[Steven Zahm]

@ Frank

Sorry, no, there is not an out of box solution to search by radius within a custom field type. If you are able to make your license types categories instead, then yes this would be possible. See this site as an example:

https://sscit.org/directory/

The multiple category search can search on multiple category options within a zip radius. This addon is something I offer to those who have purchased the Extension Pack or the Pro Pack on user request. It is a beta addon which is complicated to setup. But if you are very familiar with WordPress shortcode it is not all that bad.

Hope I’ve thoroughly answered your question!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Willeke van den Heuvel

This is a long planned feature, still no ETA at this time.

[Steven Zahm]

@ David

RE: The company logo should be clickable through to the card. – QW?

The photo/logo click thru feature is reserved the for the Links assign to feature. You can assign a link to either the logo or photo.

RE: The clickable Company name does not look like a link and it should to help usability. – QW?

Some what a line other do not… to add a line, add the following CSS to the theme’s custom CSS area:

#cn-cmap .cn-list-row a, 
#cn-cmap .cn-list-row-alternate a {
    text-decoration: underline;
}

RE: I would like to see a small card list that then opens out to a larger page. I have seen the smaller card option – that is just too small, maybe it should have options of what is displayed on the first card. When you deselect options it deselects on the listing and the card. I would like to separate selections.

You are using the cMap template… you can customize the display of the list card and the detail view. Navigate to the Connections : Templates admin page and click the cMap Customize button. The Customizer will open to a panel with display option. Click the back arrow in the Customizer to access the many other options. Also, make sure to click thru to a single entry profile view when in the Customizer preview so you can also customize that template view.

RE: I would like to upload and display an image for each category. Thereby creating an entirely new Category page, where people can select by category and when a listing per category is selected the relevant category image is displayed if it exists.

Sounds like the image grid option in the Enhanced Categories extension.. You can add an image to each category and display it as an image grid above the directory. Presently you are display the categories as a list.

RE: I would like to see a separate add new entry page. Whereas currently it is appended to the existing page, so I cannot really ‘sell’ the virtues of being included in my business directory. I think people would value the extra motivation, plus it is another opportunity to tell my story and to bond with the visitor, so that they are adding in a more collaborative manner.

The next update to the Form extension will add an option to display a message above the form. I want to make this context aware so a different message/text can be displayed base on whether an entry is being added vs. an entry being edited.

RE: Lovely product, I signed up to the upgrade. I appreciate these are advanced features, maybe that could be a further upgrade path?

Thanks! Connections and its add on are always being updated adding requested features as well as addressing bugs and security issues. :D

[Steven Zahm]

@ Kitty

Yes, Contact would be the solution. It is possible with GF but requires custom coding to implement dynamic GF field so as to help make the GF form unique. I’ev done this for another user if you’re interested, let me know and I can get you a quote.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Harald

RE: maps are not displayed (API Keys are installed)

Look in the browser console. In Chrome, hit the F12 key and click the console tab. Google Maps reports the DeletedApiProjectMapError error.

Something went wrong in Google’s API console when you were setting up the key. This is not the fault of the plugin.

In addition, you have enabled the Single Template option on the Connections : Settings admin page under the Display tab in the Single Entry section. Disable this option.

RE: layout of the content page does not display changes initiated by shortcodes (I worked strictly according your documentation)

Can you elaborate on specific changes?

RE: email is not displayed, although activated in template settings

You have installed and activated the Contact extension one of its primary features is to do exactly that, hide the email address from public view. Instead a contact form can be displayed on the entry profile/detail view. Here’s the link to the doc on its configuration. If you want public email addresses, deactivate Contact.

RE: work_address is translated as “Schule” instead “Arbeit” or better just “Anschrift” (I tried “Say what” but it does not help / changes via shortcode does not work)

Translations are user supplied. I only include them. I have no way to validate if the translation is as good as it should be.

This may be a regression in the latest update, breaking Say What and the shortcode. I’ll have to double check… Just finished double checking, both Say What? and the shortcode option do still work. Though there does seem to be one very minor regression. On the admin add/edit entry page it is not affected by Say What and it should be. However it does indeed work on the sites front end.

The latest version of Connections make this far, far, easier to do. Navigate to the Connections : Settings admin page and click the Field Configuration tab and scroll down to the Address Types section. Rename the types as desired. This is brand new. I’m playing catch up with the docs. The other fieldset configuration options are forthcoming in urther updates. I make changes like this in phases so bugs can be fleshed out before being implemented further.

RE: as reported submission of entry form does not work

As mentioned in my last reply, not the fault of Connections if what I suspect is true for you as it was for the other user. Like I said, I can apply a hotfix which should correct the issue if the cause is the same. It is unfortunate you experienced this issue, however, it is not the fault of Connections. Other plugins should not be unregistering core WP files.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Harald

It appears the Form javascript file is not being loaded as it should. I just helped another user yesterday with the same issue. For that user it was due to that another plugin,or the theme, was unregistering a core WordPress file which Form requires. The fix for that user was adding a check to see if it is registered and if not, registered it again. I’ve incorporated the change for the next Connections update which I hope to release by the end of the week.

If you’d like, give me an FTP login and I’ll apply the change as a hotfix to to if that fixes it for you too. The details can be posted here as a private reply.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Lara

Please see this FAQ on how to restore the Connections capabilities. I suspect another plugin removed them, such as s2member.

[Steven Zahm]

Great to hear! I might have a typo in that CSS statement. I think where I have the double colon it should only be a single colon.

[Steven Zahm]

Thanks!

[Steven Zahm]

@ SLPS

Did you network activate Connections? If you did, you should not, you should only activate on the sites in which it is being used. The error indicates that the default term is being queried, not found and then the insert is being attempted which is failing because the Connections Terms table does not exist. This really would not impact the general query speed as this specific query would typically run in less than 1–3 thousands of a second.

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