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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Other resources: .............................................................................................................................. 0 How to use this manual ................................................................................................................... 4 What is iJoomla Surveys? ............................................................................................................... 4 Survey structure .............................................................................................................................. 5 Requirements .................................................................................................................................. 5 Knowledge ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Getting Started ................................................................................................................................ 6 First time installation ...................................................................................................................... 6 Supported SEF Extensions:............................................................................................................. 6 Uploading the component ............................................................................................................... 6 Uploading the modules ................................................................................................................... 7 Installing the sh404 SEF plugin ...................................................................................................... 7 Installing the AceSEF plugin ......................................................................................................... 7 Core SEF and SEF Advanced ......................................................................................................... 7 Installation Problems ...................................................................................................................... 7 Manual Installation ......................................................................................................................... 8 Uninstalling ..................................................................................................................................... 8
Uninstalling the component ..................................................................................................................................8 Uninstalling the modules .......................................................................................................................................9

Upgrading ....................................................................................................................................... 9 How To Use iJoomla Surveys......................................................................................................... 9 Accessing iJoomla Surveys........................................................................................................... 10 Navigation ..................................................................................................................................... 10 Control Panel ................................................................................................................................ 10 Left Menu...................................................................................................................................... 11 Saving ........................................................................................................................................... 11
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Settings .......................................................................................................................................... 11 Creating A Survey......................................................................................................................... 15 Preparation .................................................................................................................................... 15 Adding a survey ............................................................................................................................ 15

General tab: .........................................................................................................................................................16 Image tab: ............................................................................................................................................................16 Handling tab: .......................................................................................................................................................17 Publishing tab ......................................................................................................................................................17 Finishing Tab ........................................................................................................................................................20

Adding pages ................................................................................................................................ 20

General tab ..........................................................................................................................................................21 Images tab ...........................................................................................................................................................22 Publishing tab ......................................................................................................................................................22

Adding questions .......................................................................................................................... 22

Question Tab .......................................................................................................................................................23 Publishing tab ......................................................................................................................................................23

Question Types ............................................................................................................................. 24 Choice - One Answer .................................................................................................................... 24 Choice - Multiple Answers ........................................................................................................... 25
Choice - Multiple Answers (Vertical ) .........................................................................................................26 Choice - Multiple Answers (Horizontal) .....................................................................................................26

Matrix ............................................................................................................................................ 26
Matrix - One Answer Per Row ....................................................................................................................27 Matrix - Multiple Answers Per Row ...........................................................................................................27 Matrix - Multiple Answers Per Row (Menus) .............................................................................................27

Open Ended ................................................................................................................................... 28

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Open Ended - One Or More Lines With Prompt ........................................................................................28 Open Ended Essay ...................................................................................................................................28 Open Ended - Constant Sum ......................................................................................................................28 Open Ended - Date And/Or Time ...............................................................................................................28

Tip: .......................................................................................................................................................................30

Skip Action ....................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. Adding Skip Action ...................................................................................................................... 31 Promoting Your Survey ................................................................................................................ 33 Send an email invitation................................................................................................................ 33 Show a pop-up invitation .............................................................................................................. 34 Display a link to the survey .......................................................................................................... 35 Previewing Your Survey ............................................................................................................... 36 Editing an unpublished survey ...................................................................................................... 36 Editing a published survey ............................................................................................................ 38 Removing A Survey...................................................................................................................... 38 Duplicating A Survey ................................................................................................................... 39 Viewing Survey Responses........................................................................................................... 39 Exporting your survey results ....................................................................................................... 40

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HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

This manual is intended to help you become proficient at creating surveys using the iJoomla Survey component. It has been organized for both easy reading and to serve as a reference guide. All steps begin by selecting iJoomla Surveys from your Component menu list. We will then refer to the left menu navigation as iJoomla Surveys. We use the standard command -> to symbolize moving to the next level on a menu. To use iJoomla Survey, you will need at least basic Joomla Knowledge and experience. Actions will be colored in Green and have a different font. Like this.

