Vote Caster > Getting Started > Web Page Integration
One of our product uniqueness is we made our scripts capable to fit into your existing web design.
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After Integration |
Create a PHP page where you would like to set up your online poll. Save the web page file with .php extension, such as votecaster.php.
You can put the file in any directory on the server.
2. Find the Document Path |
To ensure that your Vote Caster works regardless the location of the PHP page, you will need to add your server's Document Path to all the PHP include codes.
To find the Document Path, open the /myadmin/config.php file with your text editor, and note down the value for $path["docroot"]. Let's assume the Document Path is C:/wwwroot/user/myadmin/
3. Include config.php, session.php and css.php |
Insert the codes below to your PHP page to call the config.php, session.php and css.php. This will load all the necessary database connection, program libraries and CSS.
To do this, open the votecaster.php file with text editor, and put it to the topmost line (line 1) of the PHP file, without any preceded character.
<?php
include_once ("C:/wwwroot/user/myadmin/config.php");
include_once ("C:/wwwroot/user/myadmin/common/session.php");
include_once ("C:/wwwroot/user/myadmin/common/css.php");
?>
4. Include Vote Caster Menu and Content |
a. To display the Vote Caster menu:-
<?php include("C:/wwwroot/user/myadmin/votecaster/home.menu.php"); ?>
b. To display the vote campaign questions and results in the content area:-
<?php $campaign_id=[ID]; include("C:/wwwroot/user/myadmin/votecaster/home.vote.php"); ?>
Each campaign has it's own identifier ID, [ID] which is used to call up questions and answers. To get the campaign's ID, login to your Vote Caster administration area and click on Campaign. In the Inclusion Code column, click on Get Code to view the ID.
5. View Integration Result |
Now, proceed to your web page URL, eg: http://your-domain-name/votecaster.php to view your Vote Caster front-end integration result.
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