This tutorial is a topic that people have been asking for, for some time. You, the surfer, log into a page and there's a small poll waiting for you. You answer, click to submit, and up pop the total responses. It's a pretty great effect.

As with anything on HTML Goodies, getting something to work is pretty easy. The hard part is that I have to write and understand how it works. This concept took a while because it does get a little difficult. The process requires a PERL CGI script to work. Thus, you have to be able to place CGI on your server or this won't work for you.

Now, before many of you without CGI access ask, no. You cannot get this effect through HTML or JavaScript alone. The format here requires that something (a CGI, VBScript, or possibly an applet) write a file to keep track of all the answers. Without that "count" being kept - the concept is pretty much shot.

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Date Added: Oct 11, 2006 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0