Description

Give your community more ways to have their say with Pollooza—a free polling addon for Forovanta.

Create polls directly from a category or subcategory using the Create poll button. The destination is selected automatically, and your poll becomes a normal discussion topic with an integrated voting panel.

From simple single-choice questions to multiple-choice polls, ratings and ranked-choice voting, Pollooza helps members share their preferences while giving creators control over voting schedules, result visibility and vote changes.

Features

• Category-based creation: Start a poll from inside its destination forum.

• Discussion topics: Members can discuss the question using normal topic replies.

• Single-choice polls: Choose one answer.

• Multiple-choice polls: Set minimum and maximum selections.

• Rating scales: Collect ratings on scales from 1–2 through 1–10, with an average score.

• Ranked-choice voting: Instant-runoff counting with round details and explicit tie reporting.

• Scheduled voting: Set opening and closing times in UTC.

• Result visibility: Show results immediately, after voting, after closing or to staff only.

• Optional vote changes: Let participants replace their ballot while voting is open.

• Guest voting controls: Requires both administrator permission and per-poll enablement.

• Randomized options: Shuffle choices to reduce order bias.

• Forum permissions: Category polls follow their topic’s current category access.

• Moderation tools: Close or reopen voting, and let staff hide or restore polls.

• Results display: Vote counts, percentages and result bars.

• CSV exports: Export aggregate results without voter identities.

• Easy sharing: Full discussion links with a Copy link button and confirmation.

• Responsive controls: Share controls stack on smaller screens.

• Free distribution: No licence key, subscription or external polling service required.

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Voting and privacy

Each registered account receives one ballot per poll. Allowing vote changes replaces that ballot rather than adding extra votes.

Guest duplicate prevention uses a browser cookie. Clearing cookies or switching browsers can permit another ballot. Individual ballots are not displayed publicly, but database administrators can access stored voting records.