Having trouble adding checkboxes to a field

Hello Jenny,

Fields are actually modified in your MailChimp account.

We have an article on this topic: https://yikesplugins.com/support/knowledge-base/how-do-i-add-new-fields-to-my-form/

I hope that is helpful.

Thank you!
-Tracy

Thank you, Tracy. I went back to MailChimp and was able to add more fields to the form there, but I still am not seeing the changed form on the web site, though I have emptied the API cache. Do I just need to wait or is there another problem I need to fix, do you think?

Thank you so much!

Jennt

Hi Jenny,

Please try removing that field from your form in the form builder and then re-adding it. Sometimes when you make changes to a field you need to do that extra step in addition to clearing your API cache.

Thank you!
-Tracy

• This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by Tracy Levesque.

I am nervous about removing the field for the checkboxes (I’ve partially done that, but haven’t clicked “Update”) because there doesn’t appear to be a checkbox option. I can’t make any part of the form builder draggable. Would I remake it in the form or would that just automatically happen as part of the MailChimp communication with the site?

Thanks,
Jenny

Hello.

If you click on a field in the Form Builder and expand it, you’ll find a “Remove Field” link at the bottom of the field’s options. After you do that, it’ll disappear from the Form Builder, but will be on the Form Fields list to the right of it. From there you can click on that same field under Form Fields and re-add it to the Form builder.

That should re-add it with all of the new options you created in MailChimp.

Let me know if that makes sense.

Thank you!
-Tracy

• This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by Tracy Levesque.

It’s not currently on the list of form fields…it’s a customized field. I don’t know why it doesn’t appear there now. Will it appear there after I remove it from the form builder?

Thanks!

I tried removing it, did press update, and the checkbox field has disappeared entirely. It also does not appear in the list of form fields. I have saved a copy, so I can go back to it as it was, but I really want more checkboxes!

How can I get checkboxes to appear in the list of form fields? The updated checkboxes appear to be in my MailChimp form, but don’t seem to be making it into the web site.

Jenny

Hi Jenny.

I do not know why the field would disappear entirely from the form builder and field list.

How many checkboxes do you have on the form?

If you start a brand now form is the checkbox field there with all of the checkboxes? If you could test that for me that would be great.

Thank you!
-Tracy

Hi, Tracy! I was able to fix it. After following your other instructions, all I had to do was to click on “Interest Group.” I hadn’t realized that I needed to do that to access the checkbox field.

Thanks so much for your help! I meant to write as soon as I was able to do that the other day, but it got away from me.

Best,
Jenny

Ah! I didn’t realize your field was an interest group and not a regular checkbox field.

Yay, I’m glad you were able to figure it out.

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Thank you!
-Tracy

Yes, I didn’t know it was an interest group either. I didn’t deliberately set it up that way. Are some MailChimp checkboxes not interest groups? I have a lot to learn!