[Roy Costa]

Two questions please:
1) Is there a way to export all entries into CSV, etc?
2) I am setting up families in our church, so family “Doe” has husband “John” and wife “Jane”. I’d like just the families to show up on the main directory page and when you click on John or Jane’s link, you would see their individual directory entry. I thought by changing the individuals to private that might do it, but that doesn’t seem to be it. Can this be done?

[Roy Costa]

Actually, let me revise the questions.

1) Because I decided to try cMap template (I have the pro version). I can turn on the choice to select categories, but I’d like it to start the page with a default category. Or, to show Families as default, rather than individuals.

2) Still hoping to be able to export data

3) For the cMap template, the family or individual names touch the border of the photo. How can I tweak the template to move the name just a little to the right, or add a space before the name?

Thanks!

[Roy Costa]

P.S. Is there a way to remove the breadcrumbs at the top of cMap?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Roy

re CSV export:

Right now the only point and click method to export Connections data is to use phpMyAdmin and export the Connections tables directly from the db.

re: List families only:

I think you want to use the list_type shortcode option. You can use this to limit the output to families only. One thing to note, when you use this option the Family template type will be used so you’ll need to activate cMap for that type on the Connections : Templates admin page under the Family template type. Hope that makes sense!

re: Names touch image:

Could you share a link to the page that showing this … it shouldn’t happen. To provide a fix I need to see the page.

re: Breadcrumbs:

cMap doesn’t have breadcrumbs. Sounds like that is part of the theme design. Can you attach a screen capture showing what you mean?

[Roy Costa]

Thanks.
1) Okay on export
2) I worked around this by creating a menu item that takes me to url where I’ve filtered on families
3) On ‘names touch images’, I worked around this by changing php files just a tad
4) Sorry – it is the theme so I’ll bug the theme developer

New question – how do I remove any and all images (photo / logo) in cMap? I tried image=’none’ and tray_image=’none’ but to no avail. And I refreshed my cache. But I still see the “empty box” where the picture would go. Thanks!

[Roy Costa]

P.S. For printing, I’m using a firefox add-on called Print Edit that lets me delete elements we don’t want before printing real pretty.

Also, is there a way to show a family with husband, wife, etc. but not showing the “label” of husband, wife, etc. Again, using cMap.

[Roy Costa]

To add 1 more question, and to summarize them all here:
1) New question – how do I remove any and all images (photo / logo) in cMap? I tried image=’none’ and tray_image=’none’ but to no avail. And I refreshed my cache. But I still see the “empty box” where the picture would go. Thanks!

2) Also, is there a way to show a family with husband, wife, etc. but not showing the “label” of husband, wife, etc. Again, using cMap.

3) In cMap, the alpha index shows up right next to the Search Box (both are right aligned on the page in general) – is there a way to left align the alpha index and keep the search box right aligned?

Thanks!!!

[Roy Costa]

Sorry – 1 more!
4) On the bottom of the card, there is Show Map |
Is there a way to get rid of the ” |”

[Roy Costa]

Sorry for the posts. Either I think of new questions, or I figure some out, so I’m trying to save you time. I think I’ve lessened the question list down to the following:
1) is there a way to show a family with husband, wife, etc. but not showing the “label” of husband, wife, etc. Again, using cMap.
2) On the bottom of the card, there is Show Map |
Is there a way to get rid of the ” |”
3) Is there a way to add an asterisk (for example) after someone’s name if they meet a certain category. For example, if John is an officer of our group, but Jane is not, John* would show up.
4) We are showing birthdays as Month Day. This shows up on the website as underlined with dashes, and when you hover you mouse over the date, a question mark shows up. How can I just make this regular text?

Thanks!!!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Roy

re: Remove image placholder:

You need to add this to the shortcode image_fallback='none'. That will remove the empty image placeholder.

re: Remove family relation label.

Unfortunately the logic that renders this on the page is pretty “dumb”, basically meaning, there is no option or way to use CSS to hide this label. I’ll have to address that. If you can manage editing some PHP you can remove the label that way. The line of code you need to edit can be found here.

re: Left align the character index:

Add the following to the theme’s custom CSS area or to the end of its styles.css file:

#cn-cmap .cn-alphaindex {
    text-align: left !important;
}

re: Hide the map divider pipe |:

Add the following to the theme’s custom CSS area or to the end of its styles.css file:

#cn-cmap .toggle-map-divider {
    display: none;
}

re: Asterisk by name when in specific category:

The short answer is no. The long answer is, you could probably as some PHP to check for a category and then output the asterisk. I can can refer you to a dev that does custom work on templates if this is something you’d like to pursue. Just let me know.

re: Dotted underline beneath dates:

It’s been awhile since I’ve seen this popup … See this FAQ.

I think I answered all the questions. Please let me know if I missed any. Thanks!

If you have a moment, I would truly appreciate a review as they really do make a difference. Many thanks in advance!
http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/connections

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