{"id":127,"title":"Adding a security layer for sharing admin rights","description":"Protect yourself against accidental sharing of your admin link. Creators with an account can now enable and disable admin links of their PollUnits.","post_text":"When you \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003emake your own voting poll\u003c/a\u003e, two random links are generated. A public participation link for the voters and an additional link for admins. Depending on the link the visitors get different rights. Without knowing the exact address, the PollUnits cannot be accessed by third parties. So even without a PollUnit account polls can be created and administrated together.\r\n\r\nIf you create a PollUnit with an account, the admin link is only accessible for you and members of \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/de/tutorials/organization\"\u003eyour organization\u003c/a\u003e. If you want to share admin rights with other users, you have to activate the admin link for others. This new security setting is only possible with a PollUnit account.\r\n\r\nYou can find the new setting directly in your PollUnit in the »Admin link« tab. With a click on »Make admin link accessible for others« you activate or deactivate the public admin link.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eAlso our free accounts benefit from this renewal.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eIf you are new to PollUnit learn more about our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en\"\u003eonline voting tool\u003c/a\u003e or check out our beginners tutorial »\u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/create_your_first_poll\"\u003ecreate a poll\u003c/a\u003e«.\u003c/i\u003e","created_at":"2021-01-02T12:49:56.259Z","updated_at":"2021-01-05T08:40:57.090Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/127/activate-or-deactivate-admin-links"}
{"id":126,"title":"A new invitation workflow for our poll maker","description":"Configure \u003e Check \u003e Invite: The new improved workflow which makes creating your PollUnits more comfortable.","post_text":"Right from the start, you were guided through five simple steps when using our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en\"\u003epoll website\u003c/a\u003e to create your votings. From the basic settings, to the content of your poll, the design, advanced settings and last but not least the invitation to your PollUnit. That changes now!\r\n\r\nThe last step »Invite« is removed. Instead you will be directed to your PollUnit. Here you can see what you have created and may make changes. The functions from the »Invite« step are now directly accessible in your PollUnit. We have also simplified switching between admin- and participant view. The workflow is now: Configure \u003e Check \u003e Invite. We think that feels really good - but we are always happy about feedback!\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003e At this point, we would also like to thank you for all the feedback, which has led us to make this change.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nThe workflow changes for all our PollUnit types. \r\n\r\nStay healthy!\r\nYour PollUnit Team","created_at":"2020-11-27T00:07:36.608Z","updated_at":"2020-12-22T09:14:37.410Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/126/new-invite-workflow"}
{"id":125,"title":"Improved security and productivity with Single-Sign-On (SSO)","description":"SSO allows your users to authenticate to PollUnit through your company's existing identity providers.","post_text":"Single-Sign-On allows your users to authenticate themselves to PollUnit using the existing identity providers of your company. This means that your users only have to register once in the company network and can then use the services of PollUnit without a new user name and password.\r\n\r\nThe saved login time and reduced administrative effort increases productivity and usability for your employees. Since your employees do not have to create, update or reset any additional passwords, the SSO procedure also increases security and reduces the workload of your IT department.\r\n\r\nAs an Enterprise customer, you can now register one Single-Sign-On-Provider per \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/organization\"\u003ePollUnit organization\u003c/a\u003e.","created_at":"2020-10-24T20:15:07.313Z","updated_at":"2020-10-29T14:14:44.120Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/125/single-sign-on-sso"}
{"id":124,"title":"Video contests now also available with Vimeo content","description":"Now you and your participants can also add Vimeo videos to your PollUnit video contests and vote for them.","post_text":"After we released our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/lab\"\u003eYouTube video contests\u003c/a\u003e as a public beta version about 4 weeks ago, we now have the first update. You can now also add videos from the video portal \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVimeo\u003c/a\u003e.\r\n\r\nVimeo is a platform where anyone can upload their own videos via a free account. PollUnit now allows you to combine these videos into a video contest and vote on the content. The usual PollUnit evaluation methods are available to you. Besides Vimeo videos, YouTube videos can also be added.","created_at":"2020-10-22T20:49:25.995Z","updated_at":"2020-10-23T23:35:18.857Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/124/vimeo-video-contests"}
{"id":122,"title":"Now in public beta: YouTube contests and music contests","description":"We open our laboratory and release two new experimental PollUnit types. With YouTube and music contests you can now also upload and vote on video and audio data.","post_text":"We have two brand new PollUnit types for you. Furthermore, there is now the \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/lab\"\u003ePollUnit Lab\u003c/a\u003e - a place for experiments, fulfilled user wishes and ideas of our developers. All functions in the lab are released as public beta versions. That means they are 100% functional but haven't been used extensively and we are especially missing user feedback. So try it out and give feedback.\r\n\r\nBut now to the new functions...\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eYouTube contests\u003c/strong\u003e allow you to create polls for different YouTube videos. Your participants can post their links and you or your jury can vote for them.\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eMusic contests\u003c/strong\u003e allow you to create playlists, upload MP3s, listen to and rate them. Not only suitable for contests, but also for bands that want to share their playlists with fans.\r\n\r\nBoth PollUnit types use most of our standard PollUnit functions. So you can change the voting type, define deadlines, comment, restrict access etc.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eYou are missing a function that would fit well to PollUnit? Asking costs nothing! At \u003ca href=\"mailto:support@pollunit.com\"\u003esupport@pollunit.com\u003c/a\u003e or in the \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/forum/feature-requests-board\"\u003eforum\u003c/a\u003e we might be able to help you.\u003c/i\u003e","created_at":"2020-09-12T17:00:18.527Z","updated_at":"2020-11-03T17:03:04.901Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/122/youtube-and-music-contests"}
