How to use the online survey creation tool available at the design section of the Control Panel?

Answer by: Curtis Vize, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support

The Customer Survey tool allows you to view and analyze results of surveys on your website.

To create a survey, follow these instructions:

1. Start by logging into the Aplus.Net Control Panel at http://cp.aplus.net using your Registration Number and Customer Password.
2. Select Web Hosting from the top navigation bar.
3. Next, select Hosted Domains and click on Manage Hosted Domains.
4. Now, select the hosted domain that you’d like to manage.
5. Click on the Design tab.
6. Select the Customer Survey icon.
7. Once in the customer Surveys screen, click Create New Survey.
8. Fill out the forms with headings “Survey title,” “Introduction text” and “Privacy statement.” Explanations of what should go in each form are located on the page. Once you are finished, click Next.
9. Select your survey style/template, and choose between a vertical or horizontal layout and click Next. Your survey is now created!

Once your survey is created, you must publish it from the main menu:

1. Under the main Customer Surveys screen, select any survey from the menu under Manage Existing Surveys then click the Publish button.
2. Select the directory where you would like to publish the survey to, (e.g. / or /surveys) and assign a file name for the survey page.
3. Click Publish and you should see a confirmation message stating “Your survey was successfully published.”

As soon as visitor votes, the survey will be opened and will be listed with any other open surveys. The title that will be displayed will be the same one as of the survey form. You can view results from ongoing surveys, as well as from surveys which are finished already and you have closed them. If you wish, you can delete the results of a survey. If your survey is open, users can make their votes and the votes will be saved. If you close a survey and if you do not remove the survey form from your website, users can still vote but their votes will NOT be saved. Later you will not be able to view any results after the survey closure.