How to use MicroPolls

Dudley — Mon, 15 May 2017 09:55:59 GMT

Current Revision posted to Site FAQ by Dudley on 5/15/2017 9:55:59 AM

MicroPolls are meant as a short and snappy way of having users engage with your post.

What this functionality does is to embed a pre-existing poll and show it in a box within the post.

In order to use this functionality, the first thing you must do is to create a poll in the normal way. You can create it anywhere, and there is no rule that the poll must be in the same space as the content you are going to embed it in, but both the content and the poll have to be in a place that is visible to the viewer. You cannot place the poll in a hidden space and the content it is in in a public place, or the user will be presented with an unauthorized banner.

Having created your poll, you can now embed it into your content. The easiest way of doing this is to use the URL of the poll.

There are a number of ways you can get the URL. The simplest is to go to your content, find the poll in question, right click on it, and select "Copy Link Location" or "Copy Link Address". You may prefer going to the actual content and copying the URL from the browser address bar.

Once you have the URL, go back to your content and edit it. Inside the main body of your content, move your cursor to where you would like to insert your poll, and select the MicroPoll option from the 'Insert' menu.

Paste in your URL, and click the OK button, and the MicroPoll will now be inserted.

Ta-da!

Tags: site_functionality

How to use MicroPolls / Polls

cstanton — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 00:24:06 GMT

Revision 2 posted to Site FAQ by cstanton on 11/14/2021 12:24:06 AM

Want to know more about your fellow element14 Community members? Perhaps you need some input on a project, about a part, or what you're drinking to help you wake up on a morning?

Polls are a good way to do this, and the element14 Community staff use them regularly.

In the rich text editor you'll want to 'Insert' a 'Poll'

From here you'll get a useful pop-up window,

Let's make sure we've configured the Poll properly first

From here we can ensure that people voting only see the results after they've voted, or when we've decided that the poll expires. It's a good idea to set this up so that it doesn't skew the votes.

Going back to the Poll though:

You'll want to make sure that you're at least setting a question, and you're setting options for people to vote on. You can add more options by clicking 'Add option'

If you want to refer to any rich media content, or put more explanation about the poll in particular, you can do so in the Description of the poll, but since you're embedding this inside a discussion or blog post, you may not need to.

If you have any more questions about this, add a comment below or ask in Feedback and Support

Tags: site_functionality

How to use MicroPolls

Dudley — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 20:56:19 GMT

Revision 1 posted to Site FAQ by Dudley on 10/6/2021 8:56:19 PM

MicroPolls are meant as a short and snappy way of having users engage with your post.

What this functionality does is to embed a pre-existing poll and show it in a box within the post.

Having created your poll, you can now embed it into your content. The easiest way of doing this is to use the URL of the poll.

Paste in your URL, and click the OK button, and the MicroPoll will now be inserted.

Ta-da!

Tags: site_functionality