WHAT IS IJOOMLA SURVEYS?

iJoomla Surveys is a component for Joomla that allows online businesses to create surveys, collect information and analyze data for business, education, research, marketing and more. You will be able to add, edit and remove surveys, build pages, create a variety of different types of questions and build Skip Actions to manage the flow of your respondents. Features iJoomla Surveys contains a large range of different features. In this manual, we will explain each of the features in detail: Unlimited surveys with an unlimited number of questions and pages; Invitations delivered by pop-up; Pop-ups not killed by pop-up blockers; Complete control over the look of your survey; Surveys may be public access or for registered users only; Support for creating surveys in all languages; Optional email notifications on each survey completion; Choose to publish/un-publish surveys, pages and questions; Control the order of surveys, pages and questions; Add images to your survey and page descriptions; Choose to show or hide survey results from respondents; Select publish start and end date; Redirect the visitors at the end of the survey to a thank you page or to an URL of your choice; Twelve types of questions, from multiple choice to one-answer and from matrix to essay; Skip Action that modifies question sequence according to previous answers; Randomized answer choices;
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Allow users to enter other as answer; View stats and analyze results with colorful graphs; View information of respondents by name, username and IP address (for registered only surveys); Choose whether surveys can be taken more than once; Define whether respondents can change previous answers or must advance; Customizable Thank you page;

SURVEY STRUCTURE

Each survey contains three levels: Surveys are containers that hold one or more Pages; Pages are containers that hold one or more Questions; Questions are individual units that make up the survey and are displayed on pages.

For example, the owner of a site about pets could choose to create a number of separate surveys, each dedicated to a different type of pet. Each survey could then have separate pages about different subjects, so one page could list questions about exercise, another about food and so on. Each page would contain a number of questions. What you can do with iJoomla surveys iJoomla Surveys can be used for a variety of purposes. Use it to: Collect information from current customers; Gather data about potential customers; Learn about your visitors; Gain feedback on your site/business; Create exciting PR material; Make informed business decisions; Learn which features and products your users enjoy the most; Identify new growth areas; And much, much more.

REQUIREMENTS

iJoomla Surveys is not a stand-alone software; it requires the Joomla! Content Management System. The component is compatible with Joomla 1.5.x. In order to use iJoomla Surveys then, you will need to meet the following requirements: Joomla must be installed ;

KNOWLEDGE
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You will also need a certain amount of knowledge to use iJoomla Survey, including: Basic Joomla knowledge such as installation of components/modules and creating items, publishing items etc.; Basic image handling: to create a survey with images you will need a graphics program and the ability to create resize/crop images; You don't need to understand CSS but it helps. You can download different style sheets from our site that you can use or modify. You will need basic CSS knowledge to change the CSS code.

GETTING STARTED FIRST TIME INSTALLATION

To install iJoomla Surveys for the first time, unzip the zip file called UNZIP-FIRST-iJoomlaSurveys2.x.x.zip and save the content on a folder of your choice on your computer. The zip file contains 6 files: com_surveys_x_x_x.zip mod_surveys_list_x_x_x.zip mod_surveys_results_x_x_x.zip mod_surveys_popup_x_x_x.zip sh404 SEF plugin iJoomlaSurveysManual.pdf

com_surveys.zip is the iJoomla component. The following three files are modules. Note: Unless you plan to install iJoomla Surveys manually, you wont need to unzip these zip files. Just follow the instructions below.
SUPPORTED SEF EXTENSIONS:

Core SEF SEF Advanced Sh404 requires plugin install AceSEF requires plugin install

UPLOADING THE COMPONENT

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On your admin interface, select extensions->install/uninstall from the menu. Find and upload the zip file marked com_surveys.zip.
UPLOADING THE MODULES

Select extensions->install/uninstall from the menu and upload the following modules one at a time:
SEF

mod_surveys_list_x_x_x.zip mod_surveys_results_x_x_x.zip mod_surveys_popup_x_x_x.zip

Based on which SEF extension you are using, read what you need to do below to ensure iJoomla Survey works with that SEF
INSTALLING THE SH404 SEF PLUGIN

If you are using sh404 SEF, you will need to copy the file com_surveys.php to this location on your server: components/com_sh404sef/sef_ext/ You can do that with FTP or with any file management extension.

INSTALLING THE ACESEF PLUGIN

Use the promo code ijsurveys to get this plugin free from AceSEF.

CORE SEF AND SEF ADVANCED

If you are using core SEF or SEF Advanced, you dont need to install any SEF plugins, they are already included. Thats it! Youve installed all of iJoomla Surveys!
INSTALLATION PROBLEMS

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Most installation problems occur because the installer does not have all the necessary permissions. If you do not have the right permissions, please contact your hosting service and ask them to help you or submit a support ticket here.
MANUAL INSTALLATION

If, for any reason, you cannot use the installer and you need to install the survey component manually. Unzip the component and modules and save them on your computer. Upload all files to a server directory of your choice. Select Installers -> Components from the menu and choose Install from the directory option. Enter the full path of the place the Survey component was installed.

