Resolved - Making polls in forums

[Quarterman 1st MRB]

Name: Keith Quarterman

Rank: Cpl

Type of issue: It seems I can't make polls in forums.

Brief Description of Issue: Just wont let me, i know im doing it right. Maybe I need acess or something. Please check into it, thanks!

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Current Status: Resolved

Main Technician: Pfc. Holland

Supporting Technician:

Edited May 1, 2012 by Holland 1st MRB

[Holland 1st MRB]

BBS (Bulletin Board Systems) such as this, always have default "group" permissions. An admin would have to modify the permissions for your account specifically.

Likelihood of an admin giving forum permissions to one specific person however, I would imagine being quite low.

You may or may not be able to post polls in the Slope Chute. (haven't checked).

I will keep this topic open, until a forum admin with permissions access can confirm or deny your request.

EDIT :: I have gone through most of the major sections of the forum, and I can post polls in most all of them.

Although, I do have a restricted moderator status on the forums, due to my office positions. This would mean I have different permissions than normal users, and could be the reason I can post polls.

Unfortunately, I am assuming that only Parker, Yama, and perhaps a few select others have access to modify permissions. I will contact my superiors in the MSO, and see if they can contact somebody to look into this further.

Edited April 22, 2012 by Holland 1st MRB

[Yamagata 1st MRB]

I've double checked your permissions and you should have the ability to post polls.

Polls can be made at any time in a topic.

To create a poll, when making a new topic click on the link that says "Click here to manage this topic's poll" under Poll Options

This will open the poll management, come up with a title for your poll

Then you can add up to 7 poll questions with 20 choices per question

[Quarterman 1st MRB]

Still won't work...

[Holland 1st MRB]

What exactly are you trying to do? Which forum are you putting a topic in? What are the steps you are taking? What is happening in response to your attempt? (Access denied screen, simply nothing, no poll option what-so-ever, etc.)

Just to clarify, you must post polls in a separate topic. You cannot reply with a poll.

Edited April 22, 2012 by Holland 1st MRB

[Quarterman 1st MRB]

Exactly what Yama posted in the sports forums, And all it says is you must enter stuff to make a post or however its worded.

Edited April 22, 2012 by Quarterman 1st MRB

[Holland 1st MRB]

Ah, right. What that means, is that you cannot simply post a poll on its own. You must put some words in the main text box as well (IE, an explanation of the poll)

[Quarterman 1st MRB]

Just did that and still nothing haha

[Holland 1st MRB]

Hm.

Sorry for the hassle, though I don't think I can effectively help you by guessing what is going on.

If possible, please post a step by step guide on what exactly you are doing. Every mouse click, key stroke. It should help me figure out exactly what is not being done.

[Quarterman 1st MRB]

Ive been doing the exact steps Yama said to do

[Quarterman 1st MRB]

Sports

[Bryant 1st MRB]

i have the same iissue in slope...

[Yamagata 1st MRB]

Screen shot the error. You could be leaving the topic title blank, the post blank, etc.

[Bryant 1st MRB]

idk, i have every thing filled out, i even followed magics thing

[Holland 1st MRB]

Stating that you are following Yama's steps is not enough, and effectively giving us nothing to help you from.

Follow this checklist; if you have everything in it, then I would assume the problem is within the system.

Main topic title

Poll title

At least one poll question

At least two choices within that poll question

Main topic text

If an admin with permissions access could double check forum permissions between user groups. I understand Yama has already double checked, but perhaps there is conflicting permissions between user groups. (ie. the "Corporal user group" allows polls, whereas the "Normal user group" does not.)

Edit: I was able to make a poll in the Sports section. Please look closely at the content of your topic, and make absolutely sure that you have filled what is required in. Be sure that you are putting choices inside the questions (perhaps we are making two questions, instead of two choices).

Edited April 22, 2012 by Holland 1st MRB

[Quarterman 1st MRB]

Okay, how do people take screenshots, like Yama's help guide of doing it?

[Holland 1st MRB]

Press the Print Screen button, usually located at the top of the keyboard, next to the Scroll Lock key.

This will copy an image of your screen.

Then go to any image editor (MS Paint for example), and paste it.

From there, crop it as needed, save it, and upload it.

[Quarterman 1st MRB]

And when i press this button haha, where will they be saved to?

[Holland 1st MRB]

When you press Print Screen, it will be put onto your "clipboard". It works just as if you had copied a line of text. Instead of the text, it is an image.

[Yamagata 1st MRB]

If an admin with permissions access could double check forum permissions between user groups. I understand Yama has already double checked, but perhaps there is conflicting permissions between user groups. (ie. the "Corporal user group" allows polls, whereas the "Normal user group" does not.)

Permission sets on the forums will always inherit the "better." Even if he is in the normal user group (which also has permission to start polls), he would inherit the ability to start polls from his Corporal user group because it is the better permission. If I were to mark you as banned (no forum access at all) and then gave you the Lt. Col. user group as a secondary group, you would gain all access from the latter.

I even tested his access with the test user, gave myself all the permissions he had and was still able to post polls.

Here is a quick PSR recording on how to post a poll:

how_to_post_a_poll.zip

(Sorry the images are so small, dual monitors will do that)

[Holland 1st MRB]

Sounds good Yama. I wasn't sure of the workings of IP Boards, though certain lesser quality BBS do not work so smoothly.