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Survey theme/template:
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Hi

The test url
198.211.116.12/limesurvey

I tried to "Activate" the test survey.

When I use the above test url, I get

The following surveys are available:
Please contact Administrato (usc_dog@yahoo.com) for further assistance.

I've tried with a few diff browsers just in case.

I'm more than willing to grant access to see what attribute I'm missing?

I'm not sure how to even get back to the survey creation process!!