Finally got it all working but as I expected to get Pollster 2.0 working with FarCry will take a little bit of work because of all the new features in it...such as....(it has a different security model)
Unlimited options:
The first version of Pollster only allowed you to enter up to five options for your poll, however version 2.0 allows you configure the number of options you want to have available. The default is ten, but you can set it as high or as low as you want.
Accounts and Roles:
Pollster 2.0 now supports the concept of accounts so that multiple users can use the same installation of Pollster. Administrators can create, delete and edit other users' accounts.
Automatic update:
Pollster 2.0 polls now automatically update themselves in order to reflect the most recent response at a configurable interval. Users can also choose to manually update poll results so they don't have to reload the entire webpage that the poll is displayed on.
Database friendly:
The first version of Pollster only supported PostgreSQL and Microsoft Access out of the box and code changes were required to get the application to work with SQL Server. Although we still cannot support MySQL (MySQL does not yet support sub-selects), changes to the database schema have made the transition from Access to SQL Server much simpler.
More web server friendly:
The first version of Pollster used HTTP authentication which was incompatible with some configurations of Windows and IIS. Version 2.0 implements its own authentication model and therefore works consistently across all supported platforms and web servers.
Browse past polls:
Just because a poll is no longer active doesn't mean the data isn't important and relevant. Pollster 2.0 polls allow you to access and browse old, archived polls.
Install anywhere:
The first version of Pollster had to be installed in a directory called "pollster" in your web server's document root in order to work. Pollster is now more configurable so that it can be installed anywhere within your web root that you want.
Gary Menzel wrote:
Could not find the ColdFusion Component /pollster.components.entities.Polls. Please check that the given name is correct and that the component exists.
That will probably be because you are not running your FarCry app at the root of your webserver. Probably under a subdirectory like: http://....../farcry_reed
There would be a couple of ways to fix this. Quickest would be to put a CF Mapping in to the root of where the Pollster component can be found. Given it will be in the FarCry www directory that will be something like:
farcry_reed/www/pollster
The reason it would have worked under inetpub is because the "pollster" directory would have been straight off the webroot.
Regards, Gary Menzel
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