[Steven Zahm]

@ terrigoodness

The page is empty when I visit…

I think I see the issue and it is being caused by the theme. It is loading a version of jQuery which is not bundled with WordPress and an old version at that. This will break plugins that depend on the correct version of jQuery.

I run into this enough that I built in a function in Connections that can attempt to fix this… Go to the Connections : Settings admin page, click the Advanced tab. Check the jQuery option and then click the Save Changes button.

Let me know if that resolves the issue.

Oh, if you’re using tile or Tile Plus, I’ll be releasing an update within a week that’ll address the tiling bug with the latest Connections as well as adding support for a several of the new features in Connections.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Richard

Good to hear!

If you have a moment, I would truly appreciate a review as they really make a difference. Many thanks in advance!
http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/connections

[Steven Zahm]

@ cwhittaker

How did you back up your site? Did you just use the Export option in WordPress? That does not export any data from plugins that use custom tables for data such as Connections. If you didn’t delete the database from your other WP installation, no, you data is not lost. You can use a tool such as phpMyAdmin and export the Connections tables from the database an import them into the new database. Another solution … if the old site is still accessible you can use most of any of the WordPress Backup plugins that are available as most will backup all custom plugin tables too.

I hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ ciba

Great to hear the issue is sorted. Let me know when you deploy the site, I’d like to list it as a live sample on the cMap template product page.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Brad

Did you put the [connections] shortcode on the page? If you did, can you switch to the TwentyTwelve theme to rule out a theme issue?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Timothy

That would be very nice, but how about a review instead?

If you have a moment, I would truly appreciate as review as they reallly do make a difference. Many thanks in advance!
http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/connections

[Steven Zahm]

@ Ian

It is being caused by the theme, specifically the width being set in this file. Here’s the relavent section of code:

input,
select,
textarea {
    background-color: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #ddd;
    color: #999;
    font-size: 14px;
    font-size: 1.4rem;
    font-weight: 400;
    padding: 16px;
    padding: 1.6rem;
    width: 100%;
}

To fix it, you’ll have to override that width. Here’s how to do it in an update safe way with 0.8.x:

Create a new text text file using Notepad and save it with the following contents named as cn-custom.css.

#cn-cmap form.cn-form select.cn-cat-select {
    max-width: 100%;
}

Login to your site using FTP and go to this folder:
../wp-content/uploads/

Create a new folder named: connections-templates.

Upload the cn-custom.css to the connections-templates.

That should do it.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Richard

For some reason the Shutter Plugin for Nextgen is causing a fatal javascript error in IE. try deactivating that plugin.

Not releated … but in the blocks in the header that contain the social media icons, there is an error. There are closing /p tags that should be there … as far as I can tell.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Richard

Yes they can be altered and somewhat easily … depends on your familiarity with CSS. Here’s how to do it in an upgrade safe manner with version 0.8.x:

Create a new text text file using Notepad and save it with the following contents named as cn-custom.css.

#cn-search-input {
	background: #FFFFFF none;
	border-width: 1px 0 1px 1px;
	border-style: solid;
	border-color: #DFDFDF;
	border-radius: 3px 0 0 3px;
	-moz-border-radius: 3px 0 0 3px;
	-khtml-border-radius: 3px 0 0 3px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 3px 0 0 3px;
	box-shadow: inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
	-moz-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
	-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
	box-sizing: border-box;
	-moz-box-sizing: border-box;
	-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
	color: #888;
	display: inline-block;
	font-size: 12px;
	float: none;
	height: 28px;
	line-height: 20px;
	margin: 1px 0 1px 1px !important;
	padding: 3px 6px;
	text-align: left;
	vertical-align: bottom;
	width: 140px;
}
#cn-search-input:focus {
	color: #373737;
}
input#cn-search-submit {
	background:  #FFFFFF url(../images/icons/search.png) no-repeat 8px center;
	border-width: 1px 1px 1px 0;
	border-style: solid;
	border-color: #DFDFDF;
	border-radius: 0 3px 3px 0;
	-moz-border-radius: 0 3px 3px 0;
	-khtml-border-radius: 0 3px 3px 0;
	-webkit-border-radius: 0 3px 3px 0;
	box-shadow: inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
	-moz-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
	-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
	box-sizing: border-box;
	-moz-box-sizing: border-box;
	-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
	cursor: pointer;
	font-size: 12px;
	float: none;
	height: 28px;
	line-height: 20px;
	margin: 1px 1px 1px 0 !important;
	padding: 3px;
	text-align: left;
	vertical-align: bottom;
	width: 30px !important;
}

Tweak the above CSS to suit.

Login to your site using FTP and navigate to this folder:
../wp-content/uploads/

Create a new folder named: connections-templates.

Upload the cn-custom.css to the connections-templates.

That should do it.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Steve

Great to hear! Apologies for the trouble! This was a massive update and I missed a few things during testing (the maps did work for me).

I do have plans for some maps improvements which I think will be better than simply linking to Google Maps.

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