Purpose

This document is a User Guide for Enhanced Polls module for Magento. It describes how work with the extension.

This module is a replacement of standard Magento polls’ results. It shows the results as visual diagrams (several templates available) with beautiful effects.

System Requirements

The extension works under Magento from 1.4.x and higher.

The extension works with Apache 1.3.x and higher, PHP 5, Linux or IIS.

The extension’s correct work is guaranteed with the following browsers:

• IE7+
• FireFox 4.x+
• Google Chrome 15.x+
• Safari 5.x+

The correct work with other Magento versions, other browsers and Apache/PHP versions is not guaranteed.

Installation

All our Magento extensions and templates are installed via IToris Installer.

Download IToris Installer and un-pack to the root of your website. It will then appear in menu System –>IToris extensions –> IToris Installer.

Open it and you will see all our Magento Extensions and Templates, both installed and available. You can install, update and un-install them with one click now.

Find Enhanced Polls in the list of extensions and press Install button. It will ask for the license key that you will receive after the purchase. Enter the key and submit. The extension will be installed. It will be available in menu System –>IToris extensions –> Enhanced Polls

License

Magento modules developed by IToris are provided with 3 license types - regular, premium and multi-host.

Regulal license is partially encrypted. This license is website-dependent. By ‘website’ here we understand the website in Magento terms. Under one Magento installation one license key of the extension can activate all stores/storeviews. within one website. If your configuration has several Magento websites - a separate license will be required for each.

One license also supports a number of sub-domains for development/testing purposes in addition to the live website. Please see the full list of available sub-domains and additional information about the license in our Terms and Conditions

Premium license activates one Magento installation. All websites, stores and storeviews under one installation are covered with one license. Premium license is 100% open-source and is recommended for customizations. Premium license is installed via IToris Installer.

Multi-host license provides ability to install the module to an unlimited number of hosts. It is 100% and is installed as an archive.

You can switch the license from one domain to another – login to IToris website using the credentials you will receive after the purchase. Go to My Downloads area, find your key there and reset it from the current website. Then use it again to activate another website.

The license also includes free life-time updates for the extension.

Activation

To enable the module select System –>IToris extensions –> Enhanced Polls

Extension Enabled - this setting activates the module

There is ability to activate/deactivate the module for selected stores/storeviews (use Current Configuration Scope drop-down).

Back-end

When the module is installed - a new tab appears in Polls - Poll Appearance. Here you can select how the poll’s answers should be displayed.

As the appearance can be created when there are no answers entered yet - the sample diagrams have sample answers that will be substituted with real ones on the front-end.

Save and Continue Edit button is added to the area for convenient management.

Select how your poll results should look and save the changes.

There are pre-set colors for each scheme, yet if you want your own ones - select Question colors = Manual There will appear color selections for each answer, with ability to enter a hex code.

Front-end

Your customers will see a standard Magento poll:

As soon as they vote - with a beautiful sliding effect the results are displayed.

Depending on the selected scheme the results may look this way:

or this way:

or this: