How to Embed a Poll on a Blogger Post
Blogger provides a gadget that lets you add a poll to an area on your blog, such as the sidebar, but it does not give you a way to embed the poll on individual posts. This is a potential problem if your poll question is specific to a particular entry. Fortunately, you can work around that, using the gadget and posting the poll's HyperText Markup Language (HTML) code directly to your post submission. Understand how to find and use the HTML to embed a poll on a particular Blogger post.
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Point your browser to the Blogger website and log in to your account. (See Resources.)
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Click the "Design" or "Layout" tab, and then click the "Page Elements" link to get to the interface that lets you control your blog.
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Click the "Add a Gadget" or "Add a Page Element" link in the top-right corner, and then click the plus-sign or "Add to Blog" button next to the "Poll" title that appears in the dialogue window. Follow the onscreen prompts that automatically appear to create your poll and then click the "Save" button to add it to your page.
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Click the "View Blog" link at the top of the page to view your blog. Click the "View Source" or "Source" option under your browser's "View" menu. This action brings up the code for your page.
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Press the "CTRL" and "F" buttons on your keyboard. Enter the name of your poll in the "Find" text field that displays. This action brings you directly to your poll's code.
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Click and drag your mouse over the code that starts from the opening "<iframe>" tag to the closing "</iframe>" element. Press the "CTRL" and "C" buttons on your keyboard to copy it.
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Click the "New Post" link on your Blogger page and then click the "Edit HTML" tab that appears over the text box. Position your cursor in the box and then press the "CTRL" and "V" buttons on your keyboard to paste in your poll's code. Finish entering the information for your post and then click the "Publish" post button to finish embedding the poll on your Blogger submission.
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