User:Eleanorg/2.2/yes
The word yes is printed to screen. User votes 'yes', 'no', or 'maybe'. For each 'maybe' the word gets x amount bigger. For each 'yes' it gets twice that amount bigger. Each no is counted as zero and does not affect the size.
Code
Make db
Make a db to count the votes. Run once.
#!/usr/bin/python
#-*- coding:utf-8 -*-
import pymongo
from pymongo import Connection
connection = Connection()
myDB = connection['yes1']
collection = myDB.collection
# create db entry to track votes, starting at zero.
entry = {'title': 'yesVotes', 'tally': 0 }
collection.insert(entry)
Voting interface
Display the word 'YES', with css properties determined by tally in db.
#!/usr/bin/python
#-*- coding:utf-8 -*-
import cgi
import cgitb; cgitb.enable()
import pymongo
from pymongo import Connection
import random
#========= get votes tally from db
connection = Connection()
myDB = connection['yes1']
collection = myDB.collection
entry = myDB.collection.find({'title': 'yesVotes'})
tally = entry[0]['tally'] # entry[0] is the hash in our db. Grab value of 'tally' from the hash.
cssOpacity = float(tally) * 0.001
cssFontsize = float(tally) * 0.0001
#========= display the word styled according to no. of votes
print "Content-Type: text/html"
print
print """
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<style type="text/css">
.input {margin:auto; text-align:center; padding:1%; border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;}
input span{float:left;margin:5%;}
.yesDiv {min-width:80%;margin:auto;padding:5%; text-align:center}
.yes {font-size:""" + str(cssFontsize) + """; opacity:""" + str(cssOpacity) + """;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="input">
<form action="3updateTally.cgi" name="inputForm">
<span><input type="radio" name="vote" value="2">Yes</span>
<span><input type="radio" name="vote" value="0">No</span>
<span><input type="radio" name="vote" value="1">Maybe</span><br /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
</div>
<div class="yesDiv">
<p class="yes">YES</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>"""