[Steven Zahm]

@ Cole

re: Hmmm…still experiencing the same behavior.

Apologies, it seems a regression was introduced in 8.4 that prevents this from working like it should. That said, there is a “Plan B”. Instead do this:

Go to the Connections : Settings admin page and change the Directory Home Page to the search results page.

Now, instead of using the home_id shortcode option use the force_home shortcode option set to true like so:

[connections force_home='TRUE']

Like before, this will need to be added to each instance of the shortcode on the original page.

I’ll have the home_id shortcode option fixed in the 8.4.1 update scheduled for for release Sunday night.

re: Is there some way to have home_id look for a page slug?

No, that is not needed… the ID is used internally to get the page’s permalink, that permalink should be set as the for action which is not happening because of the regression.

Again apologies!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Joseph

I just tested it again, it does work. Please make sure you have the latest versions of Connections and Form installed. Also make sure to force refresh the browser to help ensure the latest CSS is being used by the browser. Lastly, it might be necessary to add the !important flag like so:

span#cn-name-prefix,
span#cn-name-middle,
span#cn-name-suffix,
div#cn-metabox-section-title,
div#cn-metabox-section-organization,
div#cn-metabox-section-department {
  display: none !important;
}

[Steven Zahm]

@ Teresa

It seems the theme is missing the wp_footer() template tag. Without this template tag, many, many, many plugins will break. You’ll either have to add it yourself or ask the theme dev add it and release an update.

Hope that helps, let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Teresa

I’ll respond in a moment to the other thread you started on this issue.

http://connections-pro.com/support/topic/bio-not-opening/

[Steven Zahm]

@ Raymond

This is being caused by the theme. The theme globally changes the default width of a select drop down to be 100% the width. Try adding this to the theme’s custom CSS area:

select{
    width: auto;
}

Make sure to force refresh the browser so the updated CSS is used by the browser.

Hope that helps.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Cole

Let me know what you learn.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Joseph

This should do it:

span#cn-name-prefix,
span#cn-name-middle,
span#cn-name-suffix,
div#cn-metabox-section-title,
div#cn-metabox-section-organization,
div#cn-metabox-section-department {
  display: none;
}

[Steven Zahm]

@ Cole

Nope, you do not need to change the permalink structure of the site at all, you can keep as postname.

The only thing that might cause it not to work correctly with a postname permalink is that the site is not yet on domain. Haven’t tested that, but it should work fine.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Cole

What you need to do is create a second page for the search results. Create that page, name it anything you want but take note of the page ID number WordPress assigns it. The page content should be only the [connections] shortcode, no options and only once.

Now on your current page add the home_id shortcode option to each instance of the shortcode.

When searches are made they results should be resolve to your new search results page.

TIP: Since you are using a separate page to display the results, you could use a second template, say the Default Entry Card template so more info is displayed.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Ray

Good to hear you figured out a solution that meets your needs. Admittedly it is tough to figure out exactly what that is but I hope I did provide some useful information.

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