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.
MediaWiki >= 1.29.0
Database changes Yes
License Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0
Download
Example i18n.ro
  • ‎<poll>
  • poll-admin
  • poll-create
  • poll-vote
  • poll-score
Quarterly downloads 8 (Ranked 139th)
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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 edit

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

Notes edit

  • This extension will not work with PostgreSQL!!
  • This extension does not allow database table prefixes: such as wiki_ etc.
  • Images must be placed into the folder .../extensions/Poll/images/
  • Update.php must be ran after installation, else you will get a database error.

Installation edit

  • 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.

See Also edit