Help:Poll

You can add simple polls to your wikia using a simple syntax.

Step-by-Step

 * In Edit mode for an article page, change the tab at the top of the editor from "Visual" to "Source".


 * Find the place on the page where you want to add a Poll.


 * Enter the following code, and replace it with the content of your poll:

Title of poll Choice 1 Choice 2 etc.

Example:

What Is Your Favourite Color? Red Green Blue Other

Result:

What Is Your Favourite Color? Red Green Blue Other


 * Finally, click Vote! You're done! Now anyone can vote in your poll.

How does it work?
Votes are registered under either your username or, if you're not logged in, your IP address. This means the poll does not take a reliable count of unique individuals, and it should not be used for important purposes.

Users can change their vote at any time.

The poll will display the number and percentage of votes for each choice, the total number of votes given so far, and the date and time when the poll was created.

Identical polls posted in different places on your site will act as different data entry points for the same poll. If multiple polls are desired, each instance must differ somehow in their source code.

Can the votes be reset?
It is not possible to end, i.e. to 'freeze', a poll. All polls last indefinitely.

To reset all votes, change either the title or one of the poll's choices (which will, in effect, create a new poll).

Since it's so easy to change and reset polls, past poll results can easily be lost. Reverting to the version prior to the reset may allow you to reclaim the information, but you should not rely on this functionality. If historical polls are important to you, it is safest to record the results in some other form of wiki-text, either one time or at intervals.

Customization options
It is possible to customize the design of the poll extension via CSS.

Changing the width of the poll
By default, polls are 40em wide. Admins can change a poll's width using the following CSS:

div.ajax-poll { width:auto !important; }

This will need to be added to the wikia's CSS file (see the Help:JavaScript and CSS Cheatsheet). This will make all polls on your wiki be as wide as the "box" they're in, i.e. they'll usually expand to be as wide as the article body. You can now set its width by wrapping it in a div with a set width, or a table cell, or in any other layout box. Example:

How wide is this poll? Wide Not so wide Sort of wide

Result:

How wide is this poll? Wide Not so wide Sort of wide

Further help and feedback
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