Matterpoll is a plugin for Mattermost. It allows users to create poll by using a slash command.
In Mattermost, open Main Menu > Plugin Marketplace to install and configure Matterpoll.
After the plugin has downloaded and been installed, click the Configure button. Alternatively, you can configure Matterpoll from System Console > Plugins > Matterpoll.
- Trigger Word: Change trigger word for poll command. (default
/poll) - Experimental UI: Enable new experimental UI for poll posts:
- Change button color of voted answers
- Hide poll management buttons (Add Option / Delete Poll / End Poll) from users who don't have permission
/poll "Is Matterpoll great?" creates a poll with the answer options "Yes" and "No". You can also leave out the double quotes and just type /poll Is Matterpoll great?.
If you want to define all answer options by yourself, type /poll "Is Matterpoll great?" "Of course" "In any case" "Definitely"- Note that the double quotes are required in this case.
/poll show up a modal for creating a poll.
Poll Settings provider further customisation, e.g. /poll "Is Matterpoll great?" "Of course" "In any case" "Definitely" --progress --anonymous. The available Poll Settings are:
--anonymous: Don't show who voted for what at the end--progress: During the poll, show how many votes each answer option got--public-add-option: Allow all users to add additional options--votes=X: Allow users to vote for X options
Matterpoll supports localization of user specify messages. You can change language of poll message by setting it in System Console > General > Localization > Default Server Language. Language of messages that only a user can see (e.g.: help messages, error messages) use the language set in Account Settings > Display > Language.
The currently supported languages are:
- English
- France
- German
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Simplified Chinese
- Spanish
- Traditional Chinese
Make sure to set your Site URL properly.
For example, this error happens in case you set SiteURL starting with http://, in spite of running Mattermost server through https.
We welcome contributions for bug reports, issues, feature requests, feature implementations and pull requests. Feel free to file a new issue or join the Matterpoll channel on the Mattermost community server.
For a complete guide on contributing to Matterpoll, see the Contribution Guideline.