[Steven Zahm]

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@ Erika

RE: It worked!!!!

Great to hear!

RE: how is it determined which order the excerpts are listed in?

Alphabetical by name (last name if an individual).

RE: Can they be alphabetized by city?

See the order_by shortcode option. You can change the order to be by city.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Emily

Not sure how you migrated the site, but the issue was that the Connections tables in the database did not exist at all.

Deactivating and reactivating Connections installed the tables. After that using the beta, I imported your file. Looks like all went well.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ James

Opps… copy/paste error in my last reply. The shortcode should be [connections category=5]

Notice your misspelling of category.

Apologies! Hope this helps (this time)!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Erika

RE: Well vague progress. now it shows this gobbledygook code where the city should be!

That is the code which you pasted in the template to display the custom text field you registered with the code snippet. Make sure that code is between <?php and ?> tags.If you do not, it is just text, not code, and will be displayed on the page instead of being run.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Emily

A few things to try. I recommend 128MB of memory allocated to PHP. The memory could be running out during import if the value to too low. I recommend setting the execution limit to 300. The import does try to do these automagically, but some hosts do block attempts to do this.

Another plugin or the theme could be causing PHP notices which could break the AJAX process required for importing.

Here’s a list of FAQs that covers these.

• How do I increase the WordPress Memory Limit?
• How do I increase the PHP Execution Limit?
• How do I hide PHP Warnings and Notices?

The easiest solution could be to deactivate all other plugins and do the import and then reactivate them all.

If you want me to take a quick look and attempt to import the file I’ll need a template admin login. Details can be posted here as a private reply.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Pieter

First, you are going to need the cMap template. That is the template in use below the category image grid. After you install and activate cMap you would use its Template Customizer to disable the category drop down feature.

Yu need to make a few settings changes to Enhanced Categories. Navigate to the Connections : Settings admin page and click the Display tab. Scroll down to the Categories section.

• Enable the Breadcrumb option.
• Enable the Display option.
• Set the Depth option to 1.
• Enable the Display Children option.
• Disable the Display Count option.
• Enable the Hide Empty option.
• Change the Display style to Image Grid.

All these option are right next to each other on the settings page. That should get results like the demo page.

Hope that helps!

ps. Make sure you upload images for your categories.

[Steven Zahm]

@ James

Two things…

• The correct shortcode would be [connections catergory_in=5].
• It is recommended to use the shortcode on a page only once. You can use multiple which may or may not cause issues which will require a slightly more complex configuration. Without being able to see, I can not be certain this would be anything you need to be concerned about. I just wanted to mention it so you would know.

After you make changes to the page, if you are using a page caching plugin, make sure to delete the page cache so you are certain to be viewing the most current version of the page.

Hope this helps. Let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Matthew

The update to SiteShot was half of it. I had to add a single line of code.

Connections still needs a small change. If you can supply a temp WP admin login, details posted here as a private reply, I can log in and make the change asap. Aftwards you can delete the temp account.

If you are familiar with PHP and would like to make the tweak, here’s the change:

https://github.com/Connections-Business-Directory/Connections/commit/533586dd23af157b3b74e0bf629dab977d66a546

I’ve also updated the instructions so they are applicable to the template you are using:

SiteShot Usage

Basically, you do not use the shortcode, you select the SiteShot Image Type in the Template Customizer. Make sure to read the Tip after the instructions!

Hope this helps, let me know if you would like me to make the change.

ps. This change will also be in the next Connections update which I hope to release by end of week.

pss. The reason for this change is that SiteShot was only ever designed to work with the premium templates, not the freely included one. This is actually mention right in the product description. Honestly, I am not sure why I made this distinction. Wanting to use this with the free templates has not actually come up before now. Upon reviewing this I really see no reason to have this artificial limitation. These changes simply add support for SiteShot in the free templates.

Apologies for the trouble!!!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Rob

Yes, this is possible but requires a slightly more complex configuration.

• Edit the page the directory is currently on. Look in the browser’s address bar and note the ID that WordPress has assigned the page.
• Create a new page. The name is not important but should be relevant. Let’s call the page “Business”. In the “Business” page content, add the Connections shortcode with the home_id shortcode option set to the page ID of the original directory page.
• After you save the new page, take note of its page ID.
• Edit the original page again and add the home_id shortcode option setting it to the new page ID.
• Ensure the new page does not display in your sites navigation.
• Now, when an entry is clicked on your directory page, the links will resolve to the new second page displaying only that entry with no other content.

Hope that helps!

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