[Steven Zahm]

@ Oliver

Sure I’ll take a look, the login details can be sent via the contact link at the bottom of the page.

I also recommend asking your host about the 403 access denied error on occurring on query strings. Maybe they have mod_sec installed on the server and configured in a way that blocks access to queries made on site’s sub pages.

[Steven Zahm]

@ le gr

I’m going to assume that this is reference to the Tile template you recently purchased. Is that correct?

re: how do i make it a widjet so i can place in on my homepge and then it will redirect to the page?
Connections is designed to be used on a page, not in the sidebar as a widget. So I really do not advice using it that way … but with the Tile template is is probably doable. Here’s what you want to do:

• First, you going to need a plugin that enabled shortcodes within text
  widgets. This plugin should do the trick quite well. Don’t
  worried about the not tested in you WordPress message or anything, it
  will work just fine.
• With that plugin installed and active you can
  now use the [connections] shortcode in a WordPress Text widget.
• Now create a new page, give it a name and add the [connections] shortcode to it.
• Save the new page.
• Look in the browser address bar, you will see a page ID, take note of the ID as you will need it.
• Go to the Connections : Settings admin page and make sure the Directory Home Page option is set to your new page.
• Now you can add a widget to your sidebar.
• Add a new Text widget to the sidebar and use the following shortcode:
  [connections force_home='true' template='tile']
• Save the widget.

Now it should show up in your theme’s sidebar and when you click the links it should go to the page set as the Directory Home Page.

re: how can i create a search form?
You need with the Widget Pack or Tile Plus. Seeing you just purchase Tile, I’ll be happy to exchange it for the difference in price. The this exchange would work is that you would first purchase Tile Plus and then I would refund the purchase of Tile. If you want to do this let me know.

re: i want to have a category filter above all the tile cards, how do i do that?
Since you want the category filter, you need to have the Tile Plus template.

re: also, how do i make the image be on the right side nd not on the left?
The only way you can do this is by editing the template. This is an advance option and would require that you know PHP. If you do, here’s a link on how to edit a template in an update safe way.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Dotty

There nothing buy, this feature is built into Connections. Click on the entry name, after the page refreshes you’ll see the entry that was just clicked on and at the very top will be a link to add to the address book. That’s the vCard download. Most people do no known what a vCard is so I do not refer to it as such.

Hope that helps, let me know!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Karl

Ops … scratch what I just said … guess I can not read.

I just visited the site again on my iPad in Chrome and Safari, both showed the Form page just fine for me.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Karl

I can see that the page is working fine .. what I can not see are the entries, I see the no results message instead.

My guess is when the entries were added they were added as private. Private entries will only be shown to users logged into the site. You must set them to be public in order for the entries to be visible to the sites visitors.

I hope that helps, let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Rolando

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

[Steven Zahm]

@ Rolando

This should work for changing the title:

#cn-gridder .cn-gridder-overlay .title {
  font-size: 8px;
  color: red;
}

Depending on the order the CSS get loaded you might have to use the !important flag, like so:

#cn-gridder .cn-gridder-overlay .title {
  font-size: 8px !important;
  color: red !important;
}

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Oliver

Let deal with the search issue first rather trying to address multiple items at once. I think that’ll be easier for us … definitely easier for me and faster.

First question, do you have any security related plugins installed, such as WP-SpamShield?

If you do, check their option for anything about blocking suspicious queries.

I’m focussing on this directory because something is cause a 403 access denied message on query strings that are outside the root domain.

For example, this core WordPress search will work on you site:
http://www.pilgrimassembliesinternational.org/?s=churches

But if I go up a page:
http://www.pilgrimassembliesinternational.org/churches/?s=chuches

This will fail. NOTE, this is the core WP search, see the ?s a Connections search will be ?cn-s.

This should show the WordPress search results page. Instead, the server response with a 403 access denied message.

This can be caused by a plugin or a server setting… So let start by looking at plugins.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Nick

Yes, but you will need the Link extension too.

Hope that helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Brian

Good 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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