UNINSTALLING

To uninstall iJoomla Surveys, you will need to uninstall the component and then the module.

UNINSTALLING THE COMPONENT

Select Extension -> Install/Uninstall Click the components link Select the radio button next to Surveys Click uninstall on top

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UNINSTALLING THE MODULES

You will then need to uninstall the modules. Select Extension -> Install/Uninstall Click on the modules link Check the radio button next to mod_surveys_list Check the radio button next to mod_survey_popup Check the radio button next to mod_surveys_results click Uninstall

UPGRADING

When upgrading to a new version of iJoomla Surveys, none of your information will be lost except for the settings. These will need to be entered again. Uninstall iJoomla Surveys Next, re-install the upgraded iJoomla Surveys.

You will now need to link again to iJoomla Surveys on the front end: Select iJoomla Surveys -> Main Menu and click the New icon in the toolbar. Select Component -> iJoomla Surveys Enter a name for the menu link (e.g., Surveys) and select Survey from the Component list box. Click the Save icon in the toolbar.

HOW TO USE IJOOMLA SURVEYS

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ACCESSING IJOOMLA SURVEYS

To access the iJoomla Surveys on the admin interface, click Component on the top menu and select iJoomla Survey. (Its marked by an S icon: )

NAVIGATION

Unlike most components, iJoomla Surveys uses a left navigation menu and a control panel, not a top navigation. You can easily navigate with either the control panel or the left menu.
CONTROL PANEL

On accessing iJoomla Surveys on your admin interface, you will see a control panel with large icon. Most of the component features can be reached through this menu. Whenever youd like to reach this control panel, select iJoomla Surveys from the component menu or if youre already inside iJoomla Surveys, click on the top left menu link iJoomla Surveys.

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LEFT MENU

On accessing the iJoomla Surveys interface for the first time, the left menu will be closed and you will see only the top level items. Click on each link to see the sub-menu items or to reach the area of your choice. Click Close All to close all the menu items. Click Open All to open all the menu items and their sub-items.
SAVING

Be sure to save every page youve changed in order to record the changes, as you should whenever you use Joomla.
SETTINGS GENERAL
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The General Settings tab allows you to control several of your surveys characteristics, including the frequency with which you offer your survey, and whether the survey allows respondents to go back to previous questions. Other options include: One Response per Respondent - After completing the survey, respondents will be prevented from entering additional responses. Respondents that return to a survey later will be able to edit their previous answers. Respondents that return to an incomplete survey will be taken to the last question they answered. One Response per Respondent (Forward Only) - After completing the survey, respondents will be prevented from entering additional responses. In addition, respondents will also be prevented from editing previous answers. Respondents that return to an incomplete survey will be taken to the last question they answered. Multiple Responses per Respondent - After completing the survey, respondents will be allowed to enter an additional response. Respondents that return to an incomplete survey will be taken to the last question they answered. Multiple Responses per Respondent (Shared Computer) - After completing or exiting the survey, respondents will be allowed to enter additional responses. Once respondents leave the survey, their answers are considered finished and cannot be edited. (Useful for computer labs and tradeshow kiosks.)

DATE/TIME

Here you can select the date/time format to display anywhere on iJoomla Surveys.

CSS

The CSS tab allows you to name the classes of the different elements of your survey. Each element can have its own class. You can edit the CSS file itself on the right of the screen but you

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will need basic CSS knowledge. You can also download CSS free from our FREE DOWNLOADS section on our site.

EMAIL

The email tab determines whether you would like to be notified each time a user completes the survey. You can specify the email address to send the email notification, edit the subject and From information, and edit the content of the email using three different variables. (Be sure to keep the # before and after term and to use upper case): #SURVEYNAME# This variable will be replaced in the email by the surveys name. #USER# This variable can only be used for respondents who have logged into the site. It inserts the username of the person who completed the survey.

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#RESULTS# This variable will be replaced by your questions and the answers provided by the respondent.

LANGUAGE

The Language tab allows you to change the language of both the back and front end; You can download language files translated with Google Translate here. Replace the current language file with your own or any of our available language files. Note: Make sure you only modify whats in the second set of quotes. For example, in the following line, you should change only whats in red dont touch anything else. define("_READMORE","Read more >>");

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CREATING A SURVEY

Creating a survey from scratch takes several steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Preparation; Adding a survey; Adding pages; Adding questions; Adding Skip Action (optional).

