Breaks appearing in forms

[dreamsight 8]

Hello, I know formidable isn't amazingly compatible with Pagelines, however this new issue has cropped up on a bunch of new sites I've been working on lately where the required field star * is pushed onto a new line, thus making the forms look a little odd.

 

had a little browse in css and couldn't find the culprit, any ideas?

[Danny+ 1,327]

Hi,

 

Can you provide a link to the page where the form is please, so I can take a closer look. You will probably want to switch to Twenty Twelve or Thirteen and make sure that its not an issue with the plugin itself.

[dreamsight 8]

http://1069464306.n588565.test.prositehosting.co.uk/contact-us/

[Danny+ 1,327]

From what I can see, this is a plugin issue, as its adding a break before the * when you view your source code. See my screenshot below.

 

http://d.pr/i/b0G8

When I remove it from the code, the Asterisk appears on the same line.

 

http://d.pr/i/qROy

Therefore, in my opinion this is an issue with the plugin, the way to check this is by doing as I mentioned above and switch to another theme such as Twenty Twelve or Thirteen and see if the problem persists, which it should do.

[dreamsight 8]

Hi Danny, figured it out, may have jumped the gun on reporting this as an 'issue' - i had added the form to page by dragging a section and then adding the form via textbox, this adds breaks and < p > tags automatically, fixed by simply adding the form code into the phsyical wordpress page and then adding the post/content loop. 

Wouldn't have figured it out without your help anyway, so thanks!

[Danny+ 1,327]

Ok, well you can still use a TextBox, just wrap the forms shortcode with this:

 

[pl_raw]

 

[form shortcode

 

[/pl_raw]

 

The [pl_raw] prevents WP from adding <p>...</p> tags.

[dreamsight 8]

even better, thanks Danny 

[Rob 547]

:)

[dreamsight 8]

hey guys, the [pl_raw] shortcode doesnt seem to work with the Formidable plugin? it stops the form showing altogether.

[James B 436]

Hi there, the pl_raw shortcode won't work inside a textbox or media box unfortunately, it will just get the box to show 'add your content' etc on the page. You'll need to put it into the main postloop section if you need to use pl_raw.

 

Pl_raw can also only be used once on a page.

[dreamsight 8]

Hi James, thanks for clearing that up. 'best answer' isn't exactly true in that case then.

 

Okay the longer i try working around this the more i realize i need a solution as to how to stop these breaks or p tags being generated in the meda/text boxes on these forms! there's going to be one on every page and using the post/content loop is not an option as the content is already up and everything is in its place.

 

i've checked the plugins and nothing seems to be conflicting.. 

 

http://1028112046.n588565.test.prositehosting.co.uk/fulfilment/flexible-storage/

[dreamsight 8]

a simple explanation as to why this is happening or a solution would be greatly appreciated.

if it was a problem with the plugin then why has it worked fine in Framework and on the Contentloop?

[Danny+ 1,327]

No sure as to why the plugin is being effected like this. I will report this to our tracker. However, could you try using the Textwidget in a widgetized sidebar and see if that is effected ?

[dreamsight 8]

Example http://1028112046.n588565.test.prositehosting.co.uk/printing/

 

Breaks and page breaks appear in the code like this...

<input type="hidden" name="frm_action" value="create" /><br />

<input type="hidden" name="form_id" value="10" /><br />

<input type="hidden" name="form_key" value="oejq7n" /></p>

 

Also after virtually every item...

</label><br />

</span><br />

 

According to Form support it's a theme issue http://formidablepro.com/knowledgebase/why-doesnt-my-form-look-pretty/

 

If we put the form short code in the Post/Content Loop with the WP editor the form is ok and the extra breaks are not added.

 

Any ideas?

[Danny+ 1,327]

Hi

 

How are you adding the form, is it via HTML or a shortcode and in which section ?

Also, don't you already have a topic open regarding this issue ?

[dreamsight 8]

I'm adding it as shortcode.
Sorry I didn't know George had put a post up about this. Can you move this under the http://forum.pagelines.com/topic/30864-formidable-required-field/

[James B 436]

What about putting the main page text in the textbox, the form in the postloop, then just saving as it's own template and switching over the sections in the drag and drop so they are in the same position as the current layout?

[James B 436]

admin note: threads merged