Editing the template was probably for the polls plugin, I had the same problem.
Writing polls: in include_post_common_write.html and include_post_html_common_write.html insert
<%if poll%> <%include include_poll_write.html%> <%endif%>
just after
<td> <input class="button" type="text" name="post_subject" tabindex=1 size="50" value="<%post_subject%>"> </td> </tr>
Regards
minesite
Writing polls: in include_post_common_write.html and include_post_html_common_write.html insert
<%if poll%> <%include include_poll_write.html%> <%endif%>
just after
<td> <input class="button" type="text" name="post_subject" tabindex=1 size="50" value="<%post_subject%>"> </td> </tr>
Regards
minesite