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=== WP-Polls === Contributors: GamerZ Donate link: http://lesterchan.

net/site/donation/ Tags: poll, polls, polling, vote, booth, democracy, ajax, survey, post, widget Requires at least: 2.8 Tested up to: 3.3.1 Stable tag: trunk Adds an AJAX poll system to your WordPress blog. You can also easily add a poll into your WordPress's blog post/page. == Description == WP-Polls is extremely customizable via templates and css styles and there are to ns of options for you to choose to ensure that WP-Polls runs the way you wanted. It now supports multiple selection of answers. = Previous Versions = * [WP-Polls 2.40 For WordPress 2.7.x](http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-p olls.2.40.zip "WP-Polls 2.40 For WordPress 2.7.x") * [WP-Polls 2.31 For WordPress 2.5.x And 2.6.x](http://downloads.wordpress.org/p lugin/wp-polls.2.31.zip "WP-Polls 2.31 For WordPress 2.5.x And 2.6.x") * [WP-Polls 2.20 For WordPress 2.1.x, 2.2.x And 2.3.x](http://downloads.wordpres s.org/plugin/wp-polls.2.20.zip "WP-Polls 2.20 For WordPress 2.1.x, 2.2.x And 2.3 .x") * [WP-Polls 2.13 For WordPress 2.0.x](http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-p olls.2.13.zip "WP-Polls 2.13 For WordPress 2.0.x") * [WP-Polls 2.02a For WordPress 1.5.2](http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wppolls.2.02a.zip "WP-Polls 2.02a For WordPress 1.5.2") = Development = * [http://dev.wp-plugins.org/browser/wp-polls/](http://dev.wp-plugins.org/browse r/wp-polls/ "http://dev.wp-plugins.org/browser/wp-polls/") = Translations = * [http://dev.wp-plugins.org/browser/wp-polls/i18n/](http://dev.wp-plugins.org/b rowser/wp-polls/i18n/ "http://dev.wp-plugins.org/browser/wp-polls/i18n/") = Support Forums = * [http://forums.lesterchan.net/index.php?board=15.0](http://forums.lesterchan.n et/index.php?board=15.0 "http://forums.lesterchan.net/index.php?board=15.0") = Credits = * __ngetext() by [Anna Ozeritskaya](http://hweia.ru/ "Anna Ozeritskaya") * Right To Left Language Support by [Kambiz R. Khojasteh](http://persian-program ming.com/ "Kambiz R. Khojasteh") = Donations = * I spent most of my free time creating, updating, maintaining and supporting th ese plugins, if you really love my plugins and could spare me a couple of bucks, I will really appericiate it. If not feel free to use it without any obligation s. == Changelog == = Version 2.62 (31-08-2011) = * FIXED: Escaped Hostname. Thanks to Renaud Feil ([Renaud Feil](http://www.strat sec.net "Renaud Feil")) * FIXED: Ensure Poll ID In Shortcode Is An Integer. Thanks to Renaud Feil ([Rena ud Feil](http://www.stratsec.net "Renaud Feil"))

