Title: Form Box formatting
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Form Box formatting

 *  [Pecraig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pecraig/)
 * (@pecraig)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/form-box-formatting/)
 * I added a contact page in Jarvis 3.3 that was already formatted with a Contact
   Form 7 shortcode. It showed up on the page in a nice two column box with a border
   and background. I deleted that code from the page and tried another plugin. When
   I put the Contact Form 7 code back, the nice formatting was gone. How do I get
   that back?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/)

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 *  [crookedhabit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crookedhabit/)
 * (@crookedhabit)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/form-box-formatting/#post-5410174)
 *  Thread Starter [Pecraig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pecraig/)
 * (@pecraig)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/form-box-formatting/#post-5410209)
 * I have the same code on another site and it works but it is strange. The shortcode
   for the working form says
 * [contact-form-7 id=”177″ title=”Contact form 1″]
 * but the two forms on the site are
    [contact-form-7 id=”1654″ title=”Contact form
   1″] & [contact-form-7 id=”1522″ title=”Contact form 1″]
 * There is no id=177 form but it is working with that ID.
    If I cut and paste the
   code with id=177 into the other site, it does not work.
 * Where is the shortcode calling that form from?
 *  [Neil Murray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzztone/)
 * (@buzztone)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/form-box-formatting/#post-5410217)
 * > RE: If I cut and paste the code with id=177 into the other site, it does not
   > work.?
 * ​​You need to use the unique shortcode created by the CF7 plugin for each form
   when positioning a form on your site. The shortcode will likely be different 
   on different sites.
 *  Thread Starter [Pecraig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pecraig/)
 * (@pecraig)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/form-box-formatting/#post-5410394)
 * Right, but then how do I format the new form into the nice two column layout 
   that showed up when I used “ID= 177” ??
 *  [Neil Murray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzztone/)
 * (@buzztone)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/form-box-formatting/#post-5410401)
 * See [Styling Contact Form](http://contactform7.com/styling-contact-form/) for
   a general explanation of styling CF7 forms using CSS.
 * There is a link at the bottom of the page to a comprehensive and detailed article
   on **Styling Contact Form 7 Forms**. The article shows people, with suitable 
   HTML & CSS skills, how to change the appearance of their Contact Form 7 Forms
   to meet their particular requirements.

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 * Last reply from: [Neil Murray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzztone/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/form-box-formatting/#post-5410401)
 * Status: not resolved