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Thank you again Jules - very much appreciated.
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I built the ships that sailed this river
I cut the stones that built this town
I rolled the steel at Dixons Blazes
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« Reply #81 on: January 19, 2007, 08:27:13 AM » |
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is the emboldened nominee the one in the lead or the one you voted for?
i think i know the answer really but it could be either or both..............
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« Reply #82 on: January 19, 2007, 08:47:36 AM » |
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As I understand it, the up to two emboldened entries show how your votes are currently cast.
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« Reply #83 on: January 19, 2007, 09:20:24 AM » |
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Quite right, Adrian.
It the one(s) you voted for.
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« Reply #84 on: January 19, 2007, 09:40:33 AM » |
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fank-oo, 's'praps cos i only cast one vote in each..........that i got fuddled (a bit)  |
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Pete Standing
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« Reply #85 on: February 01, 2007, 03:21:21 PM » |
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Are there plans to show the percentage of votes cast for each nominee in each category? Getting back to the two votes thing, I can see that having two transferable votes could lead to tactical voting. Would it really be too difficult to have system where you vote them in order of preference (ie 5 points for first, 4 for second, 3 for third.....) with the nomination getting the most points being the winner? I'm only asking, honest, not being critical, honest. You chaps are doing a good job really, honest.  |
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If the devil is so bad, why has he got all the best tunes?
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« Reply #86 on: February 01, 2007, 05:04:56 PM » |
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Are there plans to show the percentage of votes cast for each nominee in each category?
Yep... When the results are announced in about 3 days time. Getting back to the two votes thing, I can see that having two transferable votes could lead to tactical voting. Would it really be too difficult to have system where you vote them in order of preference (ie 5 points for first, 4 for second, 3 for third.....) with the nomination getting the most points being the winner? I'm only asking, honest, not being critical, honest. You chaps are doing a good job really, honest. The board software is not that sophisticated unfortunately. When you set up a poll you can state how many selections each person can make but when voting there's no way to make a distinction between the selections (1st choice, 2nd choice, etc) - they all carry equal weight. It would require a software modification to get it to do something different. I know its possible to add features to the board software (Colin has written much of what you see today) but from what I recall Polls are pretty well embedded in the board code (they're a core feature rather than an add-on) and it might be too difficult to make such a change without affecting the board's main function. Colin?  Cheers Nick |
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« Reply #87 on: February 01, 2007, 05:33:03 PM » |
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Some things are fairly easy to change, in what's know as the 'Themes'. These are a set of templates, used to display all of the different pages. So for example I added the "you have x messages" at the top of most pages.
Other changes which are not quite as simple, are in the code that processes requests, when you press a button. For example checking the number of smilies in a post.
Changing the polls would involve changing the database, which to make things operate quickly, consists of over 40 cross referenced tables.
However the biggest problem is that it would make software upgrades incompatible.
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« Reply #88 on: February 01, 2007, 06:18:31 PM » |
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If the devil is so bad, why has he got all the best tunes?
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« Reply #89 on: February 02, 2007, 12:54:58 AM » |
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Well you've got a year. Don't be so negative! I know Pete, there's always excuses isn't there |
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I have gone to look for myself, if I return before I get back, keep me here.
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« Reply #90 on: February 04, 2007, 02:16:07 PM » |
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