it reads now below: "You seem to have not voted yet. Are you sure to see the results?" | |
| March 3, 2008, 7:02 pm, admin wrote: | |
| You can use http://www.yourfreepoll.com/top_polls.php or make a request site:yourfreepoll.com to google.
Other than that I cannot help you. | |
| March 3, 2008, 6:57 pm, *Leo Foley wrote: | |
| Hi
I'm conducting a Georgist course in Hobart, Tasmania. It is 10 weeks, 1 hour per week, under the banner of "University of the Third Age". If its OK, would like to use some of your questions from your polls to stimulate discussion. Do you have an archive I can access? Or can you email me a few polls to choose a few questions? I can be contacted at: foleo55@gmail.com Thanks | |
| October 30, 2007, 8:53 am, admin wrote: | |
| All the polls here are user-created. This service has nothing to do with the contents of the polls. | |
| October 30, 2007, 8:44 am, *anonymous wrote: | |
| The poll about who you would vote for does not contain Dennis Kucinich. | |
| September 24, 2007, 10:19 am, admin wrote: | |
| I have added the "voters" count to the "multiselect" polls. It will, indeed, work only in newly created polls. Voters count is shown as a separate line below the "total votes" result. For the single option polls it's the same as total votes, so it's not shown.
As for the poll editing - what is exactly that you require to edit? I honestly don't get it. If the poll was created with some errors, you can simply create a new one, forgetting the incorrect one. Letting people editing polls is just another oportunity to rig the results. I will not permit to edit the resuls, but if I let to edit the questions it will be still possible to rewrite them in a new wrong order. | |
| September 18, 2007, 3:00 pm, admin wrote: | |
| Cookies are too insecure for that purpose. Actually I'm pretty clear about how to make all of that you requesting, but I doubt it will be convenient for the users. Give me couple of days to think it over again. | |
| September 18, 2007, 2:45 pm, *anonymous wrote: | |
| Another infamous 'feature'. :)
I understand that the editing might require more work but would the vote count be something that could have a radio button perhaps for (count each vs count total)? I'm not a programmer but if you use session cookies or the like couldn't you allow edits w/o registration? (You've already got the cookie ability.) Keep up the good work. Cool site! | |
| September 9, 2007, 2:08 am, admin wrote: | |
| About votes count: as they say - it's not a bug, it's a feature.
Indeed, it's no problem to add poll editing and many other possibilities, but this will require user registration and this service was intended for quick and easy creation of simple polls. | |
| September 8, 2007, 10:31 pm, *anonymous wrote: | |
| Sorry to say this but your results are skewed.
Try this multiple choice question for starters. Name your favorite flavors of ice cream? Each selection counts as a 'vote' when one vote should really be a singular submital of the form. (e.g. Answering Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, is 1 vote NOT 3). Other than that, I think the polls are a neat idea. I'd suggest two changes. (1) add the ability to edit Pollls before voting begins - in case you make some typo etc... (2) multi question polls would be a nice addition too. Thanks. | |
| September 6, 2007, 9:31 am, *anonymous wrote: | |
| It is a shame. I know that the non-IT people won't persevere with trying again once theyve been told they're not human so can;t really use it as an option!
Thanks anyway, nice free tool! | |
| September 6, 2007, 9:19 am, admin wrote: | |
| There is a lot of people who turn that off and run bots to skyrocket the poll. I don't really understand why they do this, these polls do not show up in the top anyway, as they are not protected, but people still do this. When there is only one or two of them it's no problem. But they seem to forget about their bots and over time the amount of false hits grows up to enourmous numbers and the server (which is not weak at all) has it's limits anyway.
So we just had to put that image protection there to prevent stupid people from doing stupid things. It works. But the cost is your inconvenience. Regretably I could not think of another way to prevent that stupid behaviour. I'll try to think more. | |
| September 6, 2007, 9:05 am, *Naomi wrote: | |
| Trying to use it for a small company poll and it always thinks we're one user and won't record results. Shame as I was so excited by seeing I had the option to turn this feature off!! Even when I have this feature off it asks for image verification which quite often tells me I'm not a human being even when I believe I've put in the correct answers!
Naomi | |
| August 20, 2007, 6:23 pm, admin wrote: | |
| We've added the selection of colors to the poll creation form. Indeed it affects only our pages, if you copy the form code into your pages, it will still use your page styles.
Please report any bugs in case we screwed something up during this modification. P.S. BTW, for that guy who wanted a contact form - I've build the site http://www.contactmethod.com/ | |
| August 20, 2007, 3:33 pm, admin wrote: | |
| It's quite easy to add this functionality, but we were unsure what exactly should we do - to make a set of predefined templates to choose from or to make a color selection dropboxes. Since you have asked, we'll give it a try.
