[Steven Zahm]

@ dale

re: I am using this template: [connections_list show_alphaindex=’true\’ list_type=’organization’ order_by=’organization’ template=’card-single’]

I’m guessing you’ve recently updated Connections from a really old version…

The connections_list shortcode was deprecated sometime in 2012 and support removed back in 04/2014. Is was simplified to connections.

That said, all you need to do to get it working again is remove the _list from the shortcode name.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ gail

The cause might be this:

https://connections-pro.com/support/topic/issue-with-alphabetical-sorting/#post-320016

Can you check to make sure the core WordPress function get_query_var() has not been altered like explained in the lost I linked to?

[Steven Zahm]

@ dominic

Can you please delete the installed version of Circle and download a fresh copy from your purchase history and install it then force refresh the browser?

Also, what is the fill exact shortcode you are using?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Greg

Apologies for the late reply! I have added support for CPT posts in the drop down when selecting the directory home page. Would you like to try an advanced copy of the plugin to verify it works before I release it?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Reid

Thanks!

If you have a moment, I would truly appreciate a review as they really do make a difference. Many thanks in advance!

https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/connections

[Steven Zahm]

@ dominic

re: I have tried various shortcodes but nothing seems to affect the category search.

How specifically do you want it affected? If this is all you mean; “I would like only category 47 and its children to appear in the dropdown. is this possible?” Change the shortcode to this:

[connections category=47 exclude_category='4' parent_category='47' template='circled' enable_category_select=true .....more stuff...]

You may or maynot need to remove the exclude_category='4' option. That really depends on what you are doing with it.

Also, make sure all plugins are up to date, Connections, Form and Gridder.

re: Also is there a way for the category select to say select a category instead of being blank?

This is what happens by default. If it is not, then there is very like a fatal JavaScript error being caused by another plugin or the theme. To see if this is the case. Load the page in Chrome, hit the F12 key and then click the Console tab. All page errors will be listed there.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Reid

I dug into this. My guess is that the user account somehow became linked to a non-existing entry so it would no longer link to any other entry — which is exactly what you want normally.

Stuff I did to diagnose.

Installed the following plugins

• User Switching
• User Meta Display

Added a new Code Snippet to support linking when using the User Switching plugin.

This allowed me to remove the user meta which was linking the user account to a non-existing entry.
Once that was done, I could use User Switching to switch to the user to verify the it linked correctly, which it did.

I’ve left these excellent tools installed for your use. You can delete safely if you wish.

Apologies for the trouble.

ps. Delete the user account and adding it again would have resolved the issue too.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Sonny

Yes, I received it. It is on the top of my list to respond to today.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jess

If I understand correctly… Yes, you can do this easily with Connections. Here’s a doc page on how to do it with the cMap template but the same method will work with any of the premium templates.

Ohhh, wait, I just reread the second paragraph again.

What you want to do is possible. Here’s how.

First, create the page that will actually display the entries and set that as the directory home page.

Now, you need the Widget Pack extension.

You would add to category list widgets to the Connections Widget Shortcodes and configure each instance to display the Display specific category parent. After you saving the widget configuration you will be give a shortcode that can be used to embed it on a page.

With those shortcodes onhand, now create two pages, one for each shortcode. The shortcodes will render a list of the child categories of the selected parent category. The list will be styled according to the theme styles for unordered lists.

With those two pages created, create your origin page that has the two buttons which link to those two pages created in the previous step.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ James

re: 1. How do I make the font smaller and not bold)
2. How do I remove the + on every word?

This can only be done with custom CSS to override the template’s default styling. Add the following to the theme’s custom CSS area:

#cn-gridder .cn-gridder-overlay span.fn, #cn-gridder .cn-gridder-name span.fn {
    font-size: 12px !important;
    font-weight: normal !important;
}
#cn-gridder .cn-gridder-toggle.cn-gridder-toggle-top-right {
    display: none !important;
}

Hope that helps!

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