Referendums - Revision history

LukeNewton: added front facing link to referendum site

2019-02-22T14:00:15Z

added front facing link to referendum site

Charlotte Garratt at 13:29, 22 June 2018

2018-06-22T13:29:13Z

Charlotte Garratt at 13:57, 21 June 2018

2018-06-21T13:57:00Z

Charlotte Garratt at 10:13, 9 May 2018

2018-05-09T10:13:54Z

Charlotte Garratt at 10:03, 9 May 2018

2018-05-09T10:03:34Z

Charlotte Garratt at 09:59, 9 May 2018

2018-05-09T09:59:38Z

Charlotte Garratt at 09:43, 9 May 2018

2018-05-09T09:43:53Z

Charlotte Garratt at 09:34, 9 May 2018

2018-05-09T09:34:56Z

Charlotte Garratt at 08:30, 9 May 2018

2018-05-09T08:30:13Z

Charlotte Garratt: Created page with "All Referendums page. The second part of the Democracy section allows you to create Referendums, which users will be able to vote in...."

2018-05-09T08:28:21Z

Created page with "thumb|right|All Referendums page. The second part of the Democracy section allows you to create Referendums, which users will be able to vote in...."

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[[File:All Referendums.png|thumb|right|All Referendums page.]]
The second part of the Democracy section allows you to create Referendums, which users will be able to vote in. Clicking on Referendums on the left-hand side will take you to the pageshown to the right. This page gives you a list of all current referendums, displaying their Name, State (open, draft, pending), Question, Running From [date] and Running To [date]. Selecting the {{cog}} next to a referendum will give you the option to view {{view}}, edit {{edit}}, delete {{delete}} (open referendums cannot be deleted) and cancel {{cancel}} a referendum. Clicking on the Past tab next to Current in the ribbon at the top will show all past closed referendums.

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 Clicking on the '''Vote Now''' button will bring up a page where you can select your answer to the question and press '''Vote Now''' to vote. This will bring up an additional page to confirm your vote. Once you have confirmed your vote in a referendum you cannot go back and change it, so that is why extra precautions are taken to make sure users are absolutely certain on the option they have chosen. Before selecting the orange '''Confirm Vote''' button, users will have one last chance to change their vote by clicking on the '''Change Vote''' link at the bottom of the page. See the images below for this two-step process for voting in a referendum.
 [[File:Vote in Referendum.png|thumb|left|Vote in a referendum page.]]
 [[File:Confirm Vote.png|thumb|center|Confirm your vote in a referendum.]]

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 [[File:Creating Referendums.png|thumb|right|Create Evoting Referendum page.]]
 To create a referendum click on the blue '''Add Referendum''' button above your list of referendums, which will bring you to the '''Create Evoting Referendum''' page displayed to the right. You can toggle the Draft/Live button to make your referendum a draft version or live version, only a live referendum will be displayed to users on the front-end of the site.
-*'''Name''' - Enter the name of your referendum.
+*'''Name''' <span style="color:#FF0000">'''(Required)'''</span> - Enter the name of your referendum.
-*'''Question''' - Enter the question you will be asking in your referendum, it will appear on the eBallot exactly as you type it into here.
+*'''Question''' <span style="color:#FF0000">'''(Required)'''</span> - Enter the question you will be asking in your referendum, it will appear on the eBallot exactly as you type it into here.
-*'''Information''' - Enter here any further information about the referendum, particularly useful would be information supporting each of the cases which are being put forward.
+*'''Information''' <span style="color:#FF0000">'''(Required)'''</span> - Enter here any further information about the referendum, particularly useful would be information supporting each of the cases which are being put forward.
-*'''Running from''' - Enter the time and date for when you want the referendum to go live on the site.
+*'''Running from''' <span style="color:#FF0000">'''(Required)'''</span> - Enter the time and date for when you want the referendum to go live on the site.
-*'''Running to''' - Enter the time and date for when you want the referendum to close.
+*'''Running to''' <span style="color:#FF0000">'''(Required)'''</span> - Enter the time and date for when you want the referendum to close.
-*Daily polls open/Daily polls close - Use this option to open and close polls at certain times of the day during an referendum (this is the only '''non-required''' option on the create referendum page.
+*'''Daily polls open/Daily polls close''' - Use this option to open and close polls at certain times of the day during an referendum (this is the only '''non-required''' option on the create referendum page.
-*'''Add Option''' - Click this button to add answer options for your referendum. You will need to fill in a separate option box for each potential option users can pick to answer your referendum question.
+*'''Add Options''' <span style="color:#FF0000">'''(Required)'''</span> - Click this button to add answer options for your referendum. You will need to fill in a separate option box for each potential option users can pick to answer your referendum question.
-*'''User Groups''' - Use the lookup to select all the usergroups you would like to be eligible to vote in this referendum.
+*'''User Groups''' <span style="color:#FF0000">'''(Required)'''</span> - Use the lookup to select all the usergroups you would like to be eligible to vote in this referendum.
 When you have completed the form don't forget to click '''Save'''!

