[Steven Zahm]

@ Rene

it’ll work. many, many other use the exact setup. Here’s sample shortcode pulled from the code you pasted above:

[connections home_id=x category=9]

x in the above shortcode, represents the page ID, of the new “Person” page that you created in step 1 of my original instructions.

After you make the change, if you are using any page caching, make sure to clear it so the fresh page is being displayed rather than the old version without the change.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Graham

re: any luck?

Oh, I’m guessing you were not able to see my previous reply. I’m unable to get a directory listing in FTP. Do you need to whitelist my IP or something?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Laureen

If your web host has a control panel, most do, and most use cpanel. In the control panel there is a file manager. You host should have a doc page on how to use this file manager if they offer it.

They should also have the documentation on how to log into your site with FTP. This can differ from site to web host to web host so I can not give you specific directions. The best I can do is point you to some general WordPress documentation on how to:

• WordPress documentation covering FT access.
• Here’s basic tutorial Disable a WordPress Plugin Without Access to Your Admin Area

If you are not comfortable in doing this, open a support ticket with the web host asking them to delete the folder and paste a link to this support two threads you’ve open here. That way if they have a question, I can answer it. It would also be an ideal time to approach the subject of making sure your are running a current version of PHP.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Evan

You could create a new Connections category for banned individuals. Assign those entries to the banned category. Now, create a new WordPress page for the banned directory. Use the category shortcode option to limit that page to the banned category.

Now, on your original page, use the exclude_category shortcode option so the banned category and its entries are not listed.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Laureen

Log in to your site with FTP to delete the folder.

Note to self, related support ticket.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Joseph

re: Looking for a way to show all entries on the main page. I have 181 entries and currently the main directory page shows 20 per page and 10 pages.

Which template are you using? All templates but cMap you would use the page_limit limit shortcode option, like so page_limit=50 or disable pagination with enable_pagination=false.

If you are using cMap, you can use the Template Customizer to change the pagination settings (you can use the shortcodes if you wish, but the customizer is preferred).

I very highly recommend display that many entries at once. It’ll make the page load much more slowly. This is not a bug or limitation in Connections. The same would happen if you tried to display that many WordPress posts on a single page. Depending on your server/web host, I would recommend more than 50–100. You could try it and see if the load time is acceptable to you.

re: since the Search feature works against the whole dataset, is there a way to make the Sort of a given field work against the whole data set?

Not sure I really understand the question. You can change the default sort order field. I think that is what you are asking. See the doc page for the order_by shortcode option.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ antonella

re: On my site I want users to be able to submit an entry, whether they are the owners of that business or not. Only, subsequently, once I get in touch with the organisation to request their permission to publish the listing, I should like to change the account associated with that entry to person appointed by the owner to take over responsibility for maintaining their own entries. Is there a way to do that? Is there a Membership Registration plugin that plays nicely with Connections?

Setup Form to display the Submit Entry link. That will allow any visitor to submit an entry.

after you get in touch you can provide them with the user registration link for your site or you could manually create a user account for them and supply them with the password. After the user is registered and they login, Link will connect the Connections Entry and the WordPress user account at which point he user can maintain their own entry.

The tricky bit is that the “Submit Entry” link will still appear allowing the user to a submit more entries unrelated to them. They will have also the View/Edit my entry links that are setup as part of Link. Most users done one or the other. It is very rare I see both. It’ll work just fine, there is just that one caveat.

re: Is there a way to selectively display the categories image grid one the main Directory, using one template, but hide it on another page, that displays just one subset parent category, using a different template?

Are you using the Enhanced Categories settings to display the category image grid or using its shortcode? If you are using this option, disable it..

On the page using the cMap template, use the Enhanced Categories shortcode to display it.

Now the cMap template page will display the category image grid and the page with Gridder will not.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jim

The cause was likely the update to Connections which I released on Friday for a few hours.

Part of the issue is the server is very likely running a very old and unsupported version (for years). I recommend to update your site to run a more recent version of PHP. WordPress recommends version 7.0 due to it being much faster and far more resource efficient. I recommend at least version 5.6 (which is actually going to be unsupported soon if I remember correctly).

I did rollback the update after only a few hours so you must have been one of the few hundred who updated when this issue came to light…

You should be able to delete the ../wp-content/plugins/connections/ folder via FTP. The will let you back in you admin. Now you can reinstall Connections as you normally would. You data is completely safe and will not be deleted by deleting the plugin folder.

I will be releasing a revised update today which will make it work again on the very old version of PHP. It’s a very minor change but necessary for that old version. So you could also wait and install the new update if you wish.

My do apologize for the trouble this has caused you!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Marna

The cause was likely the update to Connections which I released on Friday for a few hours.

Part of the issue is the server is very likely running a very old and unsupported version (for years). I recommend to update your site to run a more recent version of PHP. WordPress recommends version 7.0 due to it being much faster and far more resource efficient. I recommend at least version 5.6 (which is actually going to be unsupported soon if I remember correctly).

I did rollback the update after only a few hours so you must have been one of the few hundred who updated when this issue came to light…

You should be able to delete the ../wp-content/plugins/connections/ folder via FTP. The will let you back in you admin. Now you can reinstall Connections as you normally would. You data is completely safe and will not be deleted by deleting the plugin folder.

I will be releasing a revised update today which will make it work again on the very old version of PHP. It’s a very minor change but necessary for that old version. So you could also wait and install the new update if you wish.

My do apologize for the trouble this has caused you!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Mike

The cause was likely the update to Connections which I released on Friday for a few hours.

Part of the issue is the server is very likely running a very old and unsupported version (for years). I recommend to update your site to run a more recent version of PHP. WordPress recommends version 7.0 due to it being much faster and far more resource efficient. I recommend at least version 5.6 (which is actually going to be unsupported soon if I remember correctly).

I did rollback the update after only a few hours so you must have been one of the few hundred who updated when this issue came to light…

You should be able to delete the ../wp-content/plugins/connections/ folder via FTP. The will let you back in you admin. Now you can reinstall Connections as you normally would. You data is completely safe and will not be deleted by deleting the plugin folder.

I will be releasing a revised update today which will make it work again on the very old version of PHP. It’s a very minor change but necessary for that old version. So you could also wait and install the new update if you wish.

My do apologize for the trouble this has caused you!

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