How do I Setup my Survey Site and Log In?

How do I Setup my Survey Site and Log In?

Setting up your Survey Site 

If you have created an account on LimeSurvey.org and log in for the first time, a welcome message appears to set up your survey site. This site will be used to create and manage your surveys.

To set up your LimeSurvey site:
  1. Choose a site name
  2. Choose a root domain name
  3. Choose a server location
  4. Click Save & Set Up LimeSurvey Site

Log in to your Survey Site

Attention: The username and password used to set up your LimeSurvey account will also be used to log into your Survey site.

After you have created your Survey Site, you can access it  by clicking View Survey Site at the top of the page. You can also manually enter the survey site URL in your browser.

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Note: Change root domain

If you set up your survey site, by default a .limesurvey.net domain is used. You can also choose: 
  1. a neutral root domain .survey-research.net or
  2. use a domain that you already own
Read more on this in our article: How do I change my root domain name?

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