{"id":169,"title":"Customization of background images in themes","description":"An important aspect of processing background images is adapting them to different screen resolutions and devices. PollUnit Themes offer optimized responsive rendering of background images that ensures they look equally good on mobile devices, tablets and desktops.","post_text":"PollUnit Themes can change the appearance of your polls and surveys to match your brand image or design preferences. The themes include various visual elements such as color schemes, fonts, background images, and layout options. \r\n\r\nEspecially the use of background images can have a significant impact on the visual appearance of a poll or survey and create an appealing atmosphere. However, background images also have an influence on the loading speed. A fast loading speed improves the user experience and contributes to a high participation rate. It is thus one of the most important aspects when choosing an \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en\"\u003ePoll Maker\u003c/a\u003e. For this reason, we have adapted the processing of the background images to the latest web standards.\r\n\r\nAn important aspect of processing background images is adapting them to different screen resolutions and devices. PollUnit Themes offer optimized responsive rendering of background images that ensures they look equally good on mobile devices, tablets and desktops. For this purpose, we create several derivatives with different aspect ratios and resolutions in WebP (a modern image format, with excellent compression for web images). Depending on the device, only the necessary section of the image is downloaded. A small cell phone will get a low-resolution portrait format, and a desktop computer with a graphics monitor will get a high-resolution landscape format.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eFor you, the creation of the themes remains as uncomplicated as before. You upload your image and we create the derivatives automatically. For optimal support of all aspect ratios, we recommend an image with a minimum resolution of 1920x1920 pixels. You can't do anything with that? No problem, just upload the photo as is and we'll take care of the rest.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nOne more note: the theme background images are images that fill the screen behind the interface. Images that contain logos and lettering are not suitable. But you can also add a dedicated logo to your theme or more images in the description of your PollUnit.\r\n\r\nIf you are missing options in our themes, please write a \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/forum/feature-requests-board\"\u003efeature request\u003c/a\u003e. We are looking forward to your ideas.","created_at":"2023-07-18T12:18:21.410Z","updated_at":"2023-07-20T05:49:57.905Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/169/theme-background-images"}
{"id":168,"title":"How quick survey tools deliver better results","description":"The search for the last little millisecond bit: better user experience and higher willingness to participate in polls and surveys","post_text":"A critical factor in the success of \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/survey\"\u003esurveys\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003evotings\u003c/a\u003e is the speed at which they load. In the worst case, long waiting times cause people to abandon participation in surveys or other interactions.\r\n\r\nThe loading speed is particularly relevant on mobile devices, also because smartphones and tablets do not necessarily have to have a fast Internet connection. If participants are located in different parts of the world, geographic distance alone can play a role and negatively affect loading times. These are just a few factors that a \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en\"\u003epoll maker\u003c/a\u003e must take into account.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eThe search for the last little millisecond bit usually happens behind the scenes. A few milliseconds here, a few milliseconds there – today we want to bring this invisible »high speed feature« to the fore!\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nBy regularly testing and monitoring the speed from different locations, we can identify potential problems early on and make improvements. We use automatic monitoring tools for this purpose but also perform regular manual tests. Continuous performance improvements and adaptations to new possibilities offered by modern browsers ensure an optimal user experience. This includes database optimizations, caching, smart loading strategies, serving data via a CDN (Content Delivery Network) and automatically scaling servers and much more.\r\n\r\nSo with PollUnit, participants spend less time waiting for content to load! As a result, they have more time and desire to provide answers to your questions. Fast polling tools offer the benefit of an improved user experience, increased willingness to participate, time savings, and of course, efficient data analysis. This leads to high-quality data and more accurate insights.","created_at":"2023-06-29T11:44:50.820Z","updated_at":"2023-07-05T18:06:37.254Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/168/highspeed-poll-maker"}
{"id":165,"title":"Wohooo, we planted the first 100,000 trees!","description":"We started planting trees on 24.08.2022. New ones are added every day. Just 10 months later, we have planted the first 100,000 trees. ","post_text":"Our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/de\"\u003ePoll Maker\u003c/a\u003e offers companies, organizations and individuals the opportunity to conduct surveys and gather opinions. By planting trees, we go beyond the purely digital and actively advocate for a more sustainable and environmentally conscious future.\r\n\r\nFor us, PollUnit, having a positive impact on the environment is a matter close to our hearts. For this reason, we donate 8% of our gross income to forest reforestation efforts. These donations go to trusted organizations and initiatives that specialize in reforestation. Our financial support makes it possible for trees to be planted in different regions of the world to combat the negative effects of deforestation and climate change.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eOn \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/155/plant-trees\"\u003e2022-08-24\u003c/a\u003e we started planting trees. Every day, new ones are added. Just 10 months later, we have planted the first 100,000 trees. We are determined to continue our contribution to the environment and plant even more trees. With your support we can reach even bigger goals.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nOf course, you can also donate trees. Just visit our \u003ca href=\"https://www1.plant-for-the-planet.org/t/pollunit-ug-haftungsbeschrankt\"\u003ePlant for the Planet\u003c/a\u003e page and help us grow the PollUnit forest.","created_at":"2023-06-03T17:35:06.969Z","updated_at":"2023-06-27T15:26:07.010Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/165/100000-planted-trees"}