The gray was chosen as the most neutral color. | |
| August 20, 2007, 3:00 pm, *News Web editor wrote: | |
| First, I just want to say that this site is great! Polls are super simple to create and to post to our Web site, www.CNewsPubs.com/opinion.
Two quick suggestions (unless I'm just a dunce and can't figure it out) - it would be wonderful if poll creators could select the color and font of the poll's text for display on our Web sites. I've tried altering the HTML code on the Web site to change the color, but it won't change. It looks like a pewter gray and I'd prefer black. It would be nice if there were an option we could select while creating the poll to set the font and color, rather than have to wrestle with it on the Web site the poll would be posted on. Thanks for the consideration, D. Carson Community News Publications Tampa, FL | |
| August 17, 2007, 11:29 pm, admin wrote: | |
| It all depend on a protection level the creator of the poll has chosen. | |
| August 17, 2007, 2:11 pm, *anonymous wrote: | |
| The site is not granting permission for me to vote even though I've been voting previously. ALl of sudden it wont let me vote. | |
| August 10, 2007, 11:50 am, admin wrote: | |
| As you do not have to register when you create the poll, there is no way for you to alter it's settings after it was created. However I can do this for you and I have done it. There are several other protections based on IP stats, that may affect your voters. Usually they are not a problem, unless your entire audience is from the same place like a school, university or some other establishment. | |
| August 10, 2007, 11:39 am, *Jay wrote: | |
| Dear Admin,
I have created this poll at: http://www.yourfreepoll.com/qqyxhfunsp.html But many members who vote are saying the the site says that they have already voted. Can I go back to the settings and clear the "Count each IP only once" selection? Or is there a way to overcome this? Greatly appreciate your help, as this is urgent. Thanks Jay | |
| August 5, 2007, 5:35 pm, *anonimous wrote: | |
| Often the LINK is the problem! Leave the link in but also include an address that can be copied and pasted into a browser.
Thanks, Frank. | |
| August 5, 2007, 4:31 pm, admin wrote: | |
| And please, adress all your further questions about this guestbook service into http://www.sf-gb.com/support/ section. This page is dedicated to "Your Free Poll" service. | |
| August 5, 2007, 4:29 pm, admin wrote: | |
| "the following tags are supported" can be hidden in the Custmize menu - "Show Posting Tips" checkbox. Uncheck it and it won't be shown.
It's generally very rare that service providers monitor activity of the users that closelly as you think. Most of the data is gathered in order to analyse users activity on account of making the service more suited for their needs, preventing service interruptions (hacks, etc.) and better targeting of the advertizing. But definitelly not to police the users. It's not our function and it's not profitable. However there are common rules and laws that everyone should complain with. If you post something that is illegal - someone can report it. In this case we should oversee the issue and remove any illegal materials if there are trully such. And in this case any available data of the user who posted the materials MAY be transferred to proper authorities. Don't do anything illegal and no one will care about what you publish in internet. P.S. A swearing is not against any common law. | |
| August 5, 2007, 3:18 pm, *anonymous wrote: | |
| I ment no offense. I'm just wondering if I can trust you as a mailman, so to speak. hehe. | |
| August 5, 2007, 2:38 pm, *anonymous wrote: | |
| Well after all the searching I have done I am going to do it. I am going to use this forum service to stay in touch with freinds and family. I actually like the way the message box is at the top the more I think about it. Because then it is always at the top. Do you really need that side note stuff that says, "the following tags are supported" ect? Its a little cluttery. Hmmm. I mean does that have to be on the forum? People using a forum aren't nessisarily interested in image hosting or file sharing. The UBB code thing. Hmm. I don't think most know what a UBB code is. I know a forum is not the best solution. In the long run browzers and individual computers need more autonomy, no offense. But for now I would rather use a forum than email. It is much easier to create a new account if something goes wrong. It is much simpler. All messages are right in front of me instead of having to open them up. And I don't have to worr about a whole bunch of spam, at least as it stands. So my question is what is your policy concerning these forums? Are they generaly up to user discretion as to what content they contain? My veiw on policy would be that 'only' thus and such is 'not' allowed. That's the way I think such things should be structured. I think pornagraphy and swearing should be the 'only' things banned. So to get down to it what is your policy? Do you generaly read or not read other people's forums? | |
| July 25, 2007, 9:45 pm, *anonymous wrote: | |
| that last comment was just a political idea so you can just ignore it if you wish. | |
| July 25, 2007, 9:44 pm, *anonymous wrote: | |
