Can you customize the message that is displayed after someone follows your blog?

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  rofreg · Member · Dec 26, 2014 at 10:19 pm

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  Hey there! Just wondering: is there any way to change the confirmation message that appears after a user signs up to follow your blog?

  I’m using the “Follow Blog” widget to allow visitors to subscribe for email updates, but after a non-Wordpress user enters their email address and clicks to subscribe, the confirmation message is very rough. The <div> that is displayed uses inline CSS styles (so there’s no way to customize the appearance, even with Custom Design), and the default messages have some grammar issues (e.g. “You already have a pending subscription, we just sent you another email, click the link or contact us if you don’t get it”).

  It’d be great if the confirmation message instead used a CSS class for styling so that it could be overridden by custom CSS, and I’d love the ability to specify my own confirmation message after a user follows the blog. (If that level of customization isn’t possible, then it’d be great if someone could at least tweak the existing message for grammar.)

  Thanks!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  alexjgustafson · Member · Dec 29, 2014 at 4:12 pm

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  Hi Ryan,

  There’s not a way to customize that message, only the text displayed before the button is clicked:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/

  However, I think you’re right — those confirmation messages could use some love. I’ll make a note of it to the team and request they make it customizable, but if not, to at least to clear up the grammar.

  Thanks for the notice!

  -Alex G.

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  rofreg · Member · Dec 29, 2014 at 4:13 pm

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  Thanks for the quick reply, Alex!

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  alexjgustafson · Member · Dec 29, 2014 at 5:35 pm

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  Hi Ryan,

  One of our devs happened to notice this issue really quickly, so they changed up the confirmation messages for better grammar. Clear your browser cache and reload your site, and you should see the new messages now. :)

  He also suggested that you can still override the widgets inline styles using !important rules in your Custom CSS.

  When Using !important is The Right Choice

  Thanks again for the report!

  -Alex G.

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  rofreg · Member · Dec 29, 2014 at 5:38 pm

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  Ah – I didn’t even think about using !important rules. Thanks for the suggestion, and for the super-quick turnaround on improving the confirmation message! :)