Reply To: Customising the cmap directory

@ Cara-Dee

Well, you could probably do this by modifying for Bio Entry Card that comes with Connections as that would likely make a better base (stylistically), unless, you need searching and category filtering; then, yes, you should use cMap.

The skills needed. You would need to CSS, HTML and PHP.

To show the categories, you would use this function:

$entry->getCategoryBlock( array( 'label' => 'Genre', 'separator' => ', ', 'before' => '<span>', 'after' => '</span>' ) );

I suggest using the address for the location rather than category. For example, perhaps use the line 3, city or state field; whichever is more semantically correct. The you could customize the output of the address using this function:

$entry->getAddressBlock( array( 'format' => '%city%' ) );

Assuming you decide to use the city field.

The “Click to view full band profile.” link can be made with this function:

cnURL::permalink( array(
		'type'       => 'name',
		'slug'       => $entry->getSlug(),
		'title'      => $entry->getName(),
		'text'       => 'Click to view full band profile.',
		'home_id'    => $entry->directoryHome['page_id'],
		'force_home' => $entry->directoryHome['force_home'],
	)
);

The “Contact Band” link, you can use the Link field to add a Link. Use this function:
$entry->getLinkBlock();

Just enter the URL for the contact web address and then enter “Contact Band” for the Title.

Hope that helps.