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Polls are beneficial because they occupy a small amount of space on your pages and
are likely to be answered by many people. Poll results are immediately displayed
after an answer is submitted, as shown below:
The first step is to ensure that your configuration settings are correct. Navigate to
System > Configuration, select the Advanced tab, and set Mage_Poll to Enable. This
should be Enabled by default, but if it has been Disabled, you must Enable it before
being able to create polls. If you want to Disable Polls, select Disable. When you are
finished, click Save Config.
To create a Poll, navigate to CMS > Poll Manager.
Poll Information
1. Click on Add New Poll in the top right of the page.
2. The Poll Question will be the question displayed at the top of the poll in the
front-end, i.e. What is the best open source e-commerce solution?
3. The Status by default will be Open. This is similar to Enabled. To remove the
Poll from your store, select Closed.
4. Select which store views in which you want the poll to appear from the
Visible In multiple select menu.
Poll Answers
1. Click on Add New Answer to add potential answers. Each answer will list on
the front-end, with a radio button by which the customer can select that
answer.
2. Enter an Answer Title, i.e. Magento.
3. If you want to “influence” the poll and skew the results, you can add or
remove votes from the Votes Count. This will automatically increase each
time a customer votes for this answer in the Poll.
4. Click Add New Answer for each answer you want to display in the poll, and
repeat the steps above.