Jason Stone - Geek in SoCal » Free http://jasonstone.name Computer geek and Photography enthusiast Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:52:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Added polls plugin to WordPress http://jasonstone.name/2007/06/15/added-polls-plugin-to-wordpress/ http://jasonstone.name/2007/06/15/added-polls-plugin-to-wordpress/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:55:51 +0000 JasonStone http://jasonstone.name/index.php/2007/06/15/added-polls-plugin-to-wordpress/ If you ever read the WordPress News updates on the dashboard, you may have noticed a post from Weblog Tools Collection that many of the WordPress plugins on the GaMerZ website have been updated to work with WordPress 2.2. I was pretty excited to hear this news because they have so many useful plugins that I use. One of the plugins (wp-polls) lets you place polls directly on your blog. As people place votes, the answers get tallied and you get to view them on a graph.

I installed the plugin and setup the Poll Results Archive page. After reading the documentation, I just found out you can easily include specific polls in a post. Example code usage to add a poll to your post:

[poll=2]

Easy huh? This is what it looks like:

Update Feb. 1, 2008:

I no longer have this plugin installed because I hardly ever used it.


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Alas, to no avail. I just keep getting errors not being able to start Spiceworks. I have a feeling it is a service that isn’t set to run automatically. But I guess I am just not in the troubleshooting mood today. Anyways, I am sending the e-mail through the Spiceworks Uninstaller Feedback form to see how quickly they will respond. I will keep you updated. In the meantime, if you think you can help me get Spiceworks up and running, Let me know! Maybe you can help me figure out this annoying problem I am having.

Also, if you know of any other IT management systems that are reasonably priced, that would help too. I am currently evaluating a new system to be implemented very soon. So any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! Till next time!


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