[Steven Zahm]

@ Colin

re: Is your plugin able to provide this feature with one of you pro templates?

Similar, see this tutorial on how not to show search results until a search is made. But there is no redirection. Another couple solutions:

1. Drop the search widget which comes with the Widget Pack on the site’s front page. You could apply custom styling using CSS to make it much larger and more prominent.
2. I do have a more advanced search option available. See it in action on this site, the “Find A Therapist“. The top three option are category parents to allow users to search by more than one category. These are configurable and can be turned off if you do not need it. If you are interested in this solution, contact me using the Contact link at the bottom of the page and I can provide a quote which includes installation and configuration.

re: I want to offer the option to claim an entry and i want to offer paid entries. Is your plugin able to provide this feature with one of you pro templates?

No, what I recommend to others is to use a membership plugin like Restrict Content Pro. You can set up Connections with the Link extension so user submissions can only be made by registered users. Using a membership plugin allows you far greater flexibility in being able to monetize your site vs being locked into simply offering a directory entry.

Hope I’ve answers your questions thoroughly!

[Steven Zahm]

@ James

Can you share a link to the page with the issue?

I suspect a javascript error being caused by another plugin or theme. YOu can do a quick check. Open the page in Chrome, hit the F12 key and then click the Console tab.

All rendering errors will be listed here, including javascript errors. Look for any that say something about being undefined. Hover over the file name to the fat right of the listed error. That file path will usually reveal theme or plugin and which one.

Hoe this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jason

Hmmm… large import like this I do breakup into 10K files. The larger the file the larger it takes to import because it has to be parsed each time by the CSV library for each 100 imported.

Now, each new file should start quickly before “settling down” and each file should take about the same amount of time.

So, to clarify, what you’re seeing is each file is taking longer than the preceding one?

Things that can be done to speed up import…

Remove all empty blank columns in the CSV file. For example, if none of the entries you are importing contain a Linkedin profile, delete that column. The fewer the columns, even if empty, the less processing the CSV library has to do.

Install the Code Snippets plugin and add a snippet with following code:

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

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

Each address is sent to Google for geocoding for lat/lng. With this many imported entries they are likely no longer geocoding as they only allow so many within a rolling 24 hour period unless you a Google Maps API Premier subscriber (I think that’s the correct term).

It’s only a fraction of a second per address, but it does add up.

If you want, you can send me you split CSV files and I can do some testing to make sure there is nothing within them that would some be slowing things down.

Oh, which version of the CSV Import are you using? The latest?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Richard

The plugin was very likely causing a fatal javascript error on your site which would break all javascript loaded after the error not to run. This is just about always the cause when this is reported.

You can see if this was the cause for you too by reactivating the plugin, opening the page in Chrome, hit the F12 key and then clicking the Console tab.

Chrome will list all rendering issues including javascript errors and notices. Look for an error that says something is undefined. That’s usually the fatal error that cause stuff to stop working.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Leslie

Yes, if, these dealers have a user account in WordPress in which they use to login to their “portal”. If they do, then at a minimum you will need the Link extension.

Hope this answers your question.

[Steven Zahm]

@ ssnoomann

Actually this is not a bug, rather a feature which allows users to search within categories or with the Department, Country, etc permalinks with keywords.

I did release 8.5.29 which did always search from the directory root but that broke the search for many other sites that were using it this way to allow their users to finely filter the results. So, I’ll have to revert this change this week.

I believe what you can do is add force_home=true to your existing shortcode on this page and you’ll get the results you are seeking. It is not it’s intended purpose but I think with your setup it’ll make it work just fine.

After I release 8.5.30, let me know if that works for you or not. If not, I am sure I can come up with alternative solution that will.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Mark

Darn! I tweak I did make to hopefully address another issue broke your search. I reverted the change on your site site it work like normal again. I apologize for the trouble!

[Steven Zahm]

@ James

The only details “required” by Form are the first and last name because that is the absolute minimum info needed for the entry to be saved into the database properly. No other info can be required. Not that you asked this specifically, but seemed worth mentioning since it is related.

re: Is there a way to ensure that a member who goes to submit their information will only be entering the information that I would like to collect and it will be according to the strings that I have designated using the “say what” plug in?

The Say What? plugin only allows you to change strings in Connections it does not have any ability to limit what the user submits.

One easy thing you can do is navigate to the Connections : Settings admin page and click the Form tab. On that settings page you can control the fieldsets and their order to be displayed.

A bit more difficult… if there are address types, for example, that you wish the user not be able to submit those can be removed similarly how new address types can be added. If that is what you are asking… I can quickly craft the code snippets for you to apply to your site.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Darren

Likely the theme is overriding the header styles set by the template for text alignment. I can help address this with a CSS fix, but, you’ll need to share a link with me to your directory page so I can take a look and see where and how the CSS conflict is occurring.

[Steven Zahm]

@ James

Yes, most of the strings will come from the core Connections plugin for the Form fields. There are Form only string though. You can still use Say What? to change them you would just use connections_form form the text domain instead.

Hope that answers your question.

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