I created a survey, where did it go?

@JD2035RR posted:

Is there a survey section on the forum?  I tried to create a test survey to see how to use it, but I can only find it through an advanced search.   I did not see it in the list of Recent Posts or within the topic directory. 

I feel like it could be a great tool, but I clearly do not know how to use it.  Is there a way to embed the survey within a post on the "Hi-rail, 027 and Traditional 3-Rail O Gauge" forum?  I am open to suggestions.  Thank you!

What is the survey about?

Alan, I appreciate your responsiveness and making the forum and magazine what it is today.

My survey is asking for which track system people use and what is the minimum diameter used on their layout. 

So they aren’t novel questions, but I am curious about those responses in a quantitative aspect. Also, I was trying to test the survey feature that is a great tool, but seems to be underutilized on the forum. 

here is a link to the survey: https://ogrforum.com/...ystems-and-diameters

Thank you!

It is working, I submitted my answers and they were recorded.

Question:

Without the link provided by the original poster, how would one go about finding ANY "Survey" on the OGR Forum?

@Hot Water  I placed the link in my response to Alan’s comment. You are right that would be a good idea to include it in the original post. I will make that edit.

To those who found the survey on your own without the link, where did you find it? 

I can't get the link to work Track Systems and Diameters but going to your profile and activity, I found it here: 

• HOME
• SURVEYS
• ELECTION YEAR POLLING - TRACK SYSTEMS AND DIAMETERS

It says 24 participated and I am one of the participants

Sorry Mark but your link goes nowhere.

Steve

@Mark Boyce posted:

I can't get the link to work Track Systems and Diameters but going to your profile and activity, I found it here: 

• HOME
• SURVEYS
• ELECTION YEAR POLLING - TRACK SYSTEMS AND DIAMETERS

It says 24 participated and I am one of the participants

 

That is exactly how I found the survey. For some reason, you "should" be able to find it from the home page, but I looked and did not see the "survey" button/tab/link.

Charlie

Steve, I know, you can't link it, but you can find it like Charlie did.  It's very weird.

The link in the OP worked for me.  It opens a new tab in the browser - so pop-up blockers may be interfering with it.

Great idea for a poll!

I found all surveys by editing the forum URL, replacing everything after.com with “/surveys”. There is a forum for surveys, but for some reason it doesn’t appear in the menu bar or any list of forums.

https://ogrforum.com/surveys

It looks like it is fixed, it works now, but didn't last night.

I took the survey. I use Atlas track and that is what I chose but I use 2 rail track. Just letting you now.

Worked for me following the link that is currently in the first post. 

-Dave

@Hot Water posted:

Question:

Without the link provided by the original poster, how would one go about finding ANY "Survey" on the OGR Forum?

After re-reading (and properly understanding) your comment, you are getting at the very reason I created this post in the first place.  How would any of us go about finding ANY survey (not just mine) on the website?

As Dave suggests above, you can alter the URL to go to the survey page, but it is not listed in the menu bar items at the top of the page.

So my suggestion for the forum, for what it's worth, is to add a "Surveys" sub item within the "HOME" drop down menu at the top of the page.