MO Poll: Main Page
1.5
Summary
Introduction to the MO Poll module
The MO Poll module was created to allow you to present a poll in link with the current node instead of the very last poll.
When no matches are found (i.e. unknown type of page or no matching poll for that page) the module can be setup to display the most recent or a random poll among all the still open polls.
At this time, the module reacts to nodes and taxonomy terms.
- Nodes
When you navigate to a node (node/#) that has a taxonomy attached to it and you have a poll that includes the same term or terms, then that poll is chosen. If multiple polls match, then the most recent is used.
Note that using URL aliases does not prevent this module from working.
Obviously, you will need to have the same taxonomy on the nodes and the polls that you want linked together.
- Taxonomy terms
Similarly, when you navigate to a taxonomy term (taxonomy/term/#) then the poll that has that term associated with it is chosen in the MO Poll block.
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Requirements
MO Poll has the following module dependencies:
- Taxonomy
- Poll
It is also required that you create at least one Taxonomy and that you assign the Poll and other nodes to that taxonomy. Then you want to select common terms in Polls and the other Nodes to make the polls appear along those nodes.
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Installation
Install MO Poll the same way as other modules: Go to your sites/all/modules folder and extract the tarball.
Then in your Drupal website, go to admin/build/modules and enable the MO Poll module. This generates a new block that you can add to your website.
You probably want to configure the block default settings in case the page being visited is neither a node nor a taxonomy term. In that case the block can react by showing a random poll, the most recent poll or nothing at all.
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Security with this module.
There are no known security issues with this module. The polls are shown as they would be by the Drupal Poll module.
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Errors generated by this module.
This module does not generate any errors. The settings are very limited and no validation is required.
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Changes between versions
- Version 1.2
Fixed the enable function so the SQL command uses curvely brackets.
Changed the weight from 5 to 1 which is sufficient.
Added module load calls to make sure that a throtled poll module is always loaded when used.
- Version 1.1
Fixed the Save function.
Fixed the SQL random function.
Fixed to properly support taxonomy terms.
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on Sat Mar 12 16:05:35 2011