New Articles

  1. Delete a Theme from the Theme Library

    Your Survey Theme Library is a great way to save time when styling your survey. If you have survey themes you* are no longer using, you can easily delete them by going to Account > Libraries > Survey
  2. Change the Color of Validation Error Messages

    The validation error messages are designed to complement the survey theme you are using. You can update the color of these error messages with the use of CSS.
  3. Change Color of Next, Back, and Submit Buttons and the Progress Bar

    You can easily change the color of the Next, Back and Submit buttons as well as the Progress bar on the Style tab of your survey. To do so simply go to Style > Button/Accent . The Button/Accent color applies to the Next, Back and Submit buttons...
  4. Save a Survey Theme to Use in Other Surveys

    Have you invested a lot of time on the Style tab creating a survey theme that you are pretty proud of? You can easily save your style settings for use in later surveys. Go to the Style > Themes > Your Theme Library  and click the option to Save as...
  5. Change Text of Next, Back, and Submit Buttons

    To change Next, Back, and Submit button text, navigate to the Style tab. Click on Text and access Text Options. Last, input your custom button text via the provided fields.
  6. Multiple Themes, One Survey

    If you are using multiple share methods or links for your survey you can set different themes for each share link. This is a great way to target certain audiences with your look and feel. To use multiple themes in a single survey you'll need to sta...
  7. Why is my survey, question, answer option blank?

    Are you seeing blank question titles and/or answer options when testing your survey? This is almost always happens when Alchemer displays a language version of the survey that you have not yet translated. This most often happens when the default...
  8. Change Color of Dropdown Menus

    Dropdown menus have white backgrounds and black text to ensure that they are legible. If you wish to change the color of either the background or the text you can do so with a little custom CSS. To do so go to the Style  tab and scroll to the bott...
  9. Change Icons for Checkboxes and Radio Buttons

    You can easily increase the size of the Radio Button and Checkbox icons in Alchemer surveys so that they are easier for your survey respondents to select.
  10. Remove or Customize Required Asterisk

    When you require a question in Alchemer, this automatically places an asterisk image next to the question. This identifies that the question must be answered to proceed through the survey. If you prefer to hide the asterisk but still have the qu...