https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/can-month-numbers-be-changed-to-names Gravity Support Forums Topic: Can month numbers be changed to names? en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:55:12 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/can-month-numbers-be-changed-to-names#post-66136 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:21:24 +0000 David Peralty 66136@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>The !important tag is used to override any previously set styles, it makes it easy to create your own custom styles for forms. Feel free to add that tag to anything you need to do with relation to position form elements or otherwise styling them. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/can-month-numbers-be-changed-to-names#post-66135 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:16:38 +0000 DanTurner 66135@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Super! Thanks, Dave. Adding the !important tag worked. Easy and painless. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/can-month-numbers-be-changed-to-names#post-66088 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:08:52 +0000 David Peralty 66088@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>It belongs in your theme's style.css.</p> <p>Can you try:<br /> <pre><code>.gform_wrapper form { text-align: center !important; }</code></pre> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/can-month-numbers-be-changed-to-names#post-66053 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:28:35 +0000 DanTurner 66053@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Chris, I only changed "left" to "center" in forms.css, like so:</p> <pre><code>.gform_wrapper form { text-align: center }</code></pre> <p>I tried that code in my child stylesheet, but it did nothing. Any help on getting it in the proper spot would be great. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/can-month-numbers-be-changed-to-names#post-66041 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:44:23 +0000 Chris Hajer 66041@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You're correct about modifying the plugin's CSS file (or any of the plugin files.) Those changes will be lost on upgrade.</p> <p>A better way is to add the CSS to your theme or child theme's style.css or custom.css (as appropriate.) The trick is to make the rules more specific so they override the forms.css rules. </p> <p>See this example:<br /> <a href="http://gravity.chrishajer.com/contact-us/" rel="nofollow">http://gravity.chrishajer.com/contact-us/</a></p> <p>That was done with this CSS in my child theme's stylesheet:</p> <pre><code>[css] body #gform_wrapper_32 { width:598px; border:1px solid #C2C2C2; padding:5px; } body #gform_wrapper_32 .gform_heading span.gform_description { color:red; display:block; text-align:center; } body #gform_wrapper_32 .gform_body ul li.gfield { text-align:center; } body #gform_wrapper_32 .gform_footer input[type=&#39;submit&#39;] { color:#FFFFFF; background:red; float:none; display:block; width:140px; margin:0 auto; }</code></pre> <p>You won't need all that. Just move your rules from the plugin's forms.css to your theme's style.css and make sure the rules are more specific so they override the plugin stylesheet.</p> <p>If you post the CSS you added to your forms.css file, we can make it specific enough to work in your theme's stylesheet. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/can-month-numbers-be-changed-to-names#post-66033 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:04:32 +0000 DanTurner 66033@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>No wonder Web Design is so expensive! After hours of digging through your documentation and endless trial and error dead ends I managed to piece together this clumsy form:</p> <p><a href="http://mortalsandangels.com/cancer-astrologicalove/" rel="nofollow">http://mortalsandangels.com/cancer-astrologicalove/</a></p> <p>Not great form design, but I am exhausted.</p> <p>One question: How do I center the form (as shown)? I edited your forms.css to get this to happen, but that will be wiped out on the next update. What is the better way? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/can-month-numbers-be-changed-to-names#post-66020 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:04:40 +0000 DanTurner 66020@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Dave, I don't know how to get separate drop downs to work as a date unit and I can't believe that's what's being suggested. </p> <p>It seems far more efficient to change 1 to January and 2 to February and 3 to March, etc. 12 little changes. Where do I do that??? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/can-month-numbers-be-changed-to-names#post-66016 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:27:42 +0000 DanTurner 66016@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Virtually every site with a credit card form has a drop down showing the written MONTH. This seems so STANDARD, what is the hold up on getting an answer???? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/can-month-numbers-be-changed-to-names#post-66015 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:26:48 +0000 David Peralty 66015@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>What we are trying to let you know is that the date field only uses numbers in one configuration or another. You have to use separate fields to get what you want, unless you really hack something strange together using JavaScript or something... But Gravity Forms doesn't have a hook or hack that would allow you to do what you want.</p> <p>If I had to cheat it, I would have them as three separate fields, make them all gf_inline for CSS class. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/can-month-numbers-be-changed-to-names#post-66013 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:24:17 +0000 DanTurner 66013@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks, Dave, but I need all three fields working together or it's not a date. There seems to be no way to do that with unrelated drop downs; the fields would simply be unrelated data.</p> <p>You guys already have a date form and it works. Let's use that. All I need is to know how to change the NUMBERS to WORDS. How do I do that??????? </p>