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  • 09/19/2016 at 5:25 pm #392192
    Estelle Taylor
    Guest

    Hi Steve,
    We’re using Excerpt Plus 2.0 for an (in-progress!) directory. The entries are really varied – not usually a person. But I really like the excerpt view so really want to use even though it’s not people. Is it possible to have the ‘notes’ section appear in the results list instead of ‘biographical info’? Or to rename ‘biographical info’ somehow?

    09/19/2016 at 5:54 pm #392193
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ Estelle

    You can rename the bio related strings in the template by using the shortcode options that Excerpt Plus enables.

    You can find the options on the doc page for Excerpt Plus.

    Here’s a FAQ which explains how to use the string shortcode options for Excerpt Plus.

    And here’s an example shortcode:

    [connecctions str_bio_head="Change Me"]

    Hope that helps!

    09/28/2016 at 7:37 pm #393557
    Estelle Taylor
    Guest

    Thanks for your quick reply and sorry for the delay in replying! But where/how do I insert this shortcode? I’ve tried putting it with the other shortcode on the directory homepage

    [connections link='TRUE' enable_bio_head='TRUE' enable_note='TRUE' enable_note_head='TRUE' show_title='TRUE' show_org='TRUE' show_contact_name='TRUE' show_family='TRUE' show_addresses='TRUE' show_phone_numbers='TRUE' show_email='TRUE' show_im='TRUE' show_social_media='TRUE' show_dates='TRUE' show_links='TRUE' connections str_bio_head='Notes']

    But that didn’t work.

    Novice here! :)
    Estelle

    09/29/2016 at 10:39 am #393637
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ Estelle

    You would add str_bio_head="Change Me" to your existing shortcode, not add my example to your page. Hope that make sense.

    09/29/2016 at 9:48 pm #393722
    Estelle Taylor
    Guest

    Hi Steven,
    I’m afraid it doesn’t. When I’m in connections, templates, I can see that the core templates allow for shortcode override… but I don’t have that option with Excerpt Plus 2.0. How/where do I modify the template?
    Estelle

    09/30/2016 at 10:12 am #393813
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ Estelle

    re: I’m afraid it doesn’t. When I’m in connections, templates

    It has to work because that is how the word “Biography” is set initially. If it didn’t it could not be set and then not displayed.

    My suggestions…

    • Edit the page again, switch the post editor to the Text tab and make sure there is no HTML tags in and/or around the Connections shortcode and the template shortcode options within the shortcode. If you copy paste shortcode or options from a website into the Visual editor you will also paste the underlying HTML that is used to display it on a web page. This is not a bug or limitation with Connections. This is how the WordPress posted editor is designed to function.
      • If you are using any sort of page caching either server side or a WordPress plugin make sure you clear the cache otherwise you will not see the change.
      • I see you are using the Divi theme, if I remember correctly they have there own builtin cache too, make sure you clear it.

    re: I can see that the core templates allow for shortcode override… but I don’t have that option with Excerpt Plus 2.0.

    Yes, that option is available and displayed for all templates on the Connections : Templates admin page. This is a core builtin feature that works with all templates regardless of being the free core template or the premium templates. It is really, really odd that you can see this for the core templates but not Excerpt Plus. The only thing I can think of is that another plugin is somehow hiding it by not limiting its own CSS/CSS files to its own admin pages.

    Any way the template shortcode override is template="excerpt-plus", but you do not need it. The template is displaying fine on your site.

    re: How/where do I modify the template?

    Here are a couple links to docs which cover this:

    Hope that helps!

    10/04/2016 at 7:59 pm #394294
    Estelle Taylor
    Guest

    Thanks, Steven, I got it to work!

    10/05/2016 at 10:03 am #394345
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ Estelle

    Great to hear!

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