Entire Plugin does not work

  • Resolved 2 Guys Design

    (@2-guys-design)


    9 years, 1 month ago

    I downloaded the plugin hoping to create a online photo directory for a client. Overwhelmed by the number of positive reviews, but when I put in the shortcode, the plugin showed no photos. It showed no names. It showed no information. When I added the alphabet option on the shortcode it would show the two letters of the names I did have in the system, but absolutely nothing else. Both entries are set to public.

    Thus far, this is the only plugin that I have found that has the functionality I need – or lists the functionality I need, this is the only reason I’m pursuing this further.

    See what is happening at https://www.chathamumc.net/connections

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/connections/

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  • Plugin Author Steven

    (@shazahm1hotmailcom)

    @ 2 Guys Design

    I went to take a look but the directory is setup to require login to view. Could you please change that. If the entries you added need to be private, just add a couple dummy entries real quick.

    Let me know when this is done and I’ll take another look.

    Thread Starter 2 Guys Design

    (@2-guys-design)

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    Plugin Author Steven

    (@shazahm1hotmailcom)

    @ 2 Guys Design

    I happy to report that Connections is working correctly! Let me explain what is going on and then how to fix it…

    The contact data for each entry is output using HTML markup following the hCard spec. Doing this allows search engines to “understand” the data when indexing the page. One of the requirements for the hCard spec is that the contact details be in a block level container with a class of vcard. This is the important bit of why you are seeing, err not seeing, the entries you added to Connections. I’ll explain…

    The theme, I am assuming the theme because the CSS is actually in the page header and you seem to only have a few plugins installed, is “hiding” the vcard class. You can see this for yourself. Here’s how. Open the page in Chrome, open a page source view of the page (Ctrl+U). Now scroll down to line 1594. You’ll find this:

    .vcard {display:none;}

    This is very easy to fix. Here’s how. Most theme’s have a custom CSS area, add the following to the theme’s custom CSS area:

    #cn-list .vcard {
	display: initial;
}

    If that does not work, this will:

    #cn-list .vcard {
	display: block !important;
}

    Now the Connections entries will show.

    I already have some CSS in the plugin to prevent themes from doing this. I’ve tweaked it a bit to ensure it accounts for this specific instance to. This teak will be part of the next update. You can add the above CSS now, it will not conflict with the CSS tweak I’ve made to Connections.

    As you see, Connections does work and the issue was simply a minor CSS conflict with the theme. I respectfully ask that you reconsider the star rating left in your review:

    https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/does-not-display-names

    This is really easy to change. Go to you review and scroll to the bottom. There you will be able to adjust your review and change the star rating. I thank you in advance!

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