{"id":137,"title":"Asking questions visually: Descriptions with pictures","description":"Create engaging image-based polls and surveys. Supplement your questions with photos, explanatory graphics, or marketing materials.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eCreate engaging image-based polls and surveys. Supplement your questions with photos, explanatory graphics, or marketing materials.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/vote_for_images\"\u003eVoting on images\u003c/a\u003e has always been one of the core features of PollUnit. Now there is another possibility to add images to your PollUnits.\r\n\r\nIn the descriptions of \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003epolls\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ephoto contests\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/collect-ideas-and-feedback\"\u003eideas\u003c/a\u003e and the individual questions of your \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/survey\"\u003equestionnaires\u003c/a\u003e you can now add images. You can upload and place images by clicking on the image icon in the rich text editor.","created_at":"2021-09-28T21:50:21.201Z","updated_at":"2021-09-29T09:11:07.787Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/137/add-images-to-descriptions"}
{"id":136,"title":"Impress your audience with custom made themes and colors","description":"Reflect your brand and build more engaging questionnaires, polls and contests with our new color picker.","post_text":"Already at the release of our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en\"\u003epoll maker\u003c/a\u003e, users could create their own themes and choose the appropriate color from a color palette. Themes are design templates that contain color information as well as font and graphics.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eWith our improved color handling you can now pick your own colors or insert them using a hex color code.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nThis way you can ensure a consistent appearance of your company and brand. But colors are not only important recognition features. Colors generate emotions and affect the way we feel. The power of color is now in your hands and you can freely and easily create more appealing \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/survey\"\u003equestionnaires\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003epolls\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ephoto contests\u003c/a\u003e.\r\n\r\nLearn more in our tutorial »\u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/create_theme\"\u003eCreate your own theme\u003c/a\u003e«. Customizable colors has been frequently requested. So we are curious how you like it and what we can do better - feedback welcome!","created_at":"2021-09-22T23:17:12.017Z","updated_at":"2021-09-27T09:28:48.934Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/136/customized-colors"}
{"id":135,"title":"Let the dice decide: pick random winners","description":"When closing your PollUnit you can now draw random winners or results. The decision is made by a random algorithm.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eUsually, \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003eonline voting\u003c/a\u003e is about collecting votes, preventing fraud, and finally awarding the options with the most votes and selecting them as winners. However, in some cases, random voting is also useful.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nThis includes all kinds of fun contests such as a \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ephoto contest\u003c/a\u003e among friends and colleagues. However, an additional and random draw can also encourage participation. In stalemate situations, i.e. in case of a tie or very close voting results, it can help to let chance decide.\r\n\r\nWhen closing your PollUnit you can now draw random winners or results. The decision is made by a random algorithm.","created_at":"2021-09-22T21:15:56.467Z","updated_at":"2021-09-28T21:26:41.609Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/135/pick-random-winner"}
{"id":134,"title":"Photo contest with categories","description":"Rate photos and images in different categories. Specify evaluation criteria to be able to judge more objectively.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eIs it all a matter of taste? One and the same photo can please one viewer and not the other. Moreover, the perception of quality depends on the experience, knowledge and culture of the viewer. So how can you objectively evaluate photos and learn something from these evaluations?\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nVoting categories help to define evaluation criteria. Popular criteria in photo clubs for image review or image judging are, for example, shooting and editing technique, image composition and design, image message and motif. With these or similar categories, a fairer and more objective judgment can be formed when analyzing the images. Once the jurors have evaluated all the images in the categories, the votes are combined.\r\n\r\nThis has advantages for the jurors as well as for the photographers. It is easier for the jurors to make a well-founded judgment than if they make their overall impression the basis of their evaluation. The photographers get a more precise analysis and can recognize weak points in their work and learn from it.\r\n\r\nFor this reason it is now possible to create rating criteria or voting categories in PollUnit. If you use the PollUnit \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ephoto contest maker\u003c/a\u003e you can choose category winners as well as the overall winner.","created_at":"2021-08-20T13:29:48.979Z","updated_at":"2021-09-22T14:21:35.755Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/134/photo-contest-maker-with-categories"}
{"id":133,"title":"Vote with a smile","description":"The new voting type »Emoji« allows participants to express their feelings with the help of smileys.","post_text":"The new voting type »Emoji Voting« allows participants to express their feelings with the help of smileys and makes PollUnit your online smiley feedback system. Smiley voting is very easy to understand and ideal for polling customer satisfaction or happiness at work. \r\n\r\nOver 3 or 5 emojis from »Dissatisfied« to »Satisfied« or from »Angry« to »Very satisfied« the votes are given. Particularly negative and particularly positive votes are increasingly rated.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eThe evaluation helps to identify the most important parameters to increase customer or employee satisfaction.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nTry it yourself and \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003ecreate a poll\u003c/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/survey\"\u003esurvey\u003c/a\u003e. Happy voting! ","created_at":"2021-07-11T20:42:34.037Z","updated_at":"2021-07-29T13:40:08.976Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/133/create%20votings%20with%20emojis"}
