[Steven Zahm]

@ James

You have to do the latter but the shortcode would be:

[connections order_by='zipcode|SORT_DESC' state='AL']

No need to add the order by state since the list is already limited by state.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Daniel

I just emailed you directly. Please let me know if you do not receive that email.

[Steven Zahm]

@ James

Go to the Connections : Settings admin page and enable the single entry option under the Display tab.

Now go to the Connections : Templates admin page and activate the Names template under the All template type and under the Individual and Organization templates types activate the Bio Entry Card template.

Do not use the template override shortcode option because that will override the settings.

That should do it.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jean-Francois

You know, I didn’t realize the older versions were being used. The option I gave you wouldn’t work with that version because it didn’t exist. Honestly, I’m out of ideas. Newer, versions of Connections and the template have had tweaks to the permalink logic. If you have a dev site, you could try updating the dev site to see if it resolves the issue on the dev site. If you don’t, you could backup the productions site, files and db, so you can roles back if necessary. Then update Connections to see if that resolves the issue. If not, roll back.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Craig

Ahhh… ok I see, The content block show up as all closed when simply updating an entry, but only with the content blocks, the widget is fine. Both the content blocks and the widget use the exact same code for display with the exception if it should be shown or not. Apparently there’s bug with if it should be shown in the content block or not.

Ok… I see the difference….

In the widget I added an option for the use to “Show the operating hours if there are no open days or periods in the week. All days will be shown with a “Closed Today” message only if the show “Closed Today” message option is enabled.” which is off by default.

The content block has no such option… perhaps I should add the check if an entry has no open hours, not to show anything by default. Yes, no? The reason it does not show for pre-existing entries because there is no data. When you add or edit an entry, blank periods are considered closed hours which is why it shows, even if all periods are empty. Whether this is a bug or or feature is a matter of perspective.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Mel

See this FAQ. The complete list of str_*** option can be found on the cMap doc page.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Chris

I see… since one of the primary purposes of Form is to take submissions from “anonymous” site visitors, the assumption is that is they are submitting the info that it is going to be public information. Anonymous site visitors are not, in general, going to supply private details or details not to be listed at all. That’s been my experience that last two years with supporting those using Form. What I should do, is not show the options at all. That was how Form 1.0 worked … I missed that in the massive upgrade that Form 2.0 is. I’ve added that to my issue tracker.

[Steven Zahm]

@ HeatherSF

You have a fancy quote in the shortcode. WordPress does not support those. The fancy quote is the one right before the 2. Notice how the rest are straight quotes?

Here’s the corrected shortcode:

[connections id='2,3,4,5,6,7,9,15,12,14,10,11,13,16,8' order_by='id|SPECIFIED']

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Allen

The logo/image position makes more sense one way or another depending on use. Since many people use the cMap template for business listing most want to use the logo. That is why I chose that as the default.

You can swap the images in cMap with this shortcode:

[connections image="photo" tray_image="logo" str_image="No Photo Available" str_tray_image="No Logo Available"]

See this doc page for cMap for the list of all the options you can use to customize cMap.

How to customize the simple listing page, that depends on what you want to do. here’s some QuickTips if you want to delve deep into customization:
http://connections-pro.com/2014/05/07/quicktip-custom-css-templates/
http://connections-pro.com/2014/06/04/quicktip-custom-template-override-files/

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Glenn

Sorry for the long post, but please take the time to read it thoroughly as I think it’ll help.

re: the private/public radio button is gone.
Right. There can only have access to the options the role has permission to to view as set on the Connections : Roles admin page. When I was developing Link 2.0, I originally limited the entry visibility too. But I decided when editing in the admin the user can change the visibility status of the entry. Depending on feedback, I may change this in later revisions to Connections and Link.

When editing with Form on the front-end, there will only be permitted to chose the visibility status that they have permission to view. Because if the user would chose a status they do not have permission to view, they would lose front-end editing altogether. They would simply get an error message saying they do not have permission to view the/their entry.

re: still not possible to edit on the front end
The “Edit My Directory Entry” link in the admin bar will always take one to the edit page in the admi.
The “View My Directory Entry” link in the admin bar will always link to the user’s entry in the front end.
The “Add My Directory Entry” link in the admin bar will only show to the user if there has not been an entry linked to them. This link will always link to the edit page in the admin page.
The “View My Entry” link in the list actions will always link to the the users entry in the front-end. If there is no entry linked, the user will instead be presented with:
The “Add My Directory Entry” link in the list actions will either link to the admin edit page or the Form submit page depending on if Form is installed and active.
The “Edit My Directory Entry” link in the entry actions will either link to the admin edit page or the Form submit page depending on if Form is installed and active.

The “Submit New Entry” link in the list actions will always be shown and always link to the Form submit page. This link has no relation to the adding/editing of “linked” entries, rather it allows the submission of “anonymous” entry submissions. It was a tough choice to leave this active when both Form and Link are installed because one of the core features of Form is to allow submissions to the directory. I may change this behavior/remove it when both Form and Link are installed depending on feedback. It makes sense how it is now when you think about it, but I definitely see how there will be confusion.

Now, I know you said you are not using the list action link or the entry action links because of your setup. So I’m not exactly sure how you submitted the entry you show in the screenshot. My guess is you simply went to the page with Form on it (added to the page with the legacy shortcode), yes? That will not work for adding/editing a linked entry. That’s why the action links exist… The shortcode is supported for backwards compatibility only for new submissions into the directory.

To edit an existing linked entry in the front-end without using the action links, visit the specific entry and then type /edit/ at the end of the address. That link will resolve to the edit page for the entry using Form.

Your setup is more “complex” than the majority of the users of Connections and these extensions. It’s a setup I’m willing to officially support which is why I’ll add the shortcodes and widget which can be used in lieu of or in addition to the action links.

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