[Steven Zahm]

@ Rhett

I’m assuming you want two views, correct.

The first, a landing page, which displays only the category list.

The second, the results, a list of entries assigned the category the was click on the landing page.

Is this correct?

If it is…

On the members page use only the [connections_categories] shortcode.

On a second page use the, let s call it “Member” (notice lack of an trailing s), add on the the [connections] shortcode. Set this page as the Directory Home page.

No, when on the members page, only the list of categories will be displayed and when a link is clicked it will resolve to the sonce page showing only the entries for the category link which was clicked.

With this setup, I highly suggest turning off the category drop down feature in cMap as this setup will not work with it properly. The primary design is all this stuff is supposed to function on single page which is what most users expect and want. You can do this setup however, it just requires a little more setup and configuration

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Robert

Hmmm, maybe I am remembering incorrectly. Try adding image_fallback='block' to the shortcode too.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Barbara

re: Are multiple search criteria able to be achieved without special configuration from you? If so, how do I set that up?

Well, there are two ways to achieve this. The core Connections does support this yes. So you would require either the add-on that is already coded by me to take advantage of those features or code up a solution yourself. How to do the later is not something I can really give step by steps instructions on. But if that is something you’d like to tackle. The support query variables can be found in the class.retrieve.php file in the entries() method. You would need to develop a form to output the search fields and send them as a query string so Connections can filter the results by the chosen values.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Mary

That’s a pretty old version of cMap… this may or may not work. Try adding pagination_position='both' to the existing shortcode on the directory page.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Mary

The free version of the theme does not exhibit this issue. Perhaps this is a feature in the premium version. Can you post, privately, a download link for the premium version for me to test against?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Mary

Actually the theme has broken both drop downs. See that little button like thing next to the down arrow, that is the drop down that is supposed to be display for the template. It appears the them is being aggressive in formatting. It should leave the plugin functionality intact.

I’ll download the free version and see if they is a way to workaround these. I’ll get back to asap.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Robert

Use the image shortcode option for Slim Plus, like so:

[connections image='none']

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Barbara

The notes and notes header are on by default in cMap, there is no need to turn them on. They display down where shown at bullet 6.

Hope that helps!

ps. The only why to move that link would be to manually edit the template’s PHP code.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Barbara

Sorry about that. Thanks for letting me know! I’ve fix it.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Mary

What theme is it? Is it a free them that I can download and test with? If not, you’ll have to give me a copy so I can work out the conflict, if possible.

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