I think Colin remembered wrong :-) If there's a "main" poll, that is what displays on the front page, regardless of how many stories have polls and where they're posted. The description Shawn posted is the correct, normal procedure for adding a front page poll, and it's been that way as long as I can remember. (I just checked the CVS logs, and it's almost exactly four years ago that the poll edit form gained a "make main" checkbox.) -janra On 9-Apr-07, at 11:45 AM, 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