Connections

Here are a few links showing Connections being used to create business directories:

1. Tipmasters of Merdian
2. Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Center, Inc.
3. Bedlington
4. Yellow Yogi
5. Moms in the Loop
6. Long Beach Sunday Market
7. PVCo
8. SPA+SSIFIEDS
9. YMCA of the Greater Tri-Cities
10. Central Illinois Apartment Association
11. Compassion Coalition

This site uses the category feature to create multiple directories and they are being custom sorted using the Department field which is being used to display the university.

1. Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors

Here is a fantastic sample that shows what can be done by creating a custom template.

1. Launch Media Inc.

This site uses a custom template to show a Google map and a description about the business.

1. Pasco Chamber of Commerce

This site is using the new category feature to create many directory listings for resources to aid the homeless. [NOTE: site under construction]

1. People Reducing Homelessness

This site is great. It uses Connections on multiple pages to show different related businesses with featured businesses. Check out the Party Directory links.

1. Atlanta Children’s Parties

This site is running a custom version of the Connection’s plug-in. It had the admin altered to meet supplied specifications and is using a custom template to present the information for each stylist.

1. Rodelle’s Salon Suites

This is an interesting sample custom template that was submitted to me by a user. Clicking on the name will show a pop-up with names of the individuals, their address with a Google map and their individual telephone numbers.

Doe, John & Jane

Home Address

123 Sample Street

Lancaster  PA  12345
home

Husband: John Doe
Wife: Jane Doe

Home Phone: home717-555-1236

Categories: Uncategorized Add to Address Book Updated 15 hours ago

Did you know that you can use Connections to create profiles? It can be done simple by adding a couple attributes to the short code. the id attribute tells Connections to pull a specific entry and template_name tells it to use the profile template. You could omit the id attribute and show a profile for every public entry. Here’s a sample:

connections_list id=1 template_name=’profile’

John Doe

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