[Steven Zahm]

Thanks!

If you have a moment, I would truly appreciate a review as they really do make a difference.

https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/connections/reviews/

Thanks in advance for your time!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Richard

I’m assuming the Upload210918okmail.csv file is the one you are trying to import? Correct?

There were a couple issues with the file.

The first was is there there were roughly a hundred blank rows. Should not be a major issue but does cause much more processing than necessary.

The second was the file encoding. Please make sure it is UTF8 encoded when you export the CSV file.

Attached is a corrected and test file.

Hope this helps!

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[Steven Zahm]

@ David

RE: 1 – Gender Location

Use this CSS:

#cn-list span.honorific-suffix {
    display: block;
}

RE: 2 – Speciality

Already done with the other CSS I supplied.

RE: 3 – Hide the logo image

Open the Template Customize for cMap, click an entry name in the Preview so the preview refreshes to the single entry profile view.

Navigate to the Image panel and choose the desired image type.

Publish and exit the Customizer.

RE: 4 – The search field by keyword.

Sorry, but I do not understand … the keyword search field already does this function. Or do you to search the notes field? If that is the case, navigate to the Connections : Settings admin page and click the Search tab. Ensure the Notes field is selected. For the best results it is advisable to limit the number of fields to the absolute minimum required for your use case.

RE: How can we hide the directory search/filter from inside the consultant page ?… It appears inside the page.

Sorry this is not possible at this time.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Richard

That would be correct, please upload the CSV file you are trying to import, not the originating Excel file.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Richard

RE I can send the last file I tried but cannot see how to attach it.

You need to login before you can attach files. Alternatively, you can copy it to a publicly accessible locations and then share the link with me.

Which version of the CSV Import do you have installed and using?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Richard

On the Connections : Manage admin page at the top of the page there are links. Click the one that says All.

Right below there are three dropdowns. Make sure all of them are set to all and then click the Filter button.

Right below those to the right is the controls for pagination, click the << button.

Do the entries you’ve added/imported display on the Manage admin page now? If not, can you search for a name that you know that you’ve added/imported? Does it return as a search result.

Let me know what you learn.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Vegas Slots

Sorry, I’m not sure I understand… Connections does crop its images automatically. I took a look at several pages on the site but I did not see that had Connections on it. I was hoping to see the pages as that have Connections on them as that might have helped me accurately answer your question.

Could you share a few links where Connections is being used so I can take a closer look?

[Steven Zahm]

You could try using the method explained in this developer tutorial doc.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Michael

RE: I updated the plugin and it was automatically deactivated and disappeared from my plugins page.

Which plugin? The core Connections plugin?

RE: I tried reinstalling after renaming the existing connections folder and received the below error upon activating the plugin.

You can not just rename the folder, you have to move it out or delete from the plugins folder otherwise that will cause conflicts in WP as it tries to install/upgrade/activate plugins and themes.

RE: Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.

That is truly odd because that error is being called from a core WP file, not a file from within Connections or any of its addons.

Check the permissions of this file:

/wp-content/install.php within the WP install. The error states the permissions do not allow it to be opened by /wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php

Connections does make reference to the /wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php file on install/upgrade right before using a couple core WP functions to check that its table exist and created them if they do not.

So if the permissions on the /wp-content/install.php make it so it can not be opened, that would explain why you would get this error which would occur for any other plugin referencing /wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php to access its functions.

Hope this helps, let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

@ David

RE: How can we use the images instead of the logo? It will be easier if we replace a line of code in the template to locate the image rather than the logo.

Navigate to the Connections : Templates admin page and click the Customize button for cMap. The page will reload displaying the Customizer on the left and a preview on the right.

Click the back arrow in the upper left of the Customizer.

Click the Image panel.

Change the Image Type from Logo to Photo and click the back arrow in the Customizer.

Click the Bio Tray Image and change the Image Type to None. Click the back arrow in the Customizer.

Now click an entry name in the preview. Any entry name, it does not matter which. The preview will refresh displaying the single entry profile view.

Make the images choices again.

Click the “Go Back” link above the directory in the Preview.

Do not exit the Customizer. Many of the other questions can be answered by making changes in the Customizer

RE: We don’t the gender to appear in the front end next to the name. Possible to hide it with css? Although we will use the gender in the search category by gender.

I’m assuming the gender has been saved to the name suffix field, correct?

While still in the Customizer, click the Advanced panel. Enter this into the Name Format field:

%prefix% %first% %middle% %last%

RE: This is GMC Number … each consultant have a different number. We want to add the word GMC No. in front of each number. At the moment that number is in the organisation filed. Can we edit the template and add GMC No. in before the number ? All in the front end.

Instead of editing the template, perhaps the better solution is to add it with CSS. Add the following to the theme’s custom CSS area:

span.organization-name.notranslate:before {
    content: "GMC No. ";
}

RE: Change / edit the word Notes to Speciality

While still in the Customizer, click the Strings panel.

Change the strings as desired.

Now click an entry name in the preview. Any entry name, it does not matter which. The preview will refresh displaying the single entry profile view.

Again, change the strings as desired.

Finally Publish the changes and exit the Customizer.

RE; How can we activate the search drop down by category

Since you have purchased the Pro Pack, I will email you the addon with instructions.

While in the Customizer, you should disable both the keyword search and category filter filter in cMap because they will be redundant.

Hope this helps!

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