{"id":164,"title":"Request and publish additional information from submitters","description":"Make informed decisions through contextual information and interactive discussions. Share background knowledge and consider multiple perspectives.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eOne of the challenges of \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003evoting\u003c/a\u003e is often the lack of contextual information. Participants may not have the background knowledge to make an informed decision. We address this problem in PollUnit with not one but two new features, allowing poll creators to provide additional information.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nWith the help of a detailed description, texts and links to relevant resources can be added. Admins, but also people submitting options for voting, can thus provide information needed by those voting to make a well-informed choice. This transparent provision of information promotes not only understanding, but also trust in the decision-making process.\r\n\r\nAdministrators can also define mandatory or optional text fields to request specific additional information. These can now also be made visible to people who are voting. By the way, this feature is also available in \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ephoto contests\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/collect-ideas-and-feedback\"\u003eidea collections\u003c/a\u003e.\r\n\r\nThe ability to add comments to individual options in the voting tables makes the decision-making process even more interactive. Participants can share their thoughts, ideas and comments on individual options, enabling an active dialog. This encourages broader discussion and allows participants to consider different perspectives, which can lead to better decisions.\r\n\r\nWhy not try out the new features right now and start the PollUnit \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en\"\u003ePoll Maker\u003c/a\u003e. You can activate the description in step 1 under Add Ons. You can configure additional information and comments in the »Advanced« step.","created_at":"2023-05-30T15:10:43.528Z","updated_at":"2023-06-16T13:32:41.530Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/164/public-additional-information"}
{"id":166,"title":"Simplify import and export of email contacts in PollUnit","description":"A PollUnit group is a list of emails that can be used to invite people to your polls, surveys, contests etc. Perfect for recurring events and teams.","post_text":"In today's world, it is essential for companies and organizations to interact with their contacts in an efficient and time-saving way. PollUnit, as a platform for surveys and polls, has therefore introduced a new import and export function for email contacts. This feature provides the ability to seamlessly integrate contacts into PollUnit groups and effectively manage them from there.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eA PollUnit group is a list of emails that can be used to invite people to your polls, surveys, contests etc. Perfect for recurring events and teams.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nInstead of tediously adding individual contacts manually, an Excel file can be uploaded to import your contacts directly. This automated process saves time and minimizes errors when adding contacts.\r\n\r\nThe export function allows you to export your PollUnit contacts in various formats for use in other applications or systems. Groups can be exported as CSV and Excel files. This flexibility opens a wide range of possibilities to manage your contacts across different platforms.","created_at":"2023-06-13T11:57:37.987Z","updated_at":"2023-06-13T13:30:28.661Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/166/import-export-contacts"}
{"id":163,"title":"Receive fees and donations from voters","description":"Monetize your votes and photo contests by collecting fees or ask your voters for financial support with optional donations.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eRecently we announced a feature to collect \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/149/connect-pollunit-with-stripe\"\u003eSubmission fees and donations\u003c/a\u003e from your audience. Today we are happy to introduce a new feature that will help you monetize your PollUnit vote.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nThe ability to charge fees to voters allows \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003evoting poll\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ephoto contest\u003c/a\u003e creators to receive a financial benefit from their work. In addition, an optional donation can also be requested. In particular, non-profit organizations that rely on donations can thus ask their voters for financial support.\r\n\r\nYou can also sell votes. That sounds strange for a voting platform that is all about fair elections and competitions? Yes, we thought so too at first. But unlike a \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003elegally secure and fair election\u003c/a\u003e, this is about giving an advantage to people who buy multiple votes. Huh? Now that's even unfair and undermines the integrity and legitimacy of the election process! Yes, but: this type of voting is especially used by non-profit organizations. Their contests are designed to generate funds for their projects. Unlike a donation, voting people here can deposit as much money as they want to buy votes. They can give these purchased votes to their favorite or to themselves. So here the goal is not a fair election and the winner is not necessarily the one with the most beautiful photo, but the one who mobilizes the most supporters.","created_at":"2023-04-12T12:57:05.480Z","updated_at":"2023-05-10T08:08:18.194Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/163/Collect-fees-and-donations-from-voters"}
