Form "Description" Still Not Showing on Contact Form

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goheels
Member

Dear Gravity Forms / Carl,

Although I typed in the following Description, "Please feel free to Contact Us here.", it still does NOT show on the live contact form on my site...although it DOES show on the Form Preview.

I DID leave the "Form Title" blank - so don't know if that causes problems.

Also, I just upgraded to the New GFs version - but the new version didn't fix this problem.

My site link:
http://tinyurl.com/yd7a6nm

Please let me know - How To - get the "Description" to show up on my live Contact Form on this site?

Thanks,
Sanford

Posted 14 years ago on Tuesday October 26, 2010 | Permalink
David Smith
Member

Hi goheels! First thing I'd check is to make sure you didn't accidentally uncheck the "Display form description" when adding the shortcode to your page. Let me know if this is not the case and we'll work from there. :)

Posted 14 years ago on Tuesday October 26, 2010 | Permalink
goheels
Member

David,

I don't Understand - I did NOT see any "Display form description" Checkbox Option - in the Edit Forms - beside my Description Field - that would allow me to check or un-check beside my Form Description?

Also, Do I have to manually add a Short Code somewhere to make this Form Description - show on my Live Form?

Please elaborate?

Thanks,
Sanford

Posted 14 years ago on Wednesday October 27, 2010 | Permalink
David Smith
Member

http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/embedding-a-form/

When embedding a form on a page, the easiest and most typical way of doing so is using Gravity Forms built in shortcode generator. Review the page linked above for details on how this is done and what options are available to you.

description: Whether or not do display the form description. Defaults to ‘false’. Optional.

Make sure that option is checked and let me know if you are still not seeing your form description when you view your form. :)

Posted 14 years ago on Wednesday October 27, 2010 | Permalink
goheels
Member

David,

Yes...Re-Embedding the Form -with the instructions you provided - worked - Thanks!

Another quick question:

On my Contact Form Page: I want to change the CSS/Styling - to make the Form's Fonts Larger:
http://bit.ly/cCKwbk

If you go to my Contact Page link(above) - you will see that the Font for the "Form Field Names" - and the Font for my "Form Description" - are too small and need to be made Larger....

So, in the Edit Form - Advanced - I see the "CSS Class Name" field...

What do I put into the "CSS Class Name" to make the Font for the "Form Field Names" and the Font for the "Form Description" Larger?

Thanks,
Sanford

Posted 14 years ago on Friday October 29, 2010 | Permalink
Kevin Flahaut
Administrator
I'm assuming by "form field names" you mean the field labels.

The easiest way to change those is to apply some new rules to your theme's stylesheet. You can add these to the end of the style.css or custom.css file.
```
/* change the field label */
.gform_wrapper .gfield_label {font-size:13px;}

/* change the form description */
.gform_wrapper .gform_description {font-size:13px}
```
then adjust the font sizes to suit your preference.
Posted 14 years ago on Friday October 29, 2010 | Permalink
goheels
Member

OK...so all i need to do is to Copy and Paste your code(above) to the end of my Theme's Style.css or add it to my Theme's Custom.css file - and then adjust the Font Size accordingly...

Is this Correct?

Also, shouldn't I add your code(above) to my Theme's Custom.css file - instead of to my Theme's Style.css - so that when I upgrade the theme - these Font Changes don't get over-written??

It is my understanding that Woo Themes(who created my theme) - recommends that I make All Style Sheet Changes - to the Custom.css - for exactly this reason.

Please let me know.

Thanks,
Sanford

Posted 14 years ago on Saturday October 30, 2010 | Permalink
Kevin Flahaut
Administrator

Yes, use those rules and adjust the font sizes to whatever you'd like.

Put the styles wherever your theme developer recommends. Some themes have a custom.css and some don't. The point is to add it somewhere in your theme files rather than editing the forms.css directly.

Posted 14 years ago on Saturday October 30, 2010 | Permalink