Title: Configuration Error
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Configuration Error

 *  Resolved [aimpe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aimpe/)
 * (@aimpe)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuration-error-10/)
 * Hi Everyone,
 * My form was working fine 2 weeks ago. Now, as of today, when someone goes to 
   submit the form on our website (www.callagylaw.com) they get a VALIDATION ERROR.
   When I go into my dashboard, and into Contact Form 7, the only thing in red I
   see is the SUBJECT FIELD. I have [dropdown] as the value in there now. This is
   the code to my form:
 * <div class=”vamtam-rsvp-form”>
    <div class=”row”> <div class=”grid-1-4″> [text*
   name id:name placeholder “Name”] </div> <div class=”grid-1-4″> [text* Phone id:
   Phone placeholder “Phone”] </div> <div class=”grid-1-4″> [email* Email id:Email
   placeholder “Email”] </div> <div class=”grid-1-4″> [select dropdown id:events-
   dropdown class:wpv-chosen-select “Medical Revenue Recovery” “PIP Services” “Workers
   Compensation” “Commercial Insurances Services” “Business Law” “Family Law” “Personal
   Injury Services” “Social Security Disability” “Child Custody/Child Support” “
   Divorce Law Services” “Wills, Estates & Trusts” “Commercial Litigation” “Other”]
   </div> <div class=”grid-1-1″> [textarea* our-message x5 id:message placeholder“
   Case Description…”] </div> <div class=”grid-1-1″> Anti-Spam, Please type the 
   letters you see. [captchac captcha-893] [captchar captcha-893] </div>
 * Can’t figure out what is wrong. Any help would be much appreciated on this.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/)

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 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuration-error-10/#post-7521510)
 * Make your dropdown menu required(*) in the form:
 *     ```
       [select* dropdown id:events-dropdown  ..............
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [aimpe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aimpe/)
 * (@aimpe)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuration-error-10/#post-7521511)
 * Sorry, in the code?
 *  Thread Starter [aimpe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aimpe/)
 * (@aimpe)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuration-error-10/#post-7521512)
 * Ah. Nevermind. That worked! Thanks so much for responding.

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 * Last reply from: [aimpe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aimpe/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuration-error-10/#post-7521512)
 * Status: resolved