Translations:Quick start guide - LimeSurvey 3.0+/34/en

• Tutorials: Here, (in any LimeSurvey 3+ installation), you will find a "Beginner Tour" tutorial to help you get a basic understanding of LimeSurvey and its most essential features.
• Configuration: Select this option to access all of the Advanced, User, and Settings functions to administer your LimeSurvey installation.
  • Settings: Here you will find options that can help you customize your LimeSurvey installation.
    • Home page settings: You can use this option to tweak the settings of the home page.
    • Global settings: The changes done here affect the entire LimeSurvey installation, influencing also the setting of non-superadministrator users for all users.
    • Plugin manager: Here is where you find the options to activate a series of plugins that are supported by the LimeSurvey team. New plugins can also be added to your installation.
  • Users: Here you can find options related to the management of the users and survey participants.
    • Manage survey administrators: New survey administrators can be added from here.
    • Create/edit user groups: This function allows you to separate administration users into groups.
    • Central participant database: You, as an administrator, can use this function to store the participants' information in a central table/database that is independent of any table with survey participants.
  • Advanced settings: Non user- or survey settings-related options are found here. These are options that can be used to enhance your LimeSurvey installation.
    • Theme editor: Click on the Theme editor option if you would like to add/edit/delete survey themes, admin themes, or question themes. The themes allow you to control the look and feel of pages of your survey or of your LimeSurvey GUI.
    • Manage label sets: Label sets are basically list templates where each list has a set of codes with labels and it can be used in most question types either as answers or as subquestions.
    • Check data integrity: This checks the consistency and the redundancy of the data.
    • Backup entire database: Used to backup the LimeSurvey data when important LimeSurvey upgrades are pushed or when you move your LimeSurvey installation to another server.
    • ComfortUpdate: a tool that can be used to easily update your LimeSurvey installation from your web browser with just a few mouse clicks (instead of performing a manual LimeSurvey reinstallation).
• Surveys: A survey includes, via different interconnected databases: languages, question groups, questions, question attributes, answers, subquestions, default answers, assessments, quotas, quota members, and quota language settings. Clicking on the green arrow will display a window with the following options:
  • Create a new survey: Allows you to create a new survey.
  • Import a new survey: Allows you to import a survey.
  • Copy a survey: Allows you to quickly copy a survey. The copied survey will appear in the surveys list where it can be edited.
  • List surveys: Lists all of your existing surveys.
• Response Balance: Shows the number of responses left from your subscription. Because you only have access to a free account at the moment, 25 responses per month are available to you. If you run out of responses, purchase more using the following link.
• Storage: This is the amount of MBs that are at your disposal to store your surveys and answers. Because you created a free account, you have 10 MB storage space. If you would like to receive more storage space, choose one of the following paid options from here.
• Username: Here you can either access your user preferences or sign out of your account.
• Notifications: Click the green bell to display notifications related to your LimeSurvey installation.