[Steven Zahm]

@ Tabatha

Correct. Any data that is saved as “meta” is not presently searchable. This includes the Languages, Income Level, Education Level and Business Hours extension. I really have not received many request to extending search to the meta so I have not yet invested the time in order to support it.

I hope this answers your question thoroughly!

[Steven Zahm]

@ John

Those two links are on the cMap and Market templates only, none of the others. It is just part of their design. So, I guess to answer your question, yes, you need to purchase one of those templates. I recommend cMap over Market.

Hope this answers your question thoroughly!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Robert

Great to hear!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Marian

I applied the hotfix and that seems to have fix the issue. Apologies for the trouble! I’ll be releasing an update for Enhanced Categories tomorrow which will contain this fix as well as a couple of other very minor tweaks.

[Steven Zahm]

@ nick1450

This is not a bug or issue with Connections. The cause is the search widget in the theme header at the very top of the page. The theme has this style for that widget:

#sidebar_header .header-widget {
    float: left;
    height: 100%;
    max-width: 100%;
    padding-bottom: 100%;
    margin-bottom: -100%;
    width: auto;
}

The height: 100%; and padding-bottom: 100%; declarations cause the header search widget to be full page height which does not allow you to click thru to items that are underneath it in the z-index of the page.

You can test this yourself. Try selecting any of the paragraph text under the search box. You will not be able to unless you start your selection on the left side of the paragraph text that is not underneath the header search widget. Another visual indicator is that the cursor will change from an I to an arrow when below the header search widget.

Unfortunately, there is nothing I can do to help. You’ll have to contact the theme’s support to have them help you fix that CSS.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jennifer

Yes, you can do that, but, to ensure no data “leakage”, enable the setting to require login to view the directory](http://connections-pro.com/documentation/settings/#Require_Login).

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Marian

re: The plugin was giving an php error earlier on but it is gone after deactivating it and activating it a few days later.

Hmmm, I had one other user report an error and after deactivating it and activating it again makes it go away. Unfortunately I have not been able to duplicate this error. I’ll need access to someone’s site while the error is occurring in order to track down and fix the cause.

re: The plugin also seemed to work earlier the day. I was now resorting categories and adding graphics to all of them, but now I am getting Fatal error: Call to undefined function wp_generate_attachment_metadata()

Ok, I think I know what the issue is. If you give me a temp admin account I will login and apply a hotfix to make sure the issue is fixed. The login details can be added here as a private reply.

[Steven Zahm]

@ chris

re: Is it possible to set an specific template to an entry

So, no it is not possible to set a template on a per entry basis. But there are other options. You could use CSS to target specific entries or entries within a specific category. You could even load a custom template file per entry or group of entries. See these:

• http://connections-pro.com/2014/06/04/quicktip-custom-template-override-files/
• http://connections-pro.com/2014/05/07/quicktip-custom-css-templates/

There are no specific examples but basics are covered. I hope this helps!, Let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

@ John

re: No way to have it only on the directory pages then correct?

You have two options…

1. You can place the search widget on the page by using a widget shortcode. To do this, add the Search widget to the Connections Widgets Shortcodes Sidebar on the Widgets admin page. Change the Search widget settings and click the Save button. After you do a shortcode will be given which can be placed on the page.
2. The second option would require you to purchase a template. All of them have a search option that is displayed above the directory. On some templates it is enabled by default on others it is displayed by default.

Hope that answers your question thoroughly!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Chris

re: Is there a way to hide the search message box when using the dropdown category search?

Yes, you can disable this on the Connections : Settings admin page under the Display tab.

re: Also is there a way to rename the “Show all Categories” entry for the dropdown menu?

Yes this can be done with the str_select_all shortcode option for Slim Plus. Add the following to the existing shortcode str_select_all="Change Me" to change the label.

I hope that helps!

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