Newsletter Poll System
Get instant feedback from your newsletters; do a poll!
Newsletter polls can be implemented with Master Form V4.
Two links are published in a newsletter, a Thumbs Up and a Thumbs Down. After the Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down link is clicked, the person sees a feedback form that may optionally be used.
A link to a download of everything required to implement this system, except Master Form V4 software, is also further below. If you don't yet have Master Form V4, click here to buy it.
How It Works
Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down links lead to a PHP page. The links have ?up or ?down appended to the PHP page's URL.
The PHP page contains a feedback form. When the browser arrives, the page:
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Checks to see if ?up or ?down was provided.
If yes, it sends information to Master Form V4, which updates a database with the vote. The database is CSV and includes IP address so duplicates can be purged.
If ?up or ?down was not provided, no information is sent to Master Form V4.
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Customizes the headline, content, and feedback form according to whether ?up or ?down was provided when the page was loaded.
When the PHP page with the feedback form is loaded in the browser, Master Form V4 has already been sent the vote to record in a CSV file. It is an automatic direct vote posting.
If your current installation of Master Form V4 is auto-submission protected, make another installation in a different directory for this newsletter poll system. The direct vote posting needs the leeway.
The voter is not required to use the feedback form. We hope you will use it when you vote a thumbs up or thumbs down later in this article. We like sincere feedback.
If the feedback form is used, it is submitted to Master Form V4, which sends an email with the feedback to the site owner and then redirects the browser to a thank-you page.
Downloading It
Click here for a ZIP file containing the form and templates for the Newsletter Poll System. Installation instructions are included with the download.
Click here to purchase Master Form V4.
Will Bontrager
