Brad Fitzpatrick ([info]bradfitz) wrote in [info]news,
@ 2001-03-18 09:48:00
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A treat for y'all.
To show my appreciate for everybody that's been buying both paid accounts and the permanent accounts recently, I've completed a new feature. All it took was 12 hours straight in this chair without going to bed! :-)

Now we can do fun things like this. [Note: used to be inlined, but changed to just a link]

Isn't that fun? Oh, I bet you all want to know how to do this, huh? I even wrote up instructions.

Enjoy!

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[info]billijean
2001-03-18 09:48 am UTC (link)
It worked!
And I was the first. Fun fun day :)

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[info]bradfitz
2001-03-18 09:49 am UTC (link)
I actually had forgot to reset some things and had to delete two people's submissions right as they came in.

You can go vote again.

Actually, you can vote as much as you like--- your new votes just replace your old one.

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[info]tmtl
2001-03-18 09:51 am UTC (link)
What a cool feature!

Works too, which is a bonus!

Nice one Brad

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[info]bradfitz
2001-03-18 09:53 am UTC (link)
i'd hope it works ;)

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(no subject) - [info]tmtl, 2001-03-18 10:06 am UTC (Expand)
Re: - [info]bradfitz, 2001-03-18 10:08 am UTC (Expand)
Re: - [info]tmtl, 2001-03-18 10:09 am UTC (Expand)

[info]casey
2001-03-18 09:53 am UTC (link)
Problem: it b0rked on me when I tried to do it from a username subdomain, i.e. casey.livejournal.com. To explain a bit further, I was viewing it from my friends page at casey.livejournal.com/friends/. Can this be fixed?

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[info]bradfitz
2001-03-18 09:55 am UTC (link)
thanks, fixed!

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[info]niko
2001-03-18 09:56 am UTC (link)
about frickin' time!

NOW can I bug you about those customizations? ;)

j/k! great work man. thanks alot :)

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[info]ciannait
2001-03-18 09:59 am UTC (link)
That's fucking beautiful, man.

And the little bars, look so Aqua-ish, in a good way. (So don't go changing 'em. :)

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[info]ibrad
2001-03-19 09:39 am UTC (link)
They could handle being in a blue to match the site. Or maybe that orange... yeah, orange is the best.

Would Bradfitz like that?

I would. I could do it.. ? Please?

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(no subject) - [info]ibrad, 2001-03-19 09:40 am UTC (Expand)
Re: - [info]bradfitz, 2001-03-19 12:03 pm UTC (Expand)
Great Work!
[info]howief
2001-03-18 10:00 am UTC (link)
Now, a big question: Darlene here teaches ASP pages at college. Just wondering if you could give us some technical insite as to the methodology of how you did that. Just curious. Thanks.

HowieF

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Re: Great Work!
[info]bradfitz
2001-03-18 10:06 am UTC (link)
the answer lies here:

http://www.livejournal.com/temp/ljpoll.pl.txt

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[info]opiummmm
2001-03-18 10:04 am UTC (link)
Ummm...I made a poll - then I tested it out...now whenever I look at my friends page all I see are the results...not the actual test... :-(

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[info]bradfitz
2001-03-18 10:07 am UTC (link)
Because you used it. Filling it back out is pointless now... you're likely more interested in the results. (that's my logic, anyway)

If you want to fill it out again to make changes, click the link to get to the poll page, then click "Enter Form" or whatever

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(no subject) - [info]opiummmm, 2001-03-18 10:11 am UTC (Expand)

[info]christowang
2001-03-18 10:07 am UTC (link)
Not to be a pain in the ass... but the select boxes don't work on talkread.bml...

Probably an issue if people try to link to others entries to get to the polls...

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[info]bradfitz
2001-03-18 10:09 am UTC (link)
fixed, thanks!

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(no subject) - [info]hawk, 2001-03-18 11:24 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]christowang, 2001-03-18 11:48 am UTC (Expand)

[info]heathers
2001-03-18 10:08 am UTC (link)
Just a beautification comment... Can the answer bars be transparent so they aren't surrounded by white on a black background (or another color for that matter)?

Thanks for this awesome feature. Great idea!

-Heathers

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[info]bradfitz
2001-03-18 10:11 am UTC (link)
Sure, I could do that....

