[Null]

No, I have a special test site for this stuff: http://www.sourceskins.com/bbpress go take a look if you have it there too…

I also run the latest stable release, no trunk versions

[_ck_]

Null, I am testing using opera 9 on windows.

I am using 0.24 of the plugin on the bbpress trunk.

I am able to create a new poll & vote with no alerts.

There is no problem with the css layout.

Make sure you create a NEW poll for testing with 0.24

Wait I just thought of something.

Are you using a personal firewall like Norton?

They sometimes filter javascript in bad ways.

I am also starting to think that php 5 is doing something weird with the data escaping since you say you get it in all browsers. Unfortunately I do not have a php 5 server to test on.

Can anyone else reproduce what Null is reporting or does it work?

ps. you can turn off ajax if you want to test it normally by changing the “use_ajax” option near the top of the code. Set it to “false”.

pps. Null, is this off the site in your profile?

Can you create a poll for me to see off one of the pages so I can see the bug in action?

[_ck_]

Ah I think I see the problem.

Unlike all the other browsers, Opera has taken it upon itself to cache the javascript request instead of actually fetching it each time (this is one way it cheats for speed).

Will add some code for a unique URL to force it to work.

okay, here you go, v0.24

http://ckon.wordpress.com/files/2007/08/bb-polls.txt?v024

should fix the issues with opera (and anything else caching)

I’ve also now added hidden near the top of the code a “test_mode”

If you change “test_mode” to “true” it will allow you do keep voting on any poll for testing purposes. You can switch back and forth to view/vote etc. Obviously change it back on a live site with members or people will be able to stuff the ballot box.

Keep in mind that previous poll data may have been made invalid by the bug in opera so start with a fresh poll. Do not keep re-using the old polls for testing with v0.24. I have not changed data structures but if the data got inserted wrong, it could be invalid for that topic.

(I’ll make a “delete poll” option soon for administrators.

The space it takes is trivial, so don’t worry about that)

[Null]

Poll version 0.21

Got the same results in:

Ie7

FF

Safari

Opera

All latest versions

OS Windows XP

Server for website Linux

Server API Apache

PHP Version 5.0.4

[_ck_]

Null, so that is v0.21?

What OS are you on windows/mac

What version of opera is that?

Can you do a quick test in IE / Firefox for me and see if it does the same?

Yes I was thinking the same about the cancel button, will add shortly in future version. Working on the ajax-ish voting right now.

ps. all the button text, actually ALL the text is completely editable at the top

[howtogeek]

I’m using php 5.1.6 on my test system, which is where I was using it.

[_ck_]

Please try again with v0.21

https://ckon.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/bb-polls.txt?v021

Many little bug fixes.

mysql_real_escape_string requires php >= 4.3.0

is this a problem for anyone?

php prior to 4.3 has lots of security issues

v0.21 looks/works fine in my opera 9.0

Many thanks for all the beta testing, I think we’re stable now in all modern browsers…

[_ck_]

Whoops, I finally considered testing it in internet explorer and I can see it has a few issues – sorry about that. Working on the bugs now…

[howtogeek]

Ohhhhh

My test site has nothing but posts from me, no wonder I didn’t see it

And to answer your question at the very top of this thread, I’m trying to use bbPress for a serious forum… I just opened my forum a little over a week ago. Not as much traffic as I’d like, of course, but decent.

[_ck_]

I’ve tested this now up to the bbpress trunk and it seems to work fine.

Try the latest:

https://bbpress.org/plugins/download/report-post.zip

Make sure you are editing post.php in your bb-templates or my-templates?

Unfortunately there is no hook for me to place it automatically in post.php on that info line. Wish there was.

[_ck_]

I am pleased to announce that v0.19 now supports ajax-ish™ behaviours on all actions except form submits (saving data). The view poll results actually happens with a real update, if votes happen while you are waiting to vote and you go check, they will increase. I might even add an auto-refresh to it (every 30 seconds?) to freak people out.

http://ckon.wordpress.com/files/2007/08/bb-polls.txt?v020

You can also turn off ajax entirely in the settings and if there’s no proper javascript support it falls back to regular actions of course.

I’ve only tested on firefox out of exhaustion right now, so I’ll need feedback from other browsers. Ajax on submits will take quite a bit more research for me, never done it before and I’ve heard it’s problematic on different browsers.

@mazdakam, sorry about the float:left – I used it to try to make it behave with some other templates I was testing. I realise now how that would messup your configuration…

[_ck_]

Testing working in the latest 912 trunk.

[_ck_]

Yeah I don’t have the default template running anywhere to configure it, lol!

Working right now but will build a test account and do a trunk install tonight so I will be able to change it.

If you have better css, please post.

[howtogeek]

Testing it now…

[_ck_]

Make sure you are using v0.11 and then post a new test topic.

The default setting is polls can be added to topics no more than three hours old (adjustable).

You must be logged in as a moderator or higher to see the poll options or poll results for the beta. This is to prevent other members from seeing your testing & configuring.

[Null]

Some questions:

Vote, more then 1 option possible option? (max setting like classic (just 1 option possible) 2 options, 3 etc

If a topic is deleted, does it clean-up the poll as well? (since a real deletion isn’t happening in bbPress, this wouldn’t be a problem for now)

What happends if a poll is deleted? (but topic still excists)

Who can vote? All? Members?

If a topic is closed, automaticly close voting aswell?

Results are in horizontal bars? Perhaps option to show them like a pie (or even vertical bars) Even better if a user can choose this when seeing the results:

Option result 1: ===============

Option result 2: =====

Option result 3: =========

Show as bars | Show as pie

Would like to see a demo, cause can’t test this at work

Greetz

[_ck_]

I am pleased to announce a new bbPress Polls plugin.

