how do i use the Surveys feature of my tikiwiki?

Answer by: Stuart Pierce, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support

The Surveys feature of TikiWiki can be used to poll the opinion of users to your site. You can create surveys using different question formats which are explained in the document below. Here is how to enable/disable the Surveys feature of TikiWiki using the Aplus.Net Control Panel:

Start by logging into the Aplus.Net Control Panel at http://cp.aplus.net using your Registration Number and Customer Password.
Select Websites from the top navigation bar.
Next, select Hosting Domains and click on Manage Hosting Domains.
Now, select the hosted domain that you’d like to manage.
Click on the Design tab.
Click on the Tiki Wiki icon.
Go to the Features tab.
Use the respective radio buttons to enable/disable the Surveys feature.
With the Anonymous View checkbox you can set whether or not anonymous users will be able to browse your surveys.
Click Modify to save the changes.

Now, you have enabled the Surveys feature of your TikiWiki. You can see below how you can create a survey, check the statistics from the surveys taken, and set permissions for other users to view statistics and/or take surveys. To proceed with the management, click on the respective Manage button in the Control Panel. The other option would be to go to: http://yourdomain.com/twiki and to login as user admin using your administrative password (please make sure to replace “yourdomain.com” with your actual domain name).

CREATE A NEW SURVEY:

Expand the Surveys menu and click on Admin surveys.
A form to create a new survey will be displayed.

Note: If the Survey Status is closed, users will not be able to take the survey. You can close a survey at a later stage too.

Once you have filled in the form, please do not forget to click the Save button.
Now, click on the questions link from the “action” section to add questions to your survey.
After you enter your Question and select its Position, you have to select the Question Type:

One choice – the options will be displayed as radio buttons and the user will be able to choose only one option. Use the Options text field to list the available answers separated by a comma.
Multiple choices – the options will be displayed as checkboxes and the user will be able to choose one, some, or all options. Use the Options text field to list the available answers separated by a comma.
Short text – an input text box will be displayed where users can type. TikiWiki will store all answers and list them in the stats. If two users enter the same text, it will be displayed only once, indicating the number of users who entered the text.
Rate (1…5) – the question topic can be rated from 1 to 5 using radio buttons.
Rate (1…10) – the question topic can be rated from 1 to 10 using radio buttons.

Finally, click Save.

CHECK SURVEYS STATS:

Click on Surveys from the left navigation.
Click the stats link from the “actions” section of the respective survey.
There is a clear stats button available, if you want to reset the answers you have.

SET SURVEYS PERMISSIONS:

Click on Surveys >> Admin Surveys in the left navigation to see the list of available surveys.
Click on the perms link in the “action” section of the desired survey.
Now, you can assign specific permissions for the groups you have created, as well as for the two default groups: Anonymous and Registered.

Note: Users can take a survey only once while there is no limit for user admin. If you allow Anonymous users to take a survey, they will be able to do that many times by clearing their cookies. If you want to make sure that a user will take a survey only once, make Surveys available to Registered users only.

Note: The tiki_p_admin_surveys is a “master” permission which automatically includes the other permissions for Surveys.