Feature

Polls

One question, counted. Choose who may vote and how often, and who sees the results and when. The answers are counted on the server, so a visitor who may not see them is never sent them.

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Things to try

Vote, then reload

The first poll remembers your browser with a cookie. Reload and the ballot is replaced by the results.

Write in an answer

Choose Other on the first poll and type your own. Write-ins are counted as one choice in public and listed in the admin.

Try the members poll

Signed out, you are asked to sign in. Sign in as reader@playground.test (a member) or customer@playground.test (not a member) and compare.

One vote per browser, with Other

Single choice with an Other write-in. Results are hidden until you have voted, then they appear in place with your own pick marked. A cookie is the only check, so this is the soft option.

Which genre do you reach for first?

Several choices, one vote per email

Exactly two picks and a required email address. An address counts once, though it is not verified. Afterwards you land on the poll’s own success page, which shows the results with a Poll results block.

Pick the two best books you read this year

A written answer, members only, one per account

The strongest limit: each account votes once, whatever browser it uses, and only members may. Written answers are never shown publicly. They are in the admin, with every vote and a CSV export.

Which book should the club read next, and why?

Sign in to vote in this poll.

How this page is built

  1. Under Polls, choose New poll. Give it a name, a key, the question and the answer type: one choice, several choices or a written answer.
  2. Set One vote per browser, email address or account, and Who can vote if it is not everyone.
  3. Use the three results switches: before voting, after voting and once closed.
  4. Choose what happens after voting: a thank-you in place, or a success page.
  5. Add a Poll block to a page and pick the poll. Publish.
The Polls list in the admin, with each poll’s question, votes and statusA poll’s results screen in the admin, with a bar for each answerThe poll settings screen in the admin, with One vote per and Who can vote
Read the docs chapter