Reply To: Error when updating plugin // Changing states entry to drop down

09/03/2014 at 3:46 pm #302697
Steven Zahm
Keymaster

@ Tim

Does/Did Connections and WordPress work fine with image before updating Connections to 8.1? It is nearly impossible image that neither GD or Imagick is not installed. GD is nearly universal. WordPress uses both but needs at least one. If neither of these are truly installed, you’ll have to contact the host there’s nothing I can do about that because that is server level software. Ensure one is installed will definitely address the scalar warning.

Could I get a temp admin account, I would love to check this out myself?

As for the state drop down. That is something I was going to include this last release but it didn’t make it … maybe the next one.

You’d have to manually edit a PHP file adding it. These are the two locations you’d have to edit:
https://github.com/Connections-Business-Directory/Connections/blob/8.1/includes/class.metabox-entry.php#L1257
https://github.com/Connections-Business-Directory/Connections/blob/8.1/includes/class.metabox-entry.php#L1477

You would have to change the type to select and add an options key which would be set to an associative array with the key being the state abbr and the value being the full state name.

Hope that helps!