Survey Software

[Paul W. Frields]

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:53:05AM -0500, David Nalley wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 01:30:17PM -0700, Robyn Bergeron wrote:
> >> I've been trying out the demo that they have linked on their webpage -
> >>
> >> http://phpesp.sourceforge.net/demo/admin/manage.php
> >>
> >> It's unbearably slow when copying / editing other tests (this may be
> >> due to the demo being hosted / running on sourceforge, might not be
> >> the best infrastructure setup) - and firefox has locked up on me on
> >> two different computers trying to make a test survey.
> >>
> >> I've been trying to get past the first screen of making a survey; i've
> >> filled out required fields, and it's returning me to the same page.
> >> It says I should be continuing to the "Fields" tab, but there is no
> >> Fields tab to click on. I tried copying another survey which appears
> >> to work (has two questions) - when I go to edit that copy, on the
> >> questions page, it won't show the list of questions, or let me add a
> >> new question (on the "help" page it indicates that I should have a
> >> fillable box in which I can type things).
> >>
> >> Anyway, it is uninspiring at the moment, but I'm going to play with it
> >> some more. Is there any way we could get it up on a publictest
> >> machine? (In case any problems are just "running on a machine designed
> >> to serve up downloads and not so much demos of survey software.")  I'm
> >> also going to try it out with some "alternate browsers" on some
> >> "alternate operating systems" just to see if that is an issue.
> >>
> >> I TOOOOOOOOOOOoooootally appreciate your help! Seriously. Truly. I owe
> >> you many pwnies.
> >>
> >> Oh, I also saw that they are looking at using pear in phpesp in the
> >> future; it was in the list for limesurvey as well, and I'm not sure if
> >> it was one of the "problem packages" or not.  In any case, just an FYI
> >> in case we may be working around a problem by picking out something
> >> else where eventually we may be facing the same problem. :)
> >>
> >> You rock!
> >
> > Is there now either a publictest instance, or a short set of
> > instructions on the wiki for how to install this on a local system for
> > testing?
> >
> 
> 
> http://publictest16.fedoraproject.org/phpESP
> 
> There's also a package up for review

Nice job guys!  I've been trying it out and it does work -- a bit
confusing but it's not too hard to get the hang of making a survey.
Much faster when it's not on sf.net. :-)

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