{"id":75,"title":"The old must give way to the new","description":"We replaced the old fat server with two new youthful slim instances. In addition, we have extended our monitoring to become more quickly aware of problems.","post_text":"Recently we had more server failures and PollUnit was sometimes not available. This was due to our oldest server instance, which had been in operation for more than 2 years. \r\n \r\nWe replaced the old fat server with two new youthful slim instances. In addition, we have extended our monitoring to become more quickly aware of problems.\r\n\r\nWe apologize and are confident to offer a more stable service from now on.","created_at":"2019-03-06T08:50:25.613Z","updated_at":"2019-03-06T23:31:48.092Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/75/server-stability"}
{"id":72,"title":"Functions for a better evaluation of your votes","description":"In order to quickly and easily get the right insights from the data of your poll, there will be more and more possibilities for evaluation in the near future. We have already started with the conversion and give the administrators new tools into the hand.","post_text":"In order to quickly and easily get the right insights from the data of your \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003epoll\u003c/a\u003e, there will be more and more possibilities for \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/evaluation\"\u003eevaluation\u003c/a\u003e in the near future. We have already started with the conversion and give the administrators new tools into the hand.\r\n\r\nBeside structural updates there is now the possibility to see the distribution of votes on options at a glance. So you can see the number of people that have your options with one, two, three, etc. points. This is useful, for example, if you have designs rated by products. Designs that were especially often rated with full points will probably sell better than designs with a higher average rating but fewer maximum points. So in this example the number of pieces of individual products can be calculated better.\r\n\r\nIn the participant overview you see beside the voters and the invited users who have not yet voted an overview when the votes were cast in your PollUnit.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eNext, we will enable you to perform the evaluations country-specifically. Opinions and tastes can vary greatly from country to country. So you can see if voting results differ.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nIf you have ideas how we can help you to better evaluate your polls and votes, write a \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/forum/feature-requests\"\u003efeature request\u003c/a\u003e in our support forum.","created_at":"2019-02-27T14:39:31.490Z","updated_at":"2019-03-02T20:02:42.756Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/72/better-voting-evaluation"}
{"id":73,"title":"Create a Slack Dot Voting","description":"With PollUnit you can now also create and perform free dot-votings directly in Slack.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eFrom now on you can create and perform dot-votings in our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/de/api/slack/welcome\"\u003eSlack App\u003c/a\u003e in addition to simple yes / no and star ratings.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nIn a \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/dot_voting\"\u003eDot-Voting\u003c/a\u003e the participants vote with a limited number of points. Each participant distributes his/her dots among the available options. The option with the most dots wins.\r\n\r\nTry it for free and add PollUnit to your Slack Apps. You don't have to leave Slack anymore to start a poll. With the command »/pollunit create« you can \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/api/slack/welcome\"\u003ecreate polls within Slack\u003c/a\u003e.","created_at":"2019-03-02T18:46:41.460Z","updated_at":"2019-03-22T10:46:56.477Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/73/slack-dot-voting"}
{"id":71,"title":"Rate pictures with and without caption","description":"You can now hide influencing and generic file names assigned by your camera or smartphone. Your participants only see and vote on your photos.","post_text":"Today we have a small update for all users who want to \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/vote_for_images\"\u003erate images\u003c/a\u003e with PollUnit. PollUnit showed the file name or a freely selectable caption for each image. Now you can also hide the caption for the participants.\r\n\r\nFor example, you can hide generic names assigned by your camera or smartphone. But you can also hide voting relevant file names. In the evaluation and in the admin of your picture poll the names remain visible to you for later identification.","created_at":"2019-02-25T00:27:16.266Z","updated_at":"2019-02-25T22:46:07.706Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/71/rate-pictures-with-or-without-caption"}
{"id":70,"title":"Updates for our Yes / No votings","description":"Improvements: Better visibility of missing votes on new options. Upvoting or downvoting. No and undecided as answer.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eWe have adapted and extended our Yes-No polls to your feedback. The following has changed:\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eBetter visibility of missing votes on new options\u003c/strong\u003e\r\nIf a new option has been added to your \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003epoll\u003c/a\u003e, an empty field will appear in the voters' line. Only if your participant votes for or against the option will the field be filled in.\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eUpvoting or downvoting\u003c/strong\u003e\r\nWith our »Yes« polls, your voters can upvote your options. Negative and neutral votes are combined and ignored. With the target »lowest resistance« you can only collect negative votes and ignore positive votes.\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eNo and undecided as answer\u003c/strong\u003e\r\nWith our »Yes / No« surveys you can allow your participants to rate your options negative or neutral. A negative vote will be subtracted from the positive votes.\r\n\r\nHave fun voting!","created_at":"2019-02-18T18:26:32.392Z","updated_at":"2019-03-22T10:43:43.933Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/70/yes-no-undecided-votings"}
