Newsletter widget text box headings

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Hi Stefano,

I have added the Newsletter widget to the footer of my site http://www.cubacustomtours.com and have checked “use old form” so I can get the labels in the text boxes. I have also enable the name form field and changed the label to: “Name (optional)”.

However, I would like to NOT use the old form but when I do that the labels do not show. Is it possible to have a little header above each box that labels what the box is? For example, ABOVE the name box I’d like to say NAME and above the email box to say E-MAIL.

Is that possible and how, please?

Thanks
Sotirios

[Stefano]

Hi, the widget (new format) already has the labels over the fields… if you activate it on your site I can check why they do not appear.

Stefano.

[aptoitos]

I do not have that widget in my list of widgets 🙁

[aptoitos]

I think I know what you meant. I am using the NEWSLETTER widget (not the NEWSLETTER MINIMAL) and I Unchecked “use old form…”. It still does not show the labels. Please, have a look.. Thx

[aptoitos]

Stefano, I had to remove it NEWSLETTER widget and put the NEWSLETTER MINIMAL but you can see what I am saying if you go to this page http://cubacustomtours.com/newsletter/ .

See how the fields immediately below the menu bar? No name or email labels showing.

Please, advise.

Thanks

PS.: I have “Notify me of follow-up replies via email” checked here in the forum but I never get notified..!!!

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Stefano,

After I spent many hours debugging this, it appears that it might be a styling (CSS) issue.
And the reason I say “styling issue” is because if I “select all” (CTRL+A) on the newsletter page in a browser, the labels are THERE; they just do not show..!!!

I also found these WARNINGS in the source code of my newsletter page:

<b>Warning</b>: include(/home/cubacust/public_html/wp-content/plugins/newsletter/subscription/styles/shortcode/default.css): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in <b>/home/cubacust/public_html/wp-content/plugins/newsletter/subscription/subscription.php</b> on line <b>893</b><br />
<br />
<b>Warning</b>: include(): Failed opening ‘/home/cubacust/public_html/wp-content/plugins/newsletter/subscription/styles/shortcode/default.css’ for inclusion (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in <b>/home/cubacust/public_html/wp-content/plugins/newsletter/subscription/subscription.php</b> on line <b>893</b><br />

This directory does not exist:
styles/shortcode/default.css

Please, investigate and revert ASAP.

Many thanks
Sotirios

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[aptoitos]

Ciao Stefano,

Have you had a chance to take a look?

[Guido.]

There isn’t much to investigate asap; the text is on the right place, but a white text on a white background. Just simple select text in that area with your mouse and you will see the text. The warnings could mean the files are missing? (they should exist)

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Guido, Thanks for that “insightful” reply but, as already stated in one of my previous posts here, when I select the text I can see it…!!! I do NOT have any custom code for colour. Additionally, as mentioned here above, if I add the NEWSLETTER widget and deselect “use old form”, I do NOT see the labels; if I select “use old form”, I do see them. See my dilemma? Why do show in one case and not the other?

Stefano, please jump in any time and shed some light on this 🙂 . Thanks

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Well, for anyone interested that may run into this, I finally resolved it by adding custom CSS in my theme options to make the color black so the labels show:
.tnp-subscription label {
color: #000000;
}

The newsletter/subscription/style.css has the color set to “inherit”.

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