[Steven Zahm]

@Calvin

Please navigate to the Connections : Settings admin page and click the Advanced tab. Enable the Name permalink option.

Now, activate the Contact addon on the Plugins admin page. Then navigate back to the Connections Settings admin page and click the Display tab. Scroll down to the single entry view section and enable the Email Entry content block option and save.

Now, when you visit the directory page, click and entry name which will refresh the page to the profile/details view. It is here you will see the contact form.

I hope this helps. Please let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

RE: I also need to add the ability to search the directory by category. Is search by category in the base product or is it an add-on? If “search by category” requires an an add-on, which one?

You need one of the premium templates which enables keyword search and filter by category. For a chamber site, I highly recommend the cMap template.

• https://connections-pro.com/add-on/cmap/

RE: can I get credit for the csv extension and just buy the single-site extension bundle?

You can upgrade the CVS Import addon license to the Extension Pack bundle. Here’s how:

• Navigate to your purchase history.
• Click the Licenses tab.
• Click the View Upgrades link for CSV Import.
• From there you can choose your upgrade. The price will be full price of the item you wish to upgrade to minus the full price of the item you are upgrading to. Hope that makes sense!

Hope this helps, let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jon

I’ve emailed you directly, please let me know if you did not receive it.

[Steven Zahm]

@ David

I emailed you directly at d*****@web******.com. Please let me know if you do not receive that email.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jon

They are using a beta addon for Connections which I offer, on request, to those who purchased the Pro Pack. They are also using the Slim Plus template which comes as part of the Pro Pack.

I freely give it as a free addon in the bundled price. The reason it is not officially part of the bundle is because I still consider it a beta product. With the release of WP5, my goal for this year is to build it as a block which can be used and configured in the new editor.

You can see it in action on this third part site:

https://sscit.org/directory/

I consider this beta software, though safe to run on live sites. It can be difficult to configure due to the complicate shortcode structure to configure the multiple category setup. If you are familiar with shortcodes it should not be too difficult. They styling is as is, though I can give you CSS to apply you own color (instead of blue).

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

Thanks!

If you have a moment, I would truly appreciate a review as they really do make a difference.

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

Thanks in advance for your time!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Ioannis

Great to hear you successfully configured Connections using two pages!

Please try adding this to the theme’s custom CSS area:

#cn-card .cn-left {
    max-width: 45%;
}

Hope this helps, let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Ioannis

RE: I was wondering if there would be a way to have my directory page with a sidebar but when going to the entry’s details, have a full page template load.

Yes, this is possible but requires a slightly more complex configuration.

• Edit the page the directory is currently on. Look in the browser’s address bar and note the ID that WordPress has assigned the page.
• Create a new page. The name is not important but should be relevant. Let’s call the page “Business”. In the “Business” page content, add the Connections shortcode with the home_id shortcode option set to the page ID of the original directory page.
• After you save the new page, take note of its page ID.
• Edit the original page again and add the home_id shortcode option setting it to the new page ID.
• Ensure the new page does not display in your sites navigation.
• Now, when an entry is clicked on your directory page, the links will resolve to the new second page displaying only that entry with no other content.

Hope that helps!

RE: I would also like to know if there’s a way to have the image load to the top right of the details page

The image is designed to float down when there is not enough room. I know it appears that this is… but the left column’s content is wider than the space left to fit the image.

I suspect if you use a full page view in your theme on the second directory page using the method described in my previous answer you’ll get the desired layout.

Hope this helps, let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

Sorry, no, it is not possible to remove the permalink slugs. They must exist. It is just how WordPress works. It needs the key/value pairs in order to function because this is how WordPress “know” how read the URL. So a category URL has to be:

directory.com/directory-home-page/cat/category-slug/

You can change the cat part of the URL on the Connections Settings Advance admin page. But if you change it, it must be a value which does not conflict with WordPress or other custom post types (CPT) permalinks.

An individual entry permalink has to be this:

directory.com/directory-home-page/name/entry-slug/

You can change the cat part of the URL on the Connections Settings Advance admin page. Again, if you change it, it must not conflict with other WordPress permalink slugs.

If you do not have the permalink slugs, WordPress will assume you are trying to load a blog post and thru a 404 not found error.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Thomas

Sorry, but it is not possible to put the category slug in that location in the permalink.

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