[Plugin: MailChimp List Subscribe Form] Colors wont change

Hey there, Volkinator (what a great name!),

If you don’t mind, can you confirm that the custom styling is enabled within the plugin? Under “Settings” -> “MailChimp Setup” you should see something like this:

https://cl.ly/0P1T0O1q1A3e2k2q0B3G

If that is enabled, there might be some other sort of conflict going on with another plugin or the theme itself. If that is the case, we’d recommend either trying to use process of elimination to see if the custom styling does take effect after disabling a few other plugins. When we look at the CSS in Chrome’s Developer Tools, it doesn’t look like these colors are being applied at all.

If this doesn’t work, your best bet would be to style each of these settings manually via CSS.

If we can assist with anything else, please don’t heistate to give us a shout back!

Cheers

Thanks for the help. Other than the mail chimp widget I have a simple text box and a facebook like button widget. I disabled both and the mail chimp customized settings still didnt change. I don’t know CSS, is there any other way to get this to work?

Hmm…. which theme are you currently using? We’ll give it a try on this end!

Because it’s a custom theme, that can somewhat complicate things. However, by adding this to your Style.css under “Appearance” -> “Editor”, this should take care of it:

#mc_signup {
background: red;
color: white;}

Unfortunately, we aren’t able to replicate that same behavior on our end of things, I’m afraid. ??

However, if we can help with anything else, let us know!

thanks that seemed to work, but it sure doesnt look like the one i created in mail chimp
here it is in my wordpress site:
https://ultimatebasictraining.com/admin/

in my mail chimp account it has nice blockly letters and the red encompasses the whole graphic.

also, is there a way to make the background red and the text white for the title too?

If you deselect “Use Javascript Datepicker” the format colours will work. A bug I think, mc_nate. I checked the php and when datepicker is selected it doesn’t output the main css.

Why datepicker is in there anyway? I don’t understand as there isn’t a field for birthdate… unless I’m missing something? Perhaps it could be my personal mailchimp settings? I don’t know.

Hey WildAsia!

We can’t replicate the same behavior with the Datepicker enabled. Here’s what we’re seeing on this end:

Settings: https://cl.ly/1l1U0w1I3K3z2j2Z2i2v

Output: https://cl.ly/3i3F0e0P1F081K152O3T

However, the datepicker is in place should you have a date/birthday field in your list. It creates a nice easy calendar popup for subscribers to pick the date and automatically format it for them.

But, if this issue does persist, we’ll be happy to keep an eye on things!

Cheers

Doh! Spoke too soon on that one. Looks like we’re seeing the same thing. Noted!

Thanks for keeping an eye out!

thanks for the responses guys. however, here is what my widget looks like. it looks terrible. I would just like a red background with white text (including the title). Also, the widget seems to be running into the grey bar at the top. I am not a php or css expert by any means so if this requires a solution for me to know any coding besides html, please baby step me through it. Again, appreciate the help!

SCREENSHOT

volkhttps://volkinaffiliate.info/screenshot.PNG

mc-nate, such heartwearming support posts I read from you across the forums, thank you.

I’m stuck with the same problem, been trying to do this simple thing for hours: change the color of the text “Inschrijven” (“Register” in Dutch) of my newsletter widget.

Please have a look: https://webvertisingstudios.com/overons

Any help would be greatly appreciated, because I can’t get this last step done.

Also: is it possible to change the text: “Email Address”? Looks a bit clumsy to have english text on a dutch website. Much appreciated!

Correction: link should be: https://webvertisingstudios.com/onzediensten

Hey there Chompff!

If you’re willing to get your hands dirty, you can edit that by changing the CSS. To do that, you’ll want to use Firebug or Chrome’s Developer Tools to inspect that specific element. From there, you can go to your sites “Style.css” (Appearance -> Editor -> Style.css). You’ll want to add something like this to your sites CSS:

#mc_signup_submit.button {
color: _______________;}

As far as any further customization, that goes a little beyond what we’re able to support. We can certainly give you a nudge in the right direction, but we don’t have the ability to offer total customization through this avenue. We do, however, have a list of MailChimp Experts who would be more than able to help with the customization of the form! You can find those at https://experts.mailchimp.com.

If we can assist with anything else, please don’t hesitate to give us a shout.

Cheers