[John Boase]

Hi,

I have purchased the pro pack and have setup a site using cMap but the client now wants to show the excerpt in the listing. I have shown them the Excerpt Plus theme but they want to keep the cMap theme and have the excerpt shown in there above the ‘Show Bio’ link.

I tried to follow this link https://connections-pro.com/support/topic/excerpt-plus-v-cmap/ but my card.php file does not seem to correspond with the one shown in that post.

Can this be done please?

[Steven Zahm]

@ John

The code would not correspond since the other user was customizing the cMap template.

The folder and file path is still applicable though.

Using $entry->excerpt(); in the card.php file is sufficient to display the excerpt (a helper function that has been added since that discussion).

After you get it working, I highly suggest moving the card.php file one of the paths outlined in the template override doc.

• https://connections-pro.com/2014/06/04/quicktip-custom-template-override-files/

Hope this helps!

[John Boase]

Thanks for the quick response Steven,

I’ll give that a go over the weekend.

Regards

John

[John Boase]

Hi again Steven,

I want the excerpt to be visible on the listing at all times underneath ‘Categories’ and above ‘Show Bio’ so I placed it in the card.php file as shown in the part of the code below but nothing is showing? Do I have it in the right place?

$entry->excerpt();

<?php

if ( $atts['show_bio'] && 0 < strlen( $bio ) ) {

    $entry->getBioBlock(
        array(
            'before' => '<h4>' . esc_html__( 'Biographical Info', 'connections' ) . '</h4>' . PHP_EOL,
            'after'  => '<div class="cn-clear"></div>',
        )
    );

}

if ( $atts['show_notes'] && 0 < strlen( $notes ) ) {

    $entry->getNotesBlock(
        array(
            'before' => '<h4>' . esc_html__( 'Notes', 'connections' ) . '</h4>' . PHP_EOL,
            'after'  => '<div class="cn-clear"></div>',
        )
    );

}

?>

Regards

John

[Steven Zahm]

@ John

The code does not look like it is from the cMap template. Which file and folder folder path are you editing?

You want to added $entry->excerpt(); to line 140 in the card.php file in this path:

../wp-content/plugin/connections-cmap/

You’ll need the open and close PHP tags too, so, it should be:

<?php $entry->excerpt(); ?>

Line 141 is this:

<div class="cn-tray-links">

That should place the excerpt right after the categories.

[Steven Zahm]

@ John

If you have a moment, I would truly appreciate a review as they really do make a difference.

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

Thanks in advance for your time!

[John Boase]

Thanks Steven,

I was editing the wrong card.php file…doh!

That’s worked a treat.

I can’t leave another review as I left one 5 months ago but I did manage to edit that and give some extra praise in there for you…and rightly so!

One last question and I think I’m done then. Can I have the ‘Show Bio’ link go to the full listing like the link does when you click on the name instead of it opening a dropdown box?

Thanks in advance

John

[Steven Zahm]

@ John

RE: Can I have the ‘Show Bio’ link go to the full listing like the link does when you click on the name instead of it opening a dropdown box?

Yes, you would use $entry->permalink() like so:

<a href='<?php $entry->permalink(); ?>'>Link Text</a>

Hope this helps!

Thanks again for the review :)

[John Boase]

Thanks again Steven,

Worked like a charm.

Excellent plugin and support.

Regards

John

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