WordPress 5.0 is due to be released shortly unless there is a last minute decision to delay the release. If you are here reading this, then you are likely asking yourself if Connections is compatible. The short answer is yes! During the past month Connections has been tested against the beta and release candidate versions …
Are you looking for a way to protect the email address of contacts in your directory? Connections provides a several methods which you can use to accomplish this goal. Keep reading to learn how. Method 1: Set the Email Address to Private As you add an email address, change the Visibility option to Private. The …
This is the third post in a series on how to add a checkbox group custom field to Connections. You should review these posts on how to add a custom text field and how to add a checkbox custom field before this one as this post will build upon them. I’m sure you’ll notice much of this is the …
This is the second post in a series on how to add a checkbox custom field to Connections. You should read the first post on how to add a custom text field before this one as this post will build upon it. Before moving on, the first thing you should do is install the Code Snippets …
Link 3.0 has been release today with these new features: It is easier than ever to add the View/Add and Edit Entry links where ever you want them by using the two new shortcodes. Seamless integration with the Login extension. When using Link and Login together, Link will add additional photo and logo image options …
The Login extension was born from many requests for providing a solution to allow the user to login to their user account. One was not provided initially because there are so many great free plugins which already offer this feature for WordPress sites. And so the Login extension was born. The feature set of Login was very …
I had a great question asked in the support forums today and I thought the answer to it would make for a good how-to post. I was asked how to add the Awaiting Moderation widget found on the Connections Dashboard admin to to the core WordPress Dashboard admin page. This is actually pretty easy, requiring …
The last couple months I’ve been very focused on adding the most requested feature, CSV Export, and I’m happy to announce that last week an update to Connections was released, version 8.5.6, which includes the last of the CSV Export tools-the CSV Category export tool. Just like the other CSV export tools added in the …
I’ve been hard at work on the next update to Connections. This update continues my focus on CSV exporting. The new tool adds support to batch export the categories as a CSV file quickly and efficiently. My test database has nearly 2,000 categories and it exports all of them in only a couple seconds. A …
Last week Connections finally had the highly requested CSV export feature added. It included four export tools which could batch export addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and dates. For many, having these export options is more than enough to meet their needs for creating email or address lists. Others, though, still need a far more comprehensive export …