=== Polls by OpinionStage ===
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Requires at least: 2.8
Tested up to: 4.3.1
Stable tag: trunk
 
Add a powerful & easy-to-use polling solution to your site. Create beautiful polls that boost time on site and drive traffic to your site.

== Description ==

The Opinion Stage polls plug-in allows you to easily add standard or social polls to your website or Facebook page.

= Poll Examples: =

For examples, checkout the <a href="http://www.opinionstage.com/showcase?o=wp35e8" target="_blank">Poll Showcase.</a>

= Why Opinion Stage? =

 * Discover opinions
 * Boost engagement - increase time-on-site, page views & shares
 * Drive traffic from social networks
 * Run contests and sweepstakes
 * Generate revenue by integrating ads in the polls
 * Gather contact info such as emails & social profiles
 * Get up and going in minutes
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= Main Poll Features: =

 * Manage all your WordPress polls from one dashboard	
 * Poll your site visitors using their social network identities or anonymously
 * View the full poll participant list social profiles
 * Filter the poll participant list according to side votes
 * Filter the poll results using social & demographic filters such as social network belonging, gender, location, time-frame and more
 * Get the poll question & poll votes shared in social networks, driving social traffic to your poll and site
 * Set the details of the social sharing (e.g. text, image & link displayed in the Facebook share) to optimize the share for improved visibility and click rates
 * Customize the poll feature to match your needs (e.g. show/don't show number of votes, show results before / after voting, order sides by most votes or as configured, etc) 
 * Customize the poll's size, font, colour yourself or select from pre-defined poll styles and poll sizes.
 * ... much more!

 = Main Poll Benefits: =

 * Discover opinions & people - discover opinions & the people behind them. You can view the social profiles of the public voters and learn about the opinions of your audience using aggregated poll reports
 * Engage your audience - opinion polls are one of the most engaging types of content. Opinion Stage’s social layer further increases the poll engagement by allowing voters to discover who the participants are, view the poll results by various filters and more
 * Drive traffic from social networks to your poll and site - after voting, participants are automatically prompted to share their votes in the various social networks, driving new traffic from social networks to your site
 * Research the poll results and gain insights - Filter poll results by demographic & social attributes such as gender, location, social network belonging, time frame, and more. Learn how effective your polls are by discovering their level of engagement, how many of the poll votes are shared and how much traffic the polls generate
 * Run profile based competitions & elections - conducting competitions & elections using social profiles, is a great way to achieve more authentic voting. Competitions become much more appealing, and tend to generate many social shares that drive traffic from social networks to your site
 * Design polls that fit to your site - opinion Stage includes an online poll design studio that lets you design polls that perfectly fit into your site. You can set the poll size, font, colors, logo and more
 * Polls works seamlessly on all platforms - Opinion Stage uses responsive design techniques to fully support all platforms & screen sizes, including desktops, tablets and mobile devices. Reach your target audience wherever they are
 * Easy content creation - creating polls is an easy way to produce engaging and relevant content. Deploy your first polls in minutes and easily manage all your polls from a simple and intuitive dashboard
 
 = Language support = 

Opinion Stage supports over 30 languages, missing a language? Let us know!

 = About Opinion Stage: =

Opinion Stage offers web sites a highly engaging opinion polling solution. For more details on Opinion Stage's polling solutions, visit <a href="http://www.opinionstage.com?o=wp35e8" target="_blank">the Opinion Stage site.</a>

== Installation ==

1. Upload the social polls plug-in to your blog (or search for it) and install it on your plug-ins page
2. Activate it

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= What sets Opinion Stage online polls apart from other online polling solutions? =

While Opinion Stage offers all the standard features expected from an advanced and professional polling solutions, Opinion Stage also offers some unique functionality which you won't find in most other solutions. This includes:
1) Generate revenue from your polling service (mostly relevant for high volume sites) by integrating different types of advertisements
2) Get your polls shared in the popular social networks driving traffic back to your site
3) An advanced reporting dashboard that let's you discover the engagement level of your polls, how many people shared them in social networks and the traffic that generated for your site
4) A lead generation component, that lets you gather emails and social network profiles 
5) A social voting module that lets you require or make it optional to vote with a social profile. Using the module, you can filter the poll results by social, demographic and behavioral filters including geo location, time, gender, social network and more
6)  A special module for using the online polls for running elections, contests and sweepstakes
7) Advanced customizations of the polls including setting the size, color, font, and more attributes so that the poll fits perfectly into your site
8) Advanced integrations with images & videos to make your polls appealing, beautiful and more informative
9) Poll sets that let you group many polls together, letting your 
10) Placements let you easily add polls to your sidebar, to an article section or as an auto-engage popup displayed on your site
And many more...

