[Steven Zahm]

@ Alan

Ok, I can log in now. I’ll try to track down the issue.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Christine

ps.

One way to work around this limitation is to create a directory page with no shortcode limitations, ie. just [connections] and set that page as the directory home page.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Christine

re: There is a hard-coded link added to the “Excerpt” Field. (not my idea, by the way)

Ok, you’ll have to manually edit these links, unless, the plugin you using to replace URLs works on custom table field.

re: There is a larger problem, possibly caused by the Link plugin. I cannot VIEW the listings from the “Manage” dashboard.

How to explain…

You have two directory pages using categories to separate them, which is fine.

You have the school directory page set as the directory home page. All the admin “View” links will resolve to the school directory page. Now because categories are bine used to limit which entries are to be displayed, any entries not assign to the school directory category will result in a not found. There’s really no way to define which page the “View” link should resolve to because the “View” link has no “knowledge” of how the shortcode has been configured to limit which entries which can be displayed.

Trying viewing an entry from the manage page which is assigned to school directory category. It’ll display just fine.

Hopefully that make sense!

[Steven Zahm]

@ James

Ok, I narrowed do the issue… I can now import the entire file with all columns mapped to Connections fields. I have not deleted the imported data so you can review.

What I did to resolve.

I installed the Code Snippets plugin and added the following code:

add_action( 'admin_init', 'cn_remove_geocode', 11 );

function cn_remove_geocode() {
    remove_filter( 'cn_set_address', array( 'cnEntry_Action', 'geoCode' ) );
}

What this does is prevent Connections from using Google Maps to geocode an address. It seems some type of server error is being triggered when trying to geocode address. Perhaps Bluehost is rate limiting external connections to other sites???

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jason

I’ve played with this a bit more… the correct snippet to remove geocoding addresses is this:

add_action( 'admin_init', 'cn_remove_geocode', 11 );

function cn_remove_geocode() {
    remove_filter( 'cn_set_address', array( 'cnEntry_Action', 'geoCode' ) );
}

In testing on Bluehost (a business cloud account) bulk geocoding addresses causes issues. My best guess is that Bluehost is limiting external connections. Perhaps to prevent their hosting services from being used for denial of service attacks. I dunno, just speculation but I wanted to follow up with you in case it helps you out too.

[Steven Zahm]

@ James

Ok, so mapping all columns and only the first 100 are imported and the server responds with the “405 Not Allowed” error code.

Not sure what would trigger that from the server.

[Steven Zahm]

@ James

Well, got good news for you. I imported your file with zero issues. All 941 rows were imported. What I did, nothing, I chose the file and mapped the last name column in the CSV file to the last name field in Connections and mapped the combined named to the first name. It imported in roughly 10secs, pretty fast.

Since I had no trouble, I suspect it had to do with your mapping selections. Specifically require number 2 from the CSV File Setup Requirements.

I’ll do a second test import shortly after deleting these so I can test importing all columns from the CSV file.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Christine

So, let me ask the question this way…

Edit an entry which has a read more link. Navigate to the Notes field. Is the read more link added to the notes? This is what I mean by “hard coded. You manually added the link to the notes field. Is this how those links were added?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Ben

Can you please navigate to the Connections : Tools admin page and click the System INfo tab. Scroll to the bottom and generate a remove view link and then share that link with me. Thanks! Make sure to check the private reply before submitting.

[Steven Zahm]

@ James

I was going to test an import, which is why I asked for the mapping you plan on using. I’ll be deleting the imported data after I do test imports. I just want to be able to match exactly ask possible to what you have been doing for consistency. You can attach a screenshot the same way you attached the CSV file in your previous reply.

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