Link directly to a category

@ Rodney

Sure, here’s how…

1. Put the [connections] shortcode on your desired landing page.
2. The links you need to create would look something like:

http://domain.tld/landing-page/category/alabama/

That assumes you have not change the Category Base on the Connections : Settings admin page under the Advanced tab.

That’s it.

Another interesting option which really depends on how you really need categorize your dealers. Because you can build links to filter by state like so:

http://domain.tld/landing-page/region/Alabama/

The result would be every entry where any of its addresses had “Alabama” entered in the State field. Make sense?

You can even build links for specific cities:

http://domain.tld/landing-page/locality/Montgomery/

Or zip code:

http://domain.tld/landing-page/postal-code/36101/

I do suggest making your landing page your directory home page as well on the Connections : Settings admin page under the General tab.

I hope that answers your question thoroughly.

@ Rodney

Using cat would cause a conflict with WordPress because that is what it uses to reference its own categories.