[Steven Zahm]

@ Ryan

There is a beta addon for Connections which I offer, on request, to those who purchased the Pro Pack.

I freely give it as a free addon in the bundled price. The reason it is not officially part of the bundle is because I still consider it a beta product. With the release of WP5, my goal for this year is to build it as a block which can be used and configured in the new editor.

You can see it in action on this third part site:

https://sscit.org/directory/

I consider this beta software, though safe to run on live sites. It can be difficult to configure due to the complicate shortcode structure to configure the multiple category setup. If you are familiar with shortcodes it should not be too difficult. They styling is as is, though I can give you CSS to apply you own color (instead of blue).

[Steven Zahm]

Duplicate of:

• https://connections-pro.com/support/topic/database-not-connecting-after-migration/

Closing.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jason

The %entry_view_url% URL slug only works in an WordPress Menu as a Custom Link. The exlude_category or splitting the directory across two pages will not have an effect on whether or not the link is created.

So, if you are not getting a real and valid link, then there is another issue. Please review the setup against the doc links I shared in my last reply.

Also, perhaps you could explain in more detail on what you mean by does not work? With more details I might be able to give you an exact working solution.

[Steven Zahm]

Yes, the connections table is the primary table. I would however not recommend unserializing the email column sinc that is primary used as a cache to speed up entry queries and display. Instead, use a join and join the email table.

Another method you could use is navigate to the Connections : Tools admin page and click the Export tab. Scroll down to the Email export. You should be able to use that CSV file to import into MailChimp. Of course you’ll have to do this once and a while to ensure both Connections and the MailChimp list stay in sync.

Hope this helps!

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!

[Steven Zahm]

@ John

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!

[Steven Zahm]

@ John

The code does not look like it is from the cMap template. Which file and folder folder path are you editing?

You want to added $entry->excerpt(); to line 140 in the card.php file in this path:

../wp-content/plugin/connections-cmap/

You’ll need the open and close PHP tags too, so, it should be:

<?php $entry->excerpt(); ?>

Line 141 is this:

<div class="cn-tray-links">

That should place the excerpt right after the categories.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jason

Assuming this is in regards to the Link addon… I would suggest going over the Role Capabilities to make sure they are setup correctly for how you are using Connections. Here’s the link to the docs:

• https://connections-pro.com/documentation/link/#Configuration

Now, judging from the link you supplied as an example… It looks like you are adding the the edit link to the Wp Menus. Here’s the link to the FAQ which goes over that in detail:

• https://connections-pro.com/documentation/link/#Can_I_add_the_ViewAdd_and_Edit_links_to_my_menu

That said, this works only in the Wp Menus. YOu you want to add links elsewhere, then perhaps the shortcodes will meet your needs. Here’s the link to their docs:

• https://connections-pro.com/documentation/link/#Shortcodes

Hope this helps! Let me know

[Steven Zahm]

If you are going the coding route… you could hook into the following actions:

• cn_save-entry :: Run before an entry is saved.
• cn_saved-entry :: Run after an entry is saved.
• cn_update-entry :: Run before an entry is updated.
• cn_updated-entry :: Run after an entry is updated.
• cn_delete-entry :: Run before an entry is deleted.
• cn_deleted-entry :: Run after an entry is deleted.

Each of these pass a single value, a Entry object. You can get the email addresses by calling the getEmailAddresses() helper method or interact with the emailAddresses property directly which is a collection of email address objects.

Using these hooks you could do most of anything you wanted. Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Ryan

You should be able to use a template override file for the Names template. You would pass the array( 'format' => '%first% %middle% %last%, %suffix%' ) to the $entry->getNameBlock(); method.

Hope this helps, let me know.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by Steven Zahm.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Rudy

I understand, I do wish you the best with your project!

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