= Version 2.61 (14-02-2011) = * FIXED: XSS Vulnerability. Thanks to Dweeks, Leon Juranic and Chad Lavoie of th e Swiftwill Security Team Inc ([www.swiftwill.com](http://www.swiftwill.com "www .swiftwill.com")) = Version 2.60 (01-12-2009) = * NEW: Uses WordPress nonce Throughout * NEW: Display 2,000 Records In Poll Logs Instead Of 100 = Version 2.50 (01-06-2009) = * NEW: Works For WordPress 2.8 Only * NEW: Javascript Now Placed At The Footer * NEW: Uses jQuery Instead Of tw-sack * NEW: Minified Javascript Instead Of Packed Javascript * NEW: Renamed polls-admin-js-packed.js To polls-admin-js.js * NEW: Renamed polls-admin-js.js To polls-admin-js.dev.js * NEW: Renamed polls-js-packed.js To polls-js.js * NEW: Renamed polls-js.js To polls-js.dev.js * NEW: Translate Javascript Variables Using wp_localize_script() * NEW: Add "Add Poll" To WordPress Favourite Actions * NEW: Minified editor_plugin.js And Added Non-Minified editor_plugin.dev.js * NEW: Able To Remove Individual Answers When Adding Or Editing A Poll * NEW: Use _n() Instead Of __ngettext() And _n_noop() Instead Of __ngettext_noop () * NEW: Uses New Widget Class From WordPress * NEW: Merge Widget Code To wp-polls.php And Remove wp-polls-widget.php * FIXED: Uses $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] With plugin_basename(__FILE__) Instead Of Jus t $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] * FIXED: Ensure That Percentage Always Add Up To 100% * FIXED: More Efficient WP-Polls Archive * FIXED: Logged By Username Now Shows Poll Results To Users Who Did Not Login = Version 2.40 (12-12-2008) = * NEW: Works For WordPress 2.7 Only * NEW: Load Admin JS And CSS Only In WP-Polls Admin Pages * NEW: Added polls-admin-css.css For WP-Polls Admin CSS Styles * NEW: Right To Left Language Support by Kambiz R. Khojasteh * NEW: Added "polls-css-rtl.css" by Kambiz R. Khojasteh * NEW: Applied Output Of polls_archive() To "polls_archive" Filter by Kambiz R. Khojasteh * NEW: Added Call To polls_textdomain() In create_poll_table() and vote_poll() f unctions by Kambiz R. Khojasteh * NEW: Uses wp_register_style(), wp_print_styles(), plugins_url() And site_url() * NEW: [poll id="-2"] or <?php get_poll(-2); ?> Will Randomize The Poll * FIXED: SSL Support * FIXED: Moved Call To update_pollbar() From onblur To onclick Event. It Was Sho wing The Last Selection Instead Of Current One by Kambiz R. Khojasteh = * * * Version 2.31 (16-07-2008) = NEW: Works For WordPress 2.6 NEW: Better Translation Using __ngetext() by Anna Ozeritskaya FIXED: MYSQL Charset Issue Should Be Solved

= Version 2.30 (01-06-2008) = * NEW: Works For WordPress 2.5 Only * NEW: Added Paging Header And Footer Template For Polls Archive Page * NEW: Uses WP-PageNavi Style Paging For Polls Archive Page * NEW: WP-Polls Will Load 'polls-css.css' Inside Your Theme Directory If It Exis ts. If Not, It Will Just Load The Default 'polls-css.css' By WP-Polls

* NEW: Uses Shortcode API * NEW: When Inserting Poll Into Post, It is Now [poll id="1"], Where 1 Is Your P oll ID * NEW: When User Does Not Have Permission To Vote, The Voting Form Is Now Disabl ed Instead Of Showing Poll's Result * NEW: Added A New Action Called "Display Disabled Poll's Voting Form" To Action Taken When A Poll Is Closed * NEW: Updated WP-Polls TinyMCE Plugin To Work With TinyMCE 3.0 * NEW: Add Time Expiry For Cookie/Log * NEW: Removed polls-usage.php * NEW: Removed "Fade Anything Technique" In Polls Admin * NEW: Uses /wp-polls/ Folder Instead Of /polls/ * NEW: Uses wp-polls.php Instead Of polls.php * NEW: Uses wp-polls-widget.php Instead Of polls-widget.php * NEW: Use number_format_i18n() Instead * NEW: Renamed polls-admin-js.php To polls-admin-js.js and Move The Dynamic Java script Variables To The PHP Pages * NEW: Renamed polls-js.php To polls-js.js and Move The Dynamic Javascript Varia bles To The PHP Pages * NEW: Uses polls-js-packed.js And polls-admin-js-packed.js * FIXED: Unable To Delete Poll Or Poll Answers If There Is Quotes Within The Pol l Or Poll Answer * FIXED: number_format() Not Used In Polls Archive * FIXED: Unable To Schedule Future Poll If The Year Is Different From Current Ye ar * FIXED: TinyMCE Tool Tip For Insert Poll Not Translated * FIXED: Content-Type Not Being Sent Back When AJAX Return Results = * * * * * * * * * * Version 2.21 (01-10-2007) = NEW: Works For WordPress 2.3 Only NEW: Added Quick Tag For Poll To Visual (TinyMCE) / Code Editor NEW: New CSS Style For WP-Polls Archive (.wp-polls-archive) NEW: Uses WP-Stats Filter To Add Stats Into WP-Stats Page NEW: Ability To Add Polls To Excerpt NEW: Added "Random Order" For Sorting Poll's Answers And Poll's Result Answers FIXED: Language Problem By Setting Database Table To UTF8 FIXED: Some Text Not Translated In Polls Widget FIXED: 2 Wrong Options Name In Polls Uninstall FIXED: Some Translation Bug in polls-usage.php