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		+	{{url\|/administrator/evoting/evoting_referendums}}
	[[File:All Referendums.png\|thumb\|right\|All Referendums page.]]		[[File:All Referendums.png\|thumb\|right\|All Referendums page.]]
	The second part of the Democracy section allows you to create Referendums, which users will be able to vote in. Clicking on Referendums on the left-hand side will take you to the page shown to the right. This page gives you a list of all current referendums, displaying their Name, State (open, draft, pending), Question, Running From [date] and Running To [date]. Selecting the {{cog}} next to a referendum will give you the option to view {{view}}, edit {{edit}}, delete {{delete}} (open referendums cannot be deleted) and cancel {{cancel}} a referendum. Clicking on the Past tab next to Current in the ribbon at the top will show all past closed referendums.		The second part of the Democracy section allows you to create Referendums, which users will be able to vote in. Clicking on Referendums on the left-hand side will take you to the page shown to the right. This page gives you a list of all current referendums, displaying their Name, State (open, draft, pending), Question, Running From [date] and Running To [date]. Selecting the {{cog}} next to a referendum will give you the option to view {{view}}, edit {{edit}}, delete {{delete}} (open referendums cannot be deleted) and cancel {{cancel}} a referendum. Clicking on the Past tab next to Current in the ribbon at the top will show all past closed referendums.

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	[[File:Confirm Vote.png\|thumb\|center\|Confirm your vote in a referendum.]]		[[File:Confirm Vote.png\|thumb\|center\|Confirm your vote in a referendum.]]

−	==Referendum ~~Results and Statistics~~==	+	==Referendum Dashboard==
		+	[[File:Referendum Dashboard.png\|thumb\|right\|Referendum Dashboard]]
		+	To see the results and stats of your referendum you will need to click on the {{view}} icon next to the referendum you want to view in your original list of referendums page, doing so will display the page to the right. This page displays a dashboard of your referendum's overall statistics.

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	[[File:Vote in Referendum.png\|thumb\|left\|Vote in a referendum page.]]		[[File:Vote in Referendum.png\|thumb\|left\|Vote in a referendum page.]]
	[[File:Confirm Vote.png\|thumb\|center\|Confirm your vote in a referendum.]]		[[File:Confirm Vote.png\|thumb\|center\|Confirm your vote in a referendum.]]
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		+	==Referendum Results and Statistics==