| hey, why not give the people the power to impeache through a vote change! well I don't know. Just a thought. | |
| July 25, 2007, 9:43 pm, admin wrote: | |
| You can see the results on the vote page if you check "show results" box during the poll creation. Refreshing page without any redirect is possible, but this way the anticheat protection would not work. | |
| July 25, 2007, 9:42 pm, *anonymous wrote: | |
| one more thing about polls. You need to have a change vote option in case the person who voted actualy wants to change his vote. This is usualy for recording dynamicaly changing opinions. Even though an official or president gets voted in in our country, public opinion my change after the fact and an ordinary vote will not reflect that. | |
| July 25, 2007, 9:34 pm, *anonymous wrote: | |
| It would be nice to pick the exact colors of the bars as well as the size and the verticle space between them if that isn't already possible. | |
| July 25, 2007, 9:31 pm, *anonymous wrote: | |
| your polls need something lacking. Rather than having to go to a seperate page to veiw results I should be able to see the results emediately when I veiw the page that the vote button is on. I should be able to see those results change instantly as I select my opinion and push the vote botton and all on the same page. Its just cleaner and more fun to look at and interact with that way. And rather than actualy seeing the page refresh or needing to refresh it I should just see the change I made instantly. | |
| July 25, 2007, 4:59 pm, admin wrote: | |
| Cookies are user-side as well. You can store some information in them, but noone else will see it, except you. | |
| July 25, 2007, 4:53 pm, *anonymous wrote: | |
| by my page I ment my blog. Thanks for your help. | |
| July 25, 2007, 4:52 pm, *anonymous wrote: | |
| Is it possible to just use cookies instead of php? I'm wondering if there is a way to save info to my page on the server just using cookies.
I might try that before I resort to php. Goodness. Html to java script to php to mysql database language. I just hope there isn't some other language yet I need to know about. So like I said I'll try using cookies first. | |
| July 25, 2007, 4:10 pm, admin wrote: | |
| Actually I'm well aware of this and most of my sites have a protection like the one you describe. | |
| July 25, 2007, 4:04 pm, *anonymous wrote: | |
| Ide be glad to share one more idea with you concerning passwords. Time is security. Make it so that if the user gets the password wrong three times he must then wait one whole minut before he can try again. Why is this so important? Because there are hacker programs, probably used by some spammers, that go in and type all possible combinations at amazing speed until something works. It is called key logging and it is used by hackers to bypass password protection. So by adding that one minute delay you actualy add serveral hours if not days to the hackers attempt to get in. If the hacker had to go through 10000 possible combinations (and that is a generous number) that could mean that the hacker may need to go through this one minut wait up to 2000 or 3000 times before he gets in right? how long is 3000 minutes you ask? It is more than two days non stop!! the hacker would have to go on a fast!! | |
| July 25, 2007, 4:00 pm, admin wrote: | |
| Blog services usually do not allow users to run php, perl or any other server-side scripts. You cannot just insert php code into your blog pages - it will simply come out as a text of the script. You need to use hosting with php support (paid hostings always provide this, free - not always, but frequent). Using it is very easy - you just put a php sctipt into a file with .php extencion and upload it to the server (usually via FTP protocol). When you call the URL with that file name, server will recognize php and run it. However, usually php scripts use MySQL database, so MySQL also should be provided and configured properly. | |
| July 25, 2007, 3:45 pm, *anonymous wrote: | |
| ok I simply cannot resist asking the most useful question I have ever asked on this forum. How do I test to see if the blog service I am currently using can run php script? And how would I do this using well written php (i.e. php that the compiler will or would not say is badly formed)?
using googles blogger service I have successfully run java script and of course html but I have no clue if it allows php. I apologize for breaking my promise not to post again, but it is so hard to find an experienced programmer to talk to let alone somone who knows php. I have a gut feeling that php is the one missing link I need and then I will be all set. I really want my own server someday, but blogger has been very useful. | |
| July 25, 2007, 10:38 am, admin wrote: | |
| On a second thought I think I can use this idea. I doubt it will make any essential income or even any income at all, as it will barely be popular and probably hard to advertize, but it's very easy to make. Thanks for your thoughts. If you have any other ideas of useful services, feel free to write them here. I lack imagination and thus always value interesting ideas. | |
| July 25, 2007, 2:01 am, admin wrote: | |
| Seems I misunderstood you... This is a corrected reply.
