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Thanks!
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Module: Polls
http://help.joomla.org/content/view/1537/196/

Thanks!

We are now starting to work on the admin. manual for 1.1x

Please check the 1.1x section. 
If you have any questions about this, please post.

Thanks!

OK Michelle,

I'll check this into the 1.1 documentation area once you approve it.
I'll also move over the other modules I previously submitted.

-- r

*** Checked back in ***

The Polls module compliments the Polls component. It is used to display the configured polls.
The module differs from other modules in as much as the Component supports linking between Menu Items and Polls. This means that the module shows only those Polls which are configured for a certain Menu Item.
The Polls module works in concert with the Polls component. This module is used to display published polls that have been configured with the component interface.

Click on menu item "Components => Polls" to display the Poll component administrative interface. Use this interface to create or edit actual polls.

Type: mod_poll

Details:

Title: Title of the module to display on the page.
Title: Enter or edit (if needed) the title that will be displayed in the title bar of the module on the displayed page.

Show title: Decides if the Title will display or not on the page.
Show title: Select "Yes" to have the title displayed. Select "No" to hide the title.

Position: Sets which of the positions available the module will display in.
Position: Select the position from this drop-down list to place this module in a specific position on the displayed page. For example selecting "left" position places the module in the displayed page's left column. Selecting "right" position places the module in the displayed page's right column. These positions are determined by it's location in the template.

Module order: The order the module will appear among modules assigned to the same page, in the same position.
Module order: Select the order from this drop-down list to determine the order this module will appear relative to other modules listed in the same "Position" (e.g. "left" or "right"). See "Position" in this document.

Acces Level: Sets who can view this module. Public, Registered or Special.
Access Level: Select the access level (which is the site’s user groups) from the multi-item select box to determine which sets of users have access to this module.

Published: Sets if the module contents will show on the Frontend of your Web site (if chosen Position is available in the template).
Published: Select "Yes" to publish this module; Select "No" to unpublish. Published modules are displayed on the pages selected in the "Pages / Items " menu on this page. Unpublished modules are hidden from view, even if there are selections made in "Pages/Items".

ID: This is the ID number for the module item. This is auto-allocated by the Joomla system when the module is saved.
ID: This is a unique identification number assigned to this module by the Joomla! system. This is automatically generated and cannot be changed.

Pages / Items:
Sets on which pages the module should be displayed.
Pages / Items: Select one or more items in this multi-item select box to determine the pages this module will be displayed on. The positions that the module is actually displayed is affected by the choices made in the "Position" menu mentioned on this page.

Parameters:

Module Class Suffix: A suffix to be applied to the CSS class of the module (table.moduletable) to allow individual module styling.

Enable Cache: Select to cache or not the content of this module.
Enable Cache: Click the “Yes” radio button to turn caching on for this module. Click the “No” radio button to turn caching off.

Module Class Suffix: Enter the suffix for the CSS class of this module. (e.g .moduletable-poll). In this example, the "-poll" is the suffix. This suffix class must currently be in the template CSS Style file. This allows individual CSS classes to be applied to certain modules independent of the site's default Template CSS classes.

*** Checked back in ***

The Polls module compliments the Polls component. It is used to display the configured polls.
The module differs from other modules in as much as the Component supports linking between Menu Items and Polls. This means that the module shows only those Polls which are configured for a certain Menu Item.
The Polls module works in concert with the Polls component. This module is used to display published polls that have been configured with the component interface.

Click on menu item "Components => Polls" to display the Poll component administrative interface. Use this interface to create or edit actual polls.
Click the menu item "Components => Polls" to display the Poll component administrative interface. Use this interface to create or edit actual polls.

Type: mod_poll

Details:

Title: Title of the module to display on the page.
Title: Enter or edit (if needed) the title that will be displayed in the title bar of the module on the displayed page.

Show title: Decides if the Title will display or not on the page.
Show title: Select "Yes" to have the title displayed. Select "No" to hide the title.

Position: Sets which of the positions available the module will display in.
Position: Select the position from this drop-down list to place this module in a specific position on the displayed page. For example selecting "left" position places the module in the displayed page's left column. Selecting "right" position places the module in the displayed page's right column. These positions are determined by it's location in the template.

Module order: The order the module will appear among modules assigned to the same page, in the same position.
Module order: Select the order from this drop-down list to determine the order this module will appear relative to other modules listed in the same "Position" (e.g. "left" or "right"). See "Position" in this document.

Acces Level: Sets who can view this module. Public, Registered or Special.
Access Level: Select the access level (which is the site’s user groups) from the multi-item select box to determine which sets of users have access to this module.

Published: Sets if the module contents will show on the Frontend of your Web site (if chosen Position is available in the template).
Published: Select "Yes" to publish this module; Select "No" to unpublish. Published modules are displayed on the pages selected in the "Pages / Items " menu on this page. Unpublished modules are hidden from view, even if there are selections made in "Pages/Items".

ID: This is the ID number for the module item. This is auto-allocated by the Joomla system when the module is saved.
ID: This is a unique identification number assigned to this module by the Joomla! system. This is automatically generated and cannot be changed.

Pages / Items:
Sets on which pages the module should be displayed.
Pages / Items: Select one or more items in this multi-item select box to determine the pages this module will be displayed on. The positions that the module is actually displayed is affected by the choices made in the "Position" menu mentioned on this page.

Parameters:

Module Class Suffix: A suffix to be applied to the CSS class of the module (table.moduletable) to allow individual module styling.

Enable Cache: Select to cache or not the content of this module.
Enable Cache: Click the “Yes” radio button to turn caching on for this module. Click the “No” radio button to turn caching off.

Module Class Suffix: Enter the suffix for the CSS class of this module. (e.g .moduletable-poll). In this example, the "-poll" is the suffix. This suffix class must currently be in the template CSS Style file. This allows individual CSS classes to be applied to certain modules independent of the site's default Template CSS classes.

Rdb,

Everything looks ok.  I made just one minor change.


Click on the menu item...
Click the menu item..

This text is ready to transfer to the help site. 

Note:  Please update this help screen in the 1.1x section as we are no longer updating 1.0x.  Then update the 1.1x change log.  When this is done,  please let me know.

Thanks!!!

Hi Michelle,

The following modules have been moved over to the 1.1 documentation area and the 1.1 changelog updated.

(Please check the 1.1 changelog to make sure that I edited the correct document as my entries were the first (!?))

Module: Newsflash

Module: Random Image

Module: Who's Online

Module: Polls

I should also be done with the "Related Items" module later today.

This Help Screen is now ready for the second revision by someone who has not already revised it.

Thanks!

Thanks  Charles!



This can be done by anyone in the community who wishes to proof-read occasionally without committing to the doc project on an on going manner.