[Steven Zahm]

@ Cliff

Sorry to hear you had trouble updating!

A tip, if this should occur in the future, as the results of any plugin update, including Connections, do this instead:

• https://kinsta.com/blog/wordpress-white-screen-of-death/#disable-plugins-themes

WordPress 4.9.1 was release nearly 1.5yrs ago… I very highly recommend upgrading to at least 4.9.8 as there were several very important/critical security updates included in those updates.

Back to the issue you experienced…

In what order did you upgrade? Did you upgrade Connections first and then the addons? Or, are you running and older version of Connections and then tried to update the addons? If it was the latter, the issue you experienced could occur as I do not test or support past versions of Connections, only the latest. So, addons only support the latest version of Connections.

I hope this helps, let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Richard

RE: I would like to be able to have a basic search facilty (using just keywords) on each of these pages which would only search the appropriate category.

Assuming you are using cMap with those shortcode options, the key word search should be limited to the chosen category. If the entries are added to multiple categories and it exists in category=2 then it will display as a result. If category=2 has children categories, any entries assigned to those children categories will also be displayed as a result, because they are within category=2 by being a child of it.

Hope this helps! Let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

@ courtney

RE: Is it possible to make the last name not required when adding an entry? If not, is there some code or something I could use where if I put in a fake last name like “none” it will just hide it, or do you have any other suggestions for how to accomplish this?

Sorry, but last name is a requirement. I can not think of working around this requirement. The best solution I can think of off the top of my head is to instruct those users to add none to the last name field.

Oh… here’s a thought… Use the Field Configuration settings to set the default entry type to Org and hide the other two type options. You could then rename the Org field to be Full Name

• https://connections-pro.com/quicktip-easy-text-changing/

Of course using this method you would lose the ability to sort by first/last names.

RE: is it possible to have the directory page sort by first name instead of last name, since some people don’t have a last name?

Yes, the list can be sorted by first name. Here’s the link to the doc:

• http://connections-pro.com/documentation/connections/shortcodes/shortcode-connections/order_by/

If you go the route of using the Org field for full name, then you do not need to do this because the directory will already sort by the org field.

Hope this helps, let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Bob

Ok, I think this is fixed … several of the tables, the primary ID column was missing the auto increment config.

Please give it a test adding and editing entries. Let me know how it goes.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Bob

Ok, it appears the primary key ID column is broken on the main table. I suspect it is not set to auto increment like it should be. I suspect that the primary key column in the support tables are also broken.

I’m assuming you used All-in-ONe WP Migration, correct? Not sure why it did not properly migrate the tables… there really is nothing special or “weird” being done at the database level. It should have move the tables like all the others.

I can fix this, but I will need access to phpMyAdmin. Login details can be sent as a private reply.

[Steven Zahm]

@ John

I sent the quote an have not heard back… but yes, I would release such an addon as a paid extension. When I quote prices to develop things like this for Connections, the quote does take this into account. Put another way, the fee is only part of what it costs to develop custom addons if I plan on reselling the completed item.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Pedro

Yes, you could dupe the widget code. OR

Create a new file named search.php in this folder.

../wp-content/uploads/connections-templates/

The file should contain this code:

<span class="cn-search">
    <?php if ( $atts['show_label'] ) echo '<label for="cn-search-input">Search Directory</label>'; ?>
    <input type="text" id="cn-search-input" name="cn-s" value="<?php echo esc_attr( wp_unslash( $searchValue ) ) ?>" placeholder="<?php _e('Custom Search Directory', 'connections'); ?>"/><input type="submit" name="" id="cn-search-submit" class="cn-search-button" value="" tabindex="-1" />
</span>

Customize as desired.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

RE: Is it possible to rename or add custom fields to match our needs?

You can customize any string in Connections that you wish, including field names. See this this doc for the details:

• https://connections-pro.com/quicktip-easy-text-changing/

You can also add custom fields, please see this dev doc:

• https://connections-pro.com/quicktip-custom-field-adding-a-text-field/

RE: Is it possible to import a CSV file of our existing members?

Yes, there is a CSV Import addon, here’s the link:

• https://connections-pro.com/add-on/csv-import/

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Bob

Ok… then I’ll have to force an internal update process. Please create a temp admin account using this plugin:

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/temporary-login-without-password/

Reply back, as a private reply, with the login link. I’ll take a look asap.

[Steven Zahm]

Great to hear!

If you have a moment, I would truly appreciate a review as they really do make a difference.

https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/connections/reviews/

Thanks in advance for your time!

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