Mod. Notice Polls are way more flexible now! Try out this test poll for size.

[Gibbsy]

The recent upgrade to Xenforo 1.4 has, among a slew of other features, increased the amount of customisation when creating polls.

The main things added to polls now are:

• The ability for posters to change their vote after they have voted! A great feature if you change your mind or accidentally clicked the wrong button.
• The OP can set a maximum number of responses for posters to vote for. For instance, when allowing multiple votes in a poll, you can now 'cap' the number of votes at an arbitrary number (i.e. 2.)
• A setting that prevents posters from viewing the poll results until after they have voted. This is useful if you want true 'anonymous' voting, so people can't be swayed by prior voting
• The OP can now add a poll to a thread after they've already created it. Previously this was a function only available to moderators.

Of course, all these features are optional and can be turned on or off at the discretion of the OP. I think it mightn't be a bad idea to decide as a board on which features we will use in comps, so that it creates some consistency. I particularly like the idea of capping votes, which means that people would have to think hard about the two or three they vote for, rather than voting for five or six designs that they like.

I've created a test poll up the top for posters to play around with the functions. Go ahead and follow the instructions in the poll to discover these features.

 

[Bacon Warrior]

heeeeeh, cool new feature.

Capping head-to-head polls like the NAFL to one vote per matchup would be good. I don't see the point of voting for both entries in a matchup.

 

[Gibbsy]

Capping head-to-head polls like the NAFL to one vote per matchup would be good. I don't see the point of voting for both entries in a matchup.

I never thought of that – what a superb idea.

 

[E92_]

Is there an option to see how many people have voted?

 

[Gibbsy]

Is there an option to see how many people have voted?

Just count the votes by member by clicking on the vote number I guess