[Steven Zahm]

@ sarah1202

When you first add the widget it will use the date format that is set. If you change the date format after, it will still use the originally set. The date format can be changed in the widget itself on the Appearance : Widgets admin page. This is by design so a different date format can be set in the widget.

The upcoming anniversaries and birthdays are listing the “upcoming” date, not the actual date of the birthday. So, the years, when shown, will display the “upcoming” year. To explain further… If the celebration date has already past in the current year the following year will be shown. If the date is yet to come this year, the current year will be shown.

The reason for the design decision is because most people would rather the year not be shown so someone can figure out the exact age. Hope that make sense.

[Steven Zahm]

@ karikirch

I just tested each string you wanted to change, it works as expected. What version of Connections and Form do you have installed?

Original	Text Domain		Replacement
Category	connections_form	Province
Select Category	connections		Select a Province
State		connections		Province
Zipcode		connections		Post Code

[Steven Zahm]

@ James

Right now it is not possible to sort by a custom field… it’s new feature so there is still more to do fledge out that feature.

Another solution, what others have done. They’ve used another field that is sortable and put their sort criteria in that field and then just hide that from being displayed on the front-end. It’s the only other way I can think of. One thing to keep in mind, the field will be sorted as a string, not a number, even if you put a number in the field. It is an important distinction because numbers sorted as strings can give you results you might not expect.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Larry

Thanks for taking the time to answer a question!!!

@ karikirch

To answer your first question … there are no shortcodes for Form to change those strings, however, they can still be changed quite easily. Take a look at this QuickTip. Let me know if you need any additional help with this.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Larry

No problem!

If you have 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

[Steven Zahm]

@ Michael

Great to hear!

If you have 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

[Steven Zahm]

@ Rich

Which version of the Widget pack do you have installed? What page is the directory home page set to and what is that page’s ID? Does it match the page_id in the URL?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Rich

The [upcoming_list] shortcode only supports anniversary and birthday as list_type options. It’s never been updated to support the new date types… there just really hasn’t been a large demand to add the others … even so, it is on my todo list, but I can not commit to when the feature will land.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Larry

The Login extension has just been released, free for all! Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ RobertB

re: 1)
The free core template do show the categories within the details but none of the premium templates do for two reasons. The first most users seem to prefer not to show that and second that many of the premium templates have a method to filter by category. If the user is opting to filter by a category, they will now the category of the entries being shown making it redundant info.

re: 2)
So all three membership levels are WordPress user levels, yes … nothing really to do with Connections other than they should be able to view the directory or not right? If that is the case, you can set the role capabilities on the Connections : Roles admin page.

re: I see the private and public but not sure where the private is referring from….a WordPress user level of permissions?
Public/private can mean two things depending if you have the directory set if the user must be logged in to view it or not.

If the user is not required to login to view the directory, default, then private means the user must be logged in AND have the role capability to view private.

If the user is required to login to the view the directory, nothing will be shown until the user is logged in. After the user is logged in the user will only be able to view entries if they have the role capability to view public and/or private.

I hope that is clear enough and makes sense!

re: search
Connections does not integrate with the core WP search for two reasons. Commingling the search results with blog post/page results can be very problematic in displaying the results in a way that is coherent and would make sense to the user. There is also a technical difficulty because Connections does not use a CPT as do many/most/all the other directory plugins. The reason for this is that Connections is older than the CPT feature in WP. I did consider switching to CPT but decided not to as the db schema for post/pages and directory isn’t ideal. It can be made to work like other directory plugins but I would have to drop many of the unique features Connections has vs the others.

Hope this helps!

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