[Steven Zahm]

@ Michelle

re: excerpt

More or less just an fyi, there will be a minor update to Gridder coming soon. This changes the logic of the excerpt to use the core excerpt function in Connections vs a custom one in Gridder.

Settings the value to 0 will display the entire bio, effectively turning off the excerpt.

re: view profile link

The only to to move this is to edit the template’s PHP file. If that is something you are comfortable doing, here’s how.

Edit the card.php file found in this folder:
../wp-content/plugins/connections-gridder/

Locate this block of code at the bottom of the file:

if ( $atts['show_profile_link'] ) {

    echo '<div class="cn-gridder-detail-link">';

    /** @todo Should use @see cnEntry::getPermalink() instead. */
    cnURL::permalink(
        array(
            'type' => 'name',
            'slug' => $entry->getSlug(),
            'text' => __( 'View Profile', 'cnt_gridder' ),
            'home_id' => $atts['home_id'],
            'force_home' => $atts['force_home'],
            )
        );

    echo '</div>';
}

Move it to right after this line:

if ( $atts['excerpt_length'] ) {

That will move it above the excerpt.

To make your change update safe, follow the tutorial on custom template override files.

Hope that helps!