As mentioned in the Working Towards 8.2 blog, I’ve been commissioned to add the ability to custom order the categories. I’ve made a lot of progress and I will soon be ready to beta test it. All-in all, this is yet another major release as the changes are far and wide. Not only do these changes make …
I’m switching up the way I’m going to develop and release updates a little. Currently, like many projects, I define milestones and prioritize the tasks within each milestone and once those tasks are finished, the update is released. I’m going to continue working like this but instead of adding several large tasks per milestone I will be only …
This bug fix is long overdue, I admit, but it includes a laundry list of minor edgecase bug fixes. It also includes two major changes, something I would not normally put into a bugfix release. The first major change is that the code for categories was rewritten from the ground up .This was actually in the works …
The Widget Pack is one of the more popular extensions for Connections because it adds many useful widgets that can be added to the theme’s sidebar. I’ve been working on a massive update to all the currently available widgets, implementing all the most requested features. Here’s an overview of the new features you can expect …
Connections was built from the ground up for tweaking… I’ve already covered how to create Custom CSS files and Custom Template CSS files now I’m going to go over how to tweak the template card PHP files in an update safe way. This QuickTip starts off very similar to the other two so if you have …
Likely the most popular feature of Connections is its templating support which is extremely flexible … I’ll be posting more on this topic. What I’d like to go over in this QuickTip is if you make a tweak to a core template how to make sure that tweak is update safe. All the core templates …
This QuickTip is very similar to the Custom CSS QuickTip but with one very important distinct difference, this is template specific custom CSS loading. And just like the Custom CSS QuickTip this is update safe so you will not lose this custom CSS when you update either Connections or the template. The first thing you need is the …
In this QuickTip I’ll explain how to have Connections enqueue a custom CSS file that contains your CSS tweaks in an update safe way. Here’s how… The first thing you need to do is create a new text file and name it cn-custom.css. Use you favorite text editor to add your Custom CSS for Connections …
All the template available on this site allow you to easily change many text labels by setting a shortcode option. See this FAQ on how to use this feature. This is a great easy to use feature when you just need to change a label while be displayed in the template. However, sometimes you need change …
The CSV Import Extension has received a significant update. The most notable improvements are: Much improved documentation on the plugin’s admin pages. More efficient importing requiring fewer database queries which means importing happens a little quicker. Further improvements to import efficiencies will be gained when Connections 0.8 is released. Imports now happen in small batches …