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Poll manager in the same page as new thread.

29 votes

Submitted by jonno4000, 28th April 2007, 2:40:57 AM

You make a topic and you tick the box "I want to make a poll". It submits the thread without the poll. Then you make the poll. And people usually say "why isn't there a poll for this".

I for one would love the idea to have a poll manager in the same page as new thread. That way the poll & the thread will be submitted at once.

7 Comments

  1. Great idea. :)

    I don't mind the current way, but sometimes making the poll takes a bit of time/thinking and people have replied and left the thread before the poll is seen.

    rh1n0, 28th April 2007, 5:39:54 AM

  2. i agree... just add a bit of javascript to load (or display) the poll form when the user clicks "I want to make a poll". Also, it'll be more intuitive

    Choli, 29th April 2007, 6:03:29 PM

  3. That would certainly solve the "incomplete thread" issue. In older versions of MyBB, the thread was actually hidden until the poll was posted, and I was concerned when the developers changed that behavior. Of course, the old method had its own disadvantages.

    As for the Javascript, that might make the feature more user-friendly, but it needs to work without Javascript enabled. The "poll manager" could simply be displayed inline like the Post Preview box.

    WDZ, 30th April 2007, 8:32:51 AM

  4. Good idea :)

    DennisTT, 1st May 2007, 12:57:12 AM

  5. Oh god, this REALLY needs to be on the next MyBB update. This is a torture specially in popular Forums.

    DCR, 3rd May 2007, 1:04:01 AM

  6. Nice! Maybe we could even see the poll when previewing too.

    ajsuk, 16th June 2007, 1:00:53 AM

  7. Great Idea!

    But the poll editor must only come, when you klick "I want to make a poll" like AJAX ;)

    modercol, 8th July 2007, 7:32:56 PM

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