PREPARATION

Before you start creating your survey using the iJoomla Surveys component, its highly recommended that you plan your survey. You will need to know: The number and subjects of the pages the survey will contain; Your survey questions and the pages to which they belong; The type of questions that will best produce the information you need; Whether to use Skip Action to structure your survey; How to end your survey.

ADDING A SURVEY

Before you can create your first survey, you must first add at least one survey.
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Select Manage surveys->surveys and click New.

GENERAL TAB:

Title - Enter the title of the survey here Alias Alias will be used to create the SEF URLs when using core SEF, you dont have to enter anything here, iJoomla Surveys will fill it out for you. However you can modify the alias if needed. Description Enter the description youd like to show on the top of the survey

IMAGE TAB:

Here you can select which image to display on the top of the survey. Just select an image from the left list to the right. You may change the directory by selecting a directory on the sub folder drop down.

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HANDLING TAB:

Show survey results If you want to show the survey results to the person who takes the survey after they complete the survey, choose yes here Send email Choose whether you want to send an email with search results. Global means it take the settings from your email settings tab Email to send to choose the email youd like to send the survey results to

PUBLISHING TAB

Published if set to yes, this survey will be published and show on the front end, both in main area and in survey list module Show on results module - If set to yes, the survey will show on the survey results module
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Ordering select the order of the survey, this order will apply to both backend and front end Access level choose who can access your survey o Public everybody o Registered only logged in registered members o Special only admin Override Created Date - Choose the created date Start Publishing Choose when to start publishing this survey Finish Publishing Choose when to end the publishing of this survey

POP UP TAB

View Video Tutorial Show Pop up Invitation if set to yes, a pop up invitation will appear on the front end Show choose the frequency of the pop up Pop up Width select the width in pixels of the pop up Pop up Height select the height in pixels of the pop up Pop up Title enter the title of the pop up Content enter the actual content youd like to have on the pop up. It can be text, image, video or anything you can enter in the box.

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FINISHING TAB

Once the participants completes the survey, you can either show them an end page or re direct them to a URL of your choice End Page Title the title of the end page End Page Description - enter the content of the end page. Usually some copy thanking them for participating Form Target choose where to take the participant after they complete the survey Redirection URL here you can enter a URL to redirect them after they complete the survey. You will only be able to enter a URL if you choose on the previous field to redirect them to a URL Redirection Message enter any message to show them when they are being redirected to a URL

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In order to add questions, you must first add at least one page to your survey. To add a page, go to pages manager and click on the NEW button on top.

GENERAL TAB

Page Name the title of the page that will show on the top of the page Survey Name select under which survey this page will show Show Title choose whether to show the title youve entered or not Ordering select the order of this page in the survey Description here you can enter a short description of the page, for example Now we will ask you some questions about your background

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IMAGES TAB

Here you can select which image to display on the top of the survey. Just select an image from the left list to the right. You may change the directory by selecting a directory on the sub folder drop down.

PUBLISHING TAB

Here you can select whether you want this page to show on the front end or not

ADDING QUESTIONS

To add questions, Choose Manage surveys-> Questions and click New.

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QUESTION TAB

On the Question tab, choose the parent survey. The page will refresh to show the pages in that survey. Select a parent page and enter a question. You can also use the description field to enter a comment about the question, if you wish. Decide whether this question will be required, and the type of question you wish to ask. Based on your selection you might be offered a text field for further information. See below a description of each question type

PUBLISHING TAB

Published if set to yes, this question will be published and show on the front end Show on results module: If set to yes, the question will show on the results page of this survey Ordering select the order of the question, this order will apply to both backend and front end Override Created Date - Choose the created date Start Publishing Choose when to start publishing this question
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Finish Publishing Choose when to end the publishing of this question

QUESTION TYPES

iJoomla Surveys allows you to use a number of different question types to obtain the information you need: To view an example of each question, please click here.
CHOICE - ONE ANSWER

Restricts respondents to choose just one answer. For example: Gender? Man or woman. There are three ways to present a Choice - One Answer question: - The answer choices will be displayed vertically. Works best with between two and eight answer choices. CHOICE - ONE ANSWER (HORIZONTAL) - The answer choices will be displayed horizontally. Not suitable for questions with more than four answer choices. CHOICE - ONE ANSWER (MENU) - Answer choices will be display as a menu. Although perfect for questions with many possible responses, such as those requiring respondents to enter their country or occupation, drop-down menus require three mouse actions instead of one, and can therefore increase the drop-out rate.
CHOICE - ONE ANSWER (VERTICAL)

