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6 years 10 months ago #155968 by bryan_leuven_research
Issues with templates after software upgrade was created by bryan_leuven_research
We had a survey running in an old version of limesurvey 1,92 , we just upgraded limesurvey and got some strange changes in the layouts.

change #1 the default text sizes are larger this makes some of our questions not fit on one page
change #2 we had a question introduction, then the question. Now everything is on one page (see image below)
change #3 the column headers for questions were not repeated in the question, now they

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Is there an easy fix for this issues ?
If there a way to over-ride the new settings from the upgrade
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6 years 10 months ago #155969 by holch
There is a break in the template system from Version 2.05 to 2.6x.
So you will need to adapt your old templates to the new template system.

However, the template approach in 2.6x had a few flaws and will receive another major update with LS 3.0, for which the first beta version is expected for 01/07/2017. So I would not invest too much time into adapting my templates to 2.6x but rather wait for 3.0 to come out and then adapt the templates.

Probably the easiest fix for now: Go for the 2.6 LTS version, which has still the old template system, but is up to date when it comes to security. In 2.6x mainly the backend layout has changed, as far as I know the feature set is the same as for the LS 2.05 (now called 2.6 LTS) branch.

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6 years 10 months ago #155974 by bryan_leuven_research
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Thanks :-):)

Question: do you know if this is the correct download link for 2.6 LTS

limesurvey205plus-build150520.zip
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Checksum SHA-256: bbdf6940a1b435c7573c91b82e021ff2d8b8df08a4979753d25c425f1ed63a00
www.limesurvey.org/downloads/category/24...5plus-build150520zip
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6 years 10 months ago #155976 by Ben_V

Benoît

EM Variables => bit.ly/1TKQyNu | EM Roadmap => bit.ly/1UTrOB4
Last Releases => 2.6x.x goo.gl/ztWfIV | 2.06/2.6.x => bit.ly/1Qv44A1
Demo Surveys => goo.gl/HuR6Xe (already included in /docs/demosurveys)
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6 years 10 months ago #155980 by holch
No, this is for the older version of 2.05.

As far as I know, the 2.6 LTS version is only available to customers of the some kind of service of the Limesurvey GmbH, who is taking care of this older branch of LS. If you have a subscription to the comfort update for example, you should be able to download this. Go to your profile and at the bottom of the menu to the left you will find "premium downloads". If you are not a subscriber of the comfort update, then you won't have access to download the 2.6 LTS version, I think.

There is another version of the 2.0x branch by the Limesurvey developer snoulle, who provides security fixes to the older branch as well. I don't have a link to this one, would need to search for it. I think the user Ben has posted a link to it recently. I guess it is only available via github: github.com/Shnoulle

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6 years 10 months ago #155981 by holch
OK, here Ben appeared and answered your question.

However, please note that the downloads from github don't really work with "comfort update" I think (not sure on this one though).

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6 years 10 months ago #156008 by bryan_leuven_research
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Downgrading the installation did not work...

Still left with issues in the default display of questions

The question summary should show before the question
And label should not be shown inside the array charts

Attached is the old working layout (version 1,92)
And the new layout not working (version 2,05)

Any thoughts / suggestions are welcome

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