[Steven Zahm]

@ jim

There’s really only two solutions. The first is that the template would have to be rewritten to be compatible with the latest templating engine for Connections — in five years I’ve vastly changed it 5 to 6 times, each time maintaining as much as backward compatibility as possible. Connections >= 0.8, some of the oldest backward compatible code was removed in order to move forward. There would be a cost for the dev time to rewrite it which leads me to the second option.

You might be able to downgrade Connections to a version that is compatible with your template. I believe that would be version 0.7.9.7.

There is a third option that I just thought of — you could remove line 54 from the template.php file found here:

../wp-content/connections_templates/waaesdorg/

I think the remainder of the template would function just fine.

Oh, there is a fourth option too. Last year, I suggested possibly purchasing the cMap template instead since it is pretty close to you custom template.

I hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Johnny

Nothing for you to do. I removed Market from your purchase and disabled its support license key. I resent the sales receipt email with cMap added and its support license key.

Hoe that helps.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Shirley

Honestly, I do not know … I’ve never tested. Looking thru the code (emails are sent using a core WordPress function) it does not appear so. You can try separating them by either and comma or semicolon and test it but I’m pretty certain the emails would fail to send. I would have to added the logic necessary to send to multiple recipients. Best I can do for now is log this as a feature request.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Rebecca

Ok, there’s nothing that can be done about that, sorry. Here’s why…

You have the directory on the page multiple times under different tabs, which is fine Connections will obviously work, but it is not compatible with the character index because the Connections shortcode is not aware of any other instances of itself when used on the same page or any other instances where it is used in your site.

The character link will only jump to the very first instance of the character group of the character clicked, even if that character group is in a hidden tab. If the very first instance of that character group is in a hidden tab, there is nothing to jump to.

Updating Connections would not fix this and would actually be even less compatible, sort of, because the characters when click will filter the results by the character clicked. The click will cause a page refresh which would mean the current tab would lose focus and every instance of the shortcode would filter by the character that was clicked on all tabs on the current page. The Connections shortcode can be configured to ignore the filtering so that effect can be mitigated on a per shortcode instance, but the page would still refresh and tab focus will be lost even if you allowed only a single instance of the shortcode to be character filterable.

I really hope that makes sense!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Annie

It can be safely posted here as a private reply.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Steve

I pushed out this update yesterday … you should see it as an available update in your WP admin.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Erez

re: but can you please explain to me the differences between all locations:

../plugins/connections/
This path is the core Connections plugin which you installed from wordpress.org.

../plugins/connection-slimplus-template/
This path does not exist, but I think this is the path you mean:
../plugins/connection-slim-plus/
This is the plugin path to the Slim Template which your purchases from here and installed. The template requires the core Connections plugin.

../uploads/connections-templates/
This is one of the paths in which custom files can be placed. The files within the this path will override some of the core Connections files which will be update safe.

../uploads/connections-templates/slim-plus/
This path is like the one above, but specific to the Slim Plus template.

To learn more, read these QuickTips:
http://connections-pro.com/2014/05/04/quicktip-custom-css/
http://connections-pro.com/2014/05/07/quicktip-custom-css-templates/
http://connections-pro.com/2014/06/04/quicktip-custom-template-override-files/

This is a lot of information… but Connections has an extremely flexible templating engine which can allow anyone to create really unique directories if they choose.

re: when doing a search/category filter – it has text “You are now filtering for category X…” etc – and then a link “Clear Search”. in which PHP this is located?
I strongly advise against this as you will have to make the changes every time there is Connections update. Instead, read this QuickTip:
http://connections-pro.com/2014/05/04/quicktip-easy-text-changing/

Even though you can use the Say What? plugin to do this, the right way would be this:
http://connections-pro.com/documentation/connections/translation/

This is how MO/PO files are created and managed for Connections.

Darn, I just looked, there is a bug with the “Clear Search” button which is why it is not translated.

The file name is class.template-parts.php and can be found here:
../plugins/connections/includes/template/

I’ll have to push out another bug fix release to fix the “Clear Search” button so it can be properly translated.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Steve

Ok, then there’s not a problem.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Steve

Screenshot looks right … I haven’t bundled a thumbnail with all templates. You are talking about the “Thumbnail Not Available” messages/boxes, yes?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Steve

Fantastic! I’m going to begin work on buttoning up 0.8.11 and push it out.

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