[Steven Zahm]

@ Charles

Please do not reply to the auto replies, I typically do not even see them… thanks!

Steven,

Thank you for the detailed response. Yes, my install is about a year
old. Just for my own understanding, is there something I need to do in
order to get the FULLTEXT index support? I would like for my software
and database to be as current as possible.

Thanks in advance. Charles

[Steven Zahm]

@ Dustun

I know of one user which integrated Connections with a map plugin but that is about all I know:

http://connections-pro.com/support/topic/post-process-hook-and-wrong-category/

That said… I’m working on my own solution:

https://connections-pro.com/support/topic/map-view/#post-319981

Related, here’s someone that integrated Connections with the My calendar plugin:

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-or-import-connections-to-my-calendar-locations?replies=9#post-6277250

Hoe that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Brannon

Do the entry ID/s match those exactly that are already in Connections? If they do not match exactly, they will not be updated.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Nick S

re: 1) and 3)
Adding the following CSS to the theme’s custom CSS area. It will hide the entire title area that contains the type, preferred and visibility options:

#cn-form div.widget-top .widget-title {
  display: none !important;
}

re: For Address, Phone, and Email, the red “Remove” button is cut off and only shows “Remo”. Is there some kind of CSS to fix this so I can see the entire word “Remove”?
Sounds like CSS from theme or another plugin is overriding the CSS for the button. I can only really help further with this is if you can share a link so I can take a look.

Hope that helps.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Heather

The quality of the theme could be just fine I don’t know one way or another. Apologies if I implied anything. I would just say what I found I feel is a bug and should be done differently. I’m quite confident there are plenty of bugs in Connections too even though I do work very hard at making sure there are none.

I think I may have asked… but if you have not and 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]

@ Nick S

re: Can you explain what exactly the enable_bio and enable_bio_head means?
First, I must say; I’m not sure why one would want to use these considering the design focus of the template…

First, these only have any effect when the entry is open. It does not disable the excerpt of the bio when the entry is closed.

• enable_bio: Default is true which will show the full bio text. Setting to false will disable the bio text and the “Biography” header text if enable_bio_head is true.
• enable_bio_head: Default is false. It will display the value for str_bio_head which defaults to “Biography”.

re: Is there any way to not show the bio until after the user clicks “Read More”? Or will the bio always show on page load?
No, that’s kind of the whole design focus for the Excerpt Plus template, to show an excerpt of the bio. The excerpt will be roughly the first 55 words. It may be a little longer because the code behind creating the excerpt will try not to split a sentence. The number of words can be adjusted with the excerpt_length option. Setting excerpt_length to 0 disables creating the excerpt (I think, its been awhile) and setting it to p should create an excerpt using the first paragraph of the bio field.

re: I see Name, Title, and Bio shows up on page load without needing to click “Read More”. Are there other fields I can have display before clicking “Read More”? for example, could I have the Organization appear above the “Read More” link? Or is there no way to change that?
There is no way to change that with shortcodes, for that you would have to edit the template PHP files. This can be done by creating a custom template override file.

Hope that helps.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Paul

re: I’m not sure how open this plugin’s api is (if at all)
Well, Connections is really open. It is openly developed on Github, pull requests are always welcomed. There are currently 291 filters and 15 actions with more being added on just about every release. I’ve been spending a lot of time cleaning; improving and better modularizing the code in every release. I’m even open to hosting third party extensions for sale on this site. I’ve had a few dev commit to making something, but, none have yet to follow thru.

I don’t see any reason why one could not create an extension with the features you listed. It would just time and dedication to add.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Anna

Sounds like you are using one of the templates which come with Connections. They have very little CSS, mostly relying on the theme, so rather than have a separate CSS file being loaded with only a few lines of CSS they are added inline. The keeps HTTP requests to minimum and follows search engine guidance.

Knowing that… you have two options…

Since the styles you’re trying to override are inline, you may need to use the !important flag in the CSS statement. To override the small-caps name the !important flag is not needed; this would work for the Default Entry Card template:

#cn-list span.fn.n {
  font-variant: normal;
}

The second option, is this. But that is a bit more involved and really not needed if you only want to alter its style a bit.

A bonus option … there quite a few templates available for sale here on this site. My personal favorites right now are the newer Gridder and Circled templates.

Hope that helps.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Nick S

The Login extension was being requested by others that wanted a “Connections” solution. It wasn’t something I planned on, but I got enough requests for it so I took an afternoon and made one. Previous to it I would just point the users to the many freely available login plugins.

That said…

You already have a login solution via the membership plugin, so, no, you do not need the Login extension.

Hope that helps clear up why you would/wouldn’t want to use it.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Debbie

Great to hear!

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

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