[Module/Snippet] Polls Module and Snippets

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  MARKSVIRTUALDESK Reply #31, 20 years, 8 months ago

  Garry, great work with version 1!
  
  Unfortunatley the included voting snippet has a major problem.
  
  

  action="[*id*]"

  
  
  needs to be
  
  

  action="[~[*id*]~]" 

  
  
  otherwise it just returns the id of the current page and not the current pages URL.
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  Ryan Thrash Reply #32, 20 years, 8 months ago

  Ummm... I am the one to blame for that! Sorry Garry... :/
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  Garry Nutting Reply #33, 20 years, 8 months ago

  Thanks for pointing that out!
  
  I’ve uploaded a new version that contains the bug fix in the first post of this thread.
  
  Cheers, Garry
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  Garry Nutting Reply #34, 20 years, 8 months ago

  Hi all,
  
  I’ve uploaded Version 2 of the Poll Modules/Snippets in the first post of this thread: http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,2549.msg17378.html#msg17378
  
  Updates include:
  
  * New look and feel for the Manager, now fits in with the MODx theme.
  * Addition of a ’One Vote’ option that will stop visitors from voting more than once. This is done by IP logging in to a database table - I’ve added an option in the module to clear the IP log for a poll just in case things get a bit congested.
  * Ability to add a ’Results’ button on the voting form (as long as a &redirect has been specified)
  * An auto-install feature has been added for the database tables. Please remember to run the module as soon as you’ve installed/updated it.
  
  Please let me know any feedback or comments you have.
  
  Hope you like it, Garry
  
  Garry Nutting
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  MODX, LLC
  
  Email: [email protected]
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  Ryan Thrash Reply #35, 20 years, 8 months ago

  Hey Garry,
  
  Great work. How will large blocks of votes from a single IP be handled, give that many broadband users come from a "single" IP. For example, our traffic here from Sweden exceeds several GB a month from only 4 IPs. And that’s definitely more than one user. (It’s 4 DSL proxies, I think)
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  wendy Reply #36, 20 years, 8 months ago

  One other solution will be to use cookie. But it won’t be able to force some people who has cookie disabled. So combining both ip logging and cookie logging will do it works the best I believe.
  
  Just my two cents
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  Garry Nutting Reply #37, 20 years, 8 months ago

  Thanks Ryan and Wendy.
  
  

  How will large blocks of votes from a single IP be handled

  
  The IP logging does attempt to resolve IP addresses behind a proxy, but I’ve found a better, more robust method so I will be including that in the release.
  
  What I’m finding is that nobody really has a 100% foolproof method of getting accurate IP addresses so I think there’s always going to be a possibility that visitors may get blocked unintentionally. One of my ideas is to introduce a timestamp on the IP log, that way, a time limit could be set for the IP logging and possibly reduce the amount of visitors who are unintentionally blocked.
  
  

  So combining both ip logging and cookie logging

  
  Great idea Wendy, I’ve done a bit of research and have an idea of how to implement this. I hadn’t thought of combining both IP logging and cookies, so thanks again
  
  I’m not expecting this to be the Fort Knox of web polls, just trying to find a way to limit the damage that could be caused by malicious voters.
  
  Cheers, Garry
  
  Garry Nutting
  Senior Developer
  MODX, LLC
  
  Email: [email protected]
  Twitter: @garryn
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  Ryan Thrash Reply #38, 20 years, 8 months ago

  Cookie should be the first and easiest line of defense, then fall back to the IP logging ninja techniques you’ll implement.
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  wendy Reply #39, 20 years, 8 months ago

  Quote from: rthrash at Feb 10, 2006, 01:46 PM

  
  Cookie should be the first and easiest line of defense, then fall back to the IP logging ninja techniques you’ll implement.
  

  
  That sounds great to me Ryan. Garryn, great job in implementing it.
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  Garry Nutting Reply #40, 20 years, 8 months ago

  Hi all,
  
  Please find attached a new version of the Voting snippet (the main package will also be updated with this).
  
  I’ve now implemented Cookie logging for the ’OneVote’ option. The IP logging is still there, and if you wish, you can use one or the other or both. The choice is yours!
  
  Important note for anyone already using the IP logging: By default, &onevote will now enable Cookie logging, if you wish to continue using IP logging, then add ’&useip=true’ to your snippet call.
  
  The &ovmessage will work for both Cookie and IP logging - the ovmessage can now also be styled by a ’poll_reject’ class in your CSS.
  
  The cookies have a default expiry time of one week, but this can be adjusted by using &ovtime (with all times being measured in seconds) For example, to make a cookie expire in a year then use ’&ovtime=31536000’.
  
  Please bear in mind that IP logging is a bit hit and miss (as discussed earlier in this thread) and so I would recommend that everybody uses the Cookie option first and only resort to the IP logging if absolutely necessary.
  
  Cheers, Garry
  
  
  Garry Nutting
  Senior Developer
  MODX, LLC
  
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  Twitter: @garryn
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