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	==The Front-End==		==The Front-End==
		+	[[File:Referendum front-end.png\|thumb\|right\|How a referendum appears on the front-end.]]
		+	To the right is an example of how a referendum will appear on the front-end of your site. It will display the Name, Question, Description (Information field in back-end) and options. In the top right-hand corner is a countdown timer of how much time is left to vote in the referendum. If a user would like to vote in the referendum then they can do so by clicking on the orange '''Vote Now''' button at the bottom of the page.
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		+	Clicking on the '''Vote Now''' button will bring up a page where you can select your answer to the question and press '''Vote Now''' to vote. This will bring up an additional page to confirm your vote. Once you have confirmed your vote in a referendum you cannot go back and change it, so that is why extra precautions are taken to make sure users are absolutely certain on the option they have chosen. Before selecting the orange '''Confirm Vote''' button, users will have one last chance to change their vote by clicking on the '''Change Vote''' link at the bottom of the page. See the images below for this two-step process for voting in a referendum.
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		+	[[File:Vote in Referendum.png\|thumb\|left\|Vote in a referendum page.]]
		+	[[File:Confirm Vote.png\|thumb\|center\|Confirm your vote in a referendum.]]

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	*'''User Groups''' - Use the lookup to select all the usergroups you would like to be eligible to vote in this referendum.		*'''User Groups''' - Use the lookup to select all the usergroups you would like to be eligible to vote in this referendum.
	When you have completed the form don't forget to click '''Save'''!		When you have completed the form don't forget to click '''Save'''!
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		+	==The Front-End==

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	==Creating Referendums==		==Creating Referendums==
		+	[[File:Creating Referendums.png\|thumb\|right\|Create Evoting Referendum page.]]
		+	To create a referendum click on the blue '''Add Referendum''' button above your list of referendums, which will bring you to the '''Create Evoting Referendum''' page displayed to the right. You can toggle the Draft/Live button to make your referendum a draft version or live version, only a live referendum will be displayed to users on the front-end of the site.
		+	*'''Name''' - Enter the name of your referendum.
		+	*'''Question''' - Enter the question you will be asking in your referendum, it will appear on the eBallot exactly as you type it into here.
		+	*'''Information''' - Enter here any further information about the referendum, particularly useful would be information supporting each of the cases which are being put forward.
		+	*'''Running from''' - Enter the time and date for when you want the referendum to go live on the site.
		+	*'''Running to''' - Enter the time and date for when you want the referendum to close.
		+	*Daily polls open/Daily polls close - Use this option to open and close polls at certain times of the day during an referendum (this is the only '''non-required''' option on the create referendum page.
		+	*'''Add Option''' - Click this button to add answer options for your referendum. You will need to fill in a separate option box for each potential option users can pick to answer your referendum question.
		+	*'''User Groups''' - Use the lookup to select all the usergroups you would like to be eligible to vote in this referendum.
		+	When you have completed the form don't forget to click '''Save'''!

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	[[File:All Referendums.png\|thumb\|right\|All Referendums page.]]		[[File:All Referendums.png\|thumb\|right\|All Referendums page.]]
−	The second part of the Democracy section allows you to create Referendums, which users will be able to vote in. Clicking on Referendums on the left-hand side will take you to the ~~pageshown~~ to the right. This page gives you a list of all current referendums, displaying their Name, State (open, draft, pending), Question, Running From [date] and Running To [date]. Selecting the {{cog}} next to a referendum will give you the option to view {{view}}, edit {{edit}}, delete {{delete}} (open referendums cannot be deleted) and cancel {{cancel}} a referendum. Clicking on the Past tab next to Current in the ribbon at the top will show all past closed referendums.	+	The second part of the Democracy section allows you to create Referendums, which users will be able to vote in. Clicking on Referendums on the left-hand side will take you to the page shown to the right. This page gives you a list of all current referendums, displaying their Name, State (open, draft, pending), Question, Running From [date] and Running To [date]. Selecting the {{cog}} next to a referendum will give you the option to view {{view}}, edit {{edit}}, delete {{delete}} (open referendums cannot be deleted) and cancel {{cancel}} a referendum. Clicking on the Past tab next to Current in the ribbon at the top will show all past closed referendums.
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		+	==Creating Referendums==