Which way does your fix work. My desire is to have the main poll, and only a main poll, appear on those pages that use index_template. Regards, Jerry Schwartz Global Information Incorporated 195 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT 06032 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 > -----Original Message----- > From: Cory R. King [mailto:coryking at mozimedia.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 11:23 AM > To: scoop-help at lists.kuro5hin.org > Cc: Jerry Schwartz; 'Shawn Estes' > Subject: Re: [Scoop-help] Main Poll? > > For what it's worth, I've fixed the cache bug that caused > this issue and > applied to to any affected XLAN customers. Basically the cache isn't > getting cleaned out after a new poll is set. > > Here is a patch that fixes the issue: > > < Start > > > --- lib/Scoop/Admin/Polls.orig 2006-10-06 08:58:35.837581054 -0700 > +++ lib/Scoop/Admin/Polls.pm 2006-10-06 09:07:43.132089631 -0700 > @@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ > SET => > "value=''", > WHERE => > "name='current_poll'", > }); > + $S->cache->remove('vars'); > $S->cache->stamp('vars'); > my $question = > $S->get_poll_hash($editqid)->{'question'}; > > @@ -266,6 +267,7 @@ > SET => > "value=''", > WHERE => > "name='current_poll'", > }); > + $S->cache->remove('vars'); > $S->cache->stamp('vars'); > } > } > @@ -542,7 +544,7 @@ > $sth->finish; > > # And reload the vars cache > - $S->cache->clear({resource => 'vars', element > => 'VARS'}); > + $S->cache->remove('vars'); > $S->cache->stamp('vars'); > $S->_set_vars(); > $S->_set_blocks(); > @@ -748,6 +750,7 @@ > > my $question = $S->get_poll_hash($qid)->{'question'}; > $message = qq| Set poll "$question" to > display on main > page |; > + $S->cache->remove('vars'); > $S->cache->stamp('vars'); > } > < end > > > Jerry Schwartz wrote: > > That does actually work, although according to Colin Hill > it should not. > > According to his memory, it should only display the "Main" > poll if there are > > no displayed stories with polls attached. He looked at the > poll_box code, > > and concluded that it was a buggy mess. > > > > He did seem to agree that the behavior I want (and that you > seem to be > > using) would be useful. That may become the default behavior. > > > > Regards, > > > > Jerry Schwartz > > Global Information Incorporated > > 195 Farmington Ave. > > Farmington, CT 06032 > > > > 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: scoop-help-bounces at lists.kuro5hin.org > >> [mailto:scoop-help-bounces at lists.kuro5hin.org] On Behalf Of > >> Shawn Estes > >> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 12:20 PM > >> To: scoop-help at lists.kuro5hin.org > >> Subject: Re: [Scoop-help] Main Poll? > >> > >> Hi Jerry, > >> > >> I think this will work for you: > >> > >> Login as admin, look down your "admin tools" and click on New Poll. > >> Fill out the poll information and click the check at "Mark as main" > >> and that'll add one to the main page. Assuming that you have > >> |BOX,poll_box| inside your index_template. > >> > >> > >> On 4/9/07, Jerry Schwartz <jschwartz at the-infoshop.com> wrote: > >> > >>> I'm trying to display a poll on the main page, not attached > >>> > >> to a story or > >> > >>> diary, and I can't seem to figure out how to do it. My boss > >>> > >> insists he was > >> > >>> able to do it, and he's not a programmer at all, so this is > >>> > >> embarrassing. I > >> > >>> created a poll as a "main" poll, and it doesn't show up. I > >>> > >> tried adding > >> > >>> |poll_block| after |main_menu| in default_template, but it > >>> > >> didn't show up. I > >> > >>> also tried adding it to hotlist_template, and it didn't show up. > >>> > >>> I must be missing something fairly simple. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> Jerry Schwartz > >>> Global Information Incorporated > >>> 195 Farmington Ave. > >>> Farmington, CT 06032 > >>> > >>> 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Scoop-help mailing list > >>> Scoop-help at lists.kuro5hin.org > >>> http://lists.kuro5hin.org/mailman/listinfo/scoop-help > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Scoop-help mailing list > >> Scoop-help at lists.kuro5hin.org > >> http://lists.kuro5hin.org/mailman/listinfo/scoop-help > >> > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Scoop-help mailing list > > Scoop-help at lists.kuro5hin.org > > http://lists.kuro5hin.org/mailman/listinfo/scoop-help > > > > > >