Extension:Poll

MediaWiki extensions manual

Poll Extension Release status: unmaintained
Implementation	Tag , Special page
Description	Allows anonymous polling
Author(s)	Jan Luca, Sorin Sbarnea
Latest version	1.1.0 (2016-02-23)
Compatibility policy	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
Database changes	Yes
License	Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Example	i18n.ro
Tags ‎<poll>
Added rights poll-admin poll-create poll-vote poll-score
Hooks used LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates
Quarterly downloads	2 (Ranked 134th)
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The Poll extension allows anonymous polling. It will provide the number of votes for each answer in same window. Voting results can be seen before voting.

Usage

<poll>
Do you like this extension?
Yes
No
I don't know yet.
</poll>

Installation

• Download and move the extracted Poll folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/Poll
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'Poll' );
  

• Run the update script which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.
•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Known limitations

• This extension does not support PostgreSQL!
• This extension does not support database table prefixes, such as wiki_ etc.
• Images must be placed into the folder /extensions/Poll/images/

See Also

• Category:Poll extensions