View source for Custom Admin Themes

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=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|Global settings --> General]], activate the new theme
==Insert a JavaScript file into a custom theme== 
See [[Workarounds:_Further_solutions_provided_by_LimeSurvey_users#Insert_a_JavaScript_file_into_a_custom_admin_theme_.28LimeSurvey_2.06.29|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 <span style="color: red; font-weight:bold;"><metadatas></span> tag you see fit
*In [[Global_settings#General|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 <span style="color: red; font-weight:bold;"><js></span> tag in '''''/upload/admintheme/yourTheme/config.xml''''' to include the new file so it would end up looking something like this:
<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">

        <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></syntaxhighlight>

=LimeSurvey Version 3 or newer=

If you are a LimeSurvey Cloud customer you need to first download the archive for the Community version from [https://community.limesurvey.org/downloads/ 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 <span style="color: red; font-weight:bold;"><metadatas></span> tag you see fit
*In [[Global_settings#General|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