[Steven Zahm]

@ Linda

Add this to your shortcode:

str_note_head='Keywords'

Hope that helps.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Linda

There is no show logo option. You could change the image to display the logo instead of the photo by adding image="logo" to the shortcode. Does that help?

[Steven Zahm]

Thanks. I needed to confirm that I was looking in the right spot in GWT. The %25 is the URL encode for a percent “%” sign. What is the exact name entered in Connections for the Monastery Coffee entry?

Two things, when I release 0.7.9, this will be resolved as I’m just going to make sure WP doesn’t output the /feed/ endpoint on Connections pages. There’s nothing output there anyway. Although, annoying, this doesn’t hurt your SEO. But I’m certain I’ll get to the bottom of it.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Gina

Lets see…

1. Yes, the directory can be set to require the user to login before being shown.

2. Instead of Form, I suggest using Link instead. Your users will be able to be able to input their details and have it moderated or not by the admin. Changes would also be moderated or not. The intent with Form is to accept moderated anonymous entries from site visitors.

3. Sorry no, there is no custom field support at this time.

4. Yes, but you need to use Link.

5. Sorry, no.

6. Not sure I understand the question.

7. Yes, currently the Pro pack include every extension and every template listed on this site.

8. Technically, 30 days support forum comes with the purchase for the items purchased. I only say technically because I have not been enforcing any limits.

I hope that addresses your questions and concerns!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Julie

Since this is for site members, the real option would be to use Link. The form is still an admin page and a little more limited.

Hope that answers your question.

[Steven Zahm]

@ James

Sure, every template can be styles using CSS. Actually, that is exactly how each is styled. You can either choose to use CSS selectors that override the current style or alter the CSS files that come with the templates.

Custom fields, sorry, I can’t really say. I’ve put off some things because I’ve been focusing on a complete code clean / revamp the last six months with the goal to make Connections far more easily extensible. I’m still in the process of during that while adding new smaller features to the core of the plugin so I can’t even begin to give an eta, sorry.

I hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ kris

I think rather than duplicate my answers I’ll add links to the other posts; but we can continue the discussion in this post rather than all the others. sound good?

Here’s the link to my reply on the CSV Import question:
http://connections-pro.com/support/topic/how-to-make-a-directory-of-existing-wp-users/#post-268124

Here’s the link to my reply on hiding/defaulting to Individual / Private entries.
http://connections-pro.com/support/topic/add-entry-hide-fields-not-using-in-publish-box/#post-268098

An additional thought that just occurred to me is, you might be able to use CSS to hide the additional optionals without negatively affect the functioning of Connections.

Try adding this to the cn-admin.css file:

#visibility label[for^="vis"] {
    display: none;
}
#visibility label[for="vis_0"] {
    display: block;
}
#entry-type label[for^="entry_type"] {
    display: none;
}
#entry-type label[for="entry_type_0"] {
    display: block;
}

Sorry, but Connections doesn’t currently support custom fields so there is not a way to add any new items to the form.

I think the linking issue is related to the member plugin’s actions during the user login. If you grant me a temp admin account, I can login and apply a hot fix that seems to resolve the issue for others.

Did I address all the questions?

[Steven Zahm]

@ kris

Apologies for the delay… I’m working on replies to all your posts right now.

Yes, if you use the CSV Import to import your users, when your users login with Link installed and active, they will be able to update their entry details with or without moderation. That’ll depend on how you set up the role capabilities after activating Link.

I would just do a test import of a couple dummy entries.
Create matching dummy WP user accounts.
Log out.
And then login in to each dummy account to make sure the Link is applied as expected. Some member plugins hijack the login process, not a bad thing, however Link does not get a chance to run to look for a match. If that is the case. I’m pretty certain I have a solid fix … it’s been an issue I’ve been tracking. Just let me know. You can give me a temp admin account and I can make a slight tweak that been resolving the issue for everyone else.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Seth

The short answer is; I don’t think Connections is going to meet your project requirements, sorry. Here’s the long answer…

1. Sorry, this is not possible with Connections or any of its extensions. I’ve had a few other request this as well so it is on my feature request list.

2. Connections does not have a payment gateway feature. Again, this is on my feature request list. Although, I think it might be better to offer extensions for Connections that integrate with the more popular member plugins rather than create one for scratch that users would end up have to make separate purchases. I say this because this request usually comes from those wanting to run member site. Honestly though, at this point, I do not know if integrating with any of the member plugin is possible.

3. Yes. The core templates just use the same layout. The premium templates do have a single view.

4. Correct, no reviews or comments. This is definitely something that will come as an extension. The past 5 months of development of Connections has been very focused on cleaning up is code and making it more extensible so I can add features like this.

I’ve been working on Connections for about 6 years now, starting with knowing nothing. Over the course of that time I’ve become fairly proficient. Future-wise; I will be continuing its development for as long as I can foresee so maybe in the future Connections would be better suited to meet you needs and more.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jeremy

I made the changes which should resolve the issues. Please let me know if they do not.

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