[Steven Zahm]

@ Todd

1. As an experiment. Can you delete the core template that you started with from the Connections templates folder? Also, if you post the code on pastbin or something, I’ll do a quick scan to see if I can see the issue.

2. Can you paste a few of the exact shortcodes you’re using here? And can you share the links to the pages they are used on so I can take a look?

3. If you still have issues, let me know. I have the next bugfix release nearly ready to go. One item that is addressed is making it a little more forgiving … I just hope not too forgiving when making matches. Currently it is very strict by design. This usually gives users trouble with testing even though in actual practice it’ll work just fine.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Nancy

I think Connections gets 2 of these…

By topic, I would say yes, using the categories.
By name, yes. The keyword search will search the name fields. To see if the results will meet your needs. Enter a few test entries and on the Connections : Manage admin page you can test the search.
By region, no. The closest is the list can be filtered by region. If you go to the Connections : Settings admin page and add a check to the Region option under the Links section this will make the state part of addresses in the list clickable. When a user clicks on that link, the results will be filtered by the state clicked. This can also be done with the city and the zipcode.

Oh, for the category search and keyword search features, you will need one of the premium templates that has those features available.

I hope that helps and answers you questions thoroughly.

[Steven Zahm]

No problem. Glad it works for you. When I come back to testing the code more thoroughly I’ll look in to adding an option to flow the categories horizontally.

Thanks for the feedback!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jonathan

You would first have to export the data from the database, use phpMyAdmin or similar tool. I suggest exporting the Connections tables as CSV files that way you can open them in Excel. The table are easy to identify because they all have connections in the name. After you have all tables open in Excel you’ll have to come up with a vlookup calc or something to be able to link the data from the different CSV files.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Philip

If you right click on either of the links before you remove them there will be an option to copy the link address. You can use that link address to create your link.

I hope that helps.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Steve

The only thing I I can think of doing off the top of my head is to remove this line of code:

add_action( 'admin_menu', array( __CLASS__, 'adminMenu' ), 11 );

From the connections_link.php file. After it is removed the menu item will no longer be added.

Hope that helps.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Steve

Sorry no, it is an all or none deal.

[Steven Zahm]

@ kroussel

Apologies, after further testing it seems the only way to remove them is to edit the core PHP files. You would need to edit the class.options.php and remove the options you do not require. You will have to make the change after every Connections updated as any changes will be overwritten as part of the update process.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Mike

Did you not get my email reply the other day? Apologies if you did not. Sorry, I’m not sure I understand your SEO question completely. What I can say is that there is not a way to assign meta keywords to individual entries. My research into that suggests that meta keywords are not that heavily weighted when compared to the actual page content.

Looking at the two rows of CSV data you supplied, yes, the CSV Import will work fine. However, there would be no matching fields within Connections to map the following:

SIC Code,SIC Code 6,NAICS Code,Annual Revenue,Employees,Industry,Desc,SIC Code Description,SIC Code6 Description,

So if that needs to be imported, then, sorry no, the CSV Import and Connections would not work for you. If that data is not required, when mapping the fields in the CSV Import, you can choose to ignore those and they will not be imported.

I hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Alex

Apologies for the delay in my reply!

Are you asking to change the color of the category name in the drop down? Not sure that’ll be possible because that drop down is an enhanced drop down that is created dynamically when the page is loaded.

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