[Steven Zahm]

@ Diane

1. Yep, that is exact what Excerpt was designed to do.
   2.A. Filtering by multiple category drop downs would require custom work. There is no template available that has this type of feature. If this is something you’re interested in. I do have a developer I can recommend. Just let me know and I’ll has him to reply to this forum topic so you and he can connect.
   2.B. You could highly expert witnesses uses CSS. As an example, add this to the theme’s custom CSS area:

#cn-excerpt-plus .expert_witness,
#cn-excerpt-plus .expert-witness{
    background-color: yellow;
}

Now any entry assigned to you expert witness categories will be highlighted yellow.

1. Excerpt Plus was designed to show only the bio by default. You can selectively turn on the other entry details by using shortcode options. see this page for all the options avaiable to Excerpt Plus. Here’s quick example shortcode that’ll turn on most/all the details for an entry within Excerpt Plus:

[connections 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']

1. The Link extension would be an option, but there is not a way to limit what they can edit. Meaning they would be able to edit their categories and bio.
2. What is the exact shortcode you’re using to change the color?

I hope that answers all your questions thoroughly!