Hi Emily, Your welcome.
Sincerely, Mike -- Mike Brandonisio * Web Hosting Tech One Illustration * Internet Marketing tel (630) 759-9283 * e-Commerce [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.jikometrix.net JIKOmetrix - Reliable web hosting On Mar 13, 2007, at 12:42 PM, Emily Berk wrote: > Thanks, for your prompt reply, Mike. > > The version of Mambo is 4.5.2. Because everything on the site is > currently implemented in Mambo and I've had little to do with it to > date except add content and move it around, I'm not eager to try to > upgrade at this time. > > But thinking in Mambo is still quite alien to me, and not likely to > get easier. > > SO, thanks very much for your suggested workaround, which is what I > am going to try. I downloaded phpSurveyor and will go the wrapper > route to start. May check in with you later on if things seem to > go awry. > > Being able to do stuff in PHP and then just sneak it up onto the > site with the wrapper is going to make me feel so -- unconstrained > and empowered to do my own thing on this -- very time-consuming but > not terribly fascinating site! > > -- Emily > > At 07:35 AM 3/13/2007 -0500, you wrote: >> Hi Emily, >> >> Do you by chance know what version of Mambo you are running. The >> feature you are looking for is not a template feature but rather a >> component add-on. I have not worked much with Mambo but I know the >> stock Poll component that comes with Joomla 1.0.12 can do all these >> things. FYI, there is no Joomla 2.0 yet, 1.5 is still in beta. >> >> If it was Joomla, I'd set the module position to access by >> "registered" users only. The Poll component uses cookies or logs the >> user to prevent ballet stuffing. There is an add-on called PollXT >> that gives you even more features, but there site has been done for a >> while now. >> >> This might be a good selling point to have them upgrade to the latest >> Mambo or cross over to Joomla. Short of that Here a work around to do >> what you want. It's little work but you should be able to follow >> along. >> >> Install and configure phpSurveyor http://www.phpsurveyor.org/ >> index.php. You can edit a template to create an unbranded white box >> version. Then use the Mambo menu admin to create a wrapper link to >> the survey for registered users only. You can even use phpSurveyor to >> limit who has taken the survey. If Mambo does not support a wrapper >> menu link then create a content item for registered users only that >> has an iframe pointing to the survey. If you need more help on this >> email me or post to the list. >> >> Sincerely, >> Mike >> -- >> Mike Brandonisio * Web Hosting >> Tech One Illustration * Internet Marketing >> tel (630) 759-9283 * e-Commerce >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.jikometrix.net >> >> JIKOmetrix - Reliable web hosting >> >> >> On Mar 12, 2007, at 11:02 PM, Emily Berk wrote: >> >>> Hi Mike: >>> >>> I have inherited a Mambo site. I don't natively think the way >>> Mambo requires one to, but I've gotten fairly good at getting the >>> content I want into the right places on-screen. >>> >>> My clients want me to add a poll to the site, but they want only >>> registered users to be able to vote and they want each user to be >>> able to vote only once. >>> >>> From what I can tell, the polling functionality that came with >>> whatever template they already have installed cannot be controlled >>> in this way. >>> >>> A set of pages that live behind the log-in already exists. But I >>> haven't been able to figure out how to prevent them from coming up >>> more than once per user. >>> >>> SO, I have been looking to download something. BUT, it looks like >>> most of the voting/polling components require Joomla 2.0, and I am >>> stuck at Mambo. >>> >>> Which means, I'm thinking, that I get to write a template from >>> scratch? I've spent about an hour reading creating template >>> tutorials and I think it will be easier for me to write the code in >>> straight PHP. >>> >>> OR, do you know of a Mambo site that might have something like this: >>> http://mike.simbunch.com/index.php? >>> option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=13&Itemid=31 (Not that I >>> understand what SMF means...)? >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> >>> -- Emily >>> >>> At 09:55 AM 3/12/2007 -0500, Mike Brandonisio wrote: >>>> Hi Wade, >>>> >>>> I use Joomla for all of my CMS projects. I have the found forums >>>> are >>>> more than helpful. It has a large install base. The community is >>>> very >>>> active. There are regular updates and security patches. There are >>>> many 3rd party scripts for add-on features like forums and e- >>>> commerce, over 1,300 on http://extensions.joomla.org/ alone. If I >>>> need to customize an existing script I can usually do it so the >>>> next >>>> security update won't trash my changes. >>>> >>>> I guess I am saying that I like Joomla. I have not looked at Drupal >>>> in depth, either. You should look at the features you need today as >>>> well as where you will get support for your CMS. If you will be the >>>> CMS support, Look at the API to see what you may like or dislike. >>>> >>>> Here is a link to Joomla: www.joomla.org >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> Mike >>>> -- >>>> Mike Brandonisio * Web Hosting >>>> Tech One Illustration * Internet Marketing >>>> tel (630) 759-9283 * e-Commerce >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.jikometrix.net >>>> >>>> JIKOmetrix - Reliable web hosting >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mar 11, 2007, at 7:35 PM, Wade Smart wrote: >>>> >>>>> 03112007 1934 GMT-6 DST >>>>> >>>>> Joomla. Ok. Thats it. I totally got the name wrong. >>>>> Have anything good or bad to say about this? >>>>> >>>>> wade >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, 2007-03-11 at 17:20 -0700, James Keeline wrote: >>>>>> --- Wade Smart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> 03112007 1857 GMT-6 DST >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Is anyone using Jumo or Gumo here? I have a client who wants me >>>>>>> to check >>>>>>> into it but for the life of me, I cant find anything about it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> wade >>>>>> >>>>>> Any chance they are referring to the content management system >>>>>> called Joomla ? >>>>>> >>>>>> James Keeline > > Emily Berk > http://www.armadillosoft.com > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -------------------- > ~--> > Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email > design. > http://us.click.yahoo.com/lOt0.A/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/HKFolB/TM > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > ~-> > > Community email addresses: > Post message: [email protected] > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Shortcut URL to this page: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-list > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
