A module to create and manage surveys.

Surveys are incredibly useful, especially after launching a new EE site!  Regularly collecting accurate demographics on site visitors is an important task for any business, NGO’s, or other organization.  Marketing/Media staff are always hungry for such info from the “techos”.

King of Fools has already created a nifty EEpoll module - which in some ways resembles a survey module - but there are important differences.

Rough “straw-man” list of specs for Survey Module:

Ability to create a survey form that handles:

(1) large number of survey questions (10 - 100?).
(2) “hard-coding” responses into radio buttons or pull downs.
(3) Ability to include “text entry” areas for free-form responses.
(4) Ability to control what responses are “required” and behavior to block submissions that lack said required responses.
(5) Ability to limit to participation to “member only” BUT also ability to turn that on/off.
(6) Ability to block repeat submissions via cookies and IP logging methods - or restrict to once per member in that case.
(7) Ability to log email addresses - and auto-send an email to that address on successful submission.
(8) Ability to log the results via sending email to admin AND also log data to a specific data-container (weblog or dedicated tables).
(9) some stats backend to output survey stats.
(10) display tools for said stats.
(11) control over who (members, admins, public) can see and do what with the survey. For example - you may want only a small group a privledged clients to see such a survey and/or it’s results?

Please add to or challenge the “straw-man” specs listed here.

Do you want a survey module? Please participate in the attached poll!

::: EE Survey module supporters UNITE ! :::

Peace from Tasmania!

Sounds cool…............ hope one can program it, it would be a nice additional module.

pctje - 30 June 2005 08:54 AM

Sounds cool…............ hope one can program it, it would be a nice additional module.

Thanks for your support PCTJE . . .  I believe Amex/Lynn also is keen on this kinda module?

While I’m a bit disapointed at the ammount of feedback . . . it is interesting to see the “bipolar” nature of the polling.  Heartened to see the large % that feel it’s “top priority” . . .

General question for the masses:

. . . . . how does one write such a module for EE anyway . . . a combo of php plus mysql calls? . . . . .  I’m getting the feeling I’m gonna have to write this up myself?!? Would be nice to know how to do it or at least where to start . . . . . [sound of LJ pointing me to the Wiki even before I hit the submit button . . .]

Uggg . . . is there a “time generator” module to create free time to devote to such efforts? =)

Surf...A good start might be the Module Discussion and Technical Assistance Forums right below the main EE forums. And there is an EE developers mailing list.

Thanks PX for pointing me in the right direction.

. . . I would think this kinda module would be very attractive to a comercial or organizational site?

. . . . ideas currently focus on combining the “contact form” with some of the functionality from KoF’s EEpoll?
I must say, as someone who knows only the most basic things about php and mysql, the time it may take me to learn how to do this is very daunting.

This is totally what I’m looking for for a new project I have that’s in its preliminary stages.  Did this get done in the end, and if so, where can I find it, please?

Cheers

Andy

I’m also very interested in a survey module. Third-party polling software has been disappointing, so far. Was this ever completed?

Yes, please!

Me very hungry for a module like this. I have a client that needs the ability to have surveys on their website and an EE module would be the answer!

If somebody knows of a script that would integrate nicely with EE, let me know.

Cheers!

I’ve had excellent success with ChumpSoft’s Poll and Survey applications. They integrate well with EE. Installation and setup is very similar. I’ve run both for years with never a hiccup.

Thanks,

I’ll look into this. I also just discovered iSalient, but it seems that the new version is still in Beta and the old is not for sale anymore.

RonnieMc - 16 November 2006 11:38 AM

I’ve had excellent success with ChumpSoft’s Poll and Survey applications. They integrate well with EE. Installation and setup is very similar. I’ve run both for years with never a hiccup.

I used an early version of iSalient. Very nice, but pricey. I also use ActiveCampaign’s SupportTrio, Knowledgebuilder, and 1-2All for email. Excellent products with good support.

Yes I like their products. I’m also setting up another project/site in which I use 1-2All, but I’m setting up the design of the newsletter in EE.

RonnieMc - 16 November 2006 07:16 PM

I used an early version of iSalient. Very nice, but pricey. I also use ActiveCampaign’s SupportTrio, Knowledgebuilder, and 1-2All for email. Excellent products with good support.