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CHOICE - MULTIPLE ANSWERS

Allows respondents to select more than one answer. For example: What type of credit card do you own? Visa, Mastercard, Discover, Diners Club. In general, receiving multiple answers can make data analysis difficult so only use this option when strictly appropriate.
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There are two methods of displaying Choice - Multiple Answers questions: -Answer choices will be displayed vertically. Works best with between two and six answer choices. CHOICE - MULTIPLE ANSWERS (HORIZONTAL) - Answer choices will be displayed horizontally. Works best with a limited number of answers.
CHOICE - MULTIPLE ANSWERS (VE RTICAL )

MATRIX

Matrix questions allow you to collect cross information between two scaled parameters. Questions about frequency or degree of preference are perfect for this type of question. For example, a survey about eating habits could ask: How often do you eat the following foods: Meat, Vegetables, Fish, Dairy and offer the following columns: Frequently, Not Frequently, Never. Matrix questions can be displayed three ways:

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- Perfect for a scale. For example, you could ask what respondents thought of a product, and create a column that allowed them to score it from 1 to 10 or Excellent to Poor etc. MATRIX - MULTIPLE ANSWERS PER ROW - Allows respondents to choose more than one answer in each row. MATRIX - MULTIPLE ANSWERS PER ROW (MENUS) -This method allows respondents to choose from a menu with multiple answer choices. Ideal when you want respondents to state their opinion of different attributes in each row.
MATRIX - ONE ANSWER PER ROW

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OPEN ENDED

Open Ended questions allow you to collect actual sentences. Although they demand more from respondents, theyre perfect if you want to collect feedback, ideas, stories or anything else you cant include in a variable. There are five ways to ask Open Ended questions: - This method will display a simple text box in which people can enter a short answer. For example: What is your favorite name for a dog? OPEN ENDED - ONE OR MORE LINES WI TH PROMPT - This method will display a text box next to each of the answer choices, allowing them to enter a short answer for each field. For example, Enter your favorite name for baby girl; baby boy. OPEN ENDED ESSAY - This method will display a large text area. Ideal for feedback, testimonials, ideas and stories etc. OPEN ENDED - CONSTANT SUM - Respondents can enter a figure from 1-100 in each field. The sum of all the numbers they enter should be exactly 100. For example, a survey for teachers might ask, Please assign a number from 1-100 to describe the amount of time you spend on: teaching; quizzes; marking; attending meetings. OPEN ENDED - DATE AND/OR TIME - This method allows you to obtain specific dates or times. For example, a survey of university graduates might ask respondents to provide their date of graduation.
OPEN ENDED - ONE LINE WITH PROMPT

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If you have more than one survey, use the filter to show only the questions for one survey instead of all the questions youve added.
TIP:

SKIP ACTION

View video tutorial Branching and Skip Action allow respondents to receive specific question sets based on their previous answers. For example, on being asked about the quality of your site, a visitor might reply that it is "Very good." The next question then could ask: "What made it so good?"
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Similarly, if the respondent indicated that his experience of the site was Poor, the next question could be: "What could we do to make the site better?" Branching in this way is accomplished by creating a Skip Action in which you specify the condition and the consequences. Because it is only possible to skip forwards, not backwards, through your survey, branching must be carefully charted. Furthermore, all of your questions must be in their final order before the branching pattern is implemented. Conditional Branching occurs only if the condition is met. An example of conditional branching is the statement: "If the answer to question #3 is A, then Skip to Page Demographics.
ADDING SKIP ACTION

To add Skip Action, select Manage surveys-> Skip Action and click New.

