Thanks, then it is behaving (and supposed to behave) the way I want it to. I hope it will continue to do so. Regards, Jerry Schwartz Global Information Incorporated 195 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT 06032 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 > -----Original Message----- > From: janra at write-on.org [mailto:janra at write-on.org] > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 12:02 AM > To: scoop-help at lists.kuro5hin.org > Cc: Jerry Schwartz > Subject: Re: [Scoop-help] Main Poll? > > 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 > >