[Tim Roberts]

Hi Steve,

My field labels are not displaying. I do not understand it. Can See only phone number. Specifically looking for Organization, Department. Also, would like to know if I can change the name of department and organization the same way I can home address. I do not see this in the shortcode section Need it for a workaround. Thanks.

Tim

[Tim Roberts]

Hi Steve,

I wanted to be a bit more explicit on my message about field labels showing. What I specifically want is the ability to do the following:

Display the field titles in the form type “individual”. Those I wish to display are:

• Title
• Organization
• Department

I can see the content of those fields, but cannot see their labels. This is very important for my directory and especially true for my sorting. These are the fields on which people will sort when viewing my directory. I know I can order_by with each of these. The problem is I cannot see the labels.

The other problem is I want to change the name of the labels for display. I know I can change several with the str_target_label=’desired label’. However, I do not see a shortcode for the fields above. So need to both change their display names on the front end as the user views them and also change their display name. What’s the word on this?

Thanks,

Tim

PS – If I can do this, I do not have to change things in the data base that will be overwritten on updates. Trying to avoid that.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Tim

Those fields do not show titles … there implied by being part of the name group of info. I really only get this request a couple times a year so I have not considered adding them.

Those labels can be added and in an update safe way to by using custom template override files. You would copy both the card.php and card-single.php files from the source template, add the labels to those files and then upload them to any of the paths outlined in the QuickTip.

Does that help?

[Tim Roberts]

Hi Steve,

I have followed the instructions exactly, but have no clue which lines to modify. Is this the area where I would change the display?

 * // START -- Set the default attributes array. \\
     */
    $defaults['terms'] = array();

    if ( in_array( 'family_name', $fields ) ) $defaults['fields']['entry'][]        = 'family_name';
    if ( in_array( 'first_name', $fields ) ) $defaults['fields']['entry'][]         = 'first_name';
    if ( in_array( 'middle_name', $fields ) ) $defaults['fields']['entry'][]        = 'middle_name';
    if ( in_array( 'last_name', $fields ) ) $defaults['fields']['entry'][]          = 'last_name';
    if ( in_array( 'title', $fields ) ) $defaults['fields']['entry'][]              = 'title';
    if ( in_array( 'organization', $fields ) ) $defaults['fields']['entry'][]       = 'organization';
    if ( in_array( 'department', $fields ) ) $defaults['fields']['entry'][]         = 'department';
    if ( in_array( 'contact_first_name', $fields ) ) $defaults['fields']['entry'][] = 'contact_first_name';
    if ( in_array( 'contact_last_name', $fields ) ) $defaults['fields']['entry'][]  = 'contact_last_name';
    if ( in_array( 'bio', $fields ) ) $defaults['fields']['entry'][]                = 'bio';
    if ( in_array( 'notes', $fields ) ) $defaults['fields']['entry'][]              = 'notes';

    if ( in_array( 'address_line_1', $fields ) ) $defaults['fields']['address'][]   = 'line_1';
    if ( in_array( 'address_line_2', $fields ) ) $defaults['fields']['address'][]   = 'line_2';
    if ( in_array( 'address_line_3', $fields ) ) $defaults['fields']['address'][]   = 'line_3';
    if ( in_array( 'address_city', $fields ) ) $defaults['fields']['address'][]     = 'city';
    if ( in_array( 'address_state', $fields ) ) $defaults['fields']['address'][]    = 'state';
    if ( in_array( 'address_zipcode', $fields ) ) $defaults['fields']['address'][]  = 'zipcode';
    if ( in_array( 'address_country', $fields ) ) $defaults['fields']['address'][]  = 'country';

    if ( in_array( 'phone_number', $fields ) ) $defaults['fields']['phone'][]       = 'number';

    $atts = wp_parse_args( $atts, apply_filters( 'cn_search_atts', $defaults ) );

Also, if this is correct, where do I go to ensure the labels display on the front end. Let me know.

Thanks,

Tim

[Steven Zahm]

@ Tim

That check of code is from the class.retrieve.php file in this folder:
../wp-content/plugins/connections/includes/

That has nothing to do with the templates and not in any of the instructions. I really do not suggest altering that file, bad things can happen.

You would only copy both the card.php and card-single.php files from the source template. I can’t tell you the exact path because I can’t remember which template and which version you’re using.

Regardless of the template you would put your label in front of the code for the item you’re adding the label to. As an example the code for the title would be $entry->getTitleBlock(); to add a label you would add 'Title: . before it so you would have somehting like: 'Title: ' . $entry->getTitleBlock();

There may or may not be code in front of or after $entry->getTitleBlock();, that does not matter you would add 'Title: . directly before $entry->getTitleBlock();.

The code blocks for org and dept are:

• $entry->getOrgUnitBlock();

… darn, I forgot, the org and dept are output using a single function so it is not easily done to add labels.

You can use the echo $entry->getOrganization() and echo $entry->getDepartment() functions instead of $entry->getOrgUnitBlock() but you’ll lose the hCard microdata markup and the ability to have the org and dept as links. Neither of which may matter to you.

Hope that helps!

[Tim Roberts]

Hi Steve,

I copied the code above onto a test page to see if it would work. I know it is pulling from the proper card file as I have made a couple of changes and have seen them work. The label is still not showing. It shows the title, but not the label. I want it to look like this:

Title: My Title
Organization: My Org
Annual Income: $15 Million

Where annual income is would normally be department. This is because I can order by department and I must be able to sort via income level. That is critical. Again, I have copied the code exactly on the sample page and I get the output from the image attachment. As you can see, no label visibility. Let me know how to resolve, please.

Thanks,

Tim

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[Steven Zahm]

@ Tim

Tim, now that I know the template you’re using (from the screenshot)…

Change this block of code in the card.php and card-single.php file from this:

<div style="margin-bottom: 5px;">
    <h3><?php $entry->getNameBlock( array( 'format' => $atts['name_format'], 'link' => $atts['link'] ) ); ?></h3>
    <?php if ( $atts['show_title'] ) $entry->getTitleBlock(); ?>
    <?php if ( $atts['show_org'] ) $entry->getOrgUnitBlock(); ?>
    <?php if ( $atts['show_contact_name'] ) $entry->getContactNameBlock( array( 'format' => $atts['contact_name_format'] , 'label' => $atts['str_contact'] ) ); ?>
</div>

to this:

<div style="margin-bottom: 5px;">
    <h3><?php $entry->getNameBlock( array( 'format' => $atts['name_format'], 'link' => $atts['link'] ) ); ?></h3>
    <?php if ( $atts['show_title'] ) echo 'Title: ' . $entry->getTitleBlock(); ?>
    <?php if ( $atts['show_org'] ) echo 'Organization: ' . $entry->getOrganization(); ?>
    <?php if ( $atts['show_org'] ) echo 'Annual Income: ' . $entry->getDepartment(); ?>
    <?php if ( $atts['show_contact_name'] ) $entry->getContactNameBlock( array( 'format' => $atts['contact_name_format'] , 'label' => $atts['str_contact'] ) ); ?>
</div>

That should do it.

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