= Version 2.20 (01-06-2007) = * NEW: Poll Archive Link, Individual Poll Header And Footer In Poll Archive Temp late * NEW: Poll Templates Has Now Its Own Page 'WP-Admin -> Polls -> Poll Templates' * NEW: Poll Widget Can Now Display Multiple Polls * NEW: Ability To Allow User To Select More Than 1 Poll Answer * NEW: Added AJAX Style Option: "Show Loading Image With Text" * NEW: Added AJAX Style Option: "Show Fading In And Fading Out Of Polls" * NEW: Major Changes To The Administration Panel For WP-Polls * NEW: AJAX Added To The Administration Panel For WP-Polls * NEW: Default Poll's Result Template Will Now Show Number Of Votes Beside The P ercentage * NEW: Term "Total Votes" Changed To "Total Voters" * NEW: Removed Polls From Feed If The Poll Is Embedded Into The Post Using [poll =ID] * NEW: Filtering Of Individual Poll Logs * FIXED: Poll Archive Will Now Show Only Polls Results = Version 2.14 (01-02-2007) = * NEW: Works For WordPress 2.1 Only

* NEW: Renamed polls-js.js to polls-js.php To Enable PHP Parsing * NEW: Ability To Make A Poll Expire * NEW: Ability To Make A Future Poll * NEW: Future Poll Will Automatically Open When The Poll's Date Is Reached * NEW: Expired Poll Will Automatically Closed When The Poll's Date Is Reached * NEW: Ablity To Choose What To Do When The Poll Is Closed (Display Result, Remo ve Poll From Sidebar) * FIXED: Future Dated Polls Will Not Appear In The Post/Sidebar/Polls Archive = * * * * * * * * Version 2.13 (02-01-2007) = NEW: polls.php Now Handles The AJAX Processing Instead Of index.php NEW: Able To Modify The Style Of Poll Results Bar in 'Polls -> Poll Option' NEW: Usage Instructions Is Also Included Within The Plugin Itself NEW: Uninstaller Done By Philippe Corbes NEW: Localization Done By Ravan NEW: Ability To Add HTML Into Poll Question and Answers FIXED: AJAX Not Working On Servers Running On PHP CGI FIXED: Added Some Default Styles To polls-css.css To Ensure That WP-Polls Does Not Break * FIXED: Other Languages Not Appearing Properly * FIXED: Poll IP Logs Of Deleted Poll's Answer Did Not Get Deleted * FIXED: There Is An Error In Voting If There Is Only 1 Poll's Answer = Version 2.12 (01-10-2006) = * NEW: Polls Archive Is Now Embedded Into A Page, And Hence No More Integrating Of Polls Archive * NEW: WP-Polls Is Now Using DIV To Display The Poll's Results Instead Of The Im age Bar * NEW: Added Widget Title Option To WP-Polls Widget * NEW: Ability To Logged By UserName * NEW: Added CSS Class 'wp-polls-image' To All IMG Tags * FIXED: If Site URL Doesn't Match WP Option's Site URL, WP-Polls Will Not Work = * * * * Version 2.11 (08-06-2006) = NEW: You Can Now Place The Poll On The Sidebar As A Widget NEW: Moved wp-polls.php To wp-content/plugins/polls/ Folder FIXED: AJAX Not Working In Opera Browser FIXED: Poll Not Working On Physical Pages That Is Integrated Into WordPress

