Contact form: unable to add

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  judylmohr · Member · Apr 8, 2015 at 10:53 pm

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  According to the information on the WordPress.com site, contact forms is one of the features, yet, I’m unable to add one. The help files say “click the “Add Contact Form” button, but I don’t seem to have one. Is this one of the features that you need a “premium membership” to access?

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

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  zella72 · Member · Apr 9, 2015 at 9:48 am

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  I don’t seem to have this either, can anyone help?

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  galois · Member · Apr 9, 2015 at 10:06 am

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  You (both) can add the contact form with the classic/editor.

  1. To use the classic editor to create posts
  go to Dashboard > Posts > Add New
  Here is the model so you can see the format
  http://INSERT_NAME_OF_YOUR_BLOG_HERE/wp-admin/post-new.php

  Here is the link to the page on your blog
  http://judylmohr.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post-new.php

  Note that you can bookmark that link.

  2. To use the classic editor when you edit posts,
  go the Posts -> All Posts menu, hover over the post title and click the Edit link.

  http://INSERT_NAME_OF_YOUR_BLOG_HERE/wp-admin/edit.php
  Here is the link to the page on your blog
  http://judylmohr.wordpress.com/wp-admin/wp-admin/edit.php

  Note that you can bookmark that link too.

  @zella72:
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  http://theanimalcommunicators.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post-new.php

  2.
  http://theanimalcommunicators.wordpress.com/wp-admin/wp-admin/edit.php

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  galois · Member · Apr 9, 2015 at 10:09 am

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  Typo:
  2. for Judy http://judylmohr.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit.php

  2. for zella72 http://theanimalcommunicators.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit.php

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  zella72 · Member · Apr 9, 2015 at 10:16 am

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  Ah thanks for that, I wonder why you can’t do it from the other admin area? Seems a bit strange.

  Thank you galois :)

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  judylmohr · Member · Apr 9, 2015 at 10:18 am

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  Thanks heap, galois. That’s that problem sorted.

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  galois · Member · Apr 9, 2015 at 10:33 am

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  I wonder why you can’t do it from the other admin area? Seems a bit strange.

  Because the new “Beep Beep Boop” editor has a ton of bugs:
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/please-reinstate-the-option-of-choice-to-use-the-old-publishing-format?replies=941

  (32 pages, 941 posts &134 posters/users with complains about the BBB editor)

  I never use the new editor.

  You’re welcome & best wishes to you, Zella & Judy. :)

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  siobhyb · Member · Apr 9, 2015 at 2:58 pm

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  Thanks for your help @galois!

  @jmohr011, @zella72 : Adding the contact form button to the new editor is on our list of improvements. :) For now, you can always access the older editor from WP Admin to add a contact form.

  Let me know if you have any extra questions around that.

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  galois · Member · Apr 9, 2015 at 4:16 pm

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  You’re welcome, Siobhan. :)