[Scott]

http://chipseal.org/2015/member-directory/

I would like to remove the title “Work” and the word “Work” from the Phone, Email and the other titles. All of these listings are work based info so to have the word “Work” repeated 4 or 5 times just looks bad.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Scott

Checkout this QuickTip. You can use the method outlined to change strings throughout Connections and other plugins in an update safe way. This includes the the labels you want to change.

There are some template specific string which can only be changed in cMap with a few shortcode options. Please see this FAQ. The complete list of str_***** shortcode option can be found on the doc page for cMap. You’ll notice you can even change the labels using shortcode options. If you use those options, they would even override the strings changes that can be done with Say What? in the QuickTip.

Hope that helps!

[Scott]

Frankly, none of the above works. Say What doesn’t work and your example looks nothing like the current plugin, there is an extra field to populate the you don’t discuss. Also, using the strings like str_work_email= and leaving it blank so that no label appears, that doesn’t work either.

It would be so much easier if you had a 5th choice for all these labels – NONE! I’m really finding that this plugin is not as easy as you have described it to be. Very frustrated.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Scott

re: Frankly, none of the above works.
Lots of people use these methods. They do work.

If you are copy/pasting the examples from the web page into the WP Visual tab on the post editor, that is going to cause you trouble. That’s not a Connections issue, it is just the way it works. Either manually type the options or paste them while in the Text tab on the post editor.

Switch the post editor to the Text tab and remove any HTML that is inside the shortcode.

I mention this, because looking at your page again … it looks like the shortcode options are broke due to HTML being pasted in. This breaks the WordPress Shortcode processing. Unfortunately, there’s nothing I can do about it. The same goes for all other plugins when working with their shortcodes. I say this because instead of an email label is see, str_work_email=.

If you didn’t copy paste, then there must be a typo. If you reply back with the exact shortcode as you have as it is now and I’ll correct it for you.

re: our example looks nothing like the current plugin, there is an extra field to populate the you don’t discuss.
The additional field in Say What?, that’s new. Just leave it blank.

re: It would be so much easier if you had a 5th choice for all these labels – NONE!
You said you wanted to remove Work from the labels, you didn’t say you want to remove the labels. It is an important distinction. to remove the labels, use this shortcode:

[connections addr_format="%line1% %line2% %line3% %city%, %state% %zipcode% %country%" phone_format="%number%" email_format="%address%" link_format="%title%"]

re: I’m really finding that this plugin is not as easy as you have described it to be. Very frustrated.
Just about all of it is plug and play … all options are optional. The advanced shortcode options are there for those that want to tweak. They are not necessary to be used at all. Better to have the advanced options than, not, yes?

Question for you, a new template launched the other day, Gridder. I tried something different with its doc page. Do you find its doc page easier to understand?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Scott

I just updated the Say What Quicktip to include a mention about its new field with a new screen capture. Thanks for highlighting that discrepancy.

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