shortcode value to display list (dropdown) field name not working

Hello,

do you have a live example of that form?

Thanks,

Michael

Don’t wanna share url via public. I’m using the exact shortcode format as suggested in the support/FAQ page on your site documentation.

https://www.thenewsletterplugin.com/documentation/subscription/subscription-form-shortcodes/

An easy example of how to use shortcodes is the following, where lists are shown as a dropdown with a personalized label:

[newsletter_form lists_field_layout="dropdown" lists_field_empty_label="Select..." lists_field_label="Our topics” /]

We just changed our topics to sale dates for testing out to promote special sale days…

You can see the resulting html output view source code below…

<div class="tnp tnp-subscription "> <form method="post" action="../wpdemo/?na=s"> <input type="hidden" name="nlang" value=""> <div class="tnp-field tnp-field-firstname"><label for="tnp-1">First name</label> <input class="tnp-name" type="text" name="nn" id="tnp-1" value="" placeholder="" required=""></div> <div class="tnp-field tnp-field-surname"><label for="tnp-2">Last name</label> <input class="tnp-surname" type="text" name="ns" id="tnp-2" value="" placeholder="" required=""></div><div class="tnp-field tnp-field-email"><label for="tnp-3">Email</label> <input class="tnp-email" type="email" name="ne" id="tnp-3" value="" placeholder="" required=""></div> <div class="tnp-field tnp-lists"><select class="tnp-lists" name="nl[]" required=""><option value="" selected="" disabled="">Select...</option><option value="1">Aug 15 2024</option><option value="2">Sept 15 2024</option><option value="3">Oct 15 2024</option></select></div><div class="tnp-field tnp-field-button" style="text-align: left"><input class="tnp-submit" type="submit" value="Register" style=""> </div> </form> </div>

specifically…where is the label value?

<div class="tnp-field tnp-lists"><select class="tnp-lists" name="nl[]" required=""><option value="" selected="" disabled="">Select...</option><option value="1">Aug 15 2024</option><option value="2">Sept 15 2024</option><option value="3">Oct 15 2024</option></select></div>

see updated screenshot there is no label showing above the list dropdown

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I don’t know how to be any more clear than this. It should be easy to duplicate if it’s not some random issue on my server/end. Thanks

• This reply was modified 3 months, 3 weeks ago by wordmax.
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Hello @wordmax,

I’ve tried to replicate this and I can confirm there is a bug. I’ve passed this to our developers for further checks, I’ll get back to you once I have some updates. Thanks for your feedback!

Michael

Ok, thanks. p.s. sorry I thought I put inline code w/ no links on the example of output for form below the following line in that reply above… see gray box w/ code just below following line…

“You can see the resulting html output view source code below…”

Do me a favor and remove any active links ../wptest/… in that code sorry I copied pasted did not realize. I would, but it’s been too long since posted so can no longer edit. Thank you.

Hello @wordmax,

I think I’ve found the issue here. Take a look at the first example of the shortcode you’ve sent me:

[newsletter_form lists_field_layout="dropdown" lists_field_empty_label="select one..." lists_field_label="pick a topic!” /]

The last double quotes (after topic) are not double quotes but inverted commas : ) Took me a while to notice this…

Michael

Oh…yeah. Woops. I guess the FAQ support page example on the site should probably be corrected.. Thanks for spotting it. I’ve notice this wrong type of quote issue come up randomly in other code related stuff in the past. How to those wrong style of quotes sometimes end up there? Any idea?

https://www.thenewsletterplugin.com/documentation/subscription/subscription-form-shortcodes/

This may be the answer regarding two different styles of quotes… not sure:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19272067/double-quotes-shown-as-some-strange-characters-php-html

• This reply was modified 3 months, 2 weeks ago by wordmax.
• This reply was modified 3 months, 2 weeks ago by wordmax.

It works great with the correct quote type.

Hello @wordmax,

glad it works now. Yes, probably the link you’ve posted explains why that happens sometimes. Not sure 100% though.

Thanks for the feedback,
Michael