Hi Alan, How was DesertCodeCamp.com this year? I had to work! On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Alan Dayley wrote: > Thanks for the replies. > > I had forgotten about freshmeat.net. They have several possibilities. > > http://freshmeat.net/search?q=survey&submit=Search > > I installed Mod_Survey before leaving the office. I'll look at it in > more detail on Monday. > Yes. mod_survey is incredibly easy: > Since it's perl, you WILL have to build everything. Since it's perl, you > GET TO build everything. > Be sure to get Web_Survey, an adjacent tool: Web_Survey is a set of PHP scripts for managing populations and samples, contacting respondents via email, and keeping track of answers. Web_Survey does not have its own home page, but the latest tarball can be downloaded here . Web_Survey is developed by Mirko Pace Other disadvantages of mod_survey include: It's shell code; therefore not really complete;secure (but you can layer on authentication) I still question your assumption that you can't use an online survey tool like surveymonkey or os http://www.surveymonkey.com/ http://www.hostedsurvey.com/information-technology.html http://Zoomerang.com http://www.novisystems.com/Survey-Software-Price.aspx Not Free $15.00 - $350 a month My Google.com search was very profitable (don't know what you were surfing for?)! And the list IS extensive. Commercial: .Net: http://www.classapps.com/ http://www.surveysaid.com/Survey_Said/Home.html php based: http://www.chumpsoft.com/products/phpq/features/ [includes mail and export to cvs, html, etc] (way better than perl's mod_survey, since it just installs and you use it!) WORTH the $ (although the interface is not pretty). Free: LIMESURVEY: LimeSurvey is a PHP survey software to create online surveys. Features open/closed surveys, branching, participant administration, quotas, WYSIWYG HTML editor, email invitations & reminders, assessments, basic statistics and more. http://www.limesurvey.org/download http://sourceforge.net/projects/limesurvey/files/1._LimeSurvey_stable/ http://docs.limesurvey.org/tiki-index.php?page=LimeSurvey+2.x+Installation Limesurvey is about as good as it gets, BTW. It's php and can use MSQL, MySQl, or Postgresql. It is also secure, with no current known exploits (1.52 has a remote code execution issue). http://www.exploit-db.com/search/?action=search&filter_page=1&filter_description=survey&filter_exploit_text=limesurvey&filter_author=&filter_platform=0&filter_type=0&filter_lang_id=0&filter_port=&filter_osvdb=&filter_cve= Don't forget about Drupal plugins, Joomla modules, Wordpress mods, etc. Gee these CHAT BOTS look fun also: http://www.alicebot.org/non.html > Alan > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 7:00 PM, keith smith > wrote: > > > > Sometimes thing are elusive. I tried "php survey software" on Google and > found some free stuff. > > > > > > I have no idea what any of this is or if it is of any value. > > > > ------------------------ > > Keith Smith > > > > --- On Fri, 11/12/10, Alan Dayley wrote: > > > > From: Alan Dayley > > Subject: A survey engine? > > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > > Date: Friday, November 12, 2010, 2:51 PM > > > > Hey, I have a question that Google is not helping to answer. I get so > > many hits on the terms and I have not been able to find the right > > combination to weed out the hits I don't want. So, I'll ask you, the > > wonderful PLUGgers! > > > > I want to do an anonymous survey within our company. Because the > > questions are specific to our work, I can't use Survey Monkey or > > Google Docs, which would be really easy. Instead I need to do > > something like that on an internal server. > > > > I'm the admin for two servers so can install and run whatever I need > > on either of these boxes. I am not finding a ready-made survey > > engine. Google falls down when doing searches, giving results of > > surveys, online survey services or online surveys to take. > > > > Do any of you know of a survey engine I can install on a Linux web > > server, input the questions and have people respond? > > > > (This should be easy but finding it is taking lots of time!) > > > > Alan > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Network Operations Center Engineer Atjeu Hosting (503) 754-4452 (623) 688-3392 http://www.it-clowns.com | http://www.obnosis.com