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ReMoDel - International Workshop on Free Survey Software

Thursday, 24 April 2008

The LimeSurvey project will be attending the ReMoDel event in Italy/Padua. Althought the final date of the workshop is not set yet we are happy that we will be a part of this event. There will be also a four hour LimeSurvey workshop where you can explore the secrets of LimeSurvey under professional guidance.

The aim of the ReMoDel workshop is to bring developers of open source survey software together with practitioners, researchers and users of survey software in order to discuss common problems and plan the way forward.

The workshop will consist of a conference and some short courses. The conference will consist of an introductory session and a number of plenary sessions. Each plenary session will consist of an introductory presentation and two other presentations about the issue of the session. The presentations will take up no more than half the time of the session, so to leave room for discussion among the participants. Care will be taken that presentations may be understood by all attendees, so they should not be overly technical.

Two or more short courses will be held, too, on the topical issue. The courses will last half a day and will be held before the conference. Separate courses may be held in different languages, so to favour participation.

Do not miss this chance to meet survey developers and professional users. If you would like to get more information visit the ReMoDel page and/or register with the official ReMoDel mailing list.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 30 April 2008 )

Donation History Updated!

Monday, 21 April 2008

For some time now registered users can check on their donations in their personal settings. So far only the few donations that have been done in the past 3 months could be seen - now we have pulled the data from the old sf.net donation system (back to 2005) and transferred these to our new donation system.

If you have donated in the past: Please look at your donations history and check if everything is right. (if not please This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and provide according details) We want to make sure it is because donators might receive special advantages in the future.

On a related sidenote: The stolen laptop did not show up again. This is very sad as it was of big value debugging/representing/working LimeSurvey. If you want to help, please consider a donation .

Last Updated ( Friday, 25 April 2008 )

LimeSurvey 2: Surveys never felt this good!

Friday, 28 March 2008

LimeSurvey has stiff competition from the OS community and industry so we think it is time to put the squeeze on our rivals and push LimeSurvey to a new level.

So what is the big deal about LimeSurvey 2 ?
LimeSurvey 2 is not just an addition of features to the current 1.7. LimeSurvey 2 will be a survey engine completely rewritten from scratch featuring the following things:

Fast, fun, and elegant survey taking

The user feels in control, can get in and out of the survey quickly, knows how long the survey will take, can whip through the questions, and is delighted by the entire experience of taking the survey in LimeSurvey.

Creating a survey makes you feel like a pro

Beautiful user experience, drag and drop layout service
No developer skills required
Web poll widgets
Advanced tools such as branching, conditionals, looping, continuous surveys, history
Panel/people management

Useful reporting

Export data to Excel, tabd, SPSS, R, ManyEyes, and several other formats
Dashboards and reporting over time

Speaks your language

Language plugin support (a la LimeSurvey v1.7’s more than fourty different languages)

Up and running in 20 minutes

Packaged service on your hardware, behind your ﬁrewall or on your ISP’s stack
Use your branding and personalization special sauce

Easy development

Modularity: You want to plugin in your hand-crafted authentication module? You want to code a new question type? No problem.
Object oriented using CakePHP framework: Professional development based on an established PHP framwork
Usability: LS 2 is designed under the merciless supervision of usability and design experts.
Scalability: Scalable for your particular needs. No matter if you want to make a quick poll or have a multi-hour 360° survey.
Contribute in less than an hour: Within 1 hour of diving into the code and design, contributors should be able to create custom question types and basic service functions
Open Source: LimeSurvey 2 will be open source and free (as it is with LimeSurvey 1.70 now) - not locked up, not propietary.

So.. that's too good to be true, isn't it all talk?
It's not. LimeSurvey 2 is not just vaporware. We’re in serious but early development. Since the release of v1.7, core developers are just migrating to the new v2 code base (available in our Subversion repository). Check out our Wiki on 1.7x development and maintenance.

What happens to the 1.7x branch?
We will continue to provide 1.70+ releases with fixes and language updates on a weekly base. When the time comes we will offer a full featured conversion/upgrade from 1.70x to the LimeSurvey 2 software.

A small downside: To the end of April however we will discontinue support for all 1.0x versions. It's been two years now since we released this version so it is time to upgrade now .

Want to know more about LimeSurvey 2 ?
The LimeSurvey 2 forum is buzzing. Visit, read the updates, take our survey, see the early designs, touch the code, and contribute. We need your help in creating the best survey software on planet earth!