[Steven Zahm]

@ Michael

I’m not able to duplicate, but I do not have a Linux install to test on. I tested the loading of the visual editor on Chrome, FireFox and IE — all the latest version.

Can you try other browsers to see if it just isn’t a Linux/FireFox issue (can’t see why it would be honestly).

[Steven Zahm]

@ Kelvin

I’ve found the issue and fixed it. The cause was me being sloppy with a copy/paste. Had I simply click the update button, I would have seen the field didn’t save. I only checked to make sure the visual editor loaded and toggled with the text editor. The fix will be in the 0.8.12 bugfix release. I usually wait until Friday to release bugfix releases, but I’ll try to push this out later today.

You could update the database directly but since the value is a serialized array doing so wouldn’t exactly be straightforward. If you’d like to give a try, here’s the db query to find the option in the db:

SELECT * FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = 'connections_login'

Change wp_options as needed.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Nathaniel

Apologies for the late reply, for some reason your reply ended up in spam and I didn’t notice it until this morning.

I logged in and took a look…

The issue you’re having is the same as referenced in this support forum thread:
http://connections-pro.com/support/topic/out-of-memory-database-error/

SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS DISTINCT wp_connections.*, CASEentry_typeWHEN 'individual' THENlast_nameWHEN 'organization' THENorganizationWHEN 'connection_group' THENfamily_nameWHEN 'family' THENfamily_nameEND ASsort_column` FROM wp_connections WHERE 1=1 AND wp_connections.visibility IN (‘public’, ‘private’, ‘unlisted’) AND wp_connections.status IN (‘approved’) ORDER BY sort_column, last_name, first_name LIMIT 5
`

If I remove the DISTINCT clause from the main query, Connections starts working for you again.

The reason is that the MySQL instance at the web host is running out of memory, likely something only they can address. I do not know why as the query is no more complex than WordPress makes.

I left the DISTINCT query clause removed so Connections will continue to function for you. It should work fine for the most part, but, I have not done the required testing to ensure it.

If you update Connections, you’ll lose that change — just keep that in mind when updating.

I hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Koen

Sounds like you want the Slim template or Slim Plus if you will have many entries and need category filtering and searching.

You will definitely need the Link extension. And it you want front-end editing for the users, then I suggest Form.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Steve

Yep, seems I’m an idiot… I fixed the one section of code for the custom CSS but not the template code paths. I’ll have to push out an update to address the issue. Sorry. I corrected it in version 0.8.12. How soon do you need it? I was going to release it on Friday so it would include any other fixes that might be needed this week.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Julian

Glad to hear you found your solution … when I read this on my phone yesterday, that was my first guess.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jessica

Sorry, no. Form primary feature is to allow submissions into the directory from your site visitors. It also allows the admin to edit entries from the front-end. There are no features to enable email campaigns… With that said, it would be interesting to write an extension for Connections would allow it to interface with services like Zapier.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Chris

Sorry, but I have to disagree if hackers are seeing the Dashboard page, well, lets say, it is way too late and extremely likely they know far more than the bit of harmless info shown in the widget. In order to even get to the code as it can not be loaded directly the hacker has to be logged in to WP and have to correct user capability. So basically three levels of core WP security features would have to be breached.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Kelvin

Currently there is not export option except using a tool like phpMyAdmin to export the Connections tables as CSV file. Or, there is this script that I was provided by another user. This script is not a WordPress plugin, there is no user interface and it is a complicated to setup but it seems to do the job well.

Not the best answer, but I hope it helps.

[Steven Zahm]

@ John

There really is nothing that need migrating. I can be as simple as install and activate (the plugin — templates are plugins) the template and then activating the template (tell Connections which to use). Excerpt Plus does have many configuration options available to tweak it to your liking, but that’s is optional. Excerpt Plus does create its image thumbnail on the fly, for a little more detail, see the exception in this FAQ. Just mentioning it in case you do like the results of the dynamic images. The FAQ basically gives instructions on how to coerce the template to give you the results you want.

I hope that helps!

And…

Thanks for the kind words! If 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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