{"id":132,"title":"Survey with free-hand sketches","description":"Create your online surveys in just a few steps and let participants paint, draw and sign.","post_text":"»One Picture is Worth Ten Thousand Words« Images can add significant value to text-only surveys. With our new Sketchpad feature, we therefore want to enable you to draw in your \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/survey\"\u003eonline surveys\u003c/a\u003e. It is now possible to add sketchpads to your survey in addition to the familiar input types such as form fields and votings. Here participants can draw, paint and also sign directly.\r\n\r\nUse this feature to collect design ideas, explain complicated issues with a sketch or just for a fun survey with your friends!\r\n","created_at":"2021-07-02T09:32:41.453Z","updated_at":"2021-07-03T10:34:02.106Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/132/sketches-in-surveys"}
{"id":131,"title":"Rate options and images in surveys","description":"Allow participants to prioritize and rate options. Options can be anything that can be expressed in text, as well as files, music, images and photos.","post_text":"Within your \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/survey\"\u003eonline survey\u003c/a\u003e, you can now carry out several ratings. You can use the same voting types as in our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003evotings\u003c/a\u003e. Our most popular voting types include star ratings, simple upvoting with hearts or thumbs, and \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/dot_voting\"\u003edot voting\u003c/a\u003e.\r\n\r\nThis allows participants in your survey to prioritize and rate options. Options can be anything that can be expressed in text, as well as files, music, images and photos. You can upload your images directly to PollUnit and we will create a small preview and a high-resolution derivative for full-screen mode for each image. Products and designs can be presented to your customers and feedback can be gathered.\r\n\r\nOptions and images are optimized for desktop devices and mobile phones. Thus, participants can comfortably cast their votes and fill out the questionnaire from home on their computer and laptop or on the go with their mobile phone.\r\n\r\nIn the PollUnit real-time analysis you get all kinds of insights about votes cast and the performance of the individual options and images.","created_at":"2021-04-08T10:07:21.502Z","updated_at":"2021-04-29T09:29:23.300Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/131/rate-options-and-images-in-surveys"}
{"id":130,"title":"Happy Birthday PollUnit UG ","description":"PollUnit and the entire team is transferred to a separate company. This simplifies our administration and we have more time for cool features. ","post_text":"Dear PollUnit users,\r\n\r\nwe would like to inform you that our application PollUnit will be transferred to a new company. PollUnit will run in the future in our new company PollUnit UG (haftungsbeschränkt) and no longer in the Blutvoll Media Agentur UG (haftungsbeschränkt).\r\n\r\nBasically nothing will change for you. Your contact persons and the whole team behind PollUnit remain unchanged. All previous services and contracts, which you have concluded with Blutvoll Media Agentur, will be taken over by PollUnit and will continue without interruption. PollUnit UG will take over the business from April 1, 2021.\r\n\r\nFor us, life will be a bit easier, we have to take care of less bureaucracy and thus have more time for new PollUnit features.\r\n\r\nFor questions we are of course gladly available.\r\n\r\nBest regards\r\nYour PollUnit Team","created_at":"2021-02-22T09:47:22.082Z","updated_at":"2021-02-22T09:53:19.027Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/130/happy-birthday-pollunit-ug%20"}
{"id":129,"title":"Change your voting layout for faster feedback!","description":"We make voting even easier with a simplified list view. Ideal for voting with hidden participants or a lot of options.","post_text":"With today's update we make PollUnit a bit more your \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en\"\u003eonline voting tool\u003c/a\u003e. Many of our users wished to be able to change the layout of \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003evotings\u003c/a\u003e. Besides the tabular view, where options and participants are visible, there is now also a simplified list view.\r\n\r\nIn the list view, all options available for voting are displayed one below the other. So the participants can easily navigate through all options and assign their votes.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eYou will find the setting right in the first step when creating your vote. A small preview shows you how your vote will look like.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nThe list view is recommended if there are a lot of options to vote for, or the votes of the participants are hidden or only secondary. If the votes of the participants are not hidden, they can be queried via the context menu of the respective option. As admin you can also analyze and export participants and votes in the \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/evaluation\"\u003ePollUnit evaluation\u003c/a\u003e.","created_at":"2021-01-30T09:45:28.063Z","updated_at":"2021-01-30T10:26:06.878Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/129/list-view"}
{"id":128,"title":"Secure votings with our new invitation features","description":"With the »Invitation Required« feature, you can ensure that only invited people can vote and access your PollUnits.","post_text":"With the »Invitation Required« feature, you can ensure that only Invitees can vote and access your PollUnits. Our update today extends this feature as follows:\r\n\r\nIf a person is invited, they will receive an email with a one-time link. If this one-time link is used, it cannot be used by other participants.\r\n\r\nPreviously, only people with PollUnit accounts could be invited or invited people had to register before they could participate. Now a registration is no longer necessary and it is now possible to limit the participation also to invited persons without a PollUnit account.\r\n\r\nYou can decide if an invitation is required only for voting or also for access. If you activate »Allow access with invitation only« only invited persons are allowed to see the PollUnit. If this option is deactivated, all people can see the PollUnit, but only invited people can vote.\r\n\r\nIn the invite dialog you can invite the participants by email. PollUnit will then automatically send a unique link per email address. It is now possible to write your own invitation text for the invitees.\r\n\r\nYou can also generate your own one-time links and share them e.g. via email or send them via WhatsApp, Threema, Signal etc. and make sure that everyone can \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/prevent_multiple_participation\"\u003evote only once\u003c/a\u003e.\r\n\r\nIf you are new to our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en\"\u003eonline voting tool\u003c/a\u003e why not starting with our tutorial \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/create_your_first_poll\"\u003ecreate your first poll\u003c/a\u003e.","created_at":"2021-01-14T10:28:33.612Z","updated_at":"2021-01-24T07:05:36.649Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/128/secure-votings-with-our-new-invitation-features"}