You mean open post forms as a communication interface, either translated to guestbook-like stream visible only to an owner or sent to his hidden e-mail address. They are used by many sites, I use them as well, when I don't want to publish e-mail openly. You see, actually if it gets popular, spammers will invent methods to massivelly post into those forms, even if they are protected like this guestbook. No protection is absolute. It's always about the costs. This guestbook's protection is relativelly strong, but only because it worth more to penetrate it than the profit that can be achieved from this penetration. When it's about big money like from spam, I cannot think about protection that would be strong enough and in the same time not annoying for the normal people. Also, e-mail SPAM exist only due to a lazyness and incompetense of people (in this case - server administrators). It can be killed almost totally simply by setting up all mail servers correctly. That would be much more anti-spam strong than creating services like you suggest. Regretably this is never going to happen. People are often lazy and/or stupid. In a current situation admins who know how to set up servers correctly just have to make it not completelly according to the specs or else the mails from incorrectly setup mail servers will never get to the destination. There are just too many incorrectly setup servers, not 5% or 10%, we are talking about 40-50%. | |
| July 25, 2007, 12:57 am, *anonymous wrote: | |
| I have one more thing to say actualy. I believe that some people want an alernate to email. I would like to suggest to you the idea of creating private password protected guest books, especialy of the kind you have here. I'm going to predict that if you (1)advertise this idea well and (2)add the option of password protecting the guest book such that other veiwers would need to know the password that you will(3) turn ordinary online email into the dust of the past. I really believe forums will someday replace normal online mail. There are just some design issues that may need to be overcome. Please add this feature and you will not regret it. Add password protection such that anyone veiwing the forum page would need to know the password. You could of course display your adds on the password page. Let me know what you think.
Advantages: many more users of your site, destroy the age old email spam monster forever, eliminate the danger of email attachments, allow people to change their address so easily a spammer has no flicker of a chance, create more open communication amongst closenit groups of freinds. All this if you add that password functionality to an ordinary guest book like this one. If you do this, I will kiss yahoo mail goodbye and use your service instead. This time I promise this is the last message I will post. Please respond as soon as you can. | |
| July 24, 2007, 11:51 pm, admin wrote: | |
| Also, there is no any secret about the code you can see. It's all given on the "getcode" page. And honestly, the poll mechanism itself is so primitive that anyone with advanced programming knowledge can write it in 5-6 hours. So, no secrets here. What really can be a secret is an anticheat protection. Not a big secret either, if you have some statistics of cheat attempts, which you get over time anyway. But you cannot know how it works from the html view of the pages... | |
| July 24, 2007, 11:42 pm, admin wrote: | |
| Actually it says now on the "getcode" page that you are welcomed to modify the form code in any way you desire, if you understand what you are doing. But the results and submit page are still stored with the server - there is no way to make it different... Well, actually it's possible to redirect user to your pages where you show results with JS or parse them with your own php code from this site's pages, but it would leave this site without any income. Sorry, but it's free only because it can show ads... | |
| July 24, 2007, 11:39 pm, *anonymous wrote: | |
| The last three messages are all by me. Please. I am not trying to hack your site or anything. I would just prefere to have complete programing control over the look of the forum I want to put up. So what I want to know is if I can use the script I saw such that I am only relying on you for the php functionality that actual makes the text box work instead of doing nothing. This is the last message I will post for now as I have posted far to many here already. The last three messages and this fourth one were all by me. The person who posted at 8:07 pm, 8:15 pm and 8:17pm
is me. I'm not trying to do anything bad, honest. Its a well hidden secret, but anybody can open a browzer like firefox, click on view, and then click veiw page source. That shows the code of the page you are presently veiwing. iframes are a good way to discourage users from doing this, but there is hopefuly a better way. Please respond as soon as you can. Im not the kind that just takes advantage of bugs and loop holes. Thanks. | |
| July 24, 2007, 8:17 pm, *anonymous wrote: | |
| sorry. I accidently posted twice because I accidently hit the keyboard.
PS; If you want to keep the average user from seeing any of your code your should use iframes. I simply used a feature buitl into some browzers that allows users to see the highest level code of a web page. | |
| July 24, 2007, 8:07 pm, *anonymous wrote: | |
| I know about that special browzer feature that lets you veiw page code.
That said I saw the upper veiwable level of your forum code. I notice, as usual, that it depends on another script I can't see that is written in php. Would I would like to ask, as someone who already knows html and a little bit of java script, is if I can just take the code between and including the two form tags and just use that part so that I am rellying on your service soley for the actual form processing script? Doing this would allow me to completely customize the forum itself for my own purposes while I rellying on your service just to make it functional. Eventualy I will write my own php file. But for now I would like to do this. I notice that you have already done this with your poll service. Let me know. Thanks. | |
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