Say »Thank you« when participants submit photos
In October 2019 we have integrated the possibility to create own thank you pages for voters. A short time later we have made it possible to run your own photo contest with PollUnit. This shifted the focus from the voters to the photographers.
Therefore it is now also possible to create thank you pages that are displayed after submitting a photo.
You can also format all thank you pages - i.e. you can mark texts bold, italic or underlined. You can also integrate links in the body text next to a big »Call To Action« button. So you can offer your newsletter and use the PollUnit thank you page for customer retention.
P.S. The possibility of formatting was also added to your own data terms and conditions.
Published at: 2020-07-02 11:27 PM
Say »Thank you« when partic...Review, approve and vote on music and other audio data
We have added an audio player to our polls on files and images. With our online voting tool you can now upload, listen to and rate music, sounds or other audio data.
Audio reviews and approvals on audio files within the team become a piece of cake.
The usual PollUnit functions are at your disposal. Allow your participants to upload their own mp3 files, choose from different rating and voting methods, hide participants and collect further information such as subtitles or contact details.
Do you like our new function or are you missing something? We are looking forward to your feedback; e.g. in our forum.
Published at: 2020-06-25 08:25 PM
Review, approve and vote on...
Set minimum resolution and collect high quality photos
If you run a photo contest to collect user-generated content and you want to use it for e.g. print media, you may have to request a minimum quality.
Nothing would be more annoying than not to be able to use the best photos because of low quality.
With our new feature you make sure that the submitted images meet your quality standards. You can require a minimum megapixel value or directly specify the required pixel width and height. If the resolution is lower than the minimum, the entry will not be accepted and the user will be asked to submit an image or photo of higher quality.
Published at: 2020-06-01 01:06 PM
Set minimum resolution and ...Gather feedback and reviews in our new lightbox!
Our photo contests and picture polls get a new lightbox. The redesign includes some technical improvements as well as a lot of your feature requests, some of them especially for the needs of photo clubs.
The most important change in the photo gallery are photo comments. In addition to the direct comments in your PollUnits, it is now possible to give individual feedback to each photographer. Also the evaluation and the export has been extended by photo comments.
Use our lightbox as digital picture frame by activating automatic playback. A click on the play symbol starts or stops the auto play mode.
The photos can also be played, viewed and evaluated in full screen. Click on the full screen icon or press the F key to activate the full screen mode.
In addition to the hotkey F for full screen, other functions can also be triggered by using your keyboard shortcuts. These include the arrow keys to navigate back and forth between photos - additionally press Shift to move the gallery to the beginning or end. The space bar starts and stops auto playback, and C opens and closes the comments.
Participants with mobile phones can now use swipe gestures to navigate between photos.
Especially for photo contests with hundreds of photos, we have integrated a slider that allows lightning-fast navigation through the entire contest.
As always, we are looking forward to your feedback! Let us know what you like and what we can do better.
Published at: 2020-05-13 08:52 AM
Gather feedback and reviews...
Simplification of the computation of star ratings
We have simplified the calculation of our star ratings. The old PollUnits are not affected by this change. For all new votings and photo contests, the option or picture with the highest average rating wins!
What will change in concrete terms? Previously the average was formed considering all voters. If a participant did not vote for an option at all, this was equivalent to a vote with 0 stars. If an option has only ratings with 5 stars but significantly more voters, the rating was significantly lower than 5 stars. This is now changing!
With the new star ratings, the average is now only formed by the votes for this option. In extreme cases, this means that an option with a 5 star rating will be rated better than one with thousands and a lower rating. If one option has the same average as another, the one with more votes wins.
With this we align the star rating with the well-known rating systems of various online shops and rating portals.
You do not like this change? Please give us feedback!
PollUnit offers you beside star ratings also other types of voting. This includes simple upvoting, likening, loving, systemic consensus and dot voting. With votes of this kind, the sum of the positive votes counts, not the average.
Published at: 2020-04-23 06:05 AM
Simplification of the compu...Simple up and down vote with hearts and thumbs
We supplement the green check mark of our simple yes/no votings with a heart and thumbs up symbol to agree more sensitively. So now we distinguish with our three upvoting methods between »love«, »like« and »accept«.
In photo contests, pictures can be hearted or marked as "like" with a thumbs up symbol. The symbols are also available in the tabular voting and scheduling and allow you to collect emotions and reactions of your participants.
You decide how emotional your voting should be!
A PollUnit with active resistance votes turns the heart symbol into a broken heart and the thumbs up into thumbs down. Thus the upvoting becomes a downvoting.
Published at: 2020-04-15 01:41 AM
Simple up and down vote wit...
Redesign and extension of the options generator
With today's deployment we roll out a major update. We have updated our voting and photo contest generator. To be more precise, we got rid of some old technologies and redesigned our date and option fields. Besides a better usability for mobile devices you can now change the order of options and photos.
The order can be set in the wizard while creating or editing. Except for date options, they are still displayed in chronological order. To rearrange your options or photos you can grab the handle and drag it to the desired position.
Published at: 2020-04-06 06:00 AM
Redesign and extension of t...Stay productive while working from home
COVID-19 has the world under control. Only a few weeks ago, hardly anyone would have expected this.
As a team with many children, we know what it means to work from home, to do homeschooling, to take care of the children without the help of grandparents or a babysitter. But as a collaboration tool or as the team behind PollUnit, we also know how to work remotely and have been doing so for a long time. PollUnit will continue to provide a first-class service you can rely on.
Being productive despite corona: with our tools and programs you can shorten online coordination processes, find appointments, brainstorm, evaluate designs, collect information and thus use your time efficiently.
Or you can cheer up your team with a photo competition about the most beautiful home office desk - all with one tool.
To be able to offer all our services at a reasonable price in this crisis, our discounted introductory price is now active again and our long-planned price adjustment has been postponed indefinitely.
As with our introductory prices, the subscriptions that will help you through the Corona crisis will remain exempt from future price increases. Of course you can still get our free accounts!
Let's stay positive!
Let's connect in distance!
Your PollUnit Team
Published at: 2020-04-02 10:00 PM
Stay productive while worki...
Bulk download of all photos in your contest
For the creators of photo contests, which use PollUnit to generate content, we have a small update. With a batch download you can now download all submission files with one click.
Users with access to the export functions can now also access the image bulk download feature. The image bulk download will create a zip file with all source files. The source files can also be used for print media if the uploaded file provides a sufficient resolution. This zip file can be downloaded in the evaluation or in the export dialog.
We have also simplified the single file download. As administrator you will find a link to download the file in the context menu of each image.
Published at: 2020-03-05 10:45 AM
Bulk download of all photos...Addition to data processing according to CCPA
As part of the improvements to our contract for the processing of personal data, we have added a further annex. This extends the contract to include the requirements of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This guarantees that we do not sell nor use any personal data or other information of our customers for advertising purposes.
The California Consumer Privacy Act is a California state privacy law. It regulates how companies may handle the personal data of California residents. Each state in the United States has its own privacy law. Of all US data protection laws, the CCPA is considered the most stringent.
Published at: 2020-03-02 01:54 PM
Addition to data processing...