2 configuration error found

You need to add and save shortcodes in the page using the TEXT editor, and not the VISUAL editor (toggle between the two in the top right-hand corner of the editable page window in Edit Page).

@ftb have a look at the following links, they may help explain the errors and problems you are having.

Best Practice to Set Up Mail
https://contactform7.com/best-practice-to-set-up-mail/
How to Resolve Configuration Errors
https://contactform7.com/configuration-errors/
Contact Form 7 Configuration Validator
https://kb.cf7skins.com/contact-form-7-configuration-validator/

Let us know if you still have any problems.

@barnez: Hello. I don’t have a visual editor option. Only text apparently.

@barnez: the shortcode is already pasted into the text part of the page containing the form. I don’t understand where the error comes from.

That’s my first form:

<p>Your Name*<br />
    [text* your-name] </p>

<p>Your Email* <br />
    [email* your-email] </p>

<p>Your website<br />
   [url url-199]

<p>Subject<br />
   [text your-subject] </p>

<p>Your Message<br />
   [textarea your-message] </p>

<p class="contact-submit">[submit "SEND"]</p>

I tried to post my form on here but it’s not working…:(

This is what you should see in Visual editor mode: https://snag.gy/THYgg.jpg

Here is what you should see in the Text editor mode: https://snag.gy/x3wxG.jpg

*Note that you can create a page using the Visual editor, add content (text, images), save, and then switch to the Text editor to add html and shortcodes.

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Hello barnez.

Yes actually the form was previously created and worked fine until the last update. Now, on the page hosting the first form,

[contact-form-7 id="82" title="Contact form 1"] is in the text field.
I didn’t change it as it was working. Now the form is telling me that I should add [contact-form-7 id="82" title="Contact form 1"] into the page….which is strange because it is already on the page and in the text part not the visual part.

If you understand something….?

Have you tried re-saving the page in Text mode and seeing if the form renders on the front-end?

You could also try creating another test page, inserting the shortcode and seeing if that is successful when you view the page.

@ftb, the configuration errors are most likely from the recent update of CF7 – check the links I posted above as they will help to explain what the validation is for and how to fix the errors.

If you are still stuck, post the validation error messages here or attached a screen-shot and we will try and help.

Hi.

I created a test page but I still have 2 configuration errors showing up on the first form (and one on the second form).

*Required

<p>Your Name*<br />
    [text* your-name] </p>

<p>Your Email* <br />
    [email* your-email] </p>

<p>Your website<br />
   [url url-199]

<p>Subject<br />
   [text your-subject] </p>

<p>Your Message<br />
   [textarea your-message] </p>

<p class="contact-submit">[submit "SEND"]</p>

I created a test page and the form is showing and also working just like on the main (non-test page)…although I still get those configuration errors. Not sure where it comes from. Do you?

Hello davinian,

Thank you for your kind answer. I looked at your links but I don’t really understand what it’s all about. I took two printscreens of the problems. Maybe it will make it easier for you?

https://imgur.com/QdurgkU
https://imgur.com/VdqRFHU

Thank you again.

@ftb, ok, try this.

1) I am guessing the To: filed already has your email address? – if Yes this is correct.

2) The From: field is the bit most people get stuck on. To avoid your messages being spammed, it is best to send your messages from an email address that belongs to your website/domain name – NOT the email address of the sender (that should be added as a Reply-To: see step 3 below)

[your-name] <[email protected]>

Note: change yourdomain.com to the actual domain name of your website (the wordpress@ part is ok to use, you do not need to change that) and if you add [your-name] before the email, the sender name will show in the from part of the email when you receive it.

3) Add the following to the Additional Headers section — this will allow you to use the Reply button in your email programme to send a reply to the sender.

Reply-To:  [your-name] <[your-email]>

4) If you set up your forms before the last update, you may also need to add some text to the Subject field – the reason for this is that the Subject box on the form is not a Required filed, some email providers might treat an email with no subject as spam, so adding something like the following will avoid any possible problems.

Message form (put your website name here) [your-subject]

You could also make the Subject a required filed by adding a * and words (required) to the Form part like this.

<p>Subject (required)<br />
    [text* your-subject] </p>

All the codes in the [brackets] are default CF7 codes, if you have changed any of the codes in the Form section, you will need to make sure you use the same corresponding code in the Mail section.

Hopefully this will help – but let me know if you still have any problems.

Thank you Davinian,

Well this is what I did hereunder and it’s not working too well.

In the mail fields this is how it looks now (in caps what I changed):

TO: [email protected]
FROM: [your-name] <[email protected]>
ADDITIONAL HEADERS: Reply-To: [your-name] <[your-email]>

Then in the form field, this is how it looks and of course not working:

*Required

[your-name] <[email protected]>

<p>Reply-To: <br />
 [your-name] <[your-email]></p>

<p>Your website<br />
   [url url-199]</p>

<p>Subject<br />
Message from (badweb.com) [your-subject]</p>

<p>Your Message<br />
   [textarea your-message] </p>

<p class="contact-submit">[submit "SEND"]</p>

It’s probably something silly…but I don’t know what to change to make it work properly.

Thank you!