Installation
- Download the Zip archive on this page
- Unzip it and upload the files your web server, ideally in their own directory
- Open your web browser and go to
http://your_domain/askpeople_directory/install.php - Follow the setup instructions, choosing a name for your installation, and setting yourself up as the master user
At the end of the installation process, you will be taken to the login screen for your installation of the AskPeople application, from where you can login using the master username you have just created.
If you encounter problems, please check the forum or contact us using the Feedback Form and we'll do what we can to help.
Upgrading to the latest version
If you want to upgrade from any version of AskPeople to 2.2, you should make a copy (or keep safe somewhere):
- your /surveys/ directory
- any customised templates you have in /templates/
- your users.inc.php file
Then delete the rest of your installation, and replace with the new files. You should then restore your original surveys, templates and users file.
If you copy across project files created under an older version of AskPeople, make sure you update the settings for each project. Just go to 'Manage project settings' from the Project Manager and save changes.
Technical requirements
AskPeople does not require a database, as it stores its data and survey files as flat text files. However, at the minimum your server will need to be running:
- PHP version or 4 or 5
- some server-based email utility such as sendmail, in order to use the email functions built into AskPeople
Version history
AskPeople is based on Pentri Clipboard, of which there were five minor revisions, the most recent being Clipboard 1.4 in August 2006. This version of AskPeople supersedes all previous versions Clipboard.
- Release 2.2 - Fixes and some minor new features:
- Password protection for surveys on a per-project basis, accessed via the project settings
- Projects now restricted to AskPeople user 'owners' who create them, with new sharing features for multi-user environments
- Response notifications by RSS
- Revamped, easier-to-use project settings
- Fixed bug which allowed deletion of the last question in a survey, and then prevented new questions being added
- Enhanced security through better defences against cross-site scripting in responses (XSS)
- PHP error reporting level changed for more reliable performance in different PHP environments
- File locking on data files to help prevent data loss
- Response notifications by email now comes in embedded HTML format, with plain text alternative
- Maxiumum page width now fixed in Internet Explorer
release 2.2.1 corrects a minor reporting problem highlighted by Thomas Osche - thanks Thomas!
release 2.2.2 corrects a problem with configuration settings reported by Mikko Kinnunen - thanks Mikko!
- Release 2.1.1 - Minor bug fixes:
- Fix bug with duplicated projects, where missing datafile causes errors in Project Manager
- Better text clean up in reporting to avoid errors in counting
- New 'calculate percentages' option in topline reports to choose how percentages should be calculated, and reworded base definitions
- Release 2.1 - Fixes and some new features:
- New dropdown menu type question
- New global setting to configure default question type for new questions
- New 'launch' option in Project Manager to help generate survey links and code to embed surveys in other web pages via accessible iframes
- New project status box in Project Manager, offering quick links to survey status, email notifications and results
- Tweaked stylesheets for better display on Internet Explorer (Windows)
- Developed code to support search engine friendly URLs under Apache
- Switched templates to UTF-8 for better compatibility with surveys in other character sets
- Checks question wording and options for stray tabs, which were causing problems in reporting and data export
- Addresses a problem for projects with missing settings files - a new settings file is automatically created when in the settings manager
- New default global settings, for easier upgrades
- Cosmetic changes to the colour scheme/stylesheet of the admin screens
- Improved usability through making survey title and template visible at all times when in Questionnaire Editor, standardising tab behaviour throughout the application, and rebalancing page layouts
- Fixed reporting bug when cross analysing with the last question in the questionnaire
- Release 2.0.2 - Minor fixes and small features:
- Changes project settings for display of elements within survey.php (reset link, confirmation text, final submission screen message etc) for easier localisation - all respondent-facing elements of the survey form are now editable via the project settings
- New 'Duplicate questionnaire' feature for easier duplication of questionnaires
- Ensures default template can't be deleted
- Small fix ensures multiple projects with identical creation dates are listed in My Projects
- Adjusts default templates to allow for search-engine indexing
- Release 2.0.1 - Fairly minor bug fix and small feature release:
- Corrects a bug in the user management module under PHP4
- Fixes display glitch when editing short questionnaires in IEWin
- Improves security of installer
- Fixes error when using cookies to prevent repeat responses
- Ensures users with access level 0 are suspended from logging in
- More pleasant toggle-style template preview and new template duplication feature
- Improves templates for aesthetics and accessibility
- Full help documentation completed at askpeople.co.uk/help
- Release 2.0 - First public release of AskPeople.
We would like to thank users of Pentri Clipboard software, whose ideas and support have contributed to the development of AskPeople.
AskPeople by Pentri, 2004-7. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
