Resources for Creating Polls

Polls can be a great thing for any number of different websites. They get visitors engaged quickly and so long as they are quick, they are usually pretty fun to participate in. Especially if you can see the results right away. The more you get your audience thinking about and interacting with your site, the more memorable it will be for them.

Design and Code Your Own Poll

Below are a few links to tutorials which will help you create a poll on your site from scratch, no help from outside services involved. Since polls need to store data, you will need a database and some way to interact with that. PHP is a popular choice, but any web language that can interact with a DB will ultimately work.

W3 Schools: PHP and AJAX Poll Tutorial

CSS-Tricks: How to Design and Create a PHP Powered Poll

NETTUTS: Creating a Dynamic Poll with jQuery and PHP

DBScripts.net: Free PHP Poll Script, DRBPoll

ASP Poll

Polls specifically for blogs

If you are putting a poll on a blog, you maybe be able to use the already existing administration panels and Database to work for you.

WordPress plugin: WP-Polls

AddPoll.com (Works for MySpace and Blogger)

Web 2.0 Poll Services

These services are like social networking sites. They are designed to make it easy for you to create new polls, focusing on the fun social aspects of polls instead of all the technicalities of creating them. Then you can participate in others polls and leave comments, as well as “share” the polls on your blogs or other social networking sites.

Poll Daddy

Sodahead

Quibblo

Polls Boutique

Poll Authority

Have fun creating polls!