Installation Instructions
To install the plugin, you can use the built-in installer and upgrader in WP-Admin, or install manually by following these steps:
- Download the plugin here and use your FTP program to upload it to your wp-content/plugins directory. In addition to uploading all the php files to /wp-content/plugins/, make sure to also move the extracted folder "sodahead-polls" into this directory
- Open the WordPress Admin Interface (WP-Admin) and click the "Plugins" heading
- Find the "SodaHead Polls" plugin in the listing, and click the "Activate" link
Usage
Adding a poll to a post
- Click on the "Posts" heading in the WordPress Admin Interface (WP-Admin)
- Click on "Add New"
- Click on the SodaHead Icon in the "Upload/Insert" listing
- Screen will open up to create and embed a poll
Adding a poll to the sidebar
- Click on the "Appearance" heading in the WordPress Admin Interface (WP-Admin)
- Click on "Widgets"
- Find "Polls" and drag it into the desired sidebar on the right
- Open the drop down under polls. You can now create or modify a poll site-wide. Don't forget to press save after you are done creating and customizing a poll