= How do I add a poll to my post/page? =

1.	Create a new poll from the poll creation form
2.	After the poll was created, click "Add to Your Site" link and then click the "WordPress" tab 
3.	Copy the WordPress poll code ( e.g. [socialpoll id="119543"] ) and paste it into the blog post/page

= What is the embed ID and where can I find it? =

Each poll has a unique ID which identifies it. The poll ID can be found in the WordPress code (e.g. if [socialpoll id="119543"] is the WordPress code, 119543 is the poll ID)
 
= Can I embed a poll manually? =

Yes, just post the following syntax into any post/page: [socialpoll ID="xyz"], where the xyz represents the poll ID.

= How do users share the poll & their vote in social networks? = 

Users can either share the poll question from the social (e.g.Users can either share the poll by clicking on the social (e.g. Facebook, Twitter & Google+) sharing or by sharing their poll/vote directly in the social sharing dialog that is displayed automatically after they vote in the poll. Opinion Stage never shares anything on the users' behalf without getting explicit permission for it.

= What types of online polls do you support? =

We support both regular multiple-sided polls and a special head-to-head poll flavor (for the 2-sided polls)


== Screenshots ==

1. **Multiple-choice poll** - example of a multiple-choice social poll, note that you can view who voted what and view the poll voters social profile. You can also filter the poll results by the people you follow, by gender of the poll participants and more
2. **Head-to-head poll** - example of a head-to-head poll, use this poll layout for highly engaging interactions
3. **Social sharing** -  after voting, users are offered to share their votes in social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Google+), driving traffic back to your site
4. **Poll set** - example of polls grouped into a poll set, users can navigate between the different polls based on a pre-defined logic
5. **Poll in post** - you can add polls inside any post/page by adding the Opinion Stage short-code directly or by clicking on the Insert poll icon and inserting the ID
6. **Poll in sidebar** - you can add polls to your sidebar using the Opinion Stage widget (find it in the Appearance->Widgets screen)
7. **Poll section in all articles** - you can configure that a poll or a set of polls is displayed at the end of all or specific sections of posts/pages
8. **Poll results** - From the Opinion Stage dashboard view the poll results and poll performance metrics

