[Steven Zahm]

@ Annie

Ahhh… ok, now I’m on the same page. Sorry about that!

That is off by default… Go to the Connections : Settings admin page and under the Display tab look for the Result List Content Block and Single Entry Content Block sections. You can optionally show it in either the list or the single entry or both as needed.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Mike

Ok, now I see … helps a lot!

Well, the short answer would be that the next major release of Connections and the Widget Pack would address this [eta, couple months]. A couple weeks ago I added my first stab at rewriting the logic for retrieving categories, extremely robust. The purpose, so I can add features to the category widget such as parent and child of options which is exactly what you want.

You could pull that code early and write you own category widget. It is here, the entire cnTerm class:
https://github.com/Connections-Business-Directory/Connections/blob/develop/includes/class.terms.php#L742

You would use cnTerm::get() to retrieve the categories. Just pass in the options that you need.

Since the class is not finished … it is a bit db query intensive since it does not have a caching built in yet.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Annie

Sorry, impossible to say without seeing the code that you’ve created to add the custom fields. The only thing I can say is the custom field API doesn’t really care if it is an existing entry or a new entry other than checking to see if it should add or update existing custom fields. And the primary difference is the database queries being made.

Throw you code up on Github, I’ll take a quick look to see if anything jumps out at me.

[Steven Zahm]

@ kees de graaff

re: I know there a bunch of people who store their addresses in Word or even spreadsheets.
If they are storing their addresses in spreadsheets, that is exactly what the CSV Import extension is for. You would save the spreadsheet as a CSV file and import that file. With Word, well, there’s no option I can think of other than putting it into a spreadsheet.

re: I thought that connections-pro was all about records off addresses
Sure, that is one use case, most use it for either a business directory or staff directory. Most staff directories I’ve seen Connections used for do not use addresses at all. Basically name, bio, email and social media link.

re: Adresses should kept in the appropriate application. Thats Outlook, Mail for the mac or Eudora, or whatsoever. All those applications use vCards.
Actually all those application use essentially a database to store the contact data, not vCards. They are able to import/export them. Some do a better job than others. Outlook 2010 actually seems to do a pretty pore job of importing vCard not created by Outlook 2010 because it doesn’t adhere to the standard all that well. Really, none of the apps do, unfortunately.

re: And again: with your application I can download vCards. But I cannot upload them????
Yes, because I was able to leverage the use of a third party script that writes the vCards … it has no ability to actually parse a vCard, I would have write that from scratch. With so very few users wanting or needing this feature … I focus development time on the most requested features by the larger majority of the users. If you take a look at the change log for Connections, you’ll see that it is constantly being improved with those requested higher features. I do apologize … but I am not able to provide every feature that every user could possibly want, not because I don’t want to, just would not be practical and it would make Connections extremely/overly complex. I do hope you understand.

[Steven Zahm]

@ kees de graaff

re: a/ It’s not clickable!!! ???? What’s the use of categories then? Or do i miss something?
Sound like you’re using one of the free templates that come with the plugin. The categories are only displayed, not clickable. Many of the template available on this site allow the user to filter the results by categories. If you require that, I suggest looking at those templates.

re: b/ When I’m logged in I se the link (edit) which is clickable.
Hmmm, no one every asked before and adding a edit link to the admin bar when viewing an individual entry. I do like the idea and is easy enough to add, I’ll try to add it for the next release.

re: If i put a image. I do get a very long list with all sort of dat , i’m totally not interested in. Just a example..
I do not understand, what sort of data? Did you enable the plugin debugging?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Deepanshu

You do have Connections activated, yes? Ok, you must have it activated… Which version of Connections do you have installed? Wait, I just took a look at your site, http://lifepositive.com/practitioners/. You going to need Connections 0.8.9 installed for the Link beta to work.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Mike

I think you might have forgotten to paste in the links to the sites… I know I seem to do that all the time. Can you paste the links … I’m visual so that help me with an answer.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Kees de Graaff

Sorry, no, CSV files are completely different from vCards. There has been very little demand for vCard support over the 7 or so years Connections has existed. I believe this is the first time anyone has asked for vCard import support. I’ve added this to my feature request issue tracker.

re: and what is a CSV file?????
Here’s a link to a basic definition as well as basic directions on how to create them.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001356.htm

I hope that is helpful.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Kees de Graaff

Sorry, no, CSV files are completely different from vCards. There has been very little demand for vCard support over the 7 or so years Connections has existed. I believe this is the first time anyone has asked for vCard import support. I’ve added this to my feature request issue tracker.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Samantha

Yes, you can use Connections on the front page, many users setup their directory like that. Your permalink link would like this though…

Permalink to specific entry:
http://healthresourcedirectory.com/name/alternative-treatment-international/

Permalink to a specific category of entries:
http://healthresourcedirectory.com/cat/addiction-and-recovery/

The root bases slugs in the URL like name and cat are required otherwise they would conflict with the core WordPress permalink structure/logic. These can be customized on the Connections : Settings admin page under the Advanced tab.

I hope that helps.

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