How can I update the placeholder text for default fields such as Username, Email Address etc. on the sign up form?
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Creating/Modifying placeholder text for default profile fields
Best answer by SmartlyGreg
I’ve just tried adding this to the “Before </Body>” third party script and it seems to work:
<!-- Add placeholder text to email address on registration form -->
<script>
var theEmail = document.getElementById("register_user_email");
theEmail.setAttribute('placeholder', 'example@domain.com');
</script> TBH it does not limit the application to the registration page, although the field ID does suggest it would be… BTW for the username on registration page it would be: “register_user_username”
Hope this helps!
-RS
I have yet to find a way to do this. Given those values aren’t custom profile fields, but tied to phrases, there may not be a way. Following in case the inSided team has suggestions to share.
+8I quickly went through the (long) list of phrases and could not find the phrases right-away. But I am happy to ask my colleagues, who are much better at this.
However, when I was checking on our community to locate the exact placeholders, I could not see any placeholder text?
Maybe I am missing something here. If you could share a screenshot or describe this in a bit more detail, this will help me to locate the phrases for this quicker.
There is a trick, you can actually visit the sign up form via a dedicated sign up url (which is usually not exposed to users in our platform). It has this format: https://community.insided.com/member/register
Maybe it becomes editable for you when you visit such a page while logged in and phrases mode activated?
I’ve just tried adding this to the “Before </Body>” third party script and it seems to work:
<!-- Add placeholder text to email address on registration form -->
<script>
var theEmail = document.getElementById("register_user_email");
theEmail.setAttribute('placeholder', 'example@domain.com');
</script> TBH it does not limit the application to the registration page, although the field ID does suggest it would be… BTW for the username on registration page it would be: “register_user_username”
Hope this helps!
@Scott Baldwin,
Thank you for the help
// Set custom placeholders
$('#register_user_username').attr('placeholder', 'This is the name people will know you by in the community.');
$('#register_user_email').attr('placeholder', 'Add in your work email address.');
$('#register_user_password').attr('placeholder', 'Create password.');
-RS
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