1) Admins who allow everyone (both registered and unregistered) to vote in polls (btw it won't affect the way in which registered users are tracked, which is by usernumber, if they are the only ones allowed to vote).
2) Admins who have users complaining that they can't vote because they share an IP number with one or more other users who use different computers.
Instead of tracking votes by IP number, this mod will now store a randomly generated & permanent number in a cookie (even if your forums are set to not use cookies).
Also, if a user doesn't allow cookies to be set then they won't be able to vote.
Note: As far as I can tell this works exactly as intended without any noticeable bugs, but if you find something not functioning correctly please let me know asap :-)
Working Under: UBB.Threads 6.3-6.4
Mod Status: Finished
Any pre-requisites:
Author(s): Twisty
Date: 01/06/05
Credits:
Files Altered:
ubbt.inc.php dopoll.php pals/pollpal.php (if IIP is installed - tested with IIP 5.3.1 - newer IIP versions may not be compatible with the changes specified in step #3!)
New Files:
Database Altered: no
Info/Instructions: (see attachment)
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