[Steven Zahm]

@ Cara-Dee

The issue is that the cMap template is not installed. That is why you are not seeing the category drop down and search. You’re using the Bio Entry Card which does not have those features.

I hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Joshua

Yes, that should work for Slim Plus too, here the CSS to use:

#cn-cmap h3:after, #cn-slim-plus h3:after {
	border: none;
}

Probably the best place to add new address and phone types is in the class.options.php file. Unfortunately the only way to add them right now is to edit the core file. It is easy enough for me to add a filter so they can be added in an upgrade safe way. The only reason I haven’t yet is because I need to do testing to make sure that adding has no unexpected results; I’m primarily thinking of the vCard. I can add the filters in the so they are available in the next bug fix release scheduled for this Friday.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jody

The template was designed with the assumption that the default image size would be used so the width for the left-hand side is set at 49%. Maybe a better choice in the design would to be set the max-width instead. I’ll consider changing that in the next release. Any that is way the email is being run to the next line, the total width is wider than 51%. Where the browser decides to brake the line is out of my control … seems Chrome just does better job at guessing.

If you remove the width set here in this file, that should fix things for you. If you do go with that option, I suggest giving this QuickTip a read-thru so you know how to make this change update safe.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Mikel

Great to hear!

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

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jody

The template was designed with the assumption that the default image size would be used so the width for the left-hand side is set at 49%. Maybe a better choice in the design would to be set the max-width instead. I’ll consider changing that in the next release. Any that is way the email is being run to the next line, the total width is wider than 51%. Where the browser decides to brake the line is out of my control … seems Chrome just does better job at guessing.

If you remove the width set here in this file, that should fix things for you. If you do go with that option, I suggest giving this QuickTip a read-thru so you know how to make this change update safe.

[Steven Zahm]

@ John

Sorry, But I don’t think I understand what you’re asking … those image dimensions are the default image sizes for Connections. Connections will scale and/or crop the images to those sizes based on the ratio setting on the Connections : Settings admin page.

Now with that said, templates such as Excerpt /Plus and Slim /Plus will dynamically scale/crop images to fit the required image size for the template. Templates like cMap and Market use the logo and the logo image size by default but that can be set at the shortcode to use the photo image at any size you define. The defined size could be anything, the image would be cropped/scaled dynamically to the defined size.

If I haven’t confused the issue, sorry if I did, it’s because I don’t quite understand … but general guidelines…

The image size you upload needs not be any larger than the largest image size you plan on using.

The image should be center weighted … meaning the focus object of the image should be in the center of the image because all the scaling and cropping will be based on the center.

Most cases 96dpi is sufficient, but if the over all pixel dimension are not in the mega-pixels uploading higher dpi images is fine.

I hope I answered your question or at least came close to answering it and it helps.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Kathy

I browsed around your site, it seems that many pages, hit or miss, have very high load times. Connections will only affect the page on which the [connections] shortcode was added.

I see you have at least cMap and Form. I can tell from the minified CSS and JS. I found the page with Form, but not cMap. Can you please share a direct link to that page?

As for the load time for the Connections page, how many entries do you have on it? I recommend no more than the 20 that cMap defaults to as a max. WordPress limits posts per page to 10, one blog pages, in order to help prevent long load times. Having to many posts or Connections entries on a single page will cause many database queries. So this really is not a issue limited to Connections.

I also see that you are using W3TC, great plugin, I use it too on this site. One thing to keep in mind, it can create very high server loads when not properly configured for your webhost. I highly recommend turning off most options and enabling them one at a time doing after doing page load time analysis to determine if the feature is providing a benefit or not.

I hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

Many thanks! It is very appreciated!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Cara-Dee

re: category drop down
The site is behind a coming soon landing page, I can not see the directory. If you give me a login, I’ll take a look.

re: location
Ok, I see, then in case, yes then you need to use categories. That will necessitate some in depth custom coding in order to support with multiple category drop downs but definitely still doable. A more plug and play approach might be to add the following to the shortcode:

enable_category_multi_select=true enable_category_group_by_parent=true

Both these options are undocumented beta features. Maybe they’ll suit your needs.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Mikel

You need to make user accounts in WordPress for your church members to be able to login and then give them the link to the WordPress login page. Alternatively, you can install a WordPress plugin that has a widget that can be placed in the theme’s sidebar or a shortcode for a login which can be placed require login message area on the Connections : Settings admin page.

I’ve noticed that many churches mark the page as “Password protected”; that’s that page where you added the [connections] shortcode. The distribute that password to the church members, not as secure since it is “public” password, but is easier to manage than creating user accounts for every church member.

Hope that helps.

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