= Version 2.1 (01-06-2006) = * NEW: Poll Is Now Using AJAX * NEW: Ability To Close/Open Poll * NEW: Added Poll Option For Logging Method * NEW: Added Poll Option For Who Can Vote * NEW: Added Poll Results Footer Template Variable (Used When User Click "View R esults") * NEW: Added The Ability To Delete All Poll Logs Or Logs From A Specific Poll * NEW: Poll Administration Panel And The Code That WP-Polls Generated Is XHTML 1 .0 Transitional = Version 2.06b (26-04-2006) = * FIXED: Bug In vote_poll(); = Version 2.06a (02-04-2006) = * FIXED: Random Poll Not Working Correctly = * * * Version 2.06 (01-04-2006) = NEW: Poll Bar Is Slightly Nicer NEW: Got Rid Of Tables, Now Using List NEW: Added In Most Voted And Least Voted Answer/Votes/Percentage For Individua

l Poll As Template Variables * NEW: Display Random Poll Option Under Poll -> Poll Options -> Current Poll * FIXED: Totally Removed Tables In wp-polls.php = Version 2.05 (01-03-2006) = * NEW: Improved On 'manage_polls' Capabilities * NEW: Neater Structure * NEW: No More Install/Upgrade File, It Will Install/Upgrade When You Activate T he Plugin * NEW: Added Poll Stats Function = * * * * * * = * * * * * Version 2.04 (01-02-2006) = NEW: Added 'manage_polls' Capabilities To Administrator Role NEW: [poll=POLL_ID] Tag To Insert Poll Into A Post NEW: Ability To Edit Poll's Timestamp NEW: Ability To Edit Individual Poll's Answer Votes NEW: %POLL_RESULT_URL% To Display Poll's Result URL FIXED: Cannot Sent Header Error Version 2.03 (01-01-2006) = NEW: Compatible With WordPress 2.0 Only NEW: Poll Administration Menu Added Automatically Upon Activating The Plugin NEW: Removed Add Poll Link From The Administration Menu NEW: GPL License Added NEW: Page Title Added To wp-polls.php

= Version 2.02a (17-11-2005) = * FIXED: poll-install.php And poll-upgrade.php will Now Be Installed/Upgraded To 2.02 Instead Of 2.01 = * * * Version 2.02 (05-11-2005) = FIXED: Showing 0 Vote On Poll Edit Page FIXED: Null Vote Being Counted As A Vote FIXED: Auto Loading Of Poll Option: Polls Per Page In Poll Archive Page Is Now "No" * NEW: Host Column In Poll IP Table To Prevent Network Lagging When Resolving IP * NEW: New Poll Error Template = Version 2.01 (25-10-2005) = * FIXED: Upgrade Script To Insert Lastest Poll ID Of User's Current Polls, Inste ad Of Poll ID 1 * FIXED: Replace All <?= With <?php * FIXED: Added addalshes() To $pollip_user * FIXED: Better Localization Support (80% Done, Will Leave It In The Mean Time) = * * * * * * * * * Version 2.0 (20-10-2005) = NEW: IP Logging NEW: Poll Options: Sorting Of Answers In Voting Form NEW: Poll Options: Sorting Of Answers In Results View NEW: Poll Options: Number Of Polls Per Page In Poll Archive NEW: Poll Options: Choose Poll To Display On Index Page NEW: Poll Options: Able To Disable Poll With Custom Message NEW: Poll Options: Poll Templates NEW: Display User's Voted Choice FIXED: Better Install/Upgrade Script

== Installation == 1. Open `wp-content/plugins` Folder 2. Put: `Folder: wp-polls`

3. Activate `WP-Polls` Plugin 4. Go to `WP-Admin -> WP-Polls` = General Usage (Without Widget) = 1. Open `wp-content/themes/<YOUR THEME NAME>/sidebar.php` 2. Add: <code> <?php if (function_exists('vote_poll') &amp;&amp; !in_pollarchive()): ?> <li> <h2>Polls</h2> <ul> <li><?php get_poll();?></li> </ul> <?php display_polls_archive_link(); ?> </li> <?php endif; ?> </code> * To show specific poll, use `<?php get_poll(2); ?>` where 2 is your poll id. * To show random poll, use `<?php get_poll(-2); ?>` * To embed a specific poll in your post, use `[poll id="2"]` where 2 is your pol l id. * To embed a random poll in your post, use `[poll id="-2"]` * To embed a specific poll's result in your post, use `[poll id="2" type="result "]` where 2 is your poll id. = General Usage (With Widget)= 1. Go to `WP-Admin -> Appearance -> Widgets`. 2. You can add the Polls Widget by clicking on the 'Add' link besides it. 3. After adding, you can configure the Polls Widget by clicking on the 'Edit' li nk besides it. 4. Click 'Save Changes'. 5. Scroll down for instructions on how to create a Polls Archive. == Upgrading == 1. Deactivate `WP-Polls` Plugin 2. Open `wp-content/plugins` Folder 3. Put/Overwrite: `Folder: wp-polls` 4. Activate `WP-Polls` Plugin 5. Go to `WP-Admin -> Polls -> Polls Templates` and restore all the template var iables to `Default` 6. Go to `WP-Admin -> Appearance -> Widgets` and re-add the Poll Widget == Upgrade Notice == N/A == Screenshots == 1. Admin - All Poll 2. Admin - Manage Polls 3. Admin - Poll Options 4. Admin - Poll Templates 5. Admin - Poll Widget 6. Admin - Uninstall Poll 7. Poll - Single Poll Answer 8. Poll - Mutiple Poll Answers 9. Poll - Results 10. Poll - Archive

