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Your LimeSurvey version:  LimeSurvey Community Edition Version 6.0.0+230405
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Survey theme/template: bootswatch
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I've edited the custom.css file to contain
``
body {
            font-size: 14px;
    }
``
However, when I run the survey that uses this theme,  the server delivers an empty custom.css. That is: I look at the source code, see that the html header contains the line<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="[url=view-source:https://survey.uferwerk.org/tmp/assets/b66d22d3/css/custom.css]/tmp/assets/b66d22d3/css/custom.css[/url]" />

and when I open the latter, I see a file only containing the following lines:


/******************
User custom CSS

---

In this file you can add your own custom CSS
It will be loaded last, so you can override any other property. 
Also, it will never be updated. So if you inheritate a core template and just add here some CSS, you'll still benefit of all the updates
*/
Everything I added below is missing.

Why is that? I also switched the theme, saved the survey, switched back. No change.

Hi,
I see this
Survey theme/template: bootswatch

Does it mean you did not extend the theme?

When I extend "bootswatch" and enter  this into the "custom.css"
  I get this
 

The changes are obvious.

Now, please, tell us: What exactly did you do?
And why suddenly English?

Joffm
 

Joffm wrote:

Code:

body {     font-size: 36px;     font-family: Georgia;     font-style: italic; }

Wow, it seems you need new reading glasses.

If you mean me: I ordered new reading glasses yesterday, but they will be ready only on 15 April.

Anyway, I don't get the same result as Joffm. When I enter code into my local custom.css, Limesurvey still delivers an empty file, that is, a file that looks like this:

/******************
User custom CSS

---

In this file you can add your own custom CSS
It will be loaded last, so you can override any other property.
Also, it will never be updated. So if you inheritate a core template and just add here some CSS, you'll still benefit of all the updates
*/

I extended the bootwatch theme, after which I edited its custom.css, however, according to what is shown in the editor window, what I edit is the file

'themes/survey/bootswatch/css/custom.css'

Anyway, the thing is that limesurvey for whatever reason doesn't use it, whether I use the original bootswatch theme or my extended version.

Wow, it seems you need new reading glasses

Yes, you are absolutely right; my glasses get worse and worse. 
 

vasyugan wrote:

I extended the bootwatch theme, after which I edited its custom.css, however, according to what is shown in the editor window, what I edit is the file

'themes/survey/bootswatch/css/custom.css'


 

If you have saved this...

 

...you should see something like this.

 

Also, I suggest updating your LimeSurvey instance - there have been many bug fixes in the last year.