> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.usertick.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Website surveys

> Show surveys on your own site as a popup, a side button or an embedded survey, using the site's install code.

The website channel shows a survey on the page a visitor is looking at, so the answers relate to what the visitor is doing. It needs the [install code](https://docs.usertick.com/installation/website.md) on a connected [site](https://docs.usertick.com/account/sites.md).

## Display types

The **Display** settings of a website survey offer three types:

* **Popup** opens in a corner of the page or centered with a dimmed backdrop when its trigger fires. See [Targeting](https://docs.usertick.com/surveys/targeting.md) and [Triggers](https://docs.usertick.com/surveys/triggers.md).
* **Side button** places a tab on the edge of the page that opens the survey whenever the visitor selects it.
* **Embedded** places the survey in the page, next to or inside an element you name, as soon as that element exists.

## How a website survey behaves

* On screens up to 480 pixels wide, a popup shows as a full-width sheet at the bottom of the screen.
* The repeat behavior decides how often the same visitor sees the survey, and only one popup shows at a time. See [Frequency and politeness](https://docs.usertick.com/surveys/triggers.md#frequency-and-politeness).
* The widget loads asynchronously and renders in its own Shadow DOM. When Usertick can't be reached, the site works as usual without it.
* When a response can't be sent because of a network error, the widget keeps it in the browser and tries again in the background and on later page loads, for up to 7 days.

## Set up a website survey

**1. Choose the channel**

In the editor's **Channel** step, select **Website**.

**2. Write the questions**

In the **Survey** step, add the questions, logic and design.

**3. Choose where and when**

In the **Targeting** step, set the trigger, the pages, the devices and the repeat behavior.

**4. Publish**

In the **Publish** step, select the site and select **Publish**.

The survey reaches visitors within 5 minutes, and pausing it takes it down. The site must show **Connected** before the survey can be published; see [Check the install](https://docs.usertick.com/installation/website.md#check-the-install).


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