User Guide

Thank you for purchasing from CodeShack!

Your support will help keep our website up and running, and will help us provide you with more quality content!

If you have any issues, don't hesitate to contact us via our website or directly to our email at support@codeshack.io.

If you need help setting up the package, we offer installation service for a small fee. Please get in touch with us at the email address mentioned above.

For more information regarding this package (FAQs, updates, etc.), click here.

Requirements

If you plan to use the tutorial source code, I recommend you read the following tutorials on our website:

https://codeshack.io/poll-voting-system-php-mysql/

You will need the following:

XAMPP or a web-server with PHP, MySQL and phpMyAdmin installed. If you've purchased web hosting, you will need to upload the files to your web directory. XAMPP should not be used for production purposes.
Code Editor ‐ You can use Notepad to edit the PHP files, but I don't recommend it. Instead, download one of the following: Visual Studio Code, Notepad++, or Atom.
Optional: With Visual Studio Code, you can download a SCSS compiler extension that automatically converts SCSS to CSS.

Instructions

Open the XAMPP control panel and start Apache and MySQL
Upload/import the "phppoll_advanced.sql" file in phpMyAdmin
NOTE: If you receive a MySQL permissions error, you might need to create the database manually and remove the top two lines from the SQL file (phppoll_advanced).
Copy/cut the advanced package directory into your web directory (htdocs/www etc)
Rename the directory to "phppoll" and navigate to http://localhost/phppoll/ in your web browser
Navigate to http://localhost/phppoll/admin/ to access the admin panel
Enjoy coding and thank you for supporting us!

How to Access the Admin Panel

Navigate to the poll & voting system and append "/admin/" to the URL
Log-in with the following credentials:
Email: admin@example.com
Password: admin
Admin account details can be changed via the admin panel.