Creating & Managing Polls

Manually creating a poll

While the poll builder is the easiest option, it is also possible to manually create and edit polls within the composer itself.

To create a simple poll, surround a markdown list with [poll] and [/poll]:

[poll]
* option one
* option two
* option three
[/poll]

:information_source: Any markdown list will work, including using hyphens - or numbers instead of asterisks *.

This will create the following result:

  1. option one
  2. option two
  3. option three
0 voters

To manually create more complex polls, additional parameters can be added to the poll tag. For instance:

[poll type=multiple results=on_vote min=1 max=2 public=true chartType=pie groups=trust_level_1 close=3024-12-31T00:00:00.000Z]
# Do you like polls?
* Yes
* No
* Maybe
[/poll]
Do you like polls?
  • Yes
  • No
  • Maybe
0 voters

(Though not all options will make sense for all polls :slight_smile:)

Using the poll builder is a great way to find out the format of these additional parameters for later use.