Many owners of the websites or blogs would like to learn the opinion of other people, and in particular the visitors, on any given question. It to make the easiest way – to create poll. Poll on the website or in the blog is one of effective forms of interaction of the owner of a resource with the guests. It will not take a lot of time the Internet user, and motivates some in detail to prove the point of view. The received discussion can also attract new visitors on the website or the blog.
Create poll – what can be simpler?
- Today there are at least three ways to create poll on the Internet. The first way and the easiest way is to order function to the web master or the company which created and untwisted the website or the blog. The main advantage – poll will be made qualitatively and quickly. However it will involve financial costs.
It is also necessary to remember that many websites have the special program which allows to update constantly content on the website without need to contact the developer. Many programs have the option "create poll" (or vote). It equally concerns also blogs which are placed on special services (for example, LiveJournal). When adding record it is possible to include the function "add vote" in such blogs.
- The second way is to create poll "manually" by means of special programs (for example, LimeSurvey, Sad But True, Advanced Poll, etc.). Advantage of such programs consists in a large number of special functions, for example, of technology of a call of vote on the homepage of the website. However to the person who is not familiar with web programming not easy will be to understand programs.
- The third way. Today there is a set of the special web resources suggesting to owners of the websites and bloggers to create poll online, and then to copy HTML code to itself on the page or in the blog. For this purpose it is necessary to enter questions, possible answers only. Among shortcomings of such way it is possible to note lack of an opportunity to do the design and also restriction on the number of possible answers.
What to begin creation of poll with?
First of all, it is necessary to be defined with poll. Create a question and possible answers and also to be defined whether it is necessary to give to participants of poll the chance to vote at once for several possible answers. At the next stage it is necessary to decide what way of creation of poll will suit the owner of the website or the blog.
Owners of the websites also should think of whether they that poll was highlighted on the homepage of a web resource want (or as option, on all its pages). It is also worth defining whether to give the chance to participants of poll and/or visitors of the website or the blog to comment on poll and its results.
What it is necessary to pay attention during creation of poll to?
First, on a possibility of protection against repeated votes (check of the IP addresses and cookies). It is important function which is provided even by some web resources creating polls online. It protects poll from artificial turning of results of vote by one or several Internet users.
Secondly, possibility of the choice by participants of poll of one possible answer or on the contrary possibility of multiple answers. Thirdly, an opportunity to create unique design of vote, an opportunity to add an unlimited number of possible answers.
One of important options is an opportunity to hide or on the contrary to show to participants of poll its results (total voted, number of votes given for any given option) to or after vote.
How to create poll to those Internet users who have no website or the blog?
There is a number of the special web resources giving an opportunity to place the poll and also to get acquainted with polls of other users and to take part in them. Advantage of such way is high attendance of such resources. However, as a rule, they do not give the chance to discuss an issue with voting.