Button doen'st show properly

Hey there,

Thanks for posting! With the newest version of the plugin we’ve made some changes to the CSS with hopes to better inherit and integrate with existing site stylesheets. Sorry to hear that you’re seeing some unwanted changes to the style on your plugin form with this update.

in taking a look at the site, it looks like the size of the button is being influenced by some CSS that’s included with the plugin. To resolve this, you’ll want to make some edits to the CSS code of the plugin.

To access this, log in to your wp-admin area, then go to Plugins > Editor and select MailChimp. From there, edit the mailchimp_widget.php file. Locate this block of code:

#mc_signup_submit {
		margin-top: 1.5em;
		width: 80%;
	}

And change the width to a percentage or pixel width of your choosing.

Alternatively, you can add a bit of css to your site’s stylesheet to override the plugin’s CSS. This bit of code should do just that:

#mc_signup_submit {
width: 20% !important;
}

If you have any questions, let us know!

Hi Studentit16,

Thanks for hopping in the forum. Looking at your form, it seems that the field labels are hidden. To show them, in your site’s css, look for this line of code:

#mc_signup_form .mc_var_label {
display: block;
}

Change display: block; to display: none; to display: block and the labels should appear.

If instead, you’re trying to show the label in side the field. The text that appears in the field is called the placeholder. The plugin will bring in the default value from your MailChimp List and add it as the placeholder. This guide from the MailChimp Knowledgebase can help with adding default value: http://kb.mailchimp.com/article/how-do-i-set-default-merge-values-like-dear-customer/

Once the default values are added, in the WordPress Admin area on the MailChimp settings page. Click ‘Update List’ to update and the placeholder should be added to the fields.

Let us know if you have any other questions.

-mc_d