Public participation and response rules
Open secure survey links, enforce access/IP controls, submit answers and redirect respondents.
Guides in this workflow
Follow the guide that matches the exact action, filter, menu change or issue.
Open a public survey link
Use the survey ID and hash route generated by the application.
Preview an inactive survey as staff
Staff with View permission can preview where the controller permits.
Understand active-state access
Inactive surveys are not available to normal public respondents.
Complete a login-only survey
Anonymous visitors are redirected to client login when Only for Logged-in Users is enabled.
Understand one-response-per-IP behaviour
When enabled, a repeated IP receives a 404 response.
Answer free-text questions
Complete single-line and textarea responses.
Answer checkbox and radio questions
Select permitted choices and satisfy required questions.
Resolve required-question validation
Complete every required answer before resubmitting.
Submit a survey response
Review answers, submit once and wait for the success/redirect result.
Understand the custom redirect after submission
The respondent is sent to the configured redirect_url when present.
Understand the default success page
Without a custom URL, the module uses its default English success response.
Understand public survey indexing protection
The participation page is marked noindex and disables normal navigation.