== Upgrade Notice == 

N/A

== Changelog ==
  = Version 13.0.0 =
  * Added text domain
  = Version 12.9.0 =
  * Poll discovery mechanim improvements
  * Additional tracking capabilities
  = Version 12.8.0 =
  * Various bug fixes
  = Version 12.7.0 =
  * CSS modifications to better align with desired coding standards. Reverted css file name change.
  * Minor text changes
  * Not using PHP 4 Style Constructors any more
  = Version 12.6.0 =
  * Fixed broken links to dashboard
  * Renamed css file
  = Version 12.5.0 =
  * Modified css strucutre
  * Added an option to enable/disable sidebar widget directly via the widget box 
  = Version 12.4.0 =
  * Added a control switch for the Sidebar placement
  = Version 12.3.0 =
  * Added Sidebar placement as a widget
  = Version 12.2.0 =
  * Added the option to connect the plugin to Opinion Stage account
  * Added plug & play integration for fly-out placement  
  * Replaced the option of adding polls to all posts with plug & play article section placement
  = Version 12.1.0 =
  * Additional fix for supporting SSL
  = Version 12.0.0 =
  * Support for SSL when voting with social profiles
  * revamp of content recommendation mechanism
  = Version 11.9.0 =
  * Poll Placement improvements
  = Version 11.8.0 =
  * Plugin minor changes
  = Version 11.7.0 =
  * Image cropping
  = Version 11.6.0 =
  * New poll recommendation design
  = Version 11.5.0 =
  * resolve conflicts
  = Version 11.4.0 =
  * Fixed compatibility issues
  = Version 11.3.0 =
  * First Trivia poll version
  = Version 11.2.0 =
  * Various functionality & usability improvements
  = Version 11.1.0 =
  * Head-to-Head Poll - new revamped UI (first version)
  = Version 11.0.0 =
  * New look & feel settings
  = Version 10.9.0 =
  * Allow disabling global poll section for specific posts
  = Version 10.8.0 =
  * Texts changes
  = Version 10.7.0 =
  * New options for adding polls or sets to all posts 
  = Version 10.6.0 =
  * Poll sets and poll placements - improved interface
  = Version 10.5.0 =
  * Ad integrations (optional) - revamped interface
  = Version 10.4.0 =
  * Added UI support for social logins
 = Version 10.3.0 =
  * New UI for Multiple Choice Polls
 = Version 10.2.0 =
  * Various stability fixes 
 = Version 10.1.0 =
  * Post vote actions
 = Version 10.0.0 =
  * Performance improvements
 = Version 9.9.0 =
  * Various fixes
 = Version 9.8.0 =
  * Poll discovery first version
 = Version 9.7.0 =
  * Placements first version
 = Version 9.6.0 =
  * Various fixes
 = Version 9.5.0 =
  * Smart containers first version
 = Version 9.4.0 =
  * Allow users to add their own answers
  * Head2Head polls - mobile optimizations
 = Version 9.3.0 =
  * Support adding custom texts to the interface
  * Solve minor UI issues
 = Version 9.2.0 =
  * Support displaying ads before showing the results
  * Support reordering the sides of the poll
 = Version 9.1.0 =
  * Added the option to add Facebook comments to the polls
  * Improvements to poll creation flow
 = Version 9.0.0 =
  * New poll head-to-head themes
  * Poll UI optimizations
 = Version 8.9.0 =
  * Various additions and improvements to the poll style studio
  * Support for wide pages
 = Version 8.8.0 =
  * Improved poll built-in UI styles
  * New capabilities to poll style studio
 = Version 8.7.0 =
  * Improved poll reports
  * Various minor improvements
 = Version 8.6.0 =
  * Poll performance improvements for peek scenarios
  * New banner type ad unit
 = Version 8.5.0 =
  * Improve process of adding polls to site
  * Improve returning traffic tracking mechanism
 = Version 8.4.0 =
  * Add first version of poll discovery feature
  * Resolve issue with image addition
 = Version 8.3.0 =
  * Add the option to integrate advertisement into the polls for generating revenue
  * Optimizations for poll display in mobile environments
 = Version 8.2.0 =
  * Enhancements on contact generation feature
  * Mobile polls improvements
  * Additions to default poll settings
 = Version 8.1.0 =
  * Poll discovery - first version
  * Poll sets improvements
  * Poll performance improvements
 = Version 8.0.0 =
  * Added an account report dashboard
 = Version 7.9.0 =
  * Resolved paypal integration issues
  * Resolved facebook page integration issues
 = Version 7.8.0 =
  * Renamed plugin to better reflect the platform
 = Version 7.7.0 =
  * Fixed 2 poll display issues
 = Version 7.6.0 =
  * Added the ability to insert a shortcode of a set of polls
  * Added a widget for a container and for a set of polls
 = Version 7.5.0 =
  * Created a widget for easily adding polls to site
 = Version 7.4.0 =
  * Poll performance optimizations
 = Version 7.3.0 =
  * Resolved 2 issues with polls on mobile
 = Version 7.2.0 =
  * Add external integration with 3rd parties via API/XML mechanism
 = Version 7.1.0 =
  * Support collecting emails from poll voters
 = Version 7.0.0 =
  * Fixed potential collisions with other plugins
 = Version 6.9.0 =
  * First version of Poll Sets
  * First version of redirect after poll vote
  * Fix related to languages in poll display
 = Version 6.8.0 =
  * Fix issue with Mobile voting
  * Fix for iframe embed of poll
  * Fix for uploading images from computer 
 = Version 6.7.0 =
  * Added Czech language & fix for Polish
  * Add poll images via URL 
 = Version 6.6.0 =
  * Improve poll login screen in mobile
  * Fixes for poll container 
 = Version 6.5.0 =
  * Fix issues with voting on iphone/ipad (iOS7)
 = Version 6.4.0 =
  * New poll container
  * Improvements to the poll optimization dashboard
 = Version 6.3.0 =
  * New graphs for the new reports page
  * New languages - Romanian, Polish, Indonesian, Danish
 = Version 6.2.0 =
  * New Poll navigation bar
  * New languages - Dutch, Albanian, Lithuanian
 = Version 6.1.0 =
  * New dashboard and site header
  * Poll was translated to the following languages - Swedish, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean
 = Version 6.0.0 =
  * Added the option to login to Opinion Stage with a email/user-name and password combination
 = Version 5.9.0 =
  * Added geographic location filter to poll results dashboard
 = Version 5.8.0 =
  * Added time filter to poll results dashboard
