Directory structure

This page should explain the directory hierarchy for the Yii branch.

Root

• admin -- Contains just a redirect to keep the old /admin URL available; dont put any files in there.
• application -- Contains the Yii limesurvey application, back-end stuff should mostly be in here.
  • config -- Contains the configuration for the framework and Limesurvey.
  • controllers -- Contains the controllers from the MVC paradigm.
  • core
  • errors
  • helpers
  • hooks
  • language
  • libraries
  • logs
  • models
  • tests
  • third_party -- Contains third party libraries that are used by the backend and do not have to be available directly from a browser.
  • views
• docs
• fonts
• framework -- The Yii framework. This directory should not be changed unless you are updating Yii.
• images
• installer -- Contains files for initial installation and upgrading.
• locale
• scripts -- Contains javascript files.
• styles-public -- Contains css files (difference with normal styles dir?)
• styles -- Contains css files
• templates
• third-party -- This contains (scripting) libraries that must be available directly via the browser. For example jquery. Only place original libraries here, put configuration in the scripts dir. Create a subdirectory for each library, but don't include the version number in the directory; this allows for easy upgrading.
• tmp
• upload