Alright I just want to know how to go about doing this...I'm pretty sure I have to use a database somehow. I'm pretty new at the whole webdev stuff. I just want to have a poll that will come up on my website that will be a yes or no question people can answer and store/display the results. How can I make a database to hold a bunch of different polls like this? What are the steps I need to take to get this done? Help appreciated!!! Thanks!

Originally Posted by barodapride

Alright I just want to know how to go about doing this...I'm pretty sure I have to use a database somehow. I'm pretty new at the whole webdev stuff. I just want to have a poll that will come up on my website that will be a yes or no question people can answer and store/display the results. How can I make a database to hold a bunch of different polls like this? What are the steps I need to take to get this done? Help appreciated!!! Thanks!

There might be some open source wiki set up to do this.

If you want to be able to store user input, even as simple as yes or no, then you need to set up some programming, and either use a database, or work out a (more complex) solution with XML or some other type of files.

At a minimum, you would need a table for users, polls, and user votes.

Originally Posted by barodapride

Alright I just want to know how to go about doing this...I'm pretty sure I have to use a database somehow. I'm pretty new at the whole webdev stuff. I just want to have a poll that will come up on my website that will be a yes or no question people can answer and store/display the results. How can I make a database to hold a bunch of different polls like this? What are the steps I need to take to get this done? Help appreciated!!! Thanks!

You will need a database, but you may be able to find one that writes to a text file. By far the are easier for the newbie to set up.

I am sure that I have one or more scripts somewhere on my hard drive for this. I will try to find time to look and see what I have.

you could possibly view some of the open source scripts that will do exactly what you need it to do. implementing that in your site should be fairly easy and painless. good luck in your endeavors