Enter a name for this logical sequence, and choose the survey, page and question to which you wish to apply the condition. The Compare drop down menu allows you to choose whether you want the Skip Action to occur when a condition is the same or different to an answer choice. So if a response Equals yes, for example, a particular action may be taken. If the response is different than yes, an alternative response may be taken.
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Answer value lists all possible answers. Selecting more than one answer on the list (by pressing the CTRL key) allows you to specify whether the sequence will be dependent on all the answer choices being chosen or any one of them. To make the sequence dependent on all answer choices, select the AND condition; to make the sequence dependent on one answer choice, select the OR condition. Next, you will need to create the consequence of this condition. You can choose between Jump to and Skip, which lets the respondent jump to a selected page, skip the next page in sequence or jump to the end of the survey. On the Page drop down menu, choose the page to skip or jump to. For example, the sequence below describes a Skip Action question used on the survey for iVegetarian.net. We created a page called Demographics and added a question that checks whether this respondent is a vegetarian. The next question would depend on the response: Survey: Veggie Survey Page: Demographics Question: Are you a vegetarian? Compare: Equals to Answers (OR): Yes Action: Jump to Page: For vegetarian

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If the answer to the questions is (Equals to)Yes, the survey will Jump to the page called For vegetarian, a page that only people who are vegetarians should answer.
PROMOTING YOUR SURVEY

There are a number ways that you can promote your survey: Send an email invitation; Show a pop up invitation; Display a link to the survey.

SEND AN EMAIL INVITATION

Using your newsletter component, you can add a link to your survey in the body of your newsletter and invite members of your mailing list to take the survey. To determine the URL of your survey, select Manage surveys -> surveys. Click the collect link next to the survey name.

Two boxes will be displayed. The top box is the clean URL of the survey; the second box is a piece of HTML code that you can embed in your newsletters HTML to display a clickable link to your survey.

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SHOW A POP-UP INVITATION

To display a pop-up invitation, select Manage surveys -> surveys and open the survey to which youd like to invite your users. On the Pop-up tab, enter the relevant details and press Save. To control the appearance of the pop-up, select Go to settings -> CSS. At the bottom of the page, you will see the names of the classes that will be assigned to the pop-up. On the right side of the page you will see the CSS itself. You will need a basic CSS knowledge to make changes to the CSS file.

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DISPLAY A LINK TO THE SURVEY

You can display a link to your survey by simply publishing the survey module. The module will have a link to each of your published surveys. Alternatively, you can add a menu item that links to the survey component and takes your users to a list of all your surveys. Or you can add a menu item to the exact URL of your survey or add a link inside your content to link to any survey of your choice.
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PREVIEWING YOUR SURVEY

We recommend that you preview your survey before you publish it to make sure that everything works the way you want it to, that there are no typos and that you didnt miss anything. To preview your survey, select Manage surveys -> surveys and click Preview next to the survey youd like to check. You will be able to take the survey yourself without your answers being recorded.

EDITING AN UNPUBLISHED SURVEY

To edit a survey, pages, questions and Skip Action before publication, just click on the name of the survey, page, question or Skip Action conditions.

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EDITING A PUBLISHED SURVEY

Although you can edit a published survey in the same way that you can edit an unpublished survey, remember that the integrity of your results may be compromised. Only edit a published survey to: Fix typos; Add images or change the appearance with CSS; Move questions from one page to the other (if these questions are not a part of a Skip Action); Change the descriptions or names of the survey and pages; Add a completely new page.

The following changes may hurt the integrity of your survey and are not recommended: Changing questions or answers; Adding/changing Skip Action; Changing the order of pages or questions.

For this reason, we highly recommend you fully design and finalize your survey before you publish it.
REMOVING A SURVEY

To remove a survey, select Survey manger->surveys and check the box next to the survey youd like to delete. Click the Delete button. Warning: Once you delete a survey, you will lose all the data youve collected. It is better to unpublish a survey than to delete it.

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DUPLICATING A SURVEY

Duplicate a survey can make creating new surveys easier and faster, especially if many of the pages and questions are similar or identical. Re-launching a survey can also allow you to compare results at different times. For example, if users gave your site a low rating and you have subsequently made a number of changes, duplicating the survey will let you know whether your changes were effective. To duplicate an entire survey, with all its pages and questions, select Survey manager->surveys. Check the box next to the survey youd like to duplicate and press Copy. An identical survey will be added.

VIEWING SURVEY RESPONSES

To view the results of your survey, select Manage surveys -> surveys and click Stats on your surveys row.

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This will display all of your questions and the results. You can see more detailed information by clicking on the total number of results. The details available include the respondents IP address as well as the Name, Username and Email if the respondent had logged in. You can also decide to un-publish certain responses. To un-publish a response, click the check box next to the response and click the un-publish button at the top of the page.

EXPORTING YOUR SURVEY RESULTS

View Video Tutorial To export your survey results, just click on Stats on surveys manager and then click on export data on the top.

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