concoaThank you, Mr. Zahm. I am still working on this, but have made a little progress.
<h1>1) I need to create a directory that “begins” with displaying only the family groups (showing the family members) in a subdivision. I got that working by placing [connections list_type='family'] in a static page. The template is the “card” and it displays correctly.</h1>
<h1>2) Then, I need users to be able to select members of the family to see their individual profile. This is where I have had trouble. The page Connections generates does not appear to have any formatting.</h1>
I finally discovered the card.php had inline css and the card-single.php did not. The formatting was missing. I created a copy of the card-single.php and placed it in my child theme folders and edited the inline style.
Now I have another concern. I really love the potential of Connections, but is there any way for the program to use the registered wordpress or buddypress members and keep them synched? Do I have to input members in Connections separately from registered users?