Your members can now add polls to their topics, or optionally you can allow *anyone* to add a poll to *any* topic, within a specified time period (hours) since the topic was started.

bb-Polls allows single answer or multiple answer polls.

No template edits of any kind.

There are no additional db tables added, it uses bbpress topicmeta only. Only one entry is created per poll, regardless of size or options (this allow very easy cleanup if desired for some reason).

This is a *very* early beta, however should be functional except for:

1. missing admin menu (coming soon – edit plugin directly)

2. missing administrative editing of existing polls.

3. missing some visual tweaks (plural case, etc.)

4. missing some more deluxe options (poll ending time, etc.)

5. missing multi-language support (coming soon)

If you can live with these limits and would like to help test and give me some useful, constructive feedback, please download:

http://ckon.wordpress.com/files/2007/08/bb-polls.txt?v010

(rename .txt to .php, install, activate, start a new test topic)

The beta is set so only moderators and above can create/see the polls. This will allow you to test without disturbing visitors.

Please note the visual styles may be WAY off for the default template or your own template. Unfortunately I am using a very customised template. You’ll probably have to edit the built in css which is kept clearly at the top. (the default styles will be fixed soon when I get a chance to do a trunk install this week)

Upcoming features include the ability to display all polls and the ability to display a poll anywhere within bbpress templates.

ps. I need to know if this works as in in the trunk version – I don’t see why it wouldn’t but you never know…

[_ck_]

Just out of concerned curiosity, what other plugins have you found that don’t support the trunk?

I suppose I am going to have to break down and setup a testing account with the trunk this weekend or so.

We need a developer plugin that injects a bunch of fake new users and fake messages for testing.

[skipdaddyo]

Also in bb-includes/functions.php

function get_latest_topics – added $now and tweaked $where

$now = bb_current_time('mysql');

$where = "WHERE topic_status = 0 AND topic_start_time <= '$now'";

[Null]

I know that, this is just for testing purposes…

[LMD]

Arrrrggghhh! Not again! Sorry, this happened with the last update and I don’t know what the problem is. The files are there in the SVN, so something is going wrong with the automatic ZIP downloader. I’m going to fire off an email to the bbDev list.

Also, I posted the announcement a little prematurely. Version 0.8.1 hasn’t appeared in the Plugin browser yet, it’s still showing version 0.8, so you might want to wait a while (at least half-an-hour to an hour) for the system to “catch up”. Again, the SVN itself has the latest version in the trunk.

[stylistka]

[neoen]

Hello, my WP 2.2.1 installation has utf-8 encoding –

define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);

But when I try to integrate WP and BBpress with the help of plugins (bbpress-latest-discussion-for-wp.0.9 and display-name.0.7.2) there are encoding problems.

When I save a post with word “Administrátor” in WP 2.2 – to MySQL it is saved “Administrátor”, which is right. But when I save a topic with word “Administrátor” in BBpress – to MySQL it is saved like “Administr�tor” (or something else – but always wrong), but on forum it can be seen right like “Administrátor”. So, I think there are problems that WP 2.2 and BBpress uses different DB CHARSET (in WP 2.2 it is utf-8, but in BBpress it is something else – I think cp1250). Is it possible to change this somewhere in source files to work properly? Thank you very much for your help…

[_ck_]

Oh I didn’t realize xcache is just an opcode cache. I already use eaccelerator which seems to have zero quirks compared to other solutions. But yeah, any opcode cache for wordpress/bbpress is a must for any active site.

I already create the sidebar statically across my sites, saves a lot of work and repetition on the db.

the wp-cache “plugin” has flaws in it’s logic. I noticed that unregistered visitors were getting edit links on posts, not good, even if they couldn’t actually edit. Then it has an exclude feature to keep certain parts dynamic, but you can’t have wordpress calls in those dynamic parts because wordpress isn’t actually loaded, which is the whole point. so it won’t work and gives error (#1 confusion to most people trying to use it)

In the end, I hacked wp-cache to only cache the RSS feeds which were causing the most requests, yet the most static of all the content. Caching rss feeds on bbpress should be an easy, useful thing too, but then on a forum I highly doubt the use of rss feeds on anything but the latest discussions.

What really worries me about the 0.84 release is the xml-rpc pingbacks. bbpress is going to become known as the spammers forum of choice with a bad rep, until novices are given an easy option to turn it off, or better yet it’s off by default. I cannot disagree more highly with the entire feature idea. It defeats the entire purpose of a forum. What they are trying to do is have a universal way to cross post across forums but the whole point of a forum is *community* and getting people to actually visit, not stay away.

What they really should do instead of pingbacks if they want easy cross communication, is have a universal login based on a database at wordpress.com – Basically anyone with a wordpress account could visit your wordpress or bbpress site and instantly post if they wanted as “wp.membername” without having to register again and again. Sure there are security issues to be tackled but it’s better than anonymous spam heaven on pingbacks. Akismet won’t protect pingbacks, I see spam in my wordpress.com account every week.

[Sam Bauers]

Downloadable ZIP of latest trunk is via a link at the bottom of that page.

The trunk is pretty stable actually, and is more bug free than the latest release usually.

You are better off setting up a subversion client and “checking out” a copy of the code. You can then keep up-to-date on changes in the core with the click of a button.

Search the forum for info on using SVN to checkout a copy.

A lot has changed, the best thing to do is to trawl through the changelog on the Trac site. Only a couple of things have changed dramatically, how views works is one.

BB_Query is in the latest trunk in bb-includes/classes.php