[Steven Zahm]

@ Jared

The is no built in way or an easy work around that I can think of … something would have to be custom developed. If that is something you would like to pursue, I do have someone I can recommend. Just let me know and I’ll ask him to get in touch.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Tim

It is possible, but you would need to edit the template in order to show it. You would need to add the following line to the card-bio.php file where you would want it to be shown.

<div style="display: block; margin-bottom: 8px;"><?php $entry->getCategoryBlock( array( 'separator' => ', ', 'before' => '<span>', 'after' => '</span>' ) ); ?></div>

I hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Mike

Sure, I can provide more detail… I have a feeling I’m going to bounce around a little, so hopefully this won’t be too confusing.

This is an API that I’ve built, meaning it is just the foundation for stuff to be built on. So, yes, using this at this point would require coding. A point and click user interface for building custom metaboxes will have to be built as a separate extension for Connections, but even with that, one would still have to modify their template of choice if they want some type of specific presentation of the custom meta.

With that said… I did build one thing into the core Connections and its core templates. Watch the first video again… Anything entered into the custom fields metabox will be displayed on any of the core templates as an unordered list. So one can put add any textual based meta to any specific entry.

I did give the ability for developers to hook into the method that handles the output of the custom meta so they can create their own way to present the meta. This is what I did with the Business Hours extension which is why it doesn’t dump out as an unordered list.

There is already two other dev out there building on top of this new API to customize Connections to better suit their requirements. The one has built/building three extensions that add additional features. The first is a metabox to define if the entry is an Affiliate or Member. I have seen it, but I’m guessing it’s just a simple radio selection or drop down. The second is some type of “discount” which collect and saves several pieces of info about the discount such as name, description and such. The last is is something to do with “level”. I don’t know any more specifics about that one. My impression is that he is quite happy with the flexibility.

This should definitely allow just about anything to be built for Connections … galleries, coupons, ratings, reviews and so on…

Hope that give you more insight!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Stephan

1. Is doable, but you would need a custom template developed for you that would only display just the name/category and when click on would link to the detail view.

2. Yes, however, you would need the Link extension. This would add a profile like page which the user could maintain their own entry.

I hope that answers your questions thoroughly.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Shawn

The character index is a core feature available to all templates so it will be shown on Tile Plus.

I hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Steve

You’re using the Bio Entry template which is one of the core templates that come with Connections. None of the core templates present the logo. Only the commercial templates for sale show the logos as an option.

I hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

The issue is that, likely the theme, is include an HTML shim script. The purpose of these shim scripts is to enable HTML5 features in browsers that do not support them. They work pretty well … but, there seems to be a bug in this shim script.

When you click on a category, the “Search” placeholder string in the search box is being sent too. So you’re actually searching for “Search” within the category being clicked. Obviously not what we want to do.

The fix will be to remove the “Search” placeholder text. To do this easily, we can use another plugin.

Changing the search string can be done with the Say What? plugin.

It’ll add a new Text Changes menu item. Click Add New, enter the string exactly as shown in Connections, enter connections [notice the lack of capitalization, that's important!] as the domain and then enter your new text.

The new text you want to ad will be nothing, leave it blank.

That should fix it.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Mark

Since Link reuses the same metabox which are used in Connections, you would use connections as the domain.

The domains are somewhat easy to find. The plugin should include it in its file header. So, if you go to the Plugin Editor admin page, select the plugin that your looking up the domain for and click Select. After the page refreshes, near the top of the file you should find Text Domain. That will be the domain that you need for Say What?

Hope that helps.

[Steven Zahm]

@ camwills

I’ve send josh an email asking he stop by and reply. You should hear from him very soon.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Mark

Sorry, no, there is not.

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