[Steven Zahm]

@ SLPS

RE: I would really like to show the category image on the entries, so for instance, everyone in a certain department would get that department’s image. I don’t think this is doable with css alone.

The tutorial does cover how you could possibly use CSS to do per category default images. ;)

[Steven Zahm]

@ Larry

Yes this is possible, many other do exactly this. That said since Connections is optimized for single page use then setup is more complex.

Others use the category shortcode option to create multiple directories on separate pages.

I see you’ve purchase the Widget Pack, be aware that the widget links will always resolve to the page set as the directory home page. My suggestion is to create a “master” directory page with no limitations.

Here are examples of live third party sites doing this:

• http://www.visitwollombi.com.au/
• http://www.aroundhermitage.com.au/

See the stay/explore/wine and taste/play/stay pages. All directories powered by Connections.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Larry

Yes this is possible, many other do exactly this. That said since Connections is optimized for single page use then setup is more complex.

Others use the category shortcode option to create multiple directories on separate pages.

I see you’ve purchase the Widget Pack, be aware that the widget links will always resolve to the page set as the directory home page. My suggestion is to create a “master” directory page with no limitations.

Here are examples of live third party sites doing this:

• http://www.visitwollombi.com.au/
• http://www.aroundhermitage.com.au/

See the stay/explore/wine and taste/play/stay pages. All directories powered by Connections.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Nathan

What was the issue? How does the alpha index not work?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Birgit

When migrating to a new site, do not map the Entry ID column.

Hope that helps, let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

Great to hear!

Merry Christmas!

[Steven Zahm]

RE: it does not keep the date. It resets to 01/01/1970 each time I save it.

I copied/pasted your code into a snippet as is since it looks correct at a glance. It seems to work just fine. Perhaps the date format set on the WordPress General Settings admin page is incompatible. I suggest using one of the default fate formats vs. using a custom date format.

RE: display

Try this:

$datepicker = $entry->getMeta(
    array(
        'key'    => 'priest_ordo_date',
        'single' => TRUE
    )
);


$text = $entry->getMeta(
    array(
        'key'    => 'priest_ordain_bishop',
        'single' => TRUE
    )
);

if ( ! empty( $datepicker ) && ! empty( $$text ) ) {

    $date = cnDate::createFromFormat( 'd/m/Y', $datepicker )->format( 'j F Y' );

    echo '<strong>Priest Ordination:</strong>' . $date . ' by ' . $text;
}

[Steven Zahm]

@ Nora

Well, the template is designed so they load closed. So there is not a good option to do the opposite. Here are a few options you have:

• You could create a category named “Open” and assign every entry to that category.
• You could delete the code in the slim-plus.js file which closes the them on load. That might break the ability to toggle open/close. You’d also have to delete the slim-plus.min.js file.
• You could edit the card.php file so the open class is applied to all entries. This way the the toggling would continue to work correctly.

The aboved mentioned files are found in this folder:

../wp-content/plugins/connections-slim-plus/

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Steve

You reply got a little mangled, but I think I get what you are saying… I incorrectly closed the strong tag. I corrected my previous reply.

Thanks!

[Steven Zahm]

@ SLPS\

The easiest is to upload you placeholder image to the entries where have none. That said, you should be able to follow this tutorial on how to use CSS to apply a default image.

Hope this helps!

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