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|   LX' Poll - Version 1.1   |
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| URL: http://lxhome.de      |
| email: webmaster@lxhome.de |
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What's in the package?
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acp.php       - control panel of the poll
gray.gif      - gray pixel
poll.php      - script to update the poll and to display the results
pollbar.gif   - graphic bar
readme.txt    - this file
show.php      - script to display the poll
variables.php - place where you store the needed variables


How do I install this crap?
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You have to put the whole content of the package into its own subdirectory called 'poll/'. CHMOD 644 for the files and writing privileges for the directory should do it.
The only file you have to edit is 'variables.php'. There you find the following variables:

$password   : The Control Panel is password protected so that only authorized people can modify the current poll settings. Set the correct password here.
$results    : This is the file where your poll results will be stored. You can usually leave this setting as is.
$ipFile     : This is the file where IPs are saved after a user voted. You can also usually leave it this way.
$settings   : The file where the current poll settings are stored.
$cookiename : After a successful vote a cookie is set to remember that the user has already voted. You can specify the name of that cookie here.

After setting those variables the only thing you still have to do is to include the poll into your website. This works by adding the following line at the position of a PHP file where you want the poll to be placed:

<?php include("poll/show.php"); ?>

Of course you have to change the path to 'show.php' accordingly.
If you want to use any other language than English for the poll, then check the other PHP files as well. At the beginning you find variables which contain all the texts, so you only have to change those instead of messing around in the code itself.
Now you're done with installation.


And how do I configure it?
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Now you can start creating a poll. To do that call the 'acp.php' file in your web browser, e.g. by calling
http://www.yourdomain.com/poll/acp.php

You are presented an input field to enter the password you specified in 'variables.php'. After submitting the password you get to the control panel. What to do there should be self-axplanatory.


XYZ doesn't work... what should I do?
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Read this file again... carefully.


But it still doesn't work...?
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You see the email address in the header of this file? I said read carefully ;)


What's with the different versions?
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Version 1.1:
- new control panel setting to close the current poll
- poll works now with register_globals=off

Version 1.01:
- made the path fix to eliminate a confusing factor for the user

Version 1.0:
- first release of LX' Poll
