https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/i-think-html-form-embed-is-working-am-i-missing-something Gravity Support Forums Topic: I *think* HTML form embed is working - am I missing something? en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:37:42 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/i-think-html-form-embed-is-working-am-i-missing-something#post-168900 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:18:13 +0000 David Peralty 168900@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>There are some third party add-ons that move the labels inside the fields:<br /> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-auto-placeholders/" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-auto-placeholders/</a><br /> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-placeholders/" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-placeholders/</a></p> <p>All my best! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/i-think-html-form-embed-is-working-am-i-missing-something#post-168895 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:14:16 +0000 Teresa 168895@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks, Chris. I am going to alter the template so it gets parsed for the shortcodes and going forward the client will be able to just drag in a form widget or whatever. But I think I'll leave the HTML there so it's "pretty" until she changes it.</p> <p>Hey, the option to use placeholders in the inputs instead of as form labels would make a pretty nice feature addition, don't you think? : ) </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/i-think-html-form-embed-is-working-am-i-missing-something#post-168448 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:35:14 +0000 Chris Hajer 168448@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I can't recommend doing it the way you did, but if you have tested and the submissions and notifications are working fine, then this should work for you. I would test in different browsers and not logged in to the site to be sure it all works for you.</p> <p>The other quick way to do it would be to ensure the slider area content is parsed for shortcodes. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/i-think-html-form-embed-is-working-am-i-missing-something#post-163693 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:01:17 +0000 Teresa 163693@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I'm working on a site that the client will maintain, and the template we're using has one of those inbuilt sliders (Flexislider) that uses CPTs. The client needs an image and an e-mail signup in the home page billboard area, but I guess the slide CPTs aren't parsed for shortcodes. I didn't want to do the PHP embed because I don't want her to have to worry about editing the template to make any changes down the road.</p> <p>I loaded the form up on another page and grabbed the resultant HTML, and pasted it into the slide's content area. While I was at it, since the space for the form was pretty tight, I removed the labels and instead added their text as placeholders so the input fields would provide the direction.</p> <p>I've done three tests, and I get the form entries in GF as well as the notification e-mails from MailChimp. The only thing that doesn't seem to work is the in-page confirmation message text. The redirect works fine.</p> <p>I know from poking around elsewhere on this forum that creating a stripped-down template to hold the form, then pulling it in with an iframe, would be a more elegant solution. However this is one of those get-it-done-quick jobs, and I like the form without the labels for this project. But am I missing something? Are there unique values for every submission and will this eventually cause trouble in the database? Is there a better way to do it that won't put me over time and budget?</p> <p>Thanks in advance : )<br /> Teresa </p>