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Perfect! thank you very much.

Thanks Jeff although it runs together like DateAuthor. How would I put spacing between day and author to get Date Author?

Jeff, that worked perfectly, thank you.

@hvh, thanks for the suggestion although I am embarrassed to admit that I don’t know anything about code, per se, I just find examples and try it with various logical (to me) modifications to see if it works.

Programming/coding by trial and error and error and error.

I vote for this also… a rename feature would be good.

Okay, got what I like now…

.hms-testimonial-group .author:after {
content:” said:”;
}

LOL… Timing is everything. You’re fast!

I was just about to post the following and it works! What I wanted was something line Bill: or Mary:

.hms-testimonial-group .author:after {
content:”:”;
}

Your code works also very well. In fact, I may change to

.hms-testimonial-container .author:before {
content: “Testimonial by: “;
}

I’ll have to think about that.

Thank you for the fast follow up.

As I have said previously, I am not a coder but the info at https://css-tricks.com/css-content/ seems to indicate that it may be possible using a CSS property called content.

I don’t quite understand the information on that site – it is a short page… maybe it makes sense to you and we might be able to use it in this case?

I am reluctant to get into php for fear I will mes something up.

Thanks, I will give it a try. Is there no way to do it in CSS? I am trying to contain all my customization with CSS override code.

I am thinking of something as simple as:

FirstName LastName
Customer Service Manager
Your Fun Place to shop

—
where the text can be formatted and any part of the text can be a link to either an off site URL or to another location within the WP site.

In this case, for example, ‘Your Fun Place to shop’ could link to a products page.

Obviously, it could be more elaborate. You could allow multiple signatures that are either user selectable when needed or associated with a particular user that is logged in as admin or author. This can be configured as a plugin option.

When I said ‘multiple signatures that are either user selectable when needed’ I am thinking specifically of a small business or organization where one person wears many hats and may respond to a testimonial as CEO, customer service agent, tech support, etc.

I hope this makes sense.

Although I would like to know why the difference in those fields if you happen to know.

Yes, thanks for your help… and inspiration. Go ahead and mark it resolved.

Finally – success!

1) Don’t know why the testimonial field does not need the focus rule. I suspect there is something different about the way that input is handled and it is buried in a php function. Since I know nothing about coding… I’m not going there. However, I added the focus rule just to be consistent and in case whatever anomaly exists in php is corrected or changed someday.

2) I learned that when naming a custom field that you should not use () as it causes problems. I created a custom email field and added (not displayed) to the field name then when I tried to use .hms_testimonials_cf_email_(not_shown) in the CSS it would not work so I changed it to hms_testimonials_cf_email-_not_shown and all is good.

Success… maybe..

First, I had to modify the CSS you provided Jeff and it worked with focus but without focus it went to black so I had to have two CSS entries:

.hms-testimonials-form .hms_testimonials_name
{background:#E0C266; color:#000000;}

.hms-testimonials-form .hms_testimonials_name:focus
{background-color: #E0C266; color:#000000;}
—
now it works but oddly enough, the testimonial field did not need the same two entries. No focus CSS was needed. Any idea why?

Does not make any sense – same code different results.

Thanks but I am afraid that does nothing. Here is what I have and how it works. Two fields in the form – name & testimonial.

Before entering anything in the field both are perfect.

1) When I place the cursor in the testimonial field – perfect; correct background, correct text color.
2) When I place the cursor in the name field – the background changes to black and the text remains black. When I move cursor elsewhere, the background has the correct color and text is correct. If I put the cursor back in the field, it changes to black.

.hms-testimonials-form .hms_testimonials_name
{background:#E0C266;
color:#000000;}

.hms-testimonials-form .hms_testimonials_testimonial
{background:#E0C266;
color:#000000;}