Answers.Body: <p>It looks like you are wishing the profile snippet (on the left) looked more like the form on the right. You can achieve this by modifying your site's css file to style the profile snippet. Add a border, background color, change the font, hide the cancel button, widen the label column, etc. If you're unfamiliar with css, there are many good tutorials on the internet, and firebug is your friend.</p>
  
  <p>To make the labels read like the one on the right, go into the civicrm admin area and edit those fields in the profile to remove "(given" and "(family" from the labels if you wish.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Excellent, thank you for this @Coleman. Will check out the css file and see if I can find what needs to be changed.
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Body: <p>Is there a way to edit a shortcode so that a profile being used in a form appears properly on a page? The default mode that appears is a little funky.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/WNglJ.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/WNglJ.jpg" alt="Screenshot of weird formatting for profile"></a></p>
  
  <p>Thanks!
  +Josh</p>
  
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Comments.Text: It looks like this question is specific to WordPress so I've added that tag.
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Comments.Text: It would be helpful if you could provide a bit more detail about what the problem is and how you would like the form to look.  It may be a question of editing your stylesheet (CSS) rather than the shortcode.
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Title: How to edit a shortcode in order to change formatting of profile in a form?
ThreadText: # How to edit a shortcode in order to change formatting of profile in a form?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-04-26)
  
  Is there a way to edit a shortcode so that a profile being used in a form appears properly on a page? The default mode that appears is a little funky.
  
  [![Screenshot of weird formatting for profile](https://i.sstatic.net/WNglJ.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/WNglJ.jpg)
  
  Thanks!
  +username_0
  
  **Tags:** wordpress, profile
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: It looks like this question is specific to WordPress so I've added that tag.  
  > **username_1**: It would be helpful if you could provide a bit more detail about what the problem is and how you would like the form to look.  It may be a question of editing your stylesheet (CSS) rather than the shortcode.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-04-26. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  It looks like you are wishing the profile snippet (on the left) looked more like the form on the right. You can achieve this by modifying your site's css file to style the profile snippet. Add a border, background color, change the font, hide the cancel button, widen the label column, etc. If you're unfamiliar with css, there are many good tutorials on the internet, and firebug is your friend.
  
  To make the labels read like the one on the right, go into the civicrm admin area and edit those fields in the profile to remove "(given" and "(family" from the labels if you wish.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Excellent, thank you for this @username_2. Will check out the css file and see if I can find what needs to be changed.  
  
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