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How to create a poll questionnaire ?
I don't understand how to create a questionnaire for a poll as the form does not fit with the content of a standard questionnaire
Hi,
I just subscribed to try out YACS to see whether it fits my demands for a small website & CMS for people without prior coding knowledge. I'm not a geek, and the members of the association that will use it even less!
So please, understand my way of asking questions.
My question: I was fascinated in seeing the polling function. Using a questionnaire to query visitors is something really useful. So, I tried to create a poll but immediately ran into difficulties. Normally, if you develop a questionnaire through a form you have an entry for a question, another for answer items or for free text if you don't provide closed answer possibilities. In YACS I don't see how I can create such structure.
Can you give me a link where to find an explanation of the meaning of the existing entries:
where is the entry for the text asking the question?
Another question concerning polling: How do you save the information you get through the polling questionnaire? Is there the possibility that I can use to further analyse it? Is this a plaintext file, comma-delimited, some other format?
Thanks for some hints, Frank
My question: I was fascinated in seeing the polling function. Using a questionnaire to query visitors is something really useful. So, I tried to create a poll but immediately ran into difficulties. Normally, if you develop a questionnaire through a form you have an entry for a question, another for answer items or for free text if you don't provide closed answer possibilities. In YACS I don't see how I can create such structure.
Can you give me a link where to find an explanation of the meaning of the existing entries:
where is the entry for the text asking the question?
- answers = seems evident
- count = ?
Another question concerning polling: How do you save the information you get through the polling questionnaire? Is there the possibility that I can use to further analyse it? Is this a plaintext file, comma-delimited, some other format?
Thanks for some hints, Frank
Lucrecius from La Rochelle / Charente-Maritime / France 313 posts |
Dear Frank, Welcome in the YacS Galaxy ! hummmmm,  "hummmmm" that's the way I begin when there's a lot to answer in the Russian Puppets mode ...  .As usual in the computer industry, there's many ways to get the "same" result, even if you arn't a geek (I'm not, despite my wife thinks I am). Well, " Normally, if you develop a questionnaire through a form you have an entry for a question, another for answer items or for free text if you don't provide closed answer possibilities. In YACS I don't see how I can create such structure. "You're right ! But this Poll function is eventually limited. In the (very next future published) road-map, we have planned a larger system, aiming two goals :  Votes and...
(*] Educational Forms.
So, with this YacS version (6.1) you only can let the "voter" post a comment. It implies that only members can vote and is ok to be identified for his/her comments.
" where is the entry for the text asking the question?The "Poll" is actually an article, so "The text asking" is simply written in the introduction zone. The count comes itself, ... with polling, at each bar's right end. " Another question concerning polling: How do you save the information you get through the polling questionnaire? Is there the possibility that I can use to further analyse it? Is this a plaintext file, comma-delimited, some other format? "Well, if I say "everything is in the MySQL DataBase"... You won't know how use it. The next weird answer is "this feature is in the roadmap"... but, sorry it's the truth. I do have the same needs and SuperBernard is working on it. So, be patient, and nevertheless enjoy ! Lucrecius |
Bernard from nearby-an-airport Associate, 6940 posts |
Frank, Lucrecius is right to say that a poll is, basically, an ordinary article, complemented with answers and counts of clicks. To create a poll in a YACS server, for example in a forum like this one, you would just have to click on the 'create a poll' link, if you have enough rights to do so. In the next page, which is a web form, you would have the opportunity to type the question in the 'title' field, and to provide answers in separate fields. Then hit the submit button to save your poll. Counts of clicks are saved as a PHP serialized snippet in the MySQL database itself, but if you need to extract this I could provide a small script to transform this to csv or xml. |
| Lucrecius from La Rochelle / Charente-Maritime / France 313 posts |
Bernard : I want it ! ! Due to high pressure in e-learning works, I do need to extract results of this (so called) basic poll. I'm very interested in the script you mentionned. Let me know how get it as soon as you can. Friendly Regards, Lucrecius |
| Bernard from nearby-an-airport Associate, 6940 posts |
Lucrecius: XML or CSV ? |
| FTR 4 posts |
If I may post my needs: please, CSV as this is the only way to export the data into a spreadsheet like OpenOffice Calc or into any serious statistical application. Thank you, Frank |
| FTR 4 posts |
Bernard: Thanks for your explication. I'll try the poll out next week when I have more time. I think your explanation should go into the documentation. Cordialement Frank |
| Bernard from nearby-an-airport Associate, 6940 posts |
FTR: ok, let's go for the CSV format as a first step. This can be extended to Calc later on... |
| FTR 4 posts |
Bernard: It's simpler than you think -  Calc can read csv files so there is noo need to produce a file in calc format!Cordialement Frank |
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