How to Create Free Voting for the Web
Adding a vote or poll to your website can help you track your visitor's views. You can customize the poll to display results that your visitors can see or keep the results private. By utilizing a voting script, website builder tool or voting generator, you can collect opinions on any topic. Polls can spice up your website and visitors are more apt to answer them truthfully. If you need to capture information on how you can improve your website or service, creating a poll to your website may be the answer.
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Instructions
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Using a Website Builder Tool
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Go to www.google.com/sites and click on the "Get Started" button. You'll need a Google account to use this option. Then enter your login information and click on "Sign In."
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Click on the "Create New Site" button and choose the type of template you'd like to use for your website.
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Name your site and select a location. You may choose a theme by expanding on "Theme" or leave it as is.
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Enter the verification code and click on "Create Site." Your site will be loaded onto your page. Click on "Edit Page" in the banner.
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Double-click the area where you'd like the voting tool added on your page. Then click on "Insert, More gadgets" and scroll through the list of tools or type "Poll" into the search box.
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Select the poll you'd like to use and customize it with the height and width (in pixels), scroll bar, border and title.
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Preview the voting gadget to double-check it looks fine, then click on "OK."
Using a Free Voting Generator
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Go to www.imedialearn.com/imediapoll/. Sign up for a free account by clicking on the "Register" button and check your email for the registration information.
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Log back into your account with the password you received and click on "Create Poll."
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Add the question you would like to use for the poll and your list of choices. Select your skin, color, shadow and language options. You'll have the option to hide the results of your votes, only display percentage and allow multiple choices/votes.
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Click on "Save" to create the free vote. To publish your poll and retrieve the code, click on "Publish Polls" and select the poll name from the drop-down list.
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Click on "Get HTML Code" to get your HTML Code and copy it. Paste the code into the HTML code of your website.
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