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How to Embed a Poll Daddy Poll Into Your WordPress Blog

Created by Buffy HamiltonJuly 2008

http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com

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Getting Started

• Go to www.polldaddy.com and register for a free account.

• Once you have created your account, log into your new account (be sure to record your username and password info!).

• Hint: You will actually have to click on the “login” button; “enter” does not work at this service.

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Creating a Poll

From the “Account Home” page, press the “New Poll” Button.

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Creating Your Poll

• You will first need to enter a poll question.

• Next, type in possible answer responses.

• Click the “+” button to add additional answer choices; click the “-” button to take away answer choices or extra answer boxes.

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“Create a New Poll” Interface

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Other Poll Options/Choices

• You can set a close date to the poll if you like (see far right of menu).

• You can use the “Comments” menu options on the far right side of the screen to make comments choices; you can choose to:A. Allow commentsB. Moderate comments firstC. No comments

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Additional Poll Choices

• Choose a default language for your poll.

• Choose a poll design.

• Make “poll results” choice.

• Click “save and continue” in the lower right hand corner when you have made all your poll choices. This is green button.

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Poll HTML Code Screen/Menu

• Once you have saved and continued, you will arrive at the Poll HTML menu page.

• Look to the right side of the screen.

• Click on the link that says WordPress Blogs.

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WordPress Blogs Menu in Poll Daddy

• Choose the first link.

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Get the Word Press HTML Code

• Copy and paste the text you see.

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Next Steps:

• Log in to your Word Press blog.

• From your dashboard, choose “Write”; it will default to your writing a post.

• Give your post a title. You may go ahead and add tags and choose (or create) a category for your post.

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Final StepsNormally, we work in the “Visual” view when we

are writing a post. However, to embed the poll code, you need to click on “HMTL.”

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Icing on the Cake!Now paste in the code you copied from Poll Daddy.

Click “Publish” to publish your post and poll.

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Enjoy Your Poll!

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Final Hints

• You can edit your poll at any time. Simply log back into your Poll Daddy account.

• Click on the “polls” menu near the top of the page.• Choose “list polls” from the dropdown menu.• Click on “options” next to the poll you want to modify.• Click on “Poll Options” from the next menu.• Make your changes.• Click “Save and Continue.”• You DO NOT have to put the code into your Word Press

Post again. The changes automatically update.

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Other Poll Options/Choices

• “Block Repeat Voters” ; I recommend accepting the default choice.