Poll

The Poll module is basically a one question survey to collect information about users' preferences toward a particular subject.

So, what type of questions are meant for the Poll module? The ideal type of questions are opinion based such as "How do you like the new site?" or "What is your favorite
food?". These questions don't have a right or wrong answer, but are different according to the individual taking the survey. The Poll module allows you to show one question on the homepage of your site and then manages the voting and presentation of the results.

After the poll module is installed, login in as an administrator and access Poll by going to the Control Panel -> Site Content -> Poll.

Add a New Poll

Login in as an administrator with the permission to add a new
poll. Access the Poll module.
Click the link called 'New' from the
Poll administrative menu. At this point you will be
presented with a form to create a new poll. The fields are
explained below along with examples (See Figure 1).
- Title - This is not
  the poll question, but instead a short title that is used as
  the block title.
  
  Example:
  Rate Hans Altbier
- Question - Put the survey
  poll question that you would like your users to vote on in
  this field.
  
  Example:
  How Great is Hans Altbier?
- Options - The options are
  the possible answers to the poll question. The poll module
  defaults to showing only one field for an option, but you can
  have as many answers to your question as you would like by
  repeatedly clicking the button that says
  Add Option.
- Users - Do you want users
  that are not logged into phpWebsite to be able to cast their
  vote on your poll? If you choose 'Yes'
  then only users that are logged in will be able to vote on
  the poll, and if you choose 'No' then
  all users will be able to vote regardless of whether they
  are logged in or not.
- Active - This option
  determines whether this poll will be placed on the homepage
  immediately after it is created. Note that any poll that is
  currently active will be disabled and replaced by the new
  poll if set to active. The old poll will not be deleted,
  just not active. So, choose 'Yes' to
  make this poll show on the homepage of your site or choose
  'No' to create the poll, but not make it
  visible at this time.
- Allow Comments - Select
  'Yes' if you would like this poll to
  allow users to post comments regarding the poll, or else choose
  'No' to disable comments. The user
  comments will appear on the 'Poll
  Results' section.
Your new poll should now be successfully created after you click
Submit

Editing and Deleting Polls

To access the Poll module to update a poll you must be logged
in as an administrator of Poll.
Once you have access the Poll module, click the link 'Show Polls'
from the Poll administrative menu. You will see a listing of
all the polls that have been created.
Select the Poll you are interested in choose from one of
the following options:
- Edit - By choosing this
  option you will be presented with the same screen that was
  used to create the poll, but the form will be filled in with
  the text and options for this poll. Note: When editing a
  poll, if you choose to make a poll active, then any poll that
  is already active will be deactivated. The poll module only
  allows one poll to be active at a time.
- Delete - This will remove
  the poll from the Poll module.
View Poll Results
View Poll Results
You can only view the results of the currently active poll, which will be displayed on your site's main page. The Poll itself will show a count of the total users who have voted on the poll and how many users have submitted comments regarding the poll. To view results of each of the answers to the survey questions, click the link 'View Results' from the active poll on the homepage. Each answer includes a bar graph representing the number of votes the answer has received as a percentage of the other answers (See Figure 2).

Introduction

Add a New Poll

Editing and Deleting Polls

View Poll Results

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