Title: MailChimp Widget – modifying style, adding heading
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# MailChimp Widget – modifying style, adding heading

 *  [Sheona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sheona/)
 * (@sheona)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-widget-modifying-style-adding-heading/)
 * Hi
 * Hoping James Lafferty can help here. I got fed up trying to change styling for
   the other Mail Chimp widget – yours seems more streamlined, and simpler.
 * However, how might I tweak the alignment so that the fields aren’t right on the
   left edge (padding?). And can the submit button have some sort of roll-over code
   to make a hand appear instead of no change, or can it at least be highlighted
   in some way. Here’s the page I’ve currently got it on – [http://www.shospace.co.uk/blog](http://www.shospace.co.uk/blog)
 * Thanks!
    Sheona
 * PS. I’ve made the change to the code to keep the form up when someone subscribes–
   I know you’ve said you don’t like that, but to add another voice to your objectors(!),
   I prefer having the look of the site consistent, so it doesn’t disappear.

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 *  [jameslafferty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jameslafferty/)
 * (@jameslafferty)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-widget-modifying-style-adding-heading/#post-2324526)
 * Hi Sheona,
 * I’d have to mess around a bit more than I’ve got time to do at the moment for
   your alignment question. To get a cursor to appear on the form, try
    .widget_ns_mailchimp
   input[type=”button”]{cursor:pointer;}
 * Thanks for trying out the widget!
 * Cheers,
 * J.
 *  Thread Starter [Sheona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sheona/)
 * (@sheona)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-widget-modifying-style-adding-heading/#post-2324534)
 * James, thanks for this.
 * Can’t get it to work though – where should I put this code? Tried my theme’s 
   stylesheets, but no luck there.
 * S.
 *  [jameslafferty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jameslafferty/)
 * (@jameslafferty)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-widget-modifying-style-adding-heading/#post-2324541)
 * Hi Sheona,
 * Sorry bout the delay in replying, busy and all. It should work in your theme’s
   stylesheets, but I stupidly wrote the wrong code. This should work:
 * `.widget_ns_mailchimp input[type="submit"], .widget_ns_mailchimp .button{cursor:
   pointer;}`
 * Let me know if that works for you. 🙂
 * Cheers,
 * James
 *  [dpaq2011](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpaq2011/)
 * (@dpaq2011)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-widget-modifying-style-adding-heading/#post-2324542)
 * HI James,
    I just installed the plugin but 1- the button does not have any style–
   can you think of any reason why? It displays as text with a tight box around 
   it (same background as the rest) i.e. does not really look like a button. 2- 
   the title “Sign up for our mailing list.” is way bigger than I would like – where
   can this be changed?
 *  [jameslafferty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jameslafferty/)
 * (@jameslafferty)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-widget-modifying-style-adding-heading/#post-2324544)
 * Hi dpaq2011,
 * The look and feel of the widget should conform to other widgets your theme might
   be using… The idea is to make it as much a blank canvas as possible, since it’s
   the responsibility of the theme/stylesheet to determine look and feel. If you
   give me a url to look at, I can help you figure out where to start changing things,
   but if you’ve got no knowledge of css/html, you’d probably be best off hiring
   a developer to help you out, or accepting a fairly steep learning curve.
 * Cheers,
 * J.
 *  Thread Starter [Sheona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sheona/)
 * (@sheona)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-widget-modifying-style-adding-heading/#post-2324552)
 * Hi James
 * Brilliant, thanks, works a treat.
 * I’d be interested in your reply to dpaq2011 – is there a quick way to make the
   button white, and also the field boxes for the data entry?
 * If/when you have an answer to my alignment question, I’m still interested too.
   But I do appreciate that busyness is a familiar friend!
 * Cheers again,
    Sheona

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