[Brett Stephenson]

Hi

Im using a Ink themes template but I can’t seem to find card.php to make possible extra custom fields

do you have any wordpress template that you recommend to use with Connections using cMap

[Steven Zahm]

@ Brett

re: I can’t seem to find card.php

For cMap, the file path will be:
../wp-content/plugins/connections-cmap/

This is a cMap template file, not a WordPress theme file which is why you can not find it in the theme.

re: do you have any wordpress template that you recommend to use with Connections using cMap

For the most part, you can use any WordPress theme you want. Just make sure it is current and well supported. In general, in well supported current themes the worst that ever happens is minor CSS conflicts which are for the most part easily resolved.

Hope this answers your questions.

[Brett Stephenson]

Thanks Steven

I’m a bit new to all this coding stuff so please bear with me !

in the doumentation you say

If you copy paste the above code, there are a few items you should
absolutely change… You should change the function name
cn_register_custom_metabox_and_text_field. Function names should
always be unique. If you do not make sure of this, you will crash your
site.

is it important what I change the name to?

and do I need to change both instances?

eg

add_action( 'cn_metabox', 'cn_register_custom_metabox_and_text_field' );

function cn_register_custom_metabox_and_text_field() {

[Brett Stephenson]

hi again

I’ve changed the name and the new field appears in the users listing admin/edit area but does not show on the front end

in fact I think i may be doing this all wrong to achieve what I want

I’ll start a new ticket – please ignore this one

[Steven Zahm]

@ Brett

re: is it important what I change the name to?

Nope, just unique.

re: and do I need to change both instances?

Yes, they must match.

re: I’ve changed the name and the new field appears in the users listing admin/edit area but does not show on the front end

Registering the custom field does not automagically cause it to display on the template. The reason is a custom field could represent any type of data or not to be displayed at all. To display it in the template, you need to follow the instructions at the bottom of the tutorial for displaying the text field.

I hope this helps!

[Brett Stephenson]

Hi Steven – did you get my contact email re the sscit directory sample you showed me?

the previous ticket re that seems to have disappeared & I just want to make sure you got my message

[Steven Zahm]

@ Brett

Yes, I received it. I ran out of time yesterday and did not get thru all my email. I’m catching up today so I’ll be responding soon.

Apologies for the delay!

ps. here’s the link to the other thread, not disappeared ;)

http://connections-pro.com/support/topic/create-searchable-field/

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