SHORTCODE FOR CONNECTIONS FORM

@ Jose

There is no shortcode. There is just one checkbox in the settings to enable.

Navigate to the Connections : Settings admin page and click the Display tab. Scroll down to the Result List Actions section and enable the “Submit New Entry” option. You can optionally drag and drop the actions in the order you prefer. Lastly, click the Save Changes button.

Form simply lets your site visitors submit entries to the directory. If that is all you are planning to do, that one checkbox is all you need to do.

However…

Now, you said “for users to enter info to the Directory“. Do you mean to let your registered WP users to add and maintain their own directory entry? If that is the case, you will also need the Link extension. If that is you plan, then you would not enable that checkbox in the Form instructions, as noted in the Tip in the instructions. You would only need to follow the configuration instructions for Link. (You could do both as that is exactly what some people want to do, but most want to let just their users add and edit their own entry.

Hope that helps!

ps. What could I add or change with the instructions that would have made this clearer for you?

@ Peter

RE: We do not need the Title, Organization, or Department fields on our registration form. Can these fields be blocked using shortcodes?

No, there is no shortcode to remove those with. You can use CSS to hide them. Like so:

#cn-form #cn-metabox-section-title,
#cn-form #cn-metabox-section-organization,
#cn-form #cn-metabox-section-department {
    display: none;
}

You would add this to the theme’s custom CSS area. If you allow the user to chose the entry type to submit, this is not going to work well, because when they toggle the selection, the fields will unhide according to their choice.

RE: If not can required fields be highlighted with an asterisk?

I thought This might be able to be done with CSS too, but I tried a few things unsuccessfully. So, the only way to add these would to be to edit the PHP. The you would have to adjust the CSS styles to account for the space the asterisks would take up.

RE: can the Image input be eliminated?

Yes, in the settings. Navigate to the Connections : Settings admin page and click the Form tab. You can choose which fieldsets to display and in what order.

Hope this helps!

@ Peter

RE: it works for a few seconds and then reverts to the old form with title, organization and department displayed.

Hmmm, yeah, I did not think of that. What you are seeing is correct. When the form is loaded and the user does not have a choice, the proper fields will be shown. Not sure this will work either but try this instead:

#cn-form #cn-metabox-section-title,
#cn-form #cn-metabox-section-organization,
#cn-form #cn-metabox-section-department {
    display: none !important;
}

RE: can I lock the Category field to only accept “Member”

Set the default category to the “Member” category. The on the Forms settings tab, uncheck the “Categories” option if the Fieldset section. The entry submissions should default to “Members” without give the user the option to select categories.

Hope that helps!