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Theme name, description, and graphic thumbnail

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5 years 6 months ago #174036 by ChrisWilliams
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Hi, in the theme editor list of themes, how do I change the name, description, and graphic thumbnail for new themes?

I can't find an obvious way to do it using the interface.

Thank you.
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5 years 6 months ago #174040 by LouisGac
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read this:
manual.limesurvey.org/New_Template_Syste...a_theme_from_scratch

It's all in the XML file (so you must reset the theme to apply the changes)
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5 years 6 months ago #174043 by ChrisWilliams
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Thank you for your swift reply. I shall have a look at the xml files now.
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5 years 6 months ago #174071 by ChrisWilliams
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Hi, I updated the name and description with this method.

But a warning to anyone reading, reseting the theme resets every change you have made in the theme options screen i.e. the logo defaulted to Lime Survey so I had to re-select the new one I'd uploaded. Luckily I had not changed much else in the theme options. It would have been a real problem if I'd made a lot of changes. The extra css I added to the theme *editor* was intact though.
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5 years 6 months ago #174073 by LouisGac
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css changes are not affected by the reset (it's file based, not db)
btw: you can update the default values of options in the XML
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5 years 6 months ago #174078 by ChrisWilliams
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Good to know, thanks.

Do you know how to update the preview thumbnails?

All my themes now have nice new names and descriptions, but they are still showing the Fruity thumbnail.
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5 years 6 months ago #174079 by LouisGac
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5 years 6 months ago #174417 by ChrisWilliams
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All my themes now have nice preview images, thank you!
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