Isn't there a widget to include the form in the sidebar?

Paulotebet,

To get a form in the side bar:

• Go to the widgets admin screen
• Add the TEXT widget to an area
• Place your form shorcode in the content area of the widget, IE: [osd-mc-form id=’osd_mc_form_2′]
• save! ??

Thanks for the reply.

I”ve tried that, but I am getting an “error” after the message “Loading Form”

I’ve included the shortcake on my home page and it is working, but the layout is not very good.

Take a look at https://www.paulotebet.com, scroll to the bottom to see the content and you will see one of my Forms. I will have to try to fix the layout with some Theme code to create some left and top margins….

The ability to use the shortcode in sidebar is a must for me.

Regards,

Paulo Tebet

I had a typo, it should be id=’osd_mc_forms_1′ with an s. Like:

[osd-mc-form id=’osd_mc_forms_1′]

This is shorcode is found on your wordpress site at /wp-admin/admin.php?page=osd-mailchimp-forms in the dark bar at the top of the desired form.

Let me know if that fixes it.

Some suggested styling:

.post-115 .osd-mc-form-wrapper {
    display: inline-block;
    overflow: hidden;
    position: relative;
}
.post-115 .osd-mc-form {
    margin: 20px;
}
.post-115 .osd-mc-form .osd-mc-field {
    display: inline-block;
    margin-right: 10px;
}
.post-115 .osd-mc-submit-cont {
    margin-right: 10px;
    text-align: right;
}

YESSSS!

Now it is working.

I tried to add some text before and was able to, but I would like to Make it bold, but I was not able to. I’ve tried this:

<stront>Subscribe to my newsletter
[osd-mc-form id=’osd_mc_forms_1′]

Is it possible to use regular HTML in the Text Widget?

I will now try what you have suggested me to get the auto populate of the Areas of Interest to work.

Thanks again.

Paulo

After I correct my type of <stront> to now it is working, so I assume I can use regular html tags in that area….. ??

Yes, you can use any html or shortcodes in the Text widget if you are using this plugin. It applies the content filter to it ??

Thank you for the questions and helping to improve the plugin!

Good ratings appreciated!

Where would I use your suggested formatting code?

Would I put this in the Custom CSS area of my Theme?

Regards,

Paulo Tebet

I will definitely write a good review and rate your plugin.

Paulo

Yes, the theme CSS would be a good spot for it.

It worked.

Take a look at my home page with the added custom CSS.

It would be nice if we could control how the fields appears.

I believe that before the custom CSS they are vertically stacked. Now they are horizontally spread in a single line.

Just for your knowledge. For me I will use it on the Sidebar or Footer area, so it is not an issue, but I believe, since you don’t have a Form Designer yet, you should create some sort of documentation explaining how to control the formatting of the forms.

Being able to control the order of the fields would be a nice feature too.

Thanks.

Paulo Tebet

The CSS that I sent you horizontally stacks them. It was just a suggestion ??

Right now we do not have a way to re-order the fields with the OSD MC settings page, but it will be available in the future. Until then you can re-order the fields to an extent by using the section titled “On the View Subscribers Screen” on this Mailchimp how to.

https://kb.mailchimp.com/lists/signup-forms/change-the-order-of-fields-in-a-list-or-signup-form

Great.

Thans a lot.

Paulo