This module adds feedback questionaires to forum threads. Administrators can create feedback questionaire forms with multiple topic/questions and rating scales which can then be attached to forums, providing posters with additional fields to post topical feedback when new messages are created. The questionaires are fully integrated into Phorum's message management (i.e., add/edit/delete and display of messages). The module does not require any additional coding, and once enabled, is immediately available for use. The GUI elements of the module are template based, providing implementors the option to customize the appearance of the questionaire forms, and the appearance of the presented data.
The current release (version 1.0.2) contains the following features:
Define simple topical questionaire forms.
Each questionaire can have one or more topics (or questions), with each topic receiving an optional rating scale (i.e., a scale of one to ten). The upper range of the scale is configurable for each topic. So you can have a topic that allows rating from 1 to 5, and another topic that has rating 1-10, and a third topic that has rating disabled, etc.
Assign your topical questionaires to your forums
Link your topical questionaires to your forums, and your questionaire forms will be integrated into the forums' posting system. When enabled, a topical questionaire will be inserted into the posting form in both New and Edit views. Posters can fill in their feedback (and optionally choose a rating), and the questionare data will be saved with ther message post. During display of the post, the questionaire data is inserted into the post display. A form can have more than one topical questionaire linked to it. When there are multiple questionaires enabled ror a forum, the questionaires are stacked on top of each other.
Granular control of feedback
There is a global enable/disable setting for each topical questionaire affecting both input and display. There is also a setting to disable new questionaires, but continue to display previously entered data (as well as allowing prior questionaires to be edited by their authors). Individual topics rating settings are also individually controlled.
Localization
All text strings are in the module's language file(s).
Captions for rating scores
Ratings are by default displayed as something like this: "5 out of 10" meaning of course the poster selected 5 and the topic was configured with a maximum scale of ten. However, you can define captions to translate a "5" into some text string... whatever you want. The language file holds some special keys for rating score captions, using the key format "RankN" where N is the score value. A special key "RankMax" defines a caption for when a maximum rating score is selected. These captions are displayed next to the numerical score when the caption is available.
Installation
Copy the contents of the attached Zip file into your mods directory. In the Phorum Admin section, go to Modules and turn on the Feedback Questionaire module. In it's settings, click "New" to define new topical questionaires, adding one or more topics and optionally setting rating scales to each topic. Link your questionaires to your forums, and off you go.
This is my first module... so I would most definately welcome constructive feedback and even criticism.
ToDo list
- a "I found this useful" widget added to the questionaire... readers can click and pump up the "usefulness" metric. Good stuff for readers rating posted feedback in a customer feedback scenario
- Enabled/Disable individual questionaire topics
- Allow defining the order of multiple questionaires linked to single forum.
- Add your own ideas?
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/14/2010 12:35PM by Phil Connolly.
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