I just finished my latest plugin, "Get Out the Vote". This plugin was a custom plugin I contracted with MrDavid to build, and with his permission am also making it available to the community. The plugin lets you set up 'candidates' to vote on in the app, which show up as full-width images in a menu screen. Selecting a candidate reveals additional details, along with a vote button. Users can only vote once on their device. After that, the vote button will be disabled - even if they uninstall the app and reinstall it. This plugin works on both iPhone and Android. Here's a video showing it off. http://youtu.be/R6Hllma6DUQ --- Note: There's a good chance that this will be for self-hosted users only, as it requires adding a new table to the Buzztouch database to count the votes.

That looks really slick, Chris! I'm as impressed (or more) with the child item screens in the control panel as I am with the plugin itself. Great work on all sides! Cheers! -- Smug

Sweet idea! ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

Couldn't resist ;)

Thanks. I like the work I did on this for the following reasons: 1). Uses multiple screens 2). Connects to cloud to save user preferences 3). Persists data after app uninstall 4). Cross-platform 5). Easily customizable via both control panel and interface builder/xml

oh no.. I like/love this plugin but why only self hosted? open it to BT member as well. :) when this will be available?

@nelaye - that will be up to Buzztouch (aka David Book) as it requires modifying the database where the control panel lives to make it work.

HA! love this one. great work Chris1!

Are you using a remote php script to hook into the database for that new table? Can you add this plugin multiple times in the same app and still keep track of all the votes?

I vote Super Cool! Any Android screen shots? Will it have to ammend our existing DB tables - or can we add this as a new database and make our own tables/fields to enhance it? Tons of potential uses for this. Great Idea.

I've got kind of a busy day so it might be a while before I can get an Android vid up. It's very similar though. The way it stands right now, it automatically creates a new table in your database the first time you use it. Of course, you can easily modify that table if you know what you're doing. And if not, I'm always for hire ;). This one wouldn't have happened without MrDavid coming to me with an idea and asking me to contract with him.

Thanks for the credits Chris. Chris is a awesome dude to hire, very knowledgeable in regards to plugin development, and for a good price he gets stuff done fast. He got very creative and was able to solve a ton of complex issues in regards to storing votes and protecting from voting fraud. The plugin is on my phone right now, and it works awesome. Super excited to get this live and out there! Cheers, David https://buzztouchmods.com

@MrDavid - thanks - you were great to work with on this as well! @epicweb - it does use a php script to connect to the database, but it's set up to handle multiple instances of the plugin in a single app. It does so by tagging the votes with the "itemId" of the screen.

awesome.. would love to get my hands on this one. Any word from susan or David on changes required to get this in the market yet? Or do you plan to offer it for sale for self hosted now?

I haven't spoken with them about it yet, so that's the first step

very good work..this is a definite purchase for me…one question: can we use this as a vote poll for all users that have the app at their phones? and if yes, can the plugin build a chart with the votes?

Could definitely be used for polls. I can add an in-app results section in for version 2.0.

Great!!! so all users can see what all people have voted….

Yep - that's pretty easy to do in iOS - probably will add a button to the navbar. Android is a bit more complex, simply because of the way screens (aka activities) are handled by the manifest. But not impossible

So go go go Chris…we're all expecting your work to be published!!! :)

Thanks! If nothing else, I'll find a way to sell it to self-hosted users outside of Buzztouch. But we'll see. David's going to start thinking I only develop plugins that require mods to underlying website! I think this is #3 that does so. :-\

whatever the news…post here!