This article will show you how to add, modify, or delete polls.
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Add a Poll
- Sign in to your site
- Navigate to Modules and on the Content tab, select Opinion Polls
- Select Choose an Action and then Add Item next to the applicable category
- Fill in the information fields
- Start Date: Add the earliest date the poll can be used by the public
- End Date: Set the date the poll will end
- Question: Enter the question of the poll
- Answers: Populate answers and select a color (Minimum of two answers, a maximum of five answers.)
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Poll Status
- Results: Choose to display the results
- Show Archives: Choose to show archived results
- Scroll to the top and select a saving option
- Cancel: Will not save the item
- Save: Will save the item but will not publish it to the live site
- Save and Publish: Will save and publish the item
Modify a Poll
- Sign in to your site
- Navigate to Modules and on the Content tab, select Opinion Polls
- Select the category with the poll to be modified
- Select the applicable poll
- Adjust the following fields as desired (Mandatory fields are noted with a red asterisk)
- Start Date: Enter a start date for the poll to auto-publish on another date; the default will publish on the day the poll is created
- End Date: Enter the date you want the item to expire and auto-unpublish
- Question: Enter a brief question
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Answers: Enter brief answers
- Minimum two answers (yes/no or true/false)
- Maximum five answers
- Color: Default is black, change color as desired to display results
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Results: Choose from one of the following
- Display: After voting the end-user can view Poll results (Recommended)
- Do Not Display: After voting, the live side displays “Thank you! Voting Results Not Displayed.”
- Show Archives: Leave at default
- Click Save at the top of the page
- Cancel: Will delete what you’ve done
- Save: Will save the work
Delete a Poll
Polls must be unpublished before they can be deleted.
- Sign in to your site
- Navigate to Modules and on the Content tab, select Opinion Polls
- Select the desired category
- Select unpublished poll(s) to delete
- Select Delete Marked at the bottom of the page
- Select OK to Are you sure you want to delete the item(s)?
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