About photo/video contests
You can run a photo OR video contest. We combine them both here because they're similar to each other. Photo/video contests are just like regular contests with 2 major differences
- Photo/video contests allow the user to upload an image or video
- Users vote for their favorite. The upload with the most votes wins (voting is optional when you create the contest)
When you set up a photo/video contest, you set the run time for the contest entries and also the run time for voting. When the voting time ends, the contest ends and a winner is chosen.
There are 2 new sections in the contest editing form that appear for photo/video contests.
Video/Photo panel fields
- Voting page title (the page title that shows on the voting page)
- Contest start page (choose between the entry form and the voting page)
- Moderate media? (do you want to approve video/photos before they appear on the public site? Probably!)
- Allow Captions (users can submit a caption with their media upload)
Voting panel fields
- Allow Voting?
- Number of votes per user (flexible - allows for daily voting if desired)
- Start/End Voting on...
- Voting page content (shows on the voting page under the page title
There are a few ways people run these kind of contests.
- Users enter the contest, upload their media, and can vote. Or a user can just vote without entering.
- Admin-upload only with no entry allowed - users can only vote on predefined media.
- Users enter contest and upload with no voting enabled. Admins take all the entries and run a second 'vote-only' contest on the top 10 entries.
Article ID: 20
Created On: Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:54 AM
Last Updated On: Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 4:03 PM
Authored by: John Tyner [john@revrocket.us]
Online URL: http://kb.revrocket.us/article.php?id=20