Average Calculation, Customize Best Label text

I am getting confused by this. We are having a photo contest and I can't seam to get the configurations correct:

Here is what we are trying to do:

1. Make it so that entries can only enter it once and upload one image
2. Make it so that voters can vote on more then one image. Meaning they could vote on two images with 5 stars votes each.
3. Make is so that the image with the most 5 star votes is the winning image

My next question is on the custom CSS, I see you need an upgraded account, which is not a problem to do. But I notice when you select for it to highlight the winning image it put a orange button looking icon with a winners cup and the word "Best" in it. Is that customizable in the CSS so that is we wanted to change the "Best" text to "Ugliest As Of Now" we could?

Thanks for all the support.

Make it so that entries can only enter it once and upload one image

In the advanced step when creating a photo contest you can use the option »Limit submissions per participant« to limit the allowed uploads to one.

Make it so that voters can vote on more then one image. Meaning they could vote on two images with 5 stars votes each

Our star rating allows users to rate every image. If you want to create more complex voting rules you could try our Dot Voting System.

Make is so that the image with the most 5 star votes is the winning image

Our system does not automatically select a winner, this needs to be done manually when closing a PollUnit. But we show (if not hidden) the average rating or the sum of all collected votes (depending on your vote type). In the context of a star rating this means that the image with the highest average rating gets the »Best« label. If you only want that count 5 star ratings, you need to do this manually. You can also deactivate the »Best« label. Our poll evaluation shows information like how many times a image has received 5 stars - so this would help you at least to do this manually.

Is that customizable in the CSS so that is we wanted to change the "Best" text to "Ugliest As Of Now" we could?

Yes you can do this with CSS. You need somebody who knows how CSS works. You could do something like this:

.iconBox-gold.winner span {
    text-indent: -9999px;
    line-height: 0;
    display: inline-block;
}

.iconBox-gold.winner span::before {
    text-indent: 0;
    display: block;
    content: 'Your Custom Text';
}

More CSS examples can be found in our Themes tutorial.

Okay so there is no way to do a poll vote with 5 stars and it to display publicly which image has received the most 5 star votes to date?

No, in its typical form, the star rating system commonly displays and rank by the average of all the stars given, rather than indicating which specific item received the most 5-star votes. This is also how the PollUnit star voting is working.

In your example, an image with 99 1-star ratings and a single 5-star rating would perform equally to an image with 99 4-star ratings and one 5-star rating. However, both would outperform an image with 100 4-star ratings. I'm sure there are meaningful applications for this, but it's usually best to stick with a well-known voting form without modifications, as this helps avoid confusion among users.

You may find another voting type which meets your use-case more.

Okay, trying to wrap my brain around it. We are happy with the service we are paying for, just have never ran a contest before and trying to understand the nuances of it. We appreciate all your guys support. We will just adjust our contest to maybe the overall voting…if think that might work….Think.

Thanks for the continued support.