{"id":157,"title":"Evaluate surveys: visualize long text with word clouds","description":"Visualize and identify important themes, opinions and trends in your survey responses. Lemmatized and stop word reduced word clouds as an intuitive analysis tool.","post_text":"PollUnit allows you to create various field types in your \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/survey\"\u003equestionnaire\u003c/a\u003e. The evaluation of field types with predefined answers like multiple and single choice, simple fields for selection but also number fields is very easy and PollUnit automatically creates a series of charts and statistics for you.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eMore complicated, however, is the evaluation of a questionnaire that allows participants to enter free text or entire paragraphs. This becomes more and more difficult, the more participants are generated. PollUnit helps you to evaluate these texts in real time.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nWord clouds or keyword clouds help you with this. A word cloud is a method for information visualization and shows you at a glance, which words are specified particularly often. The individual words are displayed in different sizes. The larger a word, the more often it was mentioned. So-called »Stop Words«, general words that should have no meaning for your survey, are filtered out. From the sentence »This is an example« only the word »example« would be included in the word cloud. Also, redundancies and different forms of the same word are removed by reducing all words to their basic form (lemma). This process of normalizing word forms, also known as lemmatization, increases the expressiveness and comprehensibility of your word clouds.","created_at":"2022-12-04T15:49:32.582Z","updated_at":"2023-03-21T13:48:51.667Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/157/evaluate-long-text-with-word-clouds"}
{"id":149,"title":"Receive submission fees and donations with Stripe and PollUnit","description":"Link your Stripe Wallet to PollUnit and receive donations or fees for submissions to your photo contests and votes.","post_text":"Our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com\"\u003ePollMaker\u003c/a\u003e now allows you to link your Stripe account to PollUnit. This way you create a PollUnit wallet and you are able to seamlessly collect submission fees or donations from your attendees during the submission process. \r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eThis makes PollUnit your photo submission platform or fundraising campaign creator.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nAll you have to do is to go to the PollUnit Wallets section and link your existing Stripe account to PollUnit. If you have no Stripe account you can to register for Stripe through our page. Once you have created your PollUnit wallet you can easily use it in your \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ephoto contest\u003c/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003evoting poll\u003c/a\u003e by selecting it in the advanced step. We allow two different types of payments: A predefined \u003ci\u003esubmission fee\u003c/i\u003e which is required to submit photos, ideas or whatever your voting is about. A \u003ci\u003edonation\u003c/i\u003e allows attendees to donate any amount they want. You can also define a minimum donation amount.\r\n\r\nLearn more in our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/wallets\"\u003ePollUnit Wallet Tutorial\u003c/a\u003e.","created_at":"2022-05-16T17:53:46.053Z","updated_at":"2023-04-12T13:14:21.533Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/149/connect-pollunit-with-stripe"}
{"id":162,"title":"URL Parameters: The key to better survey data and trackable responses","description":"Use URL parameters to monitor response rates, analyze specific groups of your survey respondents and improve the quality of your data.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eURL parameters, or URL variables, can be used to pass data to a URL or link to a web application. This data helps to enrich your survey or responses with helpful data and to understand them better.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nResponse rates and specific groups of survey participants can be monitored and analyzed. If you attach data to identify your advertising campaign, you can find out which campaign generates the most responses. This also helps to better allocate your budget. If you attach a user ID, you know which answers belong to your internally stored accounts – even if they enter a different email address or mistype.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eHow to do that? With PollUnit it is very simple!\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/survey\"\u003eCreate a survey\u003c/a\u003e by starting the \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en\"\u003ePoll Maker\u003c/a\u003e as usual and ask your questions. In the »Advanced« step you can enable the collection of URL parameters and specify the allowed or to be saved parameter names. For example, to transfer and save a campaign and user ID you allow the parameter names »campaignId« and »userId«. You append the URL parameters to the link to your survey, which you can send out in your newsletter or display on your website, for example. The first parameter is appended with a question mark and each additional parameter with a »\u0026« sign. In our example like this: \u003ci\u003e?campaignId=123\u0026userId=456\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nWe take care of the rest. The transferred data will be stored with each participant. In the evaluation as well as in the export you will find the data enriched by the survey.","created_at":"2023-01-29T19:06:32.136Z","updated_at":"2023-02-07T11:32:09.150Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/162/store-url-parameter-with-survey"}
{"id":161,"title":"Custom matrices for surveys with predefined response options","description":"How exactly a matrix or scale survey should look like depends on your own preferences and goals. With PollUnit you can define your own scales and adapt them to your needs.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eIn a matrix question, participants are asked to rate opinions on certain topics or statements on scales. These scales can be simple numbers from e.g. 1 to 5 or texts. The predefined scales allow the participants of the survey to enter their answers quickly and easily by selecting the answer. But also the evaluation of surveys is facilitated in this way. Matrices are especially popular for employee surveys and customer satisfaction surveys.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nPollUnit offers the creators of \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/survey\"\u003esurveys\u003c/a\u003e some popular scales to choose from. These include scales for measuring satisfaction, importance, probability and many more. How exactly a scale should look like can also depend on your own preferences and goals. This includes own answers and texts but also the decision if a scale should allow a draw. For example, with a scale from 1 to 4, there is no »middle« - with a scale from 1 to 5 there is.\r\n\r\nTo cover all needs, there is now the possibility to create your own scales. To do this, you as the creator must click on the plus symbol in a matrix or Likert scale question. Thereupon you can define your scale. Your user-defined scales will then also be offered to you as a template for selection in new questionnaires.","created_at":"2023-01-17T13:17:54.951Z","updated_at":"2023-01-17T15:52:43.399Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/161/custom-matrices"}