{"id":147,"title":"Improved voting in tables","description":"Adjustment and increase of all limits, shortened load times, improved GUI and mobile view. This is new since the PollUnit refactoring.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eToday we are getting back to you with a major refactoring. The refactoring mainly affects PollUnit types that have a tabular view. Besides simplifying our code, making it faster to maintain and develop new features, it also solves some problems and makes it easier to use. Here is a summary:\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eAligning and increasing limits in all plans\u003c/strong\u003e\r\nWith PollUnit you can run \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ephoto competitions\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/survey\"\u003equestionnaires\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003epublic and anonymous votes\u003c/a\u003e. These different types differ greatly in appearance and technical requirements. This allowed us to allow only different numbers of participants, submitters and content per type. This caused confusion in our pricing from time to time. This is now a thing of the past. All types can now handle significantly more data and the limits of the packages have been adjusted upwards. In addition, there are now even larger Enterprise packages.\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eImproved GUI\u003c/strong\u003e\r\nIt is now possible to display multi-line text input in tables - your table layout will automatically adapt to your content.\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eImproved mobile view\u003c/strong\u003e\r\nIn the mobile version, a simplified navigation through the table is now possible. This makes it easier for participants of a public vote to see who voted for what.\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eFaster loading times\u003c/strong\u003e\r\nDespite the fact that now significantly more content and participants are allowed, your voting table loads much faster.\r\n\r\nIf you want to give us feedback write us in the \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/forum?locale=en\"\u003esupport forum\u003c/a\u003e or to \u003ca href=\"mailto:support@pollunit.com\"\u003esupport@pollunit.com\u003c/a\u003e.","created_at":"2022-04-26T07:25:13.659Z","updated_at":"2022-04-26T12:06:00.526Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/147/improved-voting-in-tables"}
{"id":146,"title":"Checkboxes and single select fields in tables","description":"When using PollUnit tables for collecting user information you can predefine columns which need to be filled by your participants.","post_text":"When using PollUnit \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/table\"\u003etables for collecting user information\u003c/a\u003e you can predefine columns which need to be filled by your participants. The todays update added new input types. The text and number fields are supplemented by checkboxes and select fields.\r\n\r\nThis enables some new use cases. You can combine simple voting with text input and if desired make this information visible to everyone. With the selection fields you can preconfigure the possible entries and give the table another dimension. For example, canteens could create weekly menus with a selection of dishes per day.\r\n\r\nThe PollUnit tables could also be an alternative to our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/survey\"\u003eSurvey Maker\u003c/a\u003e if you want to create a survey in tabular form while showing each participant in a row.","created_at":"2022-03-30T10:50:14.464Z","updated_at":"2022-03-30T12:39:13.891Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/146/checkboxes-single-select-fields-in-tables"}
{"id":145,"title":"Free matrix and likert scale survey creator","description":"Messure satisfaction, importance, probability, agreement and frequency with rating scales. Ideal for empirical social and market research as well as customer and personnel surveys.","post_text":"Today we introduce a new feature for those who \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/survey\"\u003ecreate online surveys\u003c/a\u003e. With a likert scale / matrix you can query opinions, attitudes or behavior of people. For this purpose, different answer options with graded, polarizing statements are given on a rating scale. You can ask several questions or make statements. Respondents can then choose their level of agreement or disagreement on the scale.\r\n\r\nLikert scales, named after U.S. social researcher Rensis Likert, are particularly popular in empirical social and market research, as well as customer and personnel surveys. They reveal opinion subtleties, sectors and products with potential for improvement.\r\n\r\nAn example of such a scale is the satisfaction scale where people can rate services or products as \u003ci\u003every satisfied\u003c/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003esatisfied\u003c/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eneutral\u003c/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003edissatisfied\u003c/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003every dissatisfied\u003c/i\u003e. PollUnit also offers ready-made scales for measuring importance, probability, agreement and frequency.\r\n\r\nThe best part is that likert scales are already included in our free plan. You can find an overview of all plans, their features and limits on our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/accounts\"\u003epricing\u003c/a\u003e page.","created_at":"2022-03-15T12:17:58.648Z","updated_at":"2022-03-18T12:35:18.033Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/145/free-matrix-and-likert-scale-survey-creator"}
