QPR Knowledge Base 2026.1
The custom stylesheet structure of the QPR package makes it easier to transfer old Portal customizations to the new version when upgrading the QPR suite. For instructions concerning the customization itself, refer to the QPR Developer's Guide.
Provided that you have inserted all your modifications to the custom.css file, you will only need to copy your changes from the old custom.css file into the current custom.css file under the qprsoftware/stylesheets/custom.css folder. Copy also your customimages folder in the case you had any customized images in use. Do not overwrite the existing custom.css file as there can be some new styles included in the new file. Copy only your existing customizations to the matching classes.
QPR WAS and Portal Templates
For QPR 2017.1 and later versions, the templates used by QPR Web Application Server are located under:
C:\ProgramData\QPR Software\QPR <year>\<version>\Servers\Templates\WAS\<template folder>
Replace <year> with the major release year and <version> with the full release version. For example, the roots for QPR 2025.1 and QPR 2026.1 are C:\ProgramData\QPR Software\QPR 2025\2025.1\Servers\Templates\WAS and C:\ProgramData\QPR Software\QPR 2026\2026.1\Servers\Templates\WAS.
Template type |
Template folder |
|---|---|
Briefing Booklet templates |
Booklet |
Common templates |
Common |
Portal templates |
Portal |
SC templates |
SC |
PG templates |
PG |
Note: Templates are initially installed under <QPR Servers installation root>\Web Application Server\Templates\<template folder>, but they are copied to the ProgramData path during the first startup and used from there. Make all template customizations in the ProgramData location.
In QPR 2017.1, the templates for static web publishing (Basic, Frames, and No Frames) are located under C:\ProgramData\QPR Software\QPR 2017\2017.1\Clients\Templates\PGStatic.
Preparing for Future Upgrades
Make all the customizations to the custom.css file and store all the modified images to the qprsoftware/stylesheets/customimages folder. Doing this ensures that the future upgrades will be simple, as you will only need to copy the styles in the custom.css stylesheet and the customimages folder to the new installation folder. It is also good to mark all customizations with easily searchable comments to make it easier to transfer them into a new version.
