diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index b1222d54..4a8543c4 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@ knitr::opts_chunk$set(
-This project brings together three open source technologies ([Quarto](https://quarto.org/), [shiny](https://shiny.posit.co/), and [supabase](https://supabase.com/)) to create dynamic, markdown-based surveys.
+This project brings together three open source technologies ([Quarto](https://quarto.org/), [shiny](https://shiny.posit.co/), and [supabase](https://supabase.com/)) to create dynamic, markdown-based surveys. Here's the basic concept:
-The general concept is to design your survey as a [Quarto shiny document](https://quarto.org/docs/dashboards/interactivity/shiny-r.html), which with the help of the {surveydown} package renders into a shiny app that can be hosted online and sent to survey respondents. The survey data collected from respondents is then. stored in a [supabase](https://supabase.com/) database that can easily be imported into R for analysis.
+1. Design your survey as a [Quarto shiny document](https://quarto.org/docs/dashboards/interactivity/shiny-r.html) using markdown and R code.
+2. Render your doc into a [shiny](https://shiny.posit.co/) app that can be hosted online and sent to respondents.
+3. Store your survey responses in a [supabase](https://supabase.com/) database.
-The {surveydown} R package provides the core set of functions needed to make key survey features work, like defining survey questions and controlling pagination and skip logic, etc. Our [surveydown Quarto extension](https://github.com/jhelvy/surveydown-ext) works in tandem with the {surveydown} R package to make it all work.
+The {surveydown} R package works in tandem with our [surveydown Quarto extension](https://github.com/jhelvy/surveydown-ext) to make everything work. After installing the package, we recommend working from one of our template example surveys to design your own.
**See the [documentation page](https://jhelvy.github.io/surveydown/) to get started making your own surveydown survey!**
@@ -50,17 +52,17 @@ This is a running list of things we're working on adding to the project:
- [x] Option for `preview = TRUE` (database is ignored)
- [x] Export timestamps on each page in the data
- [x] Export timestamps on each question interaction (since this will increase the data size considerably, maybe add this as `question_times = FALSE` argument)
-- [x] Option to start at a designated page, e.g. `start_page = 'skipif'`
+- [x] Option to start at a designated page, e.g. `start_page = 'page_name'`
- [x] A `show_all = TRUE` argument to show all the pages and hidden questions when launched (e.g. to be able to print out the entire survey text). Could also be called `print_mode = TRUE`.
- [x] Set up SCSS to be compatible with Quarto-supported bootstrap themes
+- [x] Add an optional progress bar
- [ ] Include input checks for `skip_if` and `show_if` (`question_id` exists, and data frame names are correct)
-- [x] Add a progress bar option in `sd_config()`, maybe `progress_bar = 'top'` or `progress_bar = 'bottom'` as a default, and `progress_bar = 'none'` to turn it off.
- [ ] Required questions (`required = TRUE`): post a popup if a question is required before allowing next button. Default should be `required = FALSE`.
- [ ] Form validation: Make sure the user inputs the correct type depending on the question type. (see https://shiny.posit.co/r/reference/shiny/0.14/validate.html)
-- [ ] Admin page w/password (see https://github.com/daattali/shinyforms)
-- [ ] Basic version working with a googlesheets database
+- [ ] Admin page w/password to preview / download data (see https://github.com/daattali/shinyforms)
- [ ] User tracking via url parameters: https://shinysurveys.jdtrat.com/articles/surveying-shinysurveys.html#user-tracking
-- [ ] Add a `getSurveyData()` function so the survey designer can obtain the current survey results from inside the app: https://shinysurveys.jdtrat.com/articles/get-survey-data.html
+- [ ] Deal with cookies so users who close the browser can start back where they left off.
+- [ ] Add a `sd_get_data()` function so the survey designer can obtain the current survey results from inside the app: https://shinysurveys.jdtrat.com/articles/get-survey-data.html
- Question types:
- [x] Multiple choice (single choice)
- [x] Multiple choice (multiple choices)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bea9b1d2..fdba16db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,21 +19,20 @@
This project brings together three open source technologies
([Quarto](https://quarto.org/), [shiny](https://shiny.posit.co/), and
[supabase](https://supabase.com/)) to create dynamic, markdown-based
-surveys.
-
-The general concept is to design your survey as a [Quarto shiny
-document](https://quarto.org/docs/dashboards/interactivity/shiny-r.html),
-which with the help of the {surveydown} package renders into a shiny app
-that can be hosted online and sent to survey respondents. The survey
-data collected from respondents is then. stored in a
-[supabase](https://supabase.com/) database that can easily be imported
-into R for analysis.
-
-The {surveydown} R package provides the core set of functions needed to
-make key survey features work, like defining survey questions and
-controlling pagination and skip logic, etc. Our [surveydown Quarto
-extension](https://github.com/jhelvy/surveydown-ext) works in tandem
-with the {surveydown} R package to make it all work.
+surveys. Here’s the basic concept:
+
+1. Design your survey as a [Quarto shiny
+ document](https://quarto.org/docs/dashboards/interactivity/shiny-r.html)
+ using markdown and R code.
+2. Render your doc into a [shiny](https://shiny.posit.co/) app that can
+ be hosted online and sent to respondents.
+3. Store your survey responses in a [supabase](https://supabase.com/)
+ database.
+
+The {surveydown} R package works in tandem with our [surveydown Quarto
+extension](https://github.com/jhelvy/surveydown-ext) to make everything
+work. After installing the package, we recommend working from one of our
+template example surveys to design your own.
**See the [documentation page](https://jhelvy.github.io/surveydown/) to
get started making your own surveydown survey!**
@@ -62,29 +61,29 @@ This is a running list of things we’re working on adding to the project:
- [x] Export timestamps on each question interaction (since this will
increase the data size considerably, maybe add this as
`question_times = FALSE` argument)
-- [x] Option to start at a designated page, e.g. `start_page = 'skipif'`
+- [x] Option to start at a designated page,
+ e.g. `start_page = 'page_name'`
- [x] A `show_all = TRUE` argument to show all the pages and hidden
questions when launched (e.g. to be able to print out the entire
survey text). Could also be called `print_mode = TRUE`.
- [x] Set up SCSS to be compatible with Quarto-supported bootstrap
themes
+- [x] Add an optional progress bar
- [ ] Include input checks for `skip_if` and `show_if` (`question_id`
exists, and data frame names are correct)
-- [x] Add a progress bar option in `sd_config()`, maybe
- `progress_bar = 'top'` or `progress_bar = 'bottom'` as a default, and
- `progress_bar = 'none'` to turn it off.
- [ ] Required questions (`required = TRUE`): post a popup if a question
is required before allowing next button. Default should be
`required = FALSE`.
- [ ] Form validation: Make sure the user inputs the correct type
depending on the question type. (see
)
-- [ ] Admin page w/password (see
+- [ ] Admin page w/password to preview / download data (see
)
-- [ ] Basic version working with a googlesheets database
- [ ] User tracking via url parameters:
-- [ ] Add a `getSurveyData()` function so the survey designer can obtain
+- [ ] Deal with cookies so users who close the browser can start back
+ where they left off.
+- [ ] Add a `sd_get_data()` function so the survey designer can obtain
the current survey results from inside the app:
- Question types: