[Steven Zahm]

@ Kristy

re: The Social Media Field is very small and I cannot see what is being typed in as I type an entry. It’s only on this field which is strange. Is there a work around to this?

Hmmm… very likely this is being caused by the theme or another plugin “stomping” on the styles for Connections. I’ll need a link to the page with the issue so I can take a look and develop the CSS required to override and fix it for you.

re: My directory is only for a certain area within California. Is there a way to set up the form so that the person entering information has to verify their city? For example, making the City and Zip Code entry a requirement?

Sorry, no, this would have to be custom coded for you if that is a requirement.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jason

Hmmm… I would expect each 10K import to take the same amount of time, not increase. I can not think of any reason off the top of my head which would cause this.

Go ahead and contact me via the Contact link at the very bottom of the page so we can take the discussion to email and get this resolved much quicker for you. I’m going to want a copy of the 100K and the 10K chucks CSV files which you be able to send me when I respond to your contact form submission. I’ll also want a screenshot showing the mapping that you are using that way I can duplicate your import and hopefully track down the code logic that is causing performance issues.

Also, just so I am on the same page, your server, it is dedicated, correct? So nothing else can be taking resources when you are importing?

As for a direct import into the database, the columns for address, phone and such are serialized arrays of the data stored in the separate tables. These are used as caches so during display of the directory only the main tale needs hit with a query vs making many, many queries to multiple tables.

Looking forward to hearing back and resolving this.

[Steven Zahm]

@ gretar

Add enable_pagination=FALSE to the existing shortcode on your directory page. That will turn off the pagination.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Leigh

Just following up… have you had a chance to check if the license keys match?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Kristy

Yes, the easiest is the Enhanced Categories extension. It has an option to display the categories above the directory with various “sub” options to configure the display.

Now, that said, I see you have the Circled template. This already has the option to display a category drop down. To enable it, follow these directions.

Hope this helps!

ps. If you opt for the Enhanced Categories extension, you should use it instead of the category dropdown added by Circled.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Meghan

re: I would like to add a drop down list as a third field

Follow this tutorial on how to add checkbox group custom field.

Change checkboxgroup to select. This will add a new select drop down with your options that can be used when adding/editing an entry.

re: I bought CMAP and Gridder, but is there a way to change the CMAP to gridder? I’m assuming I need to buy a “gridder” for each site in a multisite?

Not sure I understand the question. You already own both. TO change the which is the active template navigate to the Connections : Templates admin page and activate the Gridder template. Hope that answers your question.

Hope this helps, let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jennai

Good to hear you resolved it. Invalid CSV files is just about the cause of import issue.

[Steven Zahm]

@ pam

re: In the module settings (general tab), if I check the option “session user have to be opened to see the page” nothing happens in the frontend. Any visitor can access to the page where I pasted the short code.

Looking at the page, I see the login form. Twice in fact. Make sure to have the [connections_login] shortcode only once.

http://notylia.nc/index.php/annuaire/

re: In front end, the links on the letter don’t work : after click, the page refresh at the top of the page
the url looks like : index.php/annuaire/char/LETTER

the link on the name don’t work : a message appears “nothing found, try a search”
the url looks like : index.php/annuaire/name/firstname-lastname/

This has to do with your permalink structure. To fix, navigate to the WordPress Permalinks settings admin page and remove index.php from your permalink structure. This will fix Connections and make your site have more SEO friendly URLs.

re: How to add custom field ? I need for exemple to register the number of employees for each organization.

See this tutorial on how to add a text custom field.

re: All users must be able to publish their own information

You going to need the Link extension and, optionally, the Form extension.

Hope this helps, let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

@ mauro

You have to use CSS to hide these core fields.
To hide the Department field add this to the theme’s custom CSS area:

#cn-form div#cn-metabox-section-department {
    display: none;
}

Hiding the address line fields, add this too:

#cn-form  .address-local {
    display: none;
}

I hope this helps.

ps. I am assuming this is in regards to the Form extension.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Bram

There is no set number per row. The number per row is defined by the theme’s page content width and the chosen image size. If you’re using a responsive theme, that width can/will vary depending on the screen width of the device the page is being viewed on which will affect how many you see per width.

Now, that said…

I took a look at your site. There is a minor CSS conflict with the theme. Add the following to the theme’s custom CSS area.

#cn-gridder .cn-list-body {
    letter-spacing: normal;
}

That should fix the spacing issue which is preventing the proper of number of entries per row (based on what I said previously).

As for centering, try adding this to the theme’s custom CSS area. This should do it:

#cn-gridder #cn-list-body {
    margin: 0 auto;
}

Hope that helps!

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