[Steven Zahm]

@ dafrye

I think another script or maybe the theme is interfering with the default core WP jQuery files. Please try this. Go to the Connections : Settings admin page and under the Advanced tab select the jQuery option and click update. That should resolve the issue.

Let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Tim

Right, using these filters disable the use of the object caches which will mean more db hits; about 7 per entry displayed on the page. That’s not the end of the world considering WP can already be db intensive. Two things that can be done to mitigate the additional db load. Use a template that supports pagination and add a page caching plugin.

I think what I may do, rather than baking it into the plugin, is create a free extension that’ll add a bulk action.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Sue

The alpha index has receive a significant update. Instead of jumping to a letter group within a list, it will filter the list by the character clicked. If you’re receiving 404/s I suspect it is because default option did not set for some reason during the update. To fix it go to the Connections : Settings admin page and enter char in the Character URL Base option under the Advanced tab and save.

That should do it. Apologies for the trouble.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Blake

By default, the links will route back to the current page. What you need to do is define a new location for the links to route to. Think of it as a “results” page of sorts where you only have the [connections] shortcode.

The easiest thing to do is create a new “results” page with the [connections] shortcode. It can be named anything you want. Now, go to the Connections : Settings admin page and change the Directory Home Page to the new “results” page. Lastly, update your current page with the category shortcodes to force the links to route to the directory home page, like so:

[connections category='12' force_home=TRUE]
[connections category='11' force_home=TRUE]
[connections category='10' force_home=TRUE]

If you need to point the links to a page other than the directory home page for your setup. Alternatively, you would create a new “results” page with the [connections] shortcode. It can be named anything you want. Take note of the new page ID. Lastly, update the category shortcodes to force the links to route to the new page instead, like so:

[connections category='12' home_id=X]
[connections category='11' home_id=X]
[connections category='10' home_id=X]

X would equal the new page ID. TIP: with this method, you could actually have a separate “results” page for each shortcode instance.

Oh, I shortened the shortcode examples for brevity, you can still use all the other options you have set. The shortcode on the “results” page can also have options set as well, if you require it.

I hope that makes sense. Connections is pretty flexible so many things can be done a couple ways depending on what you’re trying to accomplish.

I hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Blake

Yes, using CSS would be the only option unless one were to remove it from the template PHP code. Glad to hear you figured it out! I’ll add it to my feature request list for this template.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Ruth

What are you attempting to do? Add the categories? To which template?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Karelle

The issue is the number of words in the bio. The shortcode seems to be right on the boundary for the excerpt cutoff. If you can add another short sentence and I’m certain it fix the issue and function like the rest.

I think your seeing this because of a bug … I think I’m stripping the shortcode string from the excerpted text too late. I’ve logged it as a possible bug so I’ll definitely dig into it deeper.

Let me know if the “fix” works.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Anton

The copy bug? That was fixed in 0.7.9.2 released 09/30/13. If you haven’t updated; I recommend that you do.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Mike

Not absurd … I know one user has over 4000 categories. There’s some performance issues with that many that I’m trying to work out as the admin pages take a little too long to load. I only have a few hundred categories in my testing site, but one of the improvements I already made yielded greater than 300% improvement on the manage page for me. On a page that has over 4000, that percentage only goes up.

So you do not invest too much time with trying to make the tip in the SO link work… unfortunately, it will not.

I am literally working on rebuilding every meta box on the add/edit manage page. What I can do it make sure there is a filter in place that you can hook into for the 0.8 release. I’m shooting for mid to end of November.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Riki

If I understand the question correctly … any of the templates that have a category drop down would allow the user to search and filter category. I hope that helps!

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