[Steven Zahm]

@ Sarah

Have you activated the template for use on the Connections : Templates admin page? What is the exact shortcode you are using? Can you please share a link to your directory page?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Naveen

RE: When someone used to add an entry through front end, it created him as a WP user of “Subscriber” role also and she navigated to the WP admin panel.

Sorry, this is not possible. The Form/Link addons can not add WP users. If you are using a WP user registration plugin, this is exactly what should happen. You need the user to register if you wish for that user to be able to add an edit their own entry.

RE: I purchased Link add-on so that Connections’ user profiles be separated from the WP users.

Sorry, but this is not possible… Link does the exact opposite. It “links” a WP User to a Connections entry for the purpose of permitting the user to maintain their entry. You need to have user authentication. Think of it this way – do you have a profile anywhere on the web which does not have a method to authenticate you before changes can be made?

RE: I need WP admin panel access to only roles other than Subscribers to my Connections Directory

There are plugins for WP you can install that can block user access to the WP admin based on the user role.

RE: how can I change the look of the form. Like changing the fonts and highlighting some fields using CSS.

If the CSS is something quick and easy, sure, I can give some small snippets to get you started. But, I need more specific examples. The font for example is pickup from the theme. HOw do you want a field “highlighted”? Keep in mind, Connections will highlight the name fields in red if they are not filed in because they are required.

RE: You can have a kind look into my installation to confirm me I’m doing everything correctly as expected.

I took a quick look. Things seem to be correct. The one change you will need to make on the Connections : Roles admin page. You need to allow the “Subscriber” to view at least the “Public” entries or they will not be able to view anything in the directory while logged in.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jaclyn

This is added as part of the templates. I recommend the cMap template. I see you’ve purchased Enhanced Categories (thanks!) — when you set up cMap, I would recommend disabling the category dropdown filter in cMap.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Naveen

RE: I need a “referred by” field to be added to the form so that people can refer me as ‘introducer’ to the directory.

Would a simple text field work? If so, I do have a developer doc/tutorial which you could follow to add a text custom field which you can use as your referral field.

RE: how can I add my Connections category list to site widget?

Do you mean add the Connections Categories to the theme’s sidebar using a widget?

If yes, then you will need the Widget Pack extension, it includes a Category widget.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ David

RE: Can you please provide any CSS with regards to making the layout horizontal instead of vertical.

Sorry, no, that is what I meant by the styling is provided as is.

RE: Is there a way to add a drop-down to the Country field during registration: the problem we are having is users entering different variation of countries for example, US, USA and United States.

I’m assuming you are using Form for your users to submit their entry, yes?

If that is the case, navigate to the Connections : Settings admin page and click the Fieldset Configuration tab. Scroll down to the Address section. Enable the Autocomplete Country option.

RE: it appears as if the search form is including countries and states of non-approved/moderated listing, is there a way to not have that happen?

Sorry, no. To keep things as speedy as possible, search is actually an intensive operation. The entry status is not part of the query.

Hope this helps a little.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Naveen

Apologies I am a little trouble understanding what exact you need help with. I see you have purchase the Circled template and the Form and Link extensions. These will allow you to take user submitted entries and allow the submitor to maintain their own entry. If you need help with configuration to achieve this, I certainly can help. I am just no certain what you mean by “current users can introduce next level of users to the directory so that the hierarchy“.

Since you would like users to be able to add and maintain their own entries, the first step would be to setup a user registration process. This comes built in to WordPress and many users already have a user registration process setup using third party plugins so Connections does not provide this functionality.

If you do not have this setup, you could use the features built into WP or use a plugin like User Registration. There a many freely available plugins like this you just and to choose one that provide the features you require.

After you have user registration setup, then follow the setup instructions for both Form and link:

• Form: https://connections-pro.com/documentation/form/#Add_the_Submit_Entry_Link
• Link: https://connections-pro.com/documentation/link/#Configuration

If you have not configured Form at all, then you actually only need to follow the configuration instructions for Link.

I hope this helps to get you start. Let me know if you need any further assistance.

[Steven Zahm]

** @ JV**

Good to hear you figured it out. To disable the map using the Customizer, click an entry name so the preview refreshes displaying the single entry profile view. You can then disable the map again in this view. The two views can be customized separately to provide you with greater flexibility.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Age

Great to hear! I thank you for taking the time to report issues.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Sarah

It appears you might being using page caching on your site. After adding your entries, please clear your page cache. Hope this helps! Let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Rich

RE: If I used Say Whay? plugin, I could change the name of a label and then move it so it displays above the contact persons name?

The say What? plugin only allows you to change strings within a plugin, such as the field labels for the contact first and last name. It will not have any effect on the display or how it is positioned in the templates within Connections.

You would have to edit the template in order to make that type of change.

RE: I noticed when adding an entry that I can create a custom field. Anyway to get that custom field to display?

Navigate to the Connections : Settings admin page and click the Display tab. You will find the Content Block section on this page twice. Once for the entry list view and once for the single entry profile view. In each of these sections you will find the “Custom Fields” option. Enable it in one or both and save the changes.

Hope this helps!

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