Title: "Request edit access"?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# "Request edit access"?

 *  Resolved [rporter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rporter/)
 * (@rporter)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-edit-access/)
 * Hi Mike,
 * I’ve got a brand-new, multipage form installed on this page: [http://www.cbhconline.org/membership-form/](http://www.cbhconline.org/membership-form/)
 * It seems to work pretty well, but there’s a link at the top of the form that 
   says “Request edit access”. I’m assuming that’s something new from Google, but
   when I view the source code, I don’t see a specific class associated with it.
   I could probably use the css “display: none” trick if I knew the class, but I’m
   not sure how else to hide that link.
 * Any thoughts?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpgform/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpgform/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Mike Walsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpwalsh8/)
 * (@mpwalsh8)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-edit-access/#post-3813171)
 * That must be something new, I will take a look when I have my computer later 
   today. All I have with me right now is my iPad and I can’t see anything useful
   with it!
 *  [VSLRA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vslra/)
 * (@vslra)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-edit-access/#post-3813311)
 * same problem on my webpage 🙁
 *  Plugin Author [Mike Walsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpwalsh8/)
 * (@mpwalsh8)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-edit-access/#post-3813323)
 * This is pretty odd. It looks like something Google has added. When I look at 
   a raw form the link has a class which I am guessing I am stripping off during
   some of the HTML clean up when I get the form HTML. I’ll need to look at this
   closer than I can right now between flights home. I should have some time to 
   look at it in the morning.
 *  Plugin Author [Mike Walsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpwalsh8/)
 * (@mpwalsh8)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-edit-access/#post-3813326)
 * Can you tell me what sharing permissions you have on your form?
 *  Plugin Author [Mike Walsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpwalsh8/)
 * (@mpwalsh8)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-edit-access/#post-3813332)
 * I made a change when I got home tonight although I don’t have high hopes that
   it will fix the problem. However, if one of you would like to test it and report
   back, that would be much appreciated.
 * [wpGForm v0.53-beta-1 download](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10343959/wpgform_v0.53-beta-1.zip)
 *  Thread Starter [rporter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rporter/)
 * (@rporter)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-edit-access/#post-3813365)
 * I will try to test this later today if I have time. As far as permissions go,
   the associated spreadsheet is only shared with one other staff person. It is 
   published to the web.
 * I did find that when I looked at the source code for Google’s live version of
   the same form, there’s a link tagged “edit this form” which has the class “ss-
   edit-form”. It seems to occupy the same place in the code as the link I see on
   our page. I wonder if that’s the class the plugin is stripping out?
 * Here’s the live form page: [https://docs.google.com/a/cbhconline.org/forms/d/1AbToDvVuCJW4bh-Yh3WDDFnYrUcQEBhBh555_dbk_18/viewform](https://docs.google.com/a/cbhconline.org/forms/d/1AbToDvVuCJW4bh-Yh3WDDFnYrUcQEBhBh555_dbk_18/viewform)
 *  Plugin Author [Mike Walsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpwalsh8/)
 * (@mpwalsh8)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-edit-access/#post-3813366)
 * It is confusing as to what Google is doing here. If I click on the link to your
   form, I do not see the “Edit this Form” link. However, if I do the same with 
   some of my own forms, I do see the link.
 * I thought it might have something to do with me being logged into Chrome but 
   forcing a logout didn’t seem to make any difference. What is really odd is if
   I retrieve the URL using wget the “Edit this Link” text does not appear in the
   result nor does it appear in the returned content of wp_remote_get() which really
   has me stumped.
 * I am looking at the page on your site again and there is something very odd about
   it. There are two <style> sections which appear just before the DIV which holds
   the Google Form. One of the <style> sections holds a bunch of Google Forms CSS
   definitions which is already loaded in the document header do they’re redundant.
 * The second <style> tag is more concerning because it contains what appears to
   be a poorly formed shortcode which links to the “Edit Link” we’re chasing down.
 * Can you look at the source for the page where you have the Membership Form to
   verify there isn’t some rougue HTML in the page content? (Use the HTML editor
   view instead of the Visual Editor view).
 *  Thread Starter [rporter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rporter/)
 * (@rporter)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-edit-access/#post-3813368)
 * That second style tag was something I was trying based on something I read about
   using css to hide specific text/links. It didn’t work and I have removed it now.
 *  Plugin Author [Mike Walsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpwalsh8/)
 * (@mpwalsh8)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-edit-access/#post-3813369)
 * You have several Javascript errors on your page which should be fixed as they
   may prevent WordPress Google Form from running correctly. There are at least 
   three instances where you use the $() jQuery shortcut notation which you shouldn’t
   do in WordPress because it potentially causes jQuery conflicts (see [this](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_script#jQuery_noConflict_Wrappers)
   for initializing jQuery with no conflict).
 *     ```
       <script type="text/javascript">
   
       $(document).ready(function() {
       	$("#GoogleForm").validate({meta: "validate"});
       });
       </script>
       ```
   
 * I would fix these problems first as it will make chasing the other problem easier
   to track down.
 *  Thread Starter [rporter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rporter/)
 * (@rporter)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-edit-access/#post-3813370)
 * Okay, I will try to get those cleaned up later today.
 *  Thread Starter [rporter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rporter/)
 * (@rporter)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-edit-access/#post-3813377)
 * I think I’ve fixed or eleminated the offending code, but I’m having to do this
   quickly in between other tasks. Hopefully I got all of it.
 *  Plugin Author [Mike Walsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpwalsh8/)
 * (@mpwalsh8)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-edit-access/#post-3813399)
 * I spent some time looking at this again this morning and all I have determined
   is:
    - The only time I see the “Edit this Form” link is when I am logged into Gmail.
      If I logout, it goes away.
    - I cannot get it to ever appear retrieving a form using wget.
    - I cannot get the link to appear on my own web site like it appears on yours.
    - I am running out of ideas to try.
 * It almost seems like your web server has your Google credentials cached so when
   the server makes a request for the form from Google, it knows you own the form
   and it returns it with the “Edit this Form” link. This doesn’t make any sense
   though as I don’t see how wp_remote_get() could do that.
 * Have you had a chance to try running the beta code I posted? I’d be curious to
   know if the change I made has an effect. If the “Edit this Form” link is coming
   through wp_remote_get() then with the change I made the “ss-edit-link” class 
   should no longer be stripped out.
 *  Thread Starter [rporter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rporter/)
 * (@rporter)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-edit-access/#post-3813411)
 * Sorry, I’ve been swamped with other things for the last day or so. I will upload
   the beta now and report back.
 *  Thread Starter [rporter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rporter/)
 * (@rporter)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-edit-access/#post-3813412)
 * Okay, the beta code seems to fix the problem, at least on my desktop. I will 
   recheck it on a different computer later today, but it’s looking good from here.
   The form works, the redirect works, and the email notification works. Not sure
   what the issue was, but I’ll take it. Thanks so much for your quick response,
   Mike!
 *  Plugin Author [Mike Walsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpwalsh8/)
 * (@mpwalsh8)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-edit-access/#post-3813414)
 * Let me know once your other test is complete and if all is well, I will push 
   out an update.

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