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Hi Studio Baerig,

Thanks for sending that information. To give some background, the placeholders for fields are copied from the default merge value in the MailChimp list. Since default merge tag values can’t be set for the email field, that will remain blank. The code-changing solution below will fill in the email field as well.

-In wp-admin, go to Plugins > Editor > MailChimp > mailchimp_widget.php.
-Locate this line of code:
<input type=”text” size=”18″ placeholder=”‘.esc_html($var[‘default’]).'” name=”‘.esc_attr($opt).'” id=”‘.esc_attr($opt).'” class=”mc_input”/>’;
-Change $var[‘default’] to $var[‘name’].

This will begin using your field label as what appears in the placeholder attribute for your input fields. There is one thing to note with this option, updates to the plugin could overwrite these changes.

Let us know if you have any other questions.
-mc_d

Hi Igstyles,

Thanks for hopping in the forum! The placeholder that appears in the form fields is pulled from the default merge tag value in the MailChimp list. You can set your default merge tag values in your MailChimp account, which will then show as placeholder values in your plugin’s signup form. Here’s a great guide on adding a default value to fields:

Set Default Merge Values for a List: http://eepurl.com/hcDC

However, since default merge tag values can’t be set for the email field, that will remain blank. The code-changing solution below will fill in the email field as well.

-In wp-admin, go to Plugins > Editor > MailChimp > mailchimp_widget.php.
-Locate this line of code:
<input type=”text” size=”18″ placeholder=”‘.esc_html($var[‘default’]).'” name=”‘.esc_attr($opt).'” id=”‘.esc_attr($opt).'” class=”mc_input”/>’;
-Change $var[‘default’] to $var[‘name’]. This will begin using your field label as what appears in the placeholder attribute for your input fields.

The labels above the fields can be hidden by adding this bit of css to your site’s css.
#mc_signup_form .mc_var_label {
display: none;
}
There is one thing to note with this option, updates to the plugin could overwrite these changes.

Let us know if you have any other questions.

-mc_d

Hi Mowerb,

Thanks for the link! After investigating this, it appears the text being cutoff is only occurring in Chrome and could be related to this specific font and the line-height.

To fix this, you can add a little bit of css to your site’s style.css file. To edit the style.css, in the WordPress admin area click Appearance > editor. Select the style.css file for your theme and add this css to the bottom.

input[type="text"], input[type="email"] {
	line-height: 25px;
}

That will basically increase the line-height for text in input elements. This should fix the text cut off issue.

Let us know if you have any other questions.

-mc_d

Hi Craig!

Great! I’m glad you were able to sort it out. If you have any other questions, let us know.

-mc_d

Hi Blackiedesign,

Thanks for writing back with that information. The redirection and setting up the plugin on the staging server might be causing the issue. Can you try installing the plugin on a live site to test?

Alternatively, if you would like to style the plugin form without connecting, you can use the developer mode. This guide can help enabling the developer mode: http://connect.mailchimp.com/how-to/90 When the site is live, try connecting again.

Let us know if you have any other questions.

-mc_d

Hi Nahmialm,

Thanks for hopping in the forum. Checking out your site, it appears the required asterisk isn’t being added in the form code inserted into your page.

There are a few things to try to update the fields. First in the MailChimp plugin settings, click the Update List button. That settings page is located in the WordPress admin area, under Settings > MailChimp Setup.

If that doesn’t work, completely uninstall and reinstall the plugin. This can also help update the settings.

That should get you going in the right direction, if you continue to have problems let us know.

-mc_d

Hi Edolmen,

Thanks for hopping in the forum. It’s best if we keep issues separate, would you mind starting a new post for your issue. Include as many details as possible and the steps you’ve taken so far to resolve it. Having a separate post makes it easier for us to address your specific issue.

Thanks!

-mc_d

Hi Famhud,

Unfortunately, I’m unable to replicate the field updating issue. There could be a problem with the local WordPress install of the plugin. Were any changes made to the plugin’s code? And when deleting the plugin was the option to delete the files selected?

At times other plugins can cause issues. Could you temporarily disable all plugins except the subscribe plugin? Then try clicking the Update List button at the top of the plugin settings page, here’s screenshot of that button: http://awesomescreenshot.com/0ee3428td0

Let us know if you have any other problems after trying this.

-mc_d