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I am trying to create a volunteer application form (Joomla 1.5.22, civicrm 3.3.2). When I link the profile directly to a menu item, it results in ugly formatting -- namely the field labels, some of which are long questions, are all squished up against the left edge, and the field help, some of which are long policy explanations, appear below the field rather than above it. So instead I tried using an HTML snippet. But when you save the profile, any error -- such as a required field not filled in -- results in the appearance of what looks like a directly linked profile (i.e., not the HTML snippet profile). So, is there some way to change the error redirect behavior? Or do I need to learn all about Smarty and customize a template? What is the best way to tackle this problem?

I love civiCRM and really appreciate all the work that goes into it. But as a non-programmer I find this frustrating, and the documentation not particularly helpful.

As far as I can tell, the form profile appears to generate a table, with the field labels in the left column and the input object in the right column. I don't know of any way to use css to make the label appear above the input object and allow it to stretch the full width of the table. Is there a way to do that?

As far as I can tell, the form profile appears to generate a table, with the field labels in the left column and the input object in the right column. I don't know of any way to use css to make the label appear above the input object and allow it to stretch the full width of the table. Is there a way to do that?

Ah, sorry. I'm living in a world where recent changes to our templates are everywhere, forgot that profiles are not there yet.

Thx,
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