How can I get a Contact Form Widget?

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  parkerruiz · Member · Jun 1, 2013 at 7:09 pm

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  Hi,
  I recently switched to wordpress for web design and I cannot figure out how to place a contact form in the side bar area on my pages as compared to the bottom of the page. Please Help!

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  timethief · Member · Jun 1, 2013 at 7:16 pm

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  You can create a contact form on a static page and then you can place a text widget in your sidebar and link it to the static page.

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  justjennifer · Member · Jun 1, 2013 at 7:34 pm

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  Or you can copy the resulting contact form shortcode (in its entirety) from the static page and paste it into a sidebar text widget.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 2, 2013 at 2:05 am

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  Yep, that will work too. :)

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  parkerruiz · Member · Jun 2, 2013 at 6:43 pm

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  Thanks for your timely responses !
  I tried copying the shortcode into a widget text box and when I previewed the page the code was there just as HTML and not as a contact form. Maybe you can check it out on my null site.
  Thanks again.

  -Parker

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  parkerruiz · Member · Jun 2, 2013 at 6:45 pm

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  ^^ excuse that link display text i must have done it wrong. but it links to my site with the issue.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 2, 2013 at 7:17 pm

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  What you posted is not a shortcode. You posted a shortened link and the two are not the same. See here please http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/#shortcode-reference