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Tagged: 0.8.13
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Steven Zahm.
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07/08/2014 at 4:10 am #296331
Kevin
GuestHi Steven
I think Connections is right for me but I have some key requirements and can’t see if they’re possible in Connections. I need to be able to;
1. Change the name of some of the standard fields e.g. ‘Biographical info’ to ‘Brief summary of your service ( no more than 50 words)’.
2. Choose which fields display in the list view
3. Remove some of the standard fields e.g. ‘messenger IDs’
4. Make some fields private i.e. only visible to the site admin
Many thanks07/08/2014 at 3:59 pm #296456Steven Zahm
Keymaster@ Kevin
Lets see…
1. See this QuickTip. Additionally, all the template support shortcode options to change strings that can not be changed using the method outlined in the Quicktip. See this FAQ.
2. If you do not enter anything for a field type, nothing will be shown. You can test this out using any of the templates that come with Connections.
3. They can not be removed, but as mention in 2., if you do not enter any messenger IDs, nothing will be shown.
4. When entering data in a fields type, you can set the visibility to Unlisted, only the admins will be able to view that info. This too can be tested with the templates that come with Connections.
I hope that answers your questions thoroughly.
07/09/2014 at 4:26 am #296523GuestThanks, but other than the first one (which is exactly what I need), your answers don’t give me the info I need, please could you take a look at my comments?
2. Choose which fields display in the list view
If you do not enter anything for a field type, nothing will be shown. You can test this out using any of the templates that come with Connections.
> I need to set, for all directory entries, which fields show in the list (as opposed to the item), for example I don’t want the phone number to show on the list but I do want a custom field to show. So leaving the field blank is not a solution.3. Remove some of the standard fields e.g. ‘messenger IDs’
They can not be removed, but as mention in 2., if you do not enter any messenger IDs, nothing will be shown.
> This makes the form hard work for a user as a lot of the fields aren’t required. We would have to write user notes, and this is too unreliable as users may not follow the notes.4. Make some fields private i.e. only visible to the site admin.
When entering data in a fields type, you can set the visibility to Unlisted, only the admins will be able to view that info. This too can be tested with the templates that come with Connections.
> Again this makes the form hard work for the user and relies upon the user following guidance notes, which is not sufficiently reliable as the information for these fields will be confidential.
I hope this makes my requirements clearer.
Thanks07/10/2014 at 11:37 am #296637Keymaster@ Kevin
re: I need to set, for all directory entries, which fields show in the list (as opposed to the item), for example I don’t want the phone number to show on the list but I do want a custom field to show. So leaving the field blank is not a solution.
With templates such as cMap, there are options to completely disable the output of selected data, such as the shortcode option show_phone_numbers=’false’. Is this what you mean? If so, there are a lot of options available. See the doc page for cMap as an example. All premium templates support most of the same options.re This makes the form hard work for a user as a lot of the fields aren’t required. We would have to write user notes, and this is too unreliable as users may not follow the notes.
Which Form are we talking about? The Form extension or the Connections : Add Entry admin page. If we’re talking about the Form extension, then the Messenger ID field can be disable (not shown to the user).re: Again this makes the form hard work for the user and relies upon the user following guidance notes, which is not sufficiently reliable as the information for these fields will be confidential.
If the user does not have a role assigned which has the “View Unlisted” capability, the user will not see that as an option … so unless you specifically set up it up that way, a general user can not add unlisted data or be presented with the option to do so, only the admin. The only exception would be with Link (which would be required if you plan on users maintaining their own entry) is that in the admin on the Link User Profile page, the user would have the option to set the entire entry to be unlisted.Hope that helps clear things up further.
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