Custom Admin Themes

LimeSurvey Version 2.06

Creating a new theme

• In /yourLimeSurveyDirectory/styles/, copy and rename one of the core admin theme directories
• In Global settings --> General, activate the new theme

Insert a JavaScript file into a custom theme

See the workaround here.

LimeSurvey Version 2.5

Creating a new theme

• Copy one of the themes from /yourLimeSurveyDirectory/styles to /yourLimeSurveyDirectory/upload/admintheme/ and rename it (let's say "'yourTheme'")
• Modify /yourLimeSurveyDirectory/upload/admintheme/yourTheme/config.xml to change the name, description and any other items in the <metadatas> tag you see fit
• In Global settings --> General, activate the new theme

Insert a JavaScript file into a custom theme

• Add a custom.js file to /yourLimeSurveyDirectory/upload/admintheme/yourTheme/scripts/
• Modify the <js> tag in /upload/admintheme/yourTheme/config.xml to include the new file so it would end up looking something like this:

        <js>
            <filename>notify.js</filename>
            <filename>save.js</filename>
            <filename>panelclickable.js</filename>
            <filename>panelsanimation.js</filename>
            <filename>sidemenu.js</filename>
            <filename>bootstrap-switch.min.js</filename>
            <filename>jquery.jcarousel.min.js</filename>
            <filename>jcarousel.responsive.js</filename>
            <filename>custom.js</filename>
        </js>

LimeSurvey Version 3 or newer

If you are a LimeSurvey Cloud customer you need to first download the archive for the Community version from the Community edition download page. Unzip the archive to a local temporary directory to find all the files needed.

Creating a new theme

• Copy one of the themes from /yourLimeSurveyDirectory/themes/admin to /yourLimeSurveyDirectory/upload/admintheme/ and rename it (let's say "yourTheme")
• Modify /yourLimeSurveyDirectory/upload/admintheme/yourTheme/config.xml to change the name, description and any other items in the <metadatas> tag you see fit
• In Global settings --> General, activate the new theme
• After any modifications to CSS/JS Clear the cache in the Global Settings > General tab /surveys/index.php/admin/globalsettings#general