{"id":144,"title":"Dot Voting with Symbols","description":"For a more emotional dot vote you can now change the dot symbol to a heart or star. Basically, you create a dot vote without dots.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eWe have news for all users who uses our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en\"\u003epoll maker\u003c/a\u003e for Dot Voting. Dot Voting is a simple decision-making and prioritizing technique. Each individual in a group places a predefined number of dots on a list of items. The item with the most dots wins.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nFor a more emotional vote you can now change the dot symbol to a heart or star. The functions and the process behind the Dot Voting do not change. Basically, you create an \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/dot_voting\"\u003eonline dot vote\u003c/a\u003e without dots. Or a vote with a limited number of stars or hearts.\r\n\r\nYou can use our Dot Voting for all our poll types. For your \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003eanonymous voting poll\u003c/a\u003e, for \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ephoto contests\u003c/a\u003e or when you \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/survey\"\u003ecreate online surveys\u003c/a\u003e.","created_at":"2022-03-05T09:30:52.581Z","updated_at":"2022-03-07T04:53:36.990Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/144/dot-voting-with-symbols"}
{"id":139,"title":"Embed YouTube and Vimeo videos in your surveys","description":"Gather video feedback, show your participants videos before they answering questions or ask video questions.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eToday we have a small update with a big impact for you! We have extended our text editor with the possibility to add videos.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nYou can use this feature in all descriptions of your PollUnits. Just click the video icon and enter the path to your YouTube or Vimeo video; done!\r\n\r\nThis feature is especially interesting if you want to \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/survey\"\u003ecreate online surveys\u003c/a\u003e. The welcome screen as well as each step or question can contain one or more videos. This way you can get video feedback, show your participants videos before they answering questions or ask video questions. Since videos attract attention, a video survey can also increase the response rate.","created_at":"2021-10-06T11:15:29.921Z","updated_at":"2022-01-19T12:22:39.785Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/139/surveys-with-videos"}
{"id":143,"title":"Introducing »Fraud Bot« – our new artificial colleague","description":"It can help you to detect fraudulent participations and protect you from election fraud.","post_text":"»Fraud Bot« is an artificial intelligence (AI) that can help you detect fraudulent participation and thus protect you from election fraud.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eWhen PollUnit is used to conduct online elections such as club elections or board elections, the invitation function with a one-time code is usually used. This ensures that each invited person can only vote once. For votes of this type, it is usually no problem to send out invitations, since the members are known.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nThe situation is different if the voting members are unknown. For example, when \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003eholding a photo contest\u003c/a\u003e. Organizers usually want to encourage new users to participate. Often the hurdle for participants has to be weighed against fraud protection.\r\n\r\nThis is where »Fraud Bot« comes into play. It can analyze the behavior of voters, recognize multiple participations and mark them. The security settings of the PollUnit are not relevant here. Even with anonymization enabled, our AI is able to detect fraud attempts.\r\n\r\nEven though »Fraud Bot« has already proven to be a very good sniffer in numerous polls, you should be aware of one thing: a hundred percent security cannot be achieved this way. It is technically impossible without authentication, like our previously mentioned one-time codes. But »Fraud Bot« gives you a relatively accurate impression of the fraudulent behavior of the voters. This allows you to delete suspicious votes or disqualify submissions.","created_at":"2022-01-05T00:24:45.806Z","updated_at":"2022-01-11T15:49:01.864Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/143/fraud-bot-ai"}
