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      Building a Survey - Branding

      This guide shows you how to customise your survey's theme to match your organisation's branding.

      Things to consider ✅

      • To access the Voice of the Community area, users will need the 'View VOC Module' and 'Manage VOC Projects' permissions enabled in the 'User Settings' area.

      • For an overview of each section of the Survey Builder and its definitions, take a look at our Survey Glossary guide.

       

      In this article: 

      1.  Customising your Surveys Look

      2. Survey Header Options 

      3. Background options for Survey Questions

      4. Appearance Settings (including advanced settings)

       

      Navigating to the Survey Area: 

       

      1) To access the Survey Area, users should first click on the 'Voice of the Community' button located on the top dashboard. Then users can select the 'Survey' option from the navigation menu on the left side of the screen in the Voice of the Community area. 

       

       

      2) The second option is navigating to the project overview dashboard, selecting your project and clicking the 'Create a Survey' button. 

       

      Navigating to the Themes area in the Survey Builder: 

       

      1) Once users are in the Survey Builder area, they can easily access theme options by clicking on the 'Theme' button located at the top of the page.

      Customising Your Survey's Look: 

       

      1) The first option in the theme area is to customise how your survey looks. Users can navigate to the 'General' header on the right-hand side to view the options. 

       

       

      The customisable options in this area include: 

      • Changing the theme of the survey - Different styling options available
      • Light or dark mode - Making the background white or black
      • Question appearance - With or without columns 

       

      Survey Header options: 

       

      1) To view header customisation options, users can select the 'Header' button on the right-hand side. 

       

       

      The customisable options in this area include: 

      • View of your header - Basic options
      • View of your header - Advanced (Includes options such as background colour and background image)
      • Logo alignment (if you have added one to your survey) - Left or right
      • Survey title font 
      • Survey description font

       

      Background Options for Survey Questions:

       

      1) To view the background options for your questions within the Survey, users will need to select the 'Background' button on the right-hand side. 

      Background customisation options for questions include: 

      • Background colour 
      • Background image (This can be uploaded via a file or link)

       

      Appearance Settings (Including Advanced Options): 

       

      In the appearance settings area, you have the option to dive deeper into customisations around colours, font, and question customisation options. In this area, users have the option to use the basic appearance features or toggle on the advanced options. 

       

      To navigate to this area, users can select the 'Appearance' tab on the right-hand side. 

       

       

      To view the advanced options, users can use the 'Advanced Mode' toggle. 

      Basic options include: 

      • Accent Colour - Sets the main colour for highlights and buttons.
      • Panel and Question Box Opacity - Controls how transparent the question boxes appear.
      • Survey Font and Size - Changes the font style and text size.
      • Survey Scale Factor - Adjusts the overall size of all survey elements

       

       

      Advanced options include: 

      Colours

      • Accent Background Colours - Background colour for key accent elements.

      • Accent Foreground Colours - Text/icon colour on buttons and highlights.

      • Error Message Colours - Colour of validation and error messages.

      • Colours – Lines - Colour of borders and dividers.

      Fonts

      • Survey Font and Size - Changes the font style and text size.

      • Title and Description Font (Page) - Font for page titles and descriptions.

      • Title Font - Font used for question titles.

      • Description Font - Font for question descriptions.

      • Font – Input Element - Font inside input fields.

      Boxes & Panels

      • Panel and Question Box Opacity - Controls how transparent the question boxes appear.

      • Background and Corner Radius (Question Box) - Set box colour and rounded corners for questions.

      • Shadow Effects (Question Box) - Enable shadow effects for question containers.

      Input Elements

      • Input Element – Background and Radius - Set background and border radius for inputs.

      • Shadow Effects – Input Element - Enable shadows for input fields.

      General Layout

      • Survey Scale Factor - Adjusts the overall size of all survey elements.