How to add a Quick Poll to your website

First, you need to add one or more polls:

1. From the Content perspective, select "Quick Poll" and add a poll question.
2. Select the question below "Quick Poll" and add possible answers to it.
3. Repeat Steps 1-2 for as many polls as you need.
4. When adding questions, you can specify the Active from date value (the date from which poll will be displayed on a page). The poll will not be displayed if no date is specified (see also Important Notes below).

Next, you need to add the function that will show the poll to a dedicated page:

1. Edit a page.
2. Insert the Composite.Community.QuickPoll function ( Insert > Function), or add the following code:
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   <f:function name="Composite.Community.QuickPoll" xmlns:f="http://www.composite.net/ns/function/1.0"> 
     <f:param name="SubmitTitle" value="Submit" /> 
     <f:param name="ChartType" value="Simple BarChart" /> 
   </f:function>

3. Specify the function's parameters:
   
   
   • Question: A question to be displayed in the poll on a page. By default, it shows the latest active poll. To override this default behavior, choose to specify a simple value and select a question from the list (see also Important Notes below).
   • Submit Title: The label for the Submit button on the poll. By default, this value is set to "Submit". To override the value, choose to specify a simple value and enter your own one.
   • ChartType: The type of the chart to represent data:
     • Simple BarChart (default)
     • Google BarChart
     • Google PieChart
     • Google ColumnChart

Important Notes

• If you select a specific question for the Question parameter of the Composite.Community.QuickPoll function, the Active form date value (see Step 2 above) on the question will be ignored and the poll will displayed regardless this date.

Customization

You can customize the layout by editing its style sheets:

• /Frontend/Composite/Community/QuickPoll/Styles.css