Tag Archives: WP-Polls

Polls

Posted on by | Leave a reply

The Polls menu block, which is created by the WP-Polls plugin activation, is located in the lower left corner of the Dashboard.

This menu block contains several different poll creation and management tools:

  • Manage Polls
    • Manage your polls, view poll statistics, and view poll logs
  • Add Poll
    • Add a new poll to your blogsite
  • Poll Options
    • Set different options for your polls related to style, sorting, poll permissions, and poll archival
  • Poll Templates
    • Change the layout and information display of your polls (for advanced users)
  • Uninstall WP-Polls

To view help instructions on the WP-Polls plugin and Polls widget, just click on the following provided links:

You can also locate the specific help post in the Categories menu on this site.


Polls Widget

Posted on by | Leave a reply

The Polls widget is available as soon as a blogsite is created.

To Use the Polls Widget

  1. From within your Dashboard, go to Appearance > Widgets
  2. Locate the Polls widget in the Available Widgets group at the top of the page. Click on the widget and drag it into an available region such as Sidebar 1, Sidebar 2, etc.
  3. Once the widget has been positioned, click on its arrow to open up the widget control panel
    1. Title: this is optional. If you don’t enter a title it will show the default widget title.
    2. Display Polls Archive Link Below Poll?: This will provide links to your poll archives, beneath your active poll.  Select yes or no.
    3. Poll to Display: enter a value here.  Keep in mind that this will show as a list on your site.
    4. Exclude pages: choose one of the following:
      1. Do Not Display Poll
      2. Display Random Poll
      3. Display Latest Poll
      4. Specific poll title from list of all available polls on blog site
  4. Click the Save button when completed
  5. Click on the Visit Site link to see your new widget in action.

To view help instructions on the Polls plugin or settings, just click on the following provided links:

WP-Polls Plugin

Posted on by | Leave a reply

The WP-Polls plugin will allow you to perform several different poll related tasks such as:

  • Creation of polls
  • Management of polls
  • Basic styling of poll elements right through the user interface
  • More advanced styling and layout control using poll templates (suggested for advanced use only)

The WP-Polls plugin has already been enabled on all sites.  All features provided by this plugin are available as soon as any blog is created.  The settings for these items are located in the Polls menu block at the lower left corner of the Dashboard.

To view help instructions on the Polls widget and settings, just click on the following provided links:

You can also locate the specific help post in the Categories menu on this site.