[Steven Zahm]

@ Bog

Edit the page and remove the page_limit option from within the [connections] shortcode.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Bog

You set you pagination to a high value. I recommend only 20 per page, the template default. Loading so many entries will increase the loading time. This is not a bug or limitation with Connections. You would experience the same if you were to try and load that many WP posts on a single WP page.

Also, you need to navigate to the WordPress Permalinks admin page and remove the index.php from your permalink structure. This will make the structure compatible with Connections and improve the SEO of your site’s URL/s.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Juan

It see the Participants Database plugin also uses a third party library called parseCSV. Because only loads its libraries if this parseCSV is not present you get this error in Connections. I tweaked the logic on you site a little so Connections will load its libraries. You no longer get this error message.

The import process should be fine, but, the version of parseCSV in Connections and Participants Database is slightly different. This could cause an import issue because the version loaded Participants Database will be used instead of the version with Connections.

If possible, I would recommend temporarily deactivate Participants Database while you do the import in Connections.

Hope this helps! Let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Clint

This is correct as it is not possible to integrate with the core WordPress search because it is highly optimized for only searching WP pages/posts or Custom Post Types (CPT) if they are registered for search.

Connections does not use CPT for its data because the db schema for CPT’s are optimized for post like data only. Connections uses a db schema optimized for directory content for performance and scalability. You’ll find that much larger plugins such as WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads have moved or are moving away from using CPT’s because using them are too inefficient for the custom data schema’s they require.

If you want search, you need one of the premium templates. If you want to have a search input on your home page, use the Search Widget which comes as part of the Widget Pack. You can place this widget in your theme’s sidebar so it shows up everywhere.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Genie

See this tutorial on how to change labels and other text in Connections.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Maurice

Great to hear this has been sorted!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Juan

Ok, I think I know the issue now. I bet another plugin is using the same CSV parsing library which is causing the version for Connections not to be loaded. You forget to include the FTP password. Could you please reply back with it so I can identify the conflicting plugin?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Bill

Open the page in Chrome, hit the F12 key and then click the Console tab.

Google is displaying this error:

“Google Maps API error: ApiNotActivatedMapError”

Which is described here:

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/error-messages#api-not-activated-map-error

Basically this means the Google Maps JavaScript API was not activated. you need to do this as outlined in Step 6 of the Google Maps API Key tutorial.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Virgil

The first place I suggest in starting is thoroughly following the steps outlined in the [Quick Start tutorial]. Perhaps give the Add an Entry and Add a Category tutorials a quick read.

I would then add a couple categories and entries so you become familiar with Connections.

To import your Excel using the CSV Import extension, you’ll first need to save the Excel file as a CSV file. I very highly recommend reading the CSV File Setup Requirements, the Tips and FAQs as those cover 99% of the issues users tend to run into.

You might also wish to opt into the CSV Import beta. YOu can do this by navigating to the Connections : Settings admin page and clicking the Betas tab. Adding a check to the CSV Import and saving will opt you in the beta. After you do that you would navigate to the WordPress Updates admin page and click the check again button. In most cases that will force WP to check for updates again so the CSV Import beta should show as an available update. You would update as normal. If it does not show up an update, you might have to wait up to a day before WordPress will show it.

After you’ve imported the CSV file, you would setup Link. Do this by following the Link configuration instructions.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Juan

Really odd! The first that happens before anything is that those files are loaded so it should not be possible to get that error… and yet you do. There must be something I’m over looking. I’ll need a temp WP admin login and a FTP login to debug this further. The details can be posted here as a private reply.

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