[Steven Zahm]

@ Ben

re: First off–thanks so much for the super plugin and first-class support. I appreciate all the many hours you’ve invested to make a great product.

Thanks! I do try hard.

re: Just wondering if you might be able to post the solution for the public to see and re-use, to reduce the amount of time you might need to invest in addressing this for others in the future.

I hesitate to share the exact specific because if not done 100% correctly could cause a lot of trouble.

But basically…

Since the proper address field did not exist, I determined the database update for the address table was not applied for some reason on your site. The database update should have triggered at version .4

Using the Plugin Editor I edited the connections.php file, line 214 (as of version 8.2.30:
https://github.com/Connections-Business-Directory/Connections/blob/8.5.30/connections.php#L214

I uncommented it and changed 0.1.9 to 0.3, the exact version to the 0.4 database update. With the change made, I saved the change. After the page refreshed, saving the change and also apply the version change. I commented that line of code again and saved it so it would no longer run.

The version change triggered the database update as it should have originally and Bob’s your uncle! :)

re: Also, hopefully this might give you a few more ideas for improving the error logging so this problem would become more apparent sooner?

Yeah, the code to display the database structure is the beginning of the code to verify the structure. The details on how and when that verification should take place I have not worked out yet. Honestly, this is a lower priority item as I’m focused on building support for the new WP REST API.

[Steven Zahm]

@ gretar

Glad I could help!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Brian

That eta I do not have… but… have you already done the work to register the custom text fields?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Ben

Ok, you should be all fixed up. Apologies for the trouble.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Leigh

Odd, which license key have you activated for Circled? Does it match the one listed on your purchase history page under the Licenses tab? If it does, perhaps the web host is preventing the connections to this site when a status check is being made.

[Steven Zahm]

@ gretar

Perhaps setting a different category as the default category and then deleting the Allir category is an option.

You can change the default category on the Connections : Settings admin page under the General tab. After a different default category is set, you will be able to delete the Allir category on the Connections : Categories admin page.

Hope this helps, let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Emil

Have you thoroughly followed the steps in the quick start tutorial?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Ben

Ok, you are running the latest version of Connections, then the table structure is definitely not correct. It is missing the 3 newly added fields.

If you can give me a temp admin login, I can edit the plugin to force the update. The details can be posted here as a private reply.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Alan

Ok, things seem to be working. You should have just received an email. Correct?

I see you are letting users edit their entry using the Link admin profile page. This does not send email notifications. Form, the frontend editor sends the notification.

What I suggest is enabling these two options on the Settings admin page under the Display tab:

• When this option is enabled a “View My Directory Entry” or “Add My Directory Entry” link will be displayed.
• When this option is enabled a “Edit Entry” link will be displayed. When a user clicks this link they will be taken to a page where they can edit entry.

OR (in addition to), edit the menu URL for the “Edit Your Listing” using the method in this FAQ.

In the meantime, I’ll see if I can add a way for Form to send moderation emails with changes done in the admin.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ James

re: So I can follow that same procedure for my other sites and imports, correct?

If you have the same issue on another site, yes, this should work.

re: Will I still be able to use the Google maps feature in each profile?

Yes, it will still work because the geocoding will fallback to a browser based geocode using the Google Maps API.

Depending on your site traffic, you could run up against the daily Google API limit which mean the maps will stop working until it resets or you might have to pay Google for an increased limit. Geocoding when addresses are added is best because the values are cached in the database. Up until October Google Maps were basically free, now with recent changes they are looking to monetize their service. And, for most site, they will still be free as the limit are still quite generous. Just something to keep in mind in case you are running highly trafficked sites.

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