[Peter Mitchell]

I have started my site here: http://myauckland.biz/

Can I add a bottom margin or padding to the individual listing box to create a space between each box? Can I change its background colour? I am familiar with CSS, just need to know what elements to search for?

Can I make the listing boxes paint out 2 or 3 to a line, rather than just stacked one on top of the other – yet retain the responsive aspect of the template? This would make the pages shorter.

Peter

[Steven Zahm]

@ Peter

re: Can I add a bottom margin or padding to the individual listing box to create a space between each box?

Sure I see no reason why you couldn’t, add this to the theme’s Custom CSS area:

#cn-cmap .cn-list-row,
#cn-cmap .cn-list-row-alternate {
    margin-bottom: 20px
}

re: Can I change its background colour?

This is a builtin feature. Go to the Connections : Templates admin page and click the Customize button for cMap. The page will reload with the Customizer on the left and a preview on the right. In the Customizer navigate to the Style panel and tweak away. Then click the Save and Publish button.

re: Can I make the listing boxes paint out 2 or 3 to a line, rather than just stacked one on top of the other – yet retain the responsive aspect of the template?

Sure this can be done… that said, others have tried it only to revert back because the expanding content trays for the bio/map/notes do not lend themselves well to the columnar layout. Here’s the basics to get your started. You’ll need to do a lot more tweaking though.

#cn-cmap .cn-list-row,
#cn-cmap .cn-list-row-alternate {
    display: inline-block;
    margin: 0 10px 20px 0;
    max-width: 30%
}

Hope that helps!

[Peter Mitchell]

Brilliant, thanks. Like you say the column presentation will need ore tweaking.

Re permalinks, I see the url is changed to “http://myauckland.biz/name/sunhill-garden-centre/” for example. It would be ideal to have the “/name/” be the category from an SEO perspective. Is there any way to make that so?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Peter

re: permalinks, I see the url is changed to “http://myauckland.biz/name/sunhill-garden-centre/” for example. It would be ideal to have the “/name/” be the category from an SEO perspective. Is there any way to make that so?

The name slug of the permalink can be easily customized to suit your needs. Go to the Connections : Settings admin page and click the Advanced tab. You can change the name base permalink slug to whatever you want.

Hope that helps! If you have a moment, I would truly appreciate a review as they really do make a difference. Many thanks in advance!

https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/connections

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