Creating a Poll

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Purpose:

To explain how to create a poll.

Solution:

Select CMS (horizontal top menu) / Polls .
Click the Add New Poll button in the top right corner of the page to display the New Poll page.
In the Poll Question field, enter the question that your customer will be asked.
In the Status field, specify whether the poll is Open or Closed . The status of the poll is Open by default, which means that it appears in your store. If you do not want it to appear in your store, select the Closed option.
From the Visible In field, select one or more stores that you want the poll to appear in.
Click the Poll Answers option in the left panel to display Assigned Answers page.
Click the Add New Answer button to add possible answers to your question that can be selected by customers.
In the Answer Title field, specify the text of the answer to appear in your store for customers to select.
To influence the poll results in advance, you can add votes to the count in the Votes Count field, which is 0 by default.
Repeat steps 7 through 9 for each answer that you want to appear in this poll.
Click the Save Poll button.