== Frequently Asked Questions == = How To Add A Polls Archive? = 1. Go to `WP-Admin -> Pages -> Add New`. 2. Type any title you like in the post's title area. 3. If you ARE using nice permalinks, after typing the title, WordPress will ge nerate the permalink to the page. You will see an 'Edit' link just beside the pe rmalink. 4. Click 'Edit' and type in 'pollsarchive' in the text field (without the quotes ) and click 'Save'. 5. Type `[page_polls]` in the post's content area (without the quotes). 6. Click 'Publish'. * If you ARE NOT using nice permalinks, you need to go to `WP-Admin -> Polls -> Poll Options` and under `Poll Archive -> Polls Archive URL`, you need to fill in the URL to the Polls Archive Page you created above. = How Does WP-Polls Load CSS? = * WP-Polls will load 'polls-css.css' from your theme's directory if it exists. * If it doesn't exists, it will just load the default 'polls-css.css' that comes with WP-Polls.</li> * This will allow you to upgrade WP-Polls without worrying about overwriting you r polls styles that you have created.</li> = * * * Why In Internet Explorer (IE) The poll's Text Appear Jagged? = To solve this issue, Open poll-css.css Find: `/* background-color: #ffffff; */` Replace: `background-color: #ffffff;` (where #ffffff should be your background color for the poll.)

= How Do I Have Individual Colors For Each Poll's Bar? = * Courtesy Of [TreedBox.com](http://treedbox.com "TreedBox.com") * Open poll-css.css * Add to the end of the file: <code> /* css3 for coloring each pollbars */ .wp-polls-ul li:nth-child(01) .pollbar{ background:#8FA0C5} .wp-polls-ul li:nth-child(02) .pollbar{ background:#FF8} .wp-polls-ul li:nth-child(03) .pollbar{ background:#ff8a3b} .wp-polls-ul li:nth-child(04) .pollbar{ background:#a61e2a} .wp-polls-ul li:nth-child(05) .pollbar{ background:#4ebbff} .wp-polls-ul li:nth-child(06) .pollbar{ background:#fbca54} .wp-polls-ul li:nth-child(07) .pollbar{ background:#aad34f} .wp-polls-ul li:nth-child(08) .pollbar{ background:#66cc9a} .wp-polls-ul li:nth-child(09) .pollbar{ background:#98CBCB} .wp-polls-ul li:nth-child(10) .pollbar{ background:#a67c52} /* little transition */ .wp-polls-ul li .pollbar{-webkit-transition: background 0.7s ease-in-out} .wp-polls-ul li .pollbar:hover{background:#F00} </code> = Polls Stats (Outside WP Loop) = = To Display Total Polls = * Use: <code> <?php if (function_exists('get_pollquestions')): ?> <?php get_pollquestions(); ?> <?php endif; ?>

</code> = To Display Total Poll Answers = * Use: <code> <?php if (function_exists('get_pollanswers')): ?> <?php get_pollanswers(); ?> <?php endif; ?> </code> = To Display Total Poll Votes = * Use: <code> <?php if (function_exists('get_pollvotes')): ?> <?php get_pollvotes(); ?> <?php endif; ?> </code> = To Display Total Poll Voters = * Use: <code> <?php if (function_exists('get_pollvoters')): ?> <?php get_pollvoters(); ?> <?php endif; ?> </code>

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