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Quickstart Guide

Learn how to build, publish, and distribute your first real-time polling widget in less than 5 minutes.

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1. Create

Define your question and dynamic response options from the dashboard.

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2. Broadcast

Share the generated live URL or embed the widget into your presentation.

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3. Analyze

Watch vote bars update instantly via WebSockets with zero page refreshes.

Creating Your First Poll

Log in to your PollFlux dashboard and click the Create Poll button. Our flagship creation interface allows you to craft engaging questions with flexible voting parameters.

  • Dynamic Option Management: Easily add up to 20 options per poll. Drag or delete options seamlessly before broadcasting.
  • Title Styling: Make your prompt concise and clear (e.g., "Which UI architecture should we adopt for Q3?").
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Best Practice for High Engagement

Keep answer options under 40 characters so they display cleanly on mobile devices and inside embedded widgets.

Inviting & Engaging Voters

Once created, you are redirected immediately to the live voting arena. Distribution is frictionless and requires zero app installations for your audience.

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Direct Link Sharing
Copy from browser address bar directly to Slack or Discord.
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Live QR Code
Display on conference screens or lecture slides for instant scanning.

Widget Embedding

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Want to embed interactive voting directly inside your blog articles, corporate intranet, Notion pages, or landing sites? PollFlux provides responsive iframe snippets that render seamlessly on any domain.

Copy the standard embed snippet below and paste it into your HTML or CMS platform:

HTML / IFRAME embed-widget.html 
<iframe 
  src="https://pollflux.app/widget/poll-id-here" 
  width="100%" 
  height="480" 
  frameborder="0" 
  style="border: 1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius: 16px; box-shadow: 0 10px 25px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);"
  allow="clipboard-write">
</iframe>

Interpreting Real-Time Analytics

Every vote cast triggers an immediate WebSocket broadcast via high-performance SignalR channels. Navigate to your Dashboard Manage Page to access deep analytical telemetry.

timeline Voting Velocity Charts

Our integrated ApexCharts engine plots vote volume over time. Identify exact timestamps when audience engagement peaked during your live presentation or webinar announcement.

Anti-Manipulation & Rate Limiting

To guarantee poll integrity during high-stakes voting, PollFlux employs a multi-layered defensive pipeline built directly into the core engine.

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Voting endpoints restrict IP addresses to a maximum of 3 requests per 15-second fixed window, instantly returning 429 Too Many Requests to automated scripts.

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High-concurrency vote submissions are synchronized via atomic memory locks to eliminate race conditions and double-count exploits.

Resetting Poll Data

Hosting recurring weekly team standups or monthly workshops? You don't need to recreate poll options from scratch every time.

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From your poll management screen, click the Reset Votes button. This clears all current vote tallies back to zero while preserving your question title, customized options, and embed configurations.