Survey Software

[Robyn Bergeron]

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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. :-)

It is pretty confusing.  :) Particularly when it comes to nested
questions.  I think it will work, though.

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