Default and Custom Templates and Stylesheets

NIPO ODIN Version 5.17

Default and Custom Templates and Stylesheets

By using templates and style sheets (CSS), it is easy to work with a standardized layout for every questionnaire, but at the same time, it is possible to customize the look of a survey completely, or even change the look of one specific question within a specific survey.

The linked templates and CSS files can be subdivided in to four groups:

Default templates (apply to all surveys)
Survey specific templates
Default CSS files (apply to all surveys)
Survey specific CSS files

Templates and stylesheets can be survey-specific, sub-survey-specific, language-specific, type specific, number specific, and combinations of these characteristics. In case of a survey specific template or CSS, the subdirectory with the name of the survey in the Template Directory is scanned. If none is found, the Default subdirectory of the CSS directory is scanned. If this is also not found, the system default will be used.

The format of the Template file name is:

{SURVEY}[.S-{SUBSURVEY}][.L-{LANGUAGE}][.QNumber-{QuestionNumber}|.QType-{QuestionType}].odintemplate.

Parameters between accolades are optional.

For SUBSURVEY both sub-survey name (in case of Omnibus survey) and sub-survey number (when using *NEW in a NIPO ODIN questionnaire) are checked. These are mutually exclusive.
For LANGUAGE the language name as used by the NIPO ODIN questionnaire is checked.
QuestionType is one of the following: {Page|Codes|Numeric|Alpha|Open|List|Form|Scale|Line}
QuestionNumber is the question number as defined in the questionnaire. Special numbers are -1 for unknown question numbers (like intro-screen, *PAGE, *HELP, et cetera), -2 for appointment screens and -3 for non-response lists.