[Steven Zahm]

@ Henny

I just downloaded the PO from Transifex, saved the MO file and place it in this folder:
../wp-content/plugins/connections/languages/ overwriting the original. When I changed the language in WordPress to “Netherlands” the “Go back to directory.” string became “Ga terug naar directory”.

What should it say? If that is what it is supposed to say and what you see is English, then I suggest double checking the file naming and the file was in the correct location. Also, make sure, that the new file is actually overwriting the old.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Eric

This really is not a Connections bug or issue… the same would happen if you attempted to load that many WordPress posts on a single page. Displaying that many on the page is resource intensive and on inexpensive hosts a page with that many posts fail to load.

You need to use a template which support pagination… any included in your purchase of the Pro Pack will.

It looks like you are using either the Slim or Slim Plus template. If you are using Slim, switch to Slim Plus as it will automatically paginate, 20 per page. If you are using Slim Plus re-enable the pagination by removing the enable_pagination=false option from the shortcode.

If you really, really, do not pagination for some reason, then your only other option would be to use a page caching plugin like WP Rocket. That way the page is cached and served as static HTML to most visitors. Someone will get a long page load because the cache does expire and will have to be recreated. YOu would have some control over that though by setting a very long cache time … which would be fine if your site is mostly static.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Mike

Please contact me using the Contact link at the very bottom of the page for a quote. Sorry, I should have mentioned that in my initial reply. I usually do, not sure why I did not. My Apologies!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jennai

Great to hear!

ps. The next update… I’ve been working on some code to help remove/fix common shortcode issues. One being the auto removal of code and pre HTML tags that get wrapped around the shortcode when copy/pasting from a web page.

[Steven Zahm]

@ henney

re: Why can’t i do this with poedit?

Because the translation for the core Connections plugin is managed on Transifex to allow many people to help translate in many languages so they can be easily distributed to everyone. That can not be done with POedit.

re: Now i have to wait for an approval

No, you do not need to wait for approval or an update to Connections to include the new translated strings. See this FAQ.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jennai

Ok, the first thing you need to do is remove the code and/or pre tags from around the shortcode. See the first and second paragraphs in this FAQ.

Now, as for the image crop, that is exactly what you should be seeing. The default is to scale and crop the image to fit the specified image dimensions.

You can change this in by navigating to the Connections : Templates admin page and clicking the Customize button for the Default Entry Card template. The page will reload with the Template Customizer on the left and a preview on the right. Click the back arrow on the upper left of the Customizer and then click the Image panel.

Now, choose your desired Crop Mode. For logos, the second or third option is best.

After you have chosen a Crop Mode, click an entry name in the preview. Any entry name will do. The preview will reload displaying the single entry profile view of the template. Chose your desired Crop Mode again and then click the Save and Publish button.

Just as some additional info, you have to do this twice because results list view and the single entry profile view of the template can be configured separately giving you pretty good flexibility to customize your directory.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jennai

The images are dynamically scaled and cropped as well as responsive. What you’ll see depends on what your image settings are and which template you are using. What I need to know is:

• Which template?
• What are your image settings?
• Need samples of the original images uploaded.
• Can you share a link the directory?

My suggestions are:

• Put the images settings back to their defaults found on the Connections : Settings admin page under the Images tab.
• If you are are using any image related shortcode options for the templates, remove them.

For the most uses the image defaults and the template defaults for images are the best choice for presentation.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Harold

Short options are added to the same shortcode. You do not add the shortcode to the page multiple times with different options.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Tim

Ensure the “Contact First Name” field is set as a search field on the Connections : Settings admin page under the Search tab. I suspect that is is disabled.

Hope that helps. Let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Harold

This is the space for the Google Map. It seems the Google Maps API files were disabled in the settings. Enabling this option resolves the issue.

Now, I am pretty sure I have enabled this option before when I noticed the white space… If you are disabling it because you do not want the map you should instead use the enable_map shortcode option for the Circled templates. Here’s the link to the docs.

Hope that helps!

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