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(no subject) - [info]bradfitz, 2001-03-18 10:16 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]christowang, 2001-03-18 10:28 am UTC (Expand)
Re: - [info]bradfitz, 2001-03-18 10:30 am UTC (Expand)
Re: - [info]christowang, 2001-03-18 10:36 am UTC (Expand)
Error Checking
[info]steve
2001-03-18 10:16 am UTC (link)
The error checking built in is very sexy... Errr, but I don't think it works. I keep gettin a message that says "Cannot close an lj-pi tag that's not open"

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Re: Error Checking
[info]bradfitz
2001-03-18 10:19 am UTC (link)
did you copy the FAQ exactly?

the FAQ had typos in it. :P

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Re: Error Checking - [info]steve, 2001-03-18 07:03 pm UTC (Expand)
neato!!!!
[info]jingjing
2001-03-18 10:16 am UTC (link)
you are the best! and this is for everyone?!!! you really are tooo good to us, dahling!

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Re: neato!!!!
[info]bradfitz
2001-03-18 10:19 am UTC (link)
sorry, it's paid users only. :(

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Re: neato!!!! - [info]jingjing, 2001-03-18 10:21 am UTC (Expand)
Re: neato!!!! - [info]christowang, 2001-03-18 10:32 am UTC (Expand)
Re: neato!!!! - [info]p0etsou1, 2001-03-18 11:04 am UTC (Expand)
Re: neato!!!! - [info]christowang, 2001-03-18 11:20 am UTC (Expand)

[info]anilnaik
2001-03-18 11:07 am UTC (link)
Amazing what can get done when the house is quiet, eh Brad? Btw it's spelled Guinness. Your Irish ancestors hate you.

;-)

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[info]backslash
2001-03-18 11:08 am UTC (link)
g'aiee. Those bars look horrible on a black background. couldn't you have the image be a plain red box or something? ;P

alas, GIFs and PNGs lack 8-bit transparency, if I remember correctly.

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[info]visions
2001-03-18 11:22 am UTC (link)
a nuance change about how it works...

when you click submit poll, it should submit the poll and then reload your currently viewed webpage with the results.

so, if i click on submit from my friends page, it should reload friends. same if i click from ?skip=25 etc etc.

just a thought.

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[info]adriennerad
2001-03-18 11:34 am UTC (link)
Cool, thanks!

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[info]eyean
2001-03-18 11:35 am UTC (link)
woohoo... and you're insane to stay up all night... ;)

cheers.

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[info]tsutton
2001-03-18 11:39 am UTC (link)
That's good. When I didn't vote, it showed the voting stuff in your posting.

But when I voted and then returned to this page, I see the result and not the voting stuff. Nice one.

I guess the voting stuff is the "secret" project you've been working on, eh? :)

Nice work!

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Heh
[info]foobar
2001-03-18 11:39 am UTC (link)
Very very nice. I noticed something interesting... when I (logged in as myself) tried to "View Answers" for the questions in my own poll (when I was the only one who had actually submitted answers ;) ) I was told I... well, I'll show you:

[Error: you don't have access to view these poll results]

I made an "anyone can vote, friends can see the results" type of poll, #12 to be specific.

There's no way to edit a poll after it's been created, right ? I noticed that the contents of the poll had been replaced by something like in the entry.

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Re: Heh
[info]bandicoot
2001-03-22 12:00 am UTC (link)
Looks like the only way you can edit it is to delete the whole entry and redo the poll.

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[info]sophia
2001-03-18 11:43 am UTC (link)
damn it's so cool.
can't believe you only took 12 hours?!
thanks brad

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[info]immorak
2001-03-18 11:49 am UTC (link)
only paid users can do it?
:(

i wish i had some money...

-immorak

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[info]petfish
2001-03-18 12:03 pm UTC (link)
Noticed on the faq there's no example for checkboxes. First, though, sleep. :P

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[info]tsutton
2001-03-18 02:44 pm UTC (link)
I noticed that too.

Still, Brad did a lot and I think he needs a rest before doing up the FAQ (or someone can help if Brad provide the full vote coding)

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(no subject) - [info]petfish, 2001-03-18 03:10 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]dogboy
2001-03-18 12:04 pm UTC (link)
I love you man!!!

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brad you rule man!@!@
[info]childhood
2001-03-18 12:19 pm UTC (link)
i believe i may have wet my pants... *panics* seriously yet another cool feature. i shall harangue all my friends into straw polls immediately!

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[info]ktm
2001-03-18 01:48 pm UTC (link)
That's awesome! I like the graphics too!

What about a "reset" button, and email notification of votes?

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[info]tsutton
2001-03-18 02:49 pm UTC (link)
The more time I play with it, I got some suggestions...

1) How do I edit it after posting a new vote to my LJ?
2) How do I delete the vote from the server? Is it like deleting a normal LJ posting and it'll be removed from the server? (i.e. you won't be able to see it via ... /poll/?id=35 )

I'm willing to write up the voting FAQ if you provide me the full vote coding that will work (i.e. checkboxes, etc)

Good work, dude!

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