[Steven Zahm]

@ Bruno

When I release updates to Connections, that is when I include any new translations. I do not have an eta for the next update other than maybe in the next month. There’s some really great under the hood stuff being added…

With that said, you do not need to wait for me to release an update to use updated translation. See this FAQ for more detail:
http://connections-pro.com/faqs/ive-added-or-updated-a-translation-do-i-have-to-wait-for-an-update/

I hope you find that helpful!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Lisa

There’s already a Graduate College Date type that you can use. The date format can be changed on the Connections : Settings admin page under the Display tab.

Class Location would require a custom field. Presently custom fields can only be added programmatically which requires a dev. As for being able to filter by graduation year and location, those too would require a dev to custom develop for you. If this is a path you’d like to take, I can recommend a dev with a lot of experience working with Connections and creating custom solutions. Just let me know and I’ll ask him to stop by here so you and he can get in touch.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Marcel

There is an export method available that was donated by another user. It is not a WordPress plugin but a separate script which is a little complicated to setup. They created it for a few of their clients which seem to be happy enough.

You can find it here along with the instructions.txt.
https://github.com/shazahm1/Connections-Export

Hope that is helpful to you.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Sharai

re: I bought the Form extension under the impression you can include custom fields in the submission form. Please advise how I do this…
You can, but there is no point and click method available at this time. They must be added programmatically by a developer. There is extensive inline phpDoc that is very thorough for each of the functions a dev would need to use to add custom fields. There are several free extensions I’ve released as working examples that a dev can refer to when coding custom fields, those too have very thorough inline phpDoc. Granted those docs are for devs and not users, but trust me, the level of inline phpDoc I write I far above most other plugins.

If you need a dev, to add custom fields, let me know as I can recommend one to you that has a lot of experience with Connections, its templates and custom fields. Everyone that I’ve referred to him has been very pleased.

re: Your plugin is great, but I must say your documentation is very poor and sporadic
I understand and do very much appreciate your feedback. Documentation is hard and takes a lot of time to write … more time than to code something actually, believe it or not. I am frequently adding and updating the docs. Currently I have 107 FAQ/s and 117 doc pages published which generally covers over 90%+ of what I usually get asked in the support forums. Admittedly, the doc pages that are available are very basic, but that is on purpose because I do my best to follow the core WordPress philosophy of decisions, not options (I feel Connections already has too many options…). Where I deviate is… I also try to cater to more advanced/experienced WordPress users by providing many methods to tweak or customize Connections to suit their needs. It is these “advanced” customization options and techniques that there really is no documentation for except for what one will find in these support forums.

With all that said … I hope it is not taken as me being defensive, just explaining the current state.

Is there any specific documentation you’re looking for or maybe not able to find other than custom fields? I’ll make sure to add it to me docs todo list.

[Steven Zahm]

@ roy

Hmmm, that’s a core error that is being displayed… I wonder if I can improve it by adding the path to the message. I’ll look into that after I finish this reply.

The directory is ../wp-content/uploads/csv_files/. The ../wp-content/uploads/ folder should be writable in a WP install and for some reason yours is not. You need to manually create thecsv_files and make sure it’s writable so the file can be uploaded into the folder.

I hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Enn

Oh, sorry, I mis-read that!

See this WordPress doc page to setup WordPress in another language:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_in_Your_Language#Manually_Installing_Language_Files

This is what you need to add to the wp-config.php file for Spanish:
define ('WPLANG', 'es_ES');

If I remember correctly … in order for the Spanish translation to be used in Connections, the Spanish translation must also be set up and properly configured for WordPress…

If you do not have the MO/PO file for WordPress (not Connections) you can download them from here:
http://i18n.svn.wordpress.org/es_ES/trunk/messages/es_ES.mo
http://i18n.svn.wordpress.org/es_ES/trunk/messages/es_ES.po

I might be easier for you to use this plugin instead to setup Spanish for WordPress:
http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-native-dashboard/

[Steven Zahm]

@ Richard

Neither have shortcode options, well technically Form does, but there are only there to support users upgrading from version 1.x to 2.x. They’re now deprecated, so I pulled down the doc pages for them.

The installation instructions for each can be found here:
http://connections-pro.com/documentation/form/form-installation-instructions/
http://connections-pro.com/documentation/link/link-installation-instructions/

After revisiting the installation instructions for Form, I did seem to neglect mentioning about the Form settings tab that can be found on the Connections : Settings admin page. Form can be further configured on that page. All the legacy shortcode options, plus, can be configured on that page.

I’ll update the installation instructions to mention that page … very sorry for the trouble!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Travis

Sorry, no, not presently because Link is designed to work transparently in the background.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Enn

If you do not want to use the translation that comes with Connections, then adding the custom Spanish translation to the wp-content folder is the only way.

The wp-content folder is a standard core WordPress folder found on your webserver which you can access via FTP. I can not be more precise than this because it depends on where and how your WordPress is installed on your webserver, sorry.

You might have overlooked this in my original reply… this is extremely important because you state; “I just want to change the “show bio” and “show map” from my Cmap template into Spanish.” This can not be done with the MO/PO files for Connections.

To change those strings in cMap follow these instructions:

There are template specific strings in cMap that would need translated but you do not need any MO/PO files. They are all translatable using shortcode options. Please see this FAQ. The complete list of str_***** option can be found on this page.

Hope that helps.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Kathy

No problem, let me know what you find out … if it is something I can fix, I will and if I can’t, I’d like to add it to the FAQs.

If I have not asked and 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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