[Lynn Weintraub]

Steven, i think i’m almost there. i went back and read your message about custom links and i’m not quite sure where to put this;

If i add these Will these then show up on the “add entry” form in admin?

add_filters( ‘cn_link_options’, ‘cn_add_new_link_types’ );
function cn_add_new_link_types( $options ) {
$options[‘new_one’] = ‘New One’;
$options[‘new_two’] = ‘New Two’;
return $options;
}

The key is I need different links for each outfitter & for each category
would i do;
$options[‘bear’] = ‘Black Bear Page’;
$options[‘whitetail’] = ‘Whitetail Page’;
$options[‘muledeer’] = ‘Mule Deer Page’;
etc for each category?

For example again, Willow Creek Outfitters will have a whitetail deer page, a mule deer page, a black bear page and a company listing. On the main black bear page where all the outfitters will be listed, the user clicks “View Hunt Information” That link would need to go to the respective pages for the outfitter, in this case, willow creek black bear page, a different one for the whitetail page and a different for mule deer page and a different for company listing.

Please tell me this is possible with custom links otherwise I don’t know what to do.

[Lynn Weintraub]

OMG Look at me!!! haha
http://75.103.85.206/black-bear-hunting-alberta-canada/

now i just have to figure out how to change the words View Profile and change the link and i’m good to go!! whew!

[Lynn Weintraub]

following this as mine does the same :)

[Lynn Weintraub]

Oh and i should mention the whole reason for redesigning my site is because I want/need it responsive! I realize that on different devices it will show different numbers/row but that’s okay. not everyone can be first :)

[Lynn Weintraub]

Steven thank you for spending so much time with me…
First I moved everything to Linux server and started over… I will keep my current ASP site live until this new one is done. Moving the site will allow me much more flexibility with WordPress! And yes, my server is VERY outdated, it’s been on there since 1998! LOL

I think the Gridder is going to be the answer for me, however I must have certain items on the gridder panel where it shows, The phone, email and social media icons. What I actually need there is the Owner (outfitter) First & Last Name, phone number, website link View Profile. I know view profile is at the bottom but I really need it at the top. Some of these outfitter have a lot of text and I’d like the profile link easy to find at the top. I looked through shortcodes but saw nothing to do that…

All of that being said, where it says, view profile i will have to change that to say “View Hunt Information” I need it to link to a specific page within my site..

so for example… Willow Creek OUtfitters is listed on my bear page, http://75.103.85.206/black-bear-hunting-alberta-canada/ a user clicks the + and the panel opens and i need to show the owner’s name, phone, website, view hunt information… click on view hunt information and it will go to a specific page that I manually put in the link: http://75.103.85.206/andre-van-hiltens-willow-creek-outfitters-black-bear-hunting/ I need to do it like this because I cannot get all the details I need in your profile page.

Does this make more sense?

[Lynn Weintraub]

oh and i’m calling my webhost right now about the index.php issue and seeing if they can change the mod rewrite

[Lynn Weintraub]

Steven, i messaged you a long post in my other post….
http://connections-pro.com/support/topic/cmap-columns/

let’s just close this one and maybe you can push me in the right direction on my other post… i’m getting there, maybe. I think i’m going to wind up using gridder… it showcases their photos nicely and if i can just add more info to the label i’ll be happy (I think!) LOL

[Lynn Weintraub]

sorry this should say, they have links to: details (bio) with at least 8 photos (now set as bio/ a link to separate photo gallery which i’ve created and used a shortcode in notes/videos that of which i can’t figure out how to get my shortcode to work in notes and i really need a link that says, go to company listing which will have all the above on it!

[Lynn Weintraub]

I’m sorry i was so frustrated last night trying to get all this to work. I searched all over the forums to find out how to get the cmap to display in columns, in a grid on the page right now they line up one beneath the other. The only thing I could find in the support forums were comments that said cmap wasn’t designed that way that I should try gridder or tile (plus). If i’m missing something please tell me where I need to go to get cmap to display in columns in a grid. Thank you!

I tried to create a custom css template and tried uploading it everywhere noted in your post regarding custom css and uploading it to the server and it never worked. I wound up tweaking the actual code.php page which i know is a big no-no because when it updates I’ll lose all my codes! UGH! where do i actually upload this? to my themes/connections-template/cmap/ and if so, how do i activate it?

If i can’t figure out how to make all this work i may have you do it for me!

I know i must be really stupid staring at this for hours upon hours and i’m sure i’m on brain overload, but I can’t for my life figure out how to get the link to view profile to actually go to the profile page, it takes me to …/…/name/xxxxx and says oops nothing is there! What am i missing?

I do apologize for my frustration, it’s a fabulous program and i’m sure you worked tirelessly to do everything possible to make this available for me and everyone else. I really am stumped on how to make this all come together….

sorry for this long post… here’s how my site works:
search for outfitter by species which is a category, right now i have category black bear hunting…
this will show a list of paid outfitters who offer black bear hunts. Each outfitter pays a certain amount, the more they pay the higher they are at the top, which makes it impossible to have a long list one under the other… they have to be in columns.

on the list of bear outfitters they can see photo/details (bio)/photo gallery/videos/ etc. of each outfitter based on what the outfitter paid for…

they should also be able to go to company listing (view profile) i can’t seem to get that to work.

Also, in the notes section is there a way to embed youtube video channel?

I’m SO sorry!!

[Lynn Weintraub]

Steven, I spent hours perusing the support forum to find out how to customize this. It was not an easy task! Now I found that I can’t really utilize cmap because I can’t do columns. I was so frustrated last night but I’m a little calmer today. I have this exact picture of what I need in my head and I’ve been killing myself to make this work without any luck! I’ll keep messing with it, but I’m not sure this is going to wind up working for me. It’s a shame because it could have been perfect if I could tweak the templates to show the information I need. I have an existing site that has been up and running for 15 years. It’s a hunting outfitter directory. I know what my clients need/expect for their paid listings and I’m really trying to find a solution. OH and i can’t figure out why when i click on the persons name to view their profile I get a redirect to a folder called “name” and and Oops the page can’t be found. WHat am i doing wrong?

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