{"id":123,"title":"Increase the conversion rate with social media tags","description":"Take control of how social networks and messaging services like WhatsApp display your photo contests and polls!","post_text":"Using meta tags like Facebook's Open Graph tags, we have some control over how information is transferred from PollUnit to Facebook and other social services. This allows the social networks to automatically create a post for their news feed.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eNow you can take control of how social networks display your PollUnit! You only need to define a title, description and preview image to present your PollUnit in the best possible way on social networks.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nEven if you don't want to publish your PollUnit in a Facebook or Twitter post, it makes sense to use the social media tags. For example, if one of your participants shares your \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ephoto contest\u003c/a\u003e on Facebook or sends the link to friends via WhatsApp or Slack, the social media tags are automatically read out and a preview is created. This preview is then displayed in the newsfeed or in the messanger. \r\n\r\nWith the right targeting and optimized preview image, you can achieve a greater reach. In the best case, this will lead to your PollUnit being shared widely and lead to more participants. So this is a measure that aims to increase the conversion rate.","created_at":"2020-09-13T21:07:32.574Z","updated_at":"2020-10-01T13:04:48.737Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/123/social-media-tags"}
{"id":121,"title":"Automate your voting and submission periods","description":"Plan the submission and voting period for your polls and photo contests in advance. PollUnit automates the changes between the phases, even if you are not available.","post_text":"Controlling you \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003evotings\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003erunning photo contests\u003c/a\u003e is getting more easy.\r\n\r\nOur deadline function has been updated! Now it is also possible not only to set an expiration date for the voting, but to automate the whole submission and voting process. Determine when your participants can submit photos or ideas, when the submission phase ends, when voting starts and ends.\r\n\r\nParticipants who create an account are informed about status changes and reminded to participate in the different phases.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eSo sit back, enjoy a coffee and watch your photo contest or voting develop fully automated in its phases.\u003c/i\u003e","created_at":"2020-09-12T14:51:38.159Z","updated_at":"2020-09-22T13:13:44.810Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/121/voting-and-photo-contest-automation"}
{"id":120,"title":"Range voting: Rate options or images with numbers","description":"Out now: With PollUnit you create range votings and allow to rate options and images with points from a given interval.","post_text":"\u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/range_voting\"\u003eScore voting\u003c/a\u003e (Range voting, Rated Voting) is a particularly general and expressive method of voting. It is a voting procedure in which options and pictures are rated with points from a given interval. The voters can rate each option independently of the others.\r\n\r\nA particularly widespread and easy-to-understand voting method is the star rating. Large marketplaces like Amazon and Co. rely on the form in which voters have the opportunity to rate products with stars. Especially popular are the 5-star ratings. If you decide on a star rating at PollUnit, you can determine how many stars, but not more than 10, your participants may vote from.\r\n\r\nIf a scale from 1 to 10 is not enough, there is now also the possibility to create scales from 0 to 100 with the new range voting. As creator you can determine the start and end of the scale. For example, you can allow voters to rate options and photos between 0 and 20 or between 7 and 50.\r\n\r\nThe voting is done with the help of a slider. Your users can move a small handle to the left and right on the scale you have created and choose a number.","created_at":"2020-08-07T10:53:04.339Z","updated_at":"2020-08-10T06:22:29.259Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/120/voting-between-numbers"}
{"id":119,"title":"Maximum entries and uploads per user","description":"Define the number of allowed submissions and determine how many images your participants can upload to your gallery or photo competition.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eWith our new feature »Limit submissions« we are especially targeting our photo competition creators. Nevertheless, the function is also applicable for all other PollUnit types. A short example:\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nWith PollUnit, you can easily run and customize your own photo contests.\r\nYou can show a button that allows users to upload their photos into your gallery. If you define a maximum number of submissions, users can only submit as many images as you have specified. For example, if you want to limit participants to submit only one picture.\r\n\r\nSo it's up to you: Choose your rules and \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003erun a photo contest\u003c/a\u003e!","created_at":"2020-08-06T22:21:00.252Z","updated_at":"2020-08-08T10:42:17.529Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/119/maximum-entries-per-user"}
{"id":118,"title":"¡QUÉ GUAY!","description":"PollUnit now also speaks Spanish. Not perfect yet, but our Spanish beta version already helps to create photo contests, votes and tables in Spain, South America and everywhere where Spanish is spoken.","post_text":"PollUnit now also speaks Spanish. Not perfect yet, but our Spanish beta version already helps to \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003erun photo contests\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003epolls\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/table\"\u003etables\u003c/a\u003e in Spain, South America and everywhere where Spanish is spoken.\r\n\r\nWhy beta? More languages were actually planned for next year and don't really fit into our roadmap for this year. But at the same time our Spanish and South American friends are especially affected by the Corona crisis and need more than ever the possibility to vote online. So we dare an experiment and use an AI to translate our texts and revise them with our Spanish community. That means you can help us to improve and suggest changes to our texts. Just write an e-mail to \u003ca href=\"mailto:support@pollunit.com\"\u003esupport@pollunit.com\u003c/a\u003e or leave a message in our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/forum\"\u003eSupport Forum\u003c/a\u003e.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eWe are curious how this experiment works, what you think about it and hope to provide you with more languages in the near future.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nThe Spanish version of PollUnit can be found at \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/es\"\u003epollunit.com/es\u003c/a\u003e.","created_at":"2020-07-20T20:03:00.699Z","updated_at":"2020-07-29T22:28:10.319Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/118/polls-and-photo-contests-in-spanish"}