Poll webpart for SharePoint

Found this link very useful for creating Poll Web part in SharePoint web application.
http://spjsblog.com/2010/11/23/poll-for-sharepoint/

How to map a network drive to the master page gallery sharepoint 2013

There is an easy way to upload design files or packages by mapping the Master Page gallery to a Network drive.
Before doing the below steps make sure Web Client service is started under services. If the Web Client service name is not present you must install the Desktop Experience Windows feature .

The steps to map a network drive to gallery
1. Click on Design Manager in your publishing site.
2. Select the third option Upload Design File

 

Here we can check the page that contains the location of Master Page Gallery. Location ends with /_catalogs/masterpage as shown in the image above. This is the location that we need to map the network drive.
 

3. Right click the computer and select 'Map network drive'

4. Select any Drive and click the red marked link

5. Paste the url to the master page gallery

6. Now our mapped folder is under network location. By checking the mapping folder, we can see all the master pages

Install Desktop experience in Windows Server 2012

Steps to enable the Desktop Experience on Windows Server 2012
1.Start Server Manager
2.Select Add roles and features

 

 

3.Skip the information page by clicking Next.
4.Select Role-based or feature-based installation as installation type and click Next.
5.We want to install the Desktop Experience feature on the local server which is also selected by default so choose Next.
6.The Desktop Experience feature is not a Server Role, so skip the Server Roles page by clicking Next.
7.At the Select Features page,  expand the option  User Interfaces and Infrastructure (Installed) and Select Desktop Experience.

8.Click Add Features (on the next dialog window)
9.Click Next
10.Click Install

 

11. After the installation has completed, restart the server
12. Start the Web client service under services


Hope this helps..