Only a month after 8.3 was released follows 8.4 with an exciting new feature… the Template Customizer. All the premium templates have long supported the ability to be tweaked by adding options to the [connections]. For a long time now I’ve known this is not the best way to handle this as it can be …
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The focus of development for this release was on admins tools. This release brings a new Tools admin page. The first tools included are System Information, Settings Export/Import and Logs. The System Information tool replaces the System widget that use to live on the the Dashboard admin page. This new tool provides a wealth of …
A question I get from time to time in the support forums is, “Does Connections support custom fields?” The answer is yes, but there is no point and click interface for to create them yet. What does exist is the Custom Fields API. This API allows developers to add custom fields of different types such …
Occasionally I get asked in the support forums if it is possible to not show any entries until a search is performed by a user when using one of the premium templates that support search. This is possible and can be enabled by installing a free extension for Connections. Here’s the download link and the …
On occasion I get asked if it is possible to set a “default category” when displaying the entry list. The simple answer is yes, use the category shortcode option. But, the answer can be a little more complex than that. If you are using any of the templates which allow the user to filter the …
The Widget Pack has been completely rewritten from the ground up to be faster and far more flexible. The changelog really does not do this update justice. Read the in depth feature preview post about the new Category Widget to get an idea of just how big of an update this is. New feature highlights… Probably the most important …
Connections 8.2 was a very solid release and version 8.2.4 builds upon that. Normally I do not post about bug fix releases but this one is a little unique. One of the underhood changes that 8.2 brought was significantly improved code for working with and displaying categories. This improvement not only brought more flexibility which …
An update to the Form extension brings a small but notable new feature, page redirect after a successful submission. You now have the option to redirect to another page on your site after the user has successfully submitted a new entry. Enabling this new feature is very easy. Simply go to the Connections : Settings admin …
Here’s a QuickTip for users of the CSV Import extension… A question that’s popped up in the support forums a few times now is, how can I import into the Custom Fields metadata using the CSV Import extension. There is not a way to do this thru a point and click interface yet. This is …