[Steven Zahm]

@ Nikki

I would suggest the shortcode be placed on the page only once. The Circled template does have a category filter which can be enabled.

I suggest using this shortcode:

[connections enable_category_select='TRUE' enable_pagination='TRUE']

If you want you could use the Enhanced Categories addon instead of using the builtin category filter. But I definitely recommend enabled pagination and using the shortcode on the page only once when displaying so many entries. That will keep page load times more reasonable.

Hope this helps, let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Kimberly

Great to hear it is working! It is puzzling how it was working before the 8.31 update because none of that code was changed in anyway. Hey as long as it is working now, right :)

[Steven Zahm]

@ Kimberly

The drop down does have the “Select A Region” placeholder value.

http://colortechniques.bgdevbox.info.s55999.gridserver.com/agents/?cn-cat=0

The addon you are using to suppress the results until search does not use the cMap settings since it is not part of the template.

Try adding str_select='Select A Region' to the shortcode.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Nick

Try this instead:

[upcoming_list list_type='membership' show_lastname='true' list_title='Rotary membership anniversaries in the next 30 days' template='anniversary-light']

I forgot the template slugs are actually anniversary-light, anniversary-dark, birthday-light and birthday-dark which explains the template not found notice. Apologies!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Kimberly

Ok, can you link to a page showing the issue?

Also, what is the exact shortcode and options you are using on that page?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Kimberly

RE: I updated tot he latest version of Connections 8.31 and the string I use to set the default select category dropdown text is no longer working.

Hmmm… the 8.31 update contained no changes around templates or string customization. It only added the necessary code to “bundle” a block for the new WP editor coming in 5.0 and a block which can be used instead place of the shortcode.

Could you walk me thru the method you used to change the text since there are a few ways that could be accomplished.

RE: I am also using this plugin extension “Connections Business Directory Initial Search Results” to suppress the results until a selection is made. … I only want user to select from the dropdown.

You would have to edit the code in that addon to remove the search field from being generated. Open the addon plugin file, search for and remove $search = cnTemplatePart::search( $atts );. That will remove the search input field.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Frachtcontor

The vCards are actually fine … you need to adjust settings in Outlook. Here’s how:

You have to open the Outlook options, go to Advanced > International Options and then select Unicode (UTF-8) for “Preferred encoding for outgoing vCards:” option … And voila – import works!

Isn’t it obvious, that one has to set export options to setup import. For some reason Microsoft is setting the encoding to a non-standard value which is not universally supported and is out of spec according to the vCard specifications.

Another benefit in making this change is that your vCard exported from Outlook will now be compatible with just about every other email application which support vCards.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Gene

There is a single photo per entry. That said, you can add as many images as you wish to both the bio and notes fields.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Ray

Address formatting such as line breaks will be added in a future update. I have no ETA, but should not be too long. The map pin popups are a new feature that are not 100% complete yet. I had to switch focus. At present I am very highly focused on WordPress 5.0 support since it is going to be release within the next month (maybe two, at the latest). I’m adding “blocks” to support the new editor. The latest release added a new basic block to the new editor that can be used instead of the [connections] shortcode. The next update will have a block for [upcoming_list] shortcode.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Greg

Here’s a link to a tutorial which covers how to change text labels in Connections (and most other plugins).

Hope this helps!

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