{"id":68,"title":"Create Slack votings","description":"Integrate PollUnit into your Slack workflow and create Slack Polls and Votings like a simple yes/no voting, star rating or date poll.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eOut now: Use PollUnit as an extension to create polls and polls directly in Slack.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nIntegrate PollUnit into your Slack workflow and create \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/api/slack/welcome\"\u003eSlack Polls and Votings\u003c/a\u003e like a simple yes/no voting, star rating or date poll. Rate ideas and topics in your Slack Workspace!\r\n\r\nYour team can vote without having to invite participants to the survey. Everyone in your Slack Channel will automatically be notified of a new PollUnit and will receive permission to vote. You can also share the same poll online with other users or restrict access to slack users only.\r\n\r\n\r\n","created_at":"2019-02-04T00:16:44.498Z","updated_at":"2019-02-11T20:50:44.601Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/68/create-slack-votings"}
{"id":69,"title":"Create polls and photo contests with your own imprint and terms","description":"With our new imprint feature you can now define a responsible person and an imprint or conditions of participation for each poll.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eWith our new imprint feature you can now define a responsible person and an imprint or conditions of participation for each poll.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nSimply check the box »Publisher and imprint« in step 4 »Advanced« and fill in the necessary fields.\r\n\r\nThe name of the publisher, which can also be a company name, will then appear as the creator and responsible person of your PollUnit. If you fill in the imprint or the conditions, a link will appear at the end of your poll. If this link is clicked, an overlay with your entries opens.\r\n\r\nThis is suitable, for example, for providing legal information and conditions of participation in your \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/vote_for_images\"\u003ephoto contests and competitions\u003c/a\u003e.","created_at":"2019-02-09T09:51:33.315Z","updated_at":"2019-02-09T18:03:57.859Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/69/create-photo-contests-with-imprint-and-terms"}
{"id":60,"title":"Create online tables","description":"Create online tables and lists with PollUnit's »Free Table«, in which your participants can participate without registration or login. Ideal for bringing lists or collecting data.","post_text":"Create online tables and lists with PollUnit's »Free Table«\r\n\r\nBesides \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003eOnline Voting\u003c/a\u003e you can now also create \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/table\"\u003efree tables\u003c/a\u003e. As usual you can decide who can participate in the PollUnit: without registration, only with account, with password protection or direct invitation.\r\n\r\nWith a »Free Table« you can invite your participants to \u003cstrong\u003eenter free text or numbers\u003c/strong\u003e per column. Useful for planning who brings what or collecting other information in an \u003cstrong\u003eonline list\u003c/strong\u003e.","created_at":"2018-11-19T17:28:52.130Z","updated_at":"2019-01-31T01:31:35.673Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/60/create-online-tables"}
{"id":67,"title":"Limit participants to one vote by IP address","description":"Via an IP check you can now make it more difficult for unregistered participants to participate more than once in your online votes.","post_text":"With a \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003ePollUnit Online Voting\u003c/a\u003e you can quickly and easily create polls for participants with and without an account. In the last weeks we have been asked more and more if we can implement an IP-check to prevent multiple participation of unregistered users.\r\n\r\nAnd now the time has come: you have the possibility to block unregistered participants via the IP address if they have already voted once.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy have we only now implemented an IP check?\u003c/strong\u003e\r\nComputers in networks of schools, universities and companies often use the same IP address. Votings within a university should therefore preferably be carried out without an IP check in order not to exclude too many participants.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nYou can find out more about the security measures you can take in our tutorial \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/prevent_multiple_participation\"\u003ePreventing multiple participation\u003c/a\u003e.","created_at":"2019-01-05T00:55:05.615Z","updated_at":"2019-01-31T01:30:22.815Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/67/limit-to-a-single-vote-by-ip-address"}
{"id":66,"title":"Export votes to Excel","description":"You can now export your PollUnit polls and surveys as .xlsx and open and evaluate them in Excel.","post_text":"With PollUnit you could already export your \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003eOnline voting\u003c/a\u003e for further processing as CSV. If you now click on Export in the context menu of your PollUnit, you will also find the \u003cstrong\u003eExcel Export\u003c/strong\u003e.\r\n\r\nWe export the Excel file in XML format with the file extension xlsx. The xlsx format is supported from Excel version 2007. With the help of the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack, this functionality can also be added for older Office versions (2000, 2003 and XP).","created_at":"2018-12-16T08:41:30.193Z","updated_at":"2019-01-03T09:59:20.983Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/66/export-votes-to-excel"}