Lots of extra and tags in inserted form

Oops, the title should say ‘Lots of extra p and br tags in inserted form’.

Hi Tamara,

Are you using a page builder plugin, or does your theme have page builder capabilities built into it? Sometimes these insert extra <p> and <br /> tags.

Let me know.

Thank you!
-Tracy

We are using Visual Composer. Is there anything we can do? Thanks for your help.

Hi Tamarkorr,

I’m not sure why visual composer would be wrapping hidden elements and html comments in <p> tags, but you should be able to hide them using the following but of CSS:

.yikes-mailchimp-container p:nth-child(4),
.yikes-mailchimp-container p:nth-child(5),
.yikes-mailchimp-container p:nth-child(6),
.yikes-mailchimp-container p:nth-child(7),
.yikes-mailchimp-container p:nth-child(8),
.yikes-mailchimp-container p:nth-child(9) {
   display: none;
}

If you add more fields to the form, you’ll have to go through and adjust the numbers inside of the (), but for what you have now – the code above should work just fine.

Thanks,
Evan

Hi Tamarkorr,

Just checking in on this. Were you able to use the CSS Evan suggested?

Unfortunately, without a copy of Visual Composer we can’t directly troubleshoot this. You could also try ting a ticket with them. If they say we need to make changes on our end to accommodate their page builder you can relay that info. to us.

Thank you!
-Tracy

Hi Tamarkorr,

We haven’t heard back from you in awhile so I am going to close out this ticket.

If you need more help, please reopen it and we will be happy to help you.

Thank you!
-Tracy

Apologies, I had to travel for a funeral and could not log in here on my laptop. This did mostly resolve the problem. Thanks for your help.

I had the same problem when using SiteOrigin Page Builder. My solution was to add the shortcode in a simple text widget, with nothing else.

Thank you for the tip!