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Change the Red Required Question Asterisk to your Own Image (or Color)!
Note: This is not compatible with IE6 or IE7.
Sometimes that big red required asterisk just doesn't fit in with your survey template - the colors don't match or it might be too big or too small next to the text in your survey. In cases like these, you might want to replace it with your own special image... We can do this through a quick CSS trick! I replaced my asterisk with this tiny picture of Marlon Brando from "A Street Car Named Desire", and look what my survey looks like now (click the tiny survey picture on the left)!
First off, you'll want to upload your new image. Find the image you want to use, and log into SurveyGizmo. From there, click on the " My Libraries" tab in the upper-left of SurveyGizmo (just under the SurveyGizmo logo) and click Upload a File
Now, find the survey you want to change the asterisk in, and click on the Current Project-->Publishing-->Customize option.
From your Customize tab, first click on the gray Advanced... tab on the left, then click on the Append option to make your "Theme Styles (CSS)" box appear.
Now, copy and paste the following code from this tutorial to your "Theme Styles (CSS)" section:
If you want to replace it with a new image, use this:
.sg-required-icon:after {content:url(http://link.to.your/image.gif);}
.sg-required-icon { font-size: 0px !important;}
Make sure to replace http://link.to.your/image.gif with the link to the new image you uploaded to your library :-)
If you just want to change the color of the default asterisk, use this:
.sg-required-icon { color: blue;}
You can change blue to any number of colors, such as red, green, yellow, purple, hexidecimal codes like #40E0D0 and more! Check this link for all the colors that CSS supports: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_colornames.asp
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