Polls
Opinion polls are intended to be used to gather general opinion regarding a particular issue. The poll is inserted into pages using the Opinion poll widget.
note
Only one individual poll at a time can be displayed on your organization’s website although it can be added to numerous pages within your site.
Managing polls
Polls are managed via the Publishing menu.
If your account has permission to access polls, you navigate to their management area by the following:
- Click the Publishing icon in the left navigation bar. The Publishing menu will open.
- Click the Opinion Polls link in the third group of links.
tip
We recommend that you add the answer of ‘Don’t Know’ so that your visitors do not feel pressured into giving an answer if they do not have an opinion on your question subject.
Poll fields
| Field | Notes | Required? |
|---|---|---|
| Title | The title of the poll. | ✅ |
| Question | The question you wish to ask, ensure it is short, to the point and ends with a question mark (?) | ✅ |
| Answers | The responses to your question. Maximum 20 answers, but we recommend a maximum of 5 is used in most cases. | |
| Live | The status of the poll. Only one poll can be live at any one time. Making one poll live, will disable the currently live poll. |