Matilda Johnson Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Hi everybody,I’ve created a website on free hosting and want to add Voting poll. I found several scripts but they require installation on the server (and my hosting doesn’t support php and cgi). Could you please tell me some alternative? Thanks a lot in advance!! Matildahttp://photoview.hostsnake.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synook Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Get a host with a server-side language (such as PHP) installed. There is no way you can store the data from the poll after a person votes without server-side scripting. The only option I can think of is a form which makes the client e-mail the poll results to you, but this means that clients will have to interface through their email applications, you will have to view every e-mail and compile results as they arrive. Only do that if you are desperate. I suppose if you searched hard enough you may be able to find a remotely-hosted service which you can load into an iframe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matilda Johnson Posted February 8, 2008 Author Share Posted February 8, 2008 Thank you for advice a lot. My ex-boyfriend has already advised me to use remotely hosted services. I’m actually not sure what it means. I found eyucca.com and votinserver.com. The first seems not work, and at the second - I didn’t understand what to do. Can anyone explain a blond what means remotely hosted services, what to do with it? And how in the end I can install it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synook Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 I found this one: http://uk.bpath.com/poll/qwz_info.dbm - it doesn't look like it uses a server-side language (it seems to be remotely hosted). Sign up and follow the instructions, if you have trouble you can post here again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zppblood Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 You can think of remotely hosted service as another server (a computer with special software making their files accessible on the Internet) that will allow you to enter your own questions, answers, results, etc. into their database and they will allow you to create a link to their page or include in a frame and display the poll on their server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matilda Johnson Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 Dear friends, Thank you very much for advices. I really began to understand better . I've even managed to install one poll to my site. Will look how it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matilda Johnson Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 Hello everybody. Cool, I've added voting poll component to my site from Voting Server. I wanted to add their poll to Myspace in the same way, but it doesn't work. Anybody knows what to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synook Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 MySpace is horribly limited. If it uses JavaScript (which I believe it does), give up. MySpace does not allow JavaScript of any sort after some prankster created a script on his page which made everyone who visited his friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matilda Johnson Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 Voting Server supports HTML version, but when I try to vote I see some horrible warning – something concerning security. May be there is another component which will permit to pass over it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zppblood Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Myspace could think you are trying to steal sensitive information; think of phishing sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matilda Johnson Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 Myspace could think you are trying to steal sensitive information; think of phishing sites.Well, and is there any way to pass it over? May be there are some other services? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matilda Johnson Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 By the way - at Voting Server I saw the inscription: "Optimized for CSS3, HTML5, IPv6 and Internet2". Does it mean that it will work in all browsers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synook Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Well, and is there any way to pass it over? May be there are some other services?With MySpace? Doubt it. They are paranoid."Optimized for CSS3, HTML5, IPv6 and Internet2".Err.. that means that it uses ultra-modern technologies that practically no-one has at the moment. So, it means that it won't actually work in any browser (unless it is a super-new pre-release one, e.g. it should partially work in Opera 9.5). Err... are you sure it said that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matilda Johnson Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 QUOTE With MySpace? Doubt it. They are paranoid.Well, thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matilda Johnson Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 Err.. that means that it uses ultra-modern technologies that practically no-one has at the moment. So, it means that it won't actually work in any browser (unless it is a super-new pre-release one, e.g. it should partially work in Opera 9.5). Err... are you sure it said that?Yes, horrible But you know, it works however Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synook Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 But you know, it works howeverMaybe it has support for those technologies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 More likely it's just marketing buzzwords. I don't know how you would optimize something for Internet2, for example. That doesn't make sense. Or IPv6 either, for that matter. In fact, how exactly would you optimize something for CSS3 or HTML5 anyway? You can use those technologies, but optimizing for them doesn't make any sense. Probably just marketing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synook Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 In fact, how exactly would you optimize something for CSS3 or HTML5 anyway?You could optimise by using those technologies, maybe, e.g. by using the <footer> tag in HTML5 instead of using a div with a massive CSS definition, and CSS3 for shadows instead of images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 But that's not optimizing by using those technologies - it's just using those technologies, period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffman Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Get the lingo right, justsomeguy. The site is utilizing those technologies. Geez . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matilda Johnson Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 Hi, guys. I didn't understand anything of mentioned above, but that's exactly what was written there. You may look yourselfwww.votingserver.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Get the lingo right, justsomeguy. The site is utilizing those technologies. Geez . . .I don't know, it looks more like they're leveraging a solution to maximize productivity while streamlining process integration. If you ask me, it looks like a paradigm is being deployed to sustain synergy and add some value. Clearly this is their core competency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matilda Johnson Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 I don't know, it looks more like they're leveraging a solution to maximize productivity while streamlining process integration. If you ask me, it looks like a paradigm is being deployed to sustain synergy and add some value. Clearly this is their core competency.Yeah, guys, I don't understand a word of your discussion, but, that's ok, just go on - it's interesting. Bravo!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 We're just BSing, I think the conclusion that was reached was that it would not be possible to set up votingserver.com services on MySpace, but it would probably be best for you to ask votingserver.com specifically if that is possible. They would definately know more then us whether or not they can be used together, and if so, how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matilda Johnson Posted February 28, 2008 Author Share Posted February 28, 2008 Yeah, I've connected them, and they said that it is actually possible to use their services at Myspace, but it's impossible to avoid warning windows. So that is that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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