Steven Zahm@ Marcie
First, I’m going to have to ask that you revert to cMap 3.0.2 as supplied.
The server 500 errors are unlikely to be caused by Connections or it’s templates. One item to check is the memory allocated to PHP. I recommend 128MB for a WordPress site.
The colons are not random, they are just not part of the label. The entire label and colon can be removed using different shortcode options. They are:
contact_name_format='%label%: %first% %last%'
addr_format='%label% %line1% %line2% %line3% %city% %state% %zipcode% %country%'
email_format='%label%%separator% %address%'
phone_format='%label%%separator% %number%'
link_format='%label%%separator% %title%'
date_format='%label%%separator% %date%'
Just remove the the %label% and colon from the these and add them to your shortcode. Please note, these will only work with cMap 3.0 and newer.
The map not working is just about always a JavaScript error in the theme or another plugin. Load you site up in Chrome, hit the F12 key and click the Console tab. All errors generated by the pag will be listed there. The errors should point you in the right direction.
Now, only after you’ve resolved the issues do I recommend tweaking the PHP files. Make sure you are overwriting the files and putting them in the correct folder. Trust me just about 100 percent of the time this is the reason. Followed closely by the user running a caching plugin. And if you are, purge the page cache and then deactivate the caching plugin.