  * New design for on site poll page
  * Various improvements & fixes on poll results dashboard
 = Version 5.7.0 =
  * Added the option to block repeat voting in polls by IP
 = Version 5.6.0 =
  * Improvements & fixes on poll studio
 = Version 5.5.0 =
  * Improvements & fixes on poll reporting statistics
  * Improvements & fixes on poll core flows
 = Version 5.4.0 =
  * Added to the poll results screen the following poll stats: poll engagement stats, poll social stats & poll traffic stats
 = Version 5.3.0 =
  * Add a clone function that allows to easily create multiple polls from the same template
  * Add the option to schedule when the poll will be closed
 = Version 5.2.0 =
  * Revamp of the poll social sharing settings
  * revamp of add poll to website screen
 = Version 5.1.0 =
  * Add Facebook comments to polls added to Facebook pages
  * Add the option to preview the poll in different widths
 = Version 5.0.0 =
  * Improvements to poll style studio
  * Added option to configure head to head polls not to show results before voting
  * Added the option to configure all types of polls not to show results to voters
  * Extended width support of head to head polls to 250-740 pxls 
 = Version 4.7.1 =
  * Additional social filters added to the poll interface & poll report
  * Optimize poll sharing scenarios
 = Version 4.7.0 =
  * Improvements on poll sharing scenarios
 = Version 4.6.0 =
  * Add polls to Facebook pages in 2-clicks feature added
  * Enhanced poll reporting that includes poll result filters
  * Brightcove video format now supported in the polls
 = Version 4.5.5 =
  * Added support for Google+ poll login
  * Fixed a presentation issue with polls and https sites
  * Fixed issue with poll display on Facebook pages
 = Version 4.5.0 =
  * Localize polls for Russian and French
  * New design for poll social login dialogue
  * Polls now auto-detect https environments
  * Various minor fixes and improvements to poll functionality
 = Version 4.4.0 =
  * Polls are now localized for Portuguese
  * Various minor bug fixes
 = Version 4.3.0 =
  * Multiple sided polls are supported for 150 widths and above
  * Head-to-head polls are supported for 300 widths and above
  * Poll style studio was improved to included many more poll style options
  * New improved poll dashboard 
  * Poll showcase was improved to include more poll examples and detailed explanations
 = Version 4.2.0 =
  * Multi-sided polls support addition of multimedia (video and image)
  * Both head-to-head and multi-sided polls - Multimedia support auto-fit for different width (e.g mobile environment) 
 = Version 4.1.0 =
  * Multi-sided polls support addition of multimedia (video and image)
  * Both head-to-head and multi-sided polls - Multimedia support auto-fit for different width (e.g mobile environment) 
 = Version 4.0.0 =
  * UI improvements for the polls (filters, border etc)
 = Version 3.1.0 =
  * Poll creator can select number of allowed poll answers
  * FB poll sharing flow optimizations
  * Poll results can be shown from the Opinion-Stage poll dashboard
 = Version 3.0.0 =
  * New hybrid voting method added to the polls, allowing users to vote either via a social profile or completely  anonymously 
 = Version 2.9.0 =
  * Added support for anonymous poll voting
 = Version 2.8.0 =
  * Improved editing process of polls by adding a preview to the poll editing screen
  * Additional layout customizations for polls - hide top bars, add bottom padding
  * Polls can now be reset
 = Version 2.7.0 =
  * Additional poll languages support (German, Italian, Serbian)
  * Additional poll customizations for the vote sharing process
 = Version 2.6.0 =
  * Additional customizations options to the poll: Define which poll filters to show, poll social sharing bar removal
  * Hiding vote option can be enabled / disabled by poll creator
 = Version 2.5.0 =
  * Added support for multiple selection polls
 = Version 2.4.0 =
  * Better support for hiding user votes in the poll
  * Improved embed options to support both dynamic and constant width for the polls
  * Polls can now be closed from the Opinion-Stage dashboard 
 = Version 2.3.0 =
  * Improved creation flow of polls
  * Added basic report per poll in the Opinion Stage polls dashboard 
  * Added account report in Opinion-Stage poll dashboard 
 = Version 2.2.0 =
  * Polls are now localized for Arabic
  * Better support for sidebar polls (300px)
  * Supporting longer side texts in polls
 = Version 2.1.0 =
  * Polls are now displayed properly in mobile environments
  * Additional built-in poll themes 
  * When clicking on poll participants, the user is now redirected to their social network profile
  * Polls are now localized for Spanish
  * You can now set whether you would like to display the number of votes in the poll
  * Support for election polls (e.g. poll results displayed in points, add a minimum cliff, etc)  
 = Version 2.0.0 =
  * Support for multiple sided polls
  * Added the option to configure the URL in which the poll will be hosted. This will allow to direct additional traffic from social network shares and emails back to the location where the poll is hosted
  * Added the option to set the order in which the poll results are displayed. You can either set it so that the poll sides are located in the order they were configured or set them so that the side with the most votes is displayed on top
 = Version 1.2.0 =
  * Poll width can now be set, supported poll widths are 400-620 pxl
  * Poll widget performance optimizations for high traffic polling deployments
  * Support customized color themes for the polls
 = Version 1.1.0 =
  * Added an optional gender filter to the poll, so that poll results can be viewed by gender
  * Added a central dashboard for managing all polls
  * Added the option to display a detailed text description of the poll question to the poll widget
  * Added the ability to configure which image is shared when sharing the poll or the poll vote on Facebook
 = Version 1.0.1 =
  * Improvements in the poll embed flow to ease insertion of polls
 = Version 1.0.0 =
  * First social poll version  