As you all may know that Blogger Have released its Official Contact Form Widget But it looks little bit unatractive as its a very simple code widget
Now i will show you how you can make your contact form more user friendly
Their are 3 simple steps as follows :
1) Adding Contact Form
you have to add a Contact Form Widget to your blog first
but,after adding that you may notice the contact page will be visible anywhere on the blog but our main motive is to show the contact us form on a specific page.
2) Adding the CSS (Cascading Style Sheet)
After Adding your Contact Widget
GoTO: Template → Edit HTML
Now,Add the below CSS Code Just above ]]></b:skin>
#ContactForm1{
display:none;
}
#contact_wrap {
margin: auto;
width: 321px;
height: 380px;
padding: 25px;
border-radius: 1em;
border-top:1px solid #dbdbdb;
border-right:1px solid #b2b2b2;
border-left:1px solid #dbdbdb;
border-bottom:1px solid #9d9d9d;
background-color:#cccccc;
filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(GradientType=0, startColorstr='#f2f2f2', endColorstr='#cccccc');
background-image:-webkit-linear-gradient(top, #f2f2f2 0%, #e6e6e6 50%, #cccccc 100%);
background-image:-moz-linear-gradient(top, #f2f2f2 0%, #e6e6e6 50%, #cccccc 100%);
background-image:-ms-linear-gradient(top, #f2f2f2 0%, #e6e6e6 50%, #cccccc 100%);
background-image:-o-linear-gradient(top, #f2f2f2 0%, #e6e6e6 50%, #cccccc 100%);
background-image:linear-gradient(top, #f2f2f2 0%, #e6e6e6 50%, #cccccc 100%);
box-shadow: 1px 1px 5px #ccc;
}
#contact_wrap h3{
color: #e8f3f9;
font-family:Georgia;
font-size: 20px;
font-style:italic;
font-weight:bold;
margin: 0 -36px 20px -36px;
padding: 12px;
text-align: center;
text-shadow: 2px 0 0 #1f4962;
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 25px rgba(0,0,0,0.3),0px 1px 5px #666;
-moz-box-shadow: inset 0 0 25px rgba(0,0,0,0.3),0px 1px 5px #666;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 25px rgba(0,0,0,0.3),0px 1px 5px #666;
background-color: #3689b9;
position: relative;
}
#contact_wrap h3:before {
content: ' ';
position: absolute;
bottom: -10px;
left: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 10px 0 0 10px;
border-color: #333 transparent transparent transparent;
}
#contact_wrap h3:after {
content: ' ';
position: absolute;
bottom: -10px;
right: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 0 0 10px 10px;
border-color: transparent transparent transparent #333;
}
#ContactForm1_contact-form-name{
width: 270px;
height:auto;
margin: 5px auto;
padding: 10px 10px 10px 40px;
background:#f6f6f6 url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYLp40U2QLwwO4E3Kh0Q2QuXmqDqL_CoJMBuUrMcBGBnJ9LYMjzIMSrR2Q-w9cTZWJ4eDk_CMDEXSpoFWe4yjeKwnKbyDZ_PF-FMLWZ963ILMuAw9s9TGDwYWQpdgVa9cMC6dpB4ODVz4/s1600/user.png)no-repeat 10px center;
color:#777;
border:1px solid #ccc;
-webkit-border-radius: 4px;
-moz-border-radius: 4px;
border-radius: 4px;
-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.247059) 0px 1px 3px inset, #f5f5f5 0px 1px 0px;
box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.247059) 0px 1px 3px inset, #f5f5f5 0px 1px 0px;
}
#ContactForm1_contact-form-email{
width: 270px;
height:auto;
margin: 5px auto;
padding: 10px 10px 10px 40px;
background: #f6f6f6 url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo74YQehBSvhPPlw3kuDupS_KZmOXbk_477FqETDFOSS1W8KVSZM0OrEWr_4BkKlHMlyMNBddDO55d-sAlfbY_lqhY0ZDAdKH8s5fSEqhJDxabCEV1XXHr9yrT_fR_7BrFgvR9hHfPEXI/s1600/pen.png)no-repeat 10px center;
color:#777;
border:1px solid #ccc;
-webkit-border-radius: 4px;
-moz-border-radius: 4px;
border-radius: 4px;
-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.247059) 0px 1px 3px inset, #f5f5f5 0px 1px 0px;
box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.247059) 0px 1px 3px inset, #f5f5f5 0px 1px 0px;
}
#ContactForm1_contact-form-email-message{
width: 270px;
height: 150px;
margin: 5px auto;
padding: 10px 10px 10px 40px;
font-family:Arial, sans-serif;
background: #f6f6f6 url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRaKMCTTnkNP7EsRgrMcqXwH2qQ5eQR3pwjKfhM-P_g6gTz5uGBOALOwTJs-2nNb6QhK99yR6LXOlP3wa2GBdpWtNls6iHY6S2alx92D309S9x9Dyy2W3EGXpy8IvhUVZuG3r7cQO_fi0/s1600/msg2.png)no-repeat 10px 10px;
color:#777;
border:1px solid #ccc;
-webkit-border-radius: 4px;
-moz-border-radius: 4px;
border-radius: 4px;
-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.247059) 0px 1px 3px inset, #f5f5f5 0px 1px 0px;
box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.247059) 0px 1px 3px inset, #f5f5f5 0px 1px 0px;
}
#ContactForm1_contact-form-submit {
width: 95px;
height: 30px;
float: right;
color: #FFF;
padding: 0;
cursor:pointer;
margin: 25px 0 3px 0 0;
background-color:#005a8a;
border-radius:4px;
text-shadow: 1px 0 0 #1f4962;
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 35px rgba(0,0,0,0.3),0px 1px 5px #666;
-moz-box-shadow: inset 0 0 35px rgba(0,0,0,0.3),0px 1px 5px #666;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 35px rgba(0,0,0,0.3),0px 1px 5px #666;
background-color: #3689b9;
border:1px solid #194f6d;
}
#ContactForm1_contact-form-submit:hover {
background:#4c9bc9;
}
#ContactForm1_contact-form-error-message, #ContactForm1_contact-form-success-message{
width: 320px;
margin-top:35px;
}
Now,After adding the below code save the template.3) Adding Html Code in Page
Firstly,we have to create a new page so we have to goto
Pages → New Page → Blank Page
you will see a Page editor,now you have to select html tab and paste the below Html code in the pade editor.
<div id="contact_wrap">
<h3>Contact Us</h3>
<form name="contact-form">
<input id="ContactForm1_contact-form-name" name="name" placeholder="Name" size="30" type="text" value="" />
<input id="ContactForm1_contact-form-email" name="email" placeholder="Email" size="30" type="text" value="" />
<textarea cols="25" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-email-message" name="email-message" placeholder="Message" rows="5"></textarea>
<input id="ContactForm1_contact-form-submit" type="button" value="Submit" />
<div style="max-width: 222px; text-align: center; width: 100%;">
<div id="ContactForm1_contact-form-error-message">
</div>
<div id="ContactForm1_contact-form-success-message">
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
<style type="text/css">
#comments, #blog-pager, .breadcrumbs, .post-footer{display:none}
</style>
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