{"id":142,"title":"Customizations for individual polls and photo contests","description":"Design with a red thread: With CSS definitions and layout settings to the photo contest in your own style.","post_text":"Today we are back with two new customization features. These give you the necessary tools to adjust the visual design of PollUnit to your company or your taste. This makes your PollUnit as individual as you and your brand.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eWith our new layout settings for \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ephoto contests\u003c/a\u003e, organizers can customize the display of the gallery and the individual images.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nYou can access the layout settings in the admin link by clicking on the pencil right above the images. You can define the width of the gallery and the format of the images. This includes automatic, square, portrait and landscape format.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eIf these settings don't go far enough, you can now create your own Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in your \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/create_theme\"\u003ethemes\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nCSS is a language that describes and determines the appearance of an HTML website. A Theme defines the look of your PollUnit. With the necessary technical know how you can also customize details. This includes colors, shapes, sizes of elements and fonts, hover effects and much more.","created_at":"2021-12-21T22:37:05.853Z","updated_at":"2021-12-27T20:56:32.504Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/142/customize-css-and-layout"}
{"id":141,"title":"Descriptions for photos","description":"todoOur subtitle and link addon is complemented by a description addon. Here submitters can provide long texts and information.","post_text":"If you use PollUnit as a \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ePhoto submission platform\u003c/a\u003e, we have an update for you. Our subtitle and link addon is complemented by a description addon.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eAddons are additional information about images. If you activate them in the first step, all submitters will be able to fill in this information when submitting a picture. These fields are visible for all visitors of your photo contest. If you want to request information that should only be accessible to administrators, you can configure this in the »Advanced« step.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nIn contrast to the subtitle, which only displays short texts, the description is also suitable for very long texts with formatting such as font styles, links, lists, etc.. This allows photographers to tell their own story about their images and add more information.\r\n\r\nVisitors can find the description in the context menu, but also in the information block of each image. In the lightbox you can toggle the description. The Lightbox is a player for images with full screen function and much more.","created_at":"2021-11-10T15:25:33.208Z","updated_at":"2021-11-10T15:38:23.042Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/141/image-descriptions"}
{"id":140,"title":"We're improving our comment features","description":"In PollUnit you can start a conversations, ask questions, or engage with others through comments.","post_text":"In PollUnit you can start a conversations, ask questions, or engage with others through comments. You can leave general comments to the PollUnit or specific comments on options and images. \r\n\r\nEspecially due to our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ephoto contests\u003c/a\u003e this function became more important for many of our users. Here the comment function is used to exchange useful tips in photo reviews. But also in the \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/collect-ideas-and-feedback\"\u003eidea collections\u003c/a\u003e thoughts, pros and cons are exchanged. So we decided to improve our commenting features.\r\n\r\nWe already released the first update. It is now possible to reply to other users comments. It's easier to have a discussion that way. But also to separate different discussions from each other.\r\n\r\nWe plan to release more comment features in the near future. These include reactions through emojis and images in comments. Are you still missing a comment or feedback function? Then don't hesitate and write us in our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/forum\"\u003esupport forum\u003c/a\u003e or to \u003ca href=\"mailto:support@pollunit.com\"\u003esupport@pollunit.com\u003c/a\u003e.","created_at":"2021-11-09T14:42:41.700Z","updated_at":"2021-11-10T07:27:44.112Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/140/comments"}
{"id":138,"title":"Clear statements with superlative elections and votings","description":"In an online superlative election or vote, participants choose their favorite – or one favorite per category.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eThe superlative indicates that a thing, person or object has the highest possible level of a property or characteristic compared to other things.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nIn an online superlative election or vote, participants choose their favorite – or one favorite per category. And they do so with a clear statement. They have to decide which option, image or person they consider best.\r\n\r\nIf you are using our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en\"\u003ePoll Maker\u003c/a\u003e to let people vote in different categories, your categories should also be named in the superlative. For example, a \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003eHalloween costume photo contest\u003c/a\u003e could consist of the following categories: Most Creative, funniest, scariest, bloodiest, or best team outfit, etc.\r\n\r\nYou can specify our new voting type in the basic settings (step 1) when creating your PollUnit. Besides the \"Superlative Voting\" you will find many other vote types. Try it out right away, the basic functions are for free!","created_at":"2021-09-30T10:59:19.967Z","updated_at":"2021-10-25T19:22:37.791Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/138/superlative-voting"}