Connections
Connections is a simple to use directory manager which can be used to create an addressbook, business, staff or church directory.
Download Version 0.7.2.5
0.7.2.5 01/09/12
- BUG: Fix an issue that would prevent the social media icons from showing.
- BUG: Made sure the widget.css file was only enqueued in WP < 3.2 since it is not required [or exists] in WP >= 3.3.
0.7.2.4 01/08/12
- BUG: Fixed the Profile template so it would properly echo the bio field copy.
- OTHER: Optimize and Smush.it all of the social media icons. Resulted in a significant file size reductions and overall zip file size reduction.
- OTHER: Fix PHP warnings when WP_DEBUG is enabled.
0.7.2.3 01/01/12
- FEATURE: Added TripAdvisor to the social media networks per user request.
- BUG: Fixed critical table creation error for the links table on new installs. Upgrades are ok.
- BUG: Fixed bug in getWebsiteBlock(). Would not return entries with the legacy type of 'personal'.
- BUG: Make sure a boolean can not be passed to the opendir() function in class.template.php.
- OTHER: If critical Connections folders are not writable, attempt to increment permissions until they are writable. NOTE: This occurs only during plugin activation and upgrading from a previous version.
- OTHER: Update the default templates to use the new output methods.
- OTHER: Removed the unused code in cnEntry::getLinks() to convert a string to an array. It was being done twice, two differnet ways.
- OTHER: Increase the TimThumb FILE_CACHE_MAX_FILE_AGE to 7 days.
- OTHER: Add an "Add New" button next to the H2 on the Connections : Manage admin page.
- OTHER: Add FULLTEXT to several of the Connections tables.
- OTHER: Add a secondary LIKE search if the FULLTEXT search returns no results OR for when the users DB does not support FULLTEXT.
- OTHER: Update the iTunes icons with a better version which also has a more permissive lisense.
0.7.2.2 12/25/11
- FEATURE: Added option to the links to be able to assign them to either the image or logo.
- FEATURE: Social media networks now default to having an icon rather than the text link.
- BUG: Add missing style for the cn-list-head so the alphaindex will be positioned correctly.
- BUG: Create the required folders in wp_content as part of the db upgrade process.
- BUG: Add the style sheet for Chosen to the Connections admin pages.
- BUG: Check for the Chosen jQuery plugin before calling in the admin.
- BUG: Initialize the $visibility array in cnRetrieve::recordCount so the implode doesn't thow a PHP error.
- BUG: Alter the query in cnRetrieve::entry to use $wpdb->prepare.
- BUG: Fix a bug in the max Google Static Map width and height logic. The max setting will be 640x640px instead of the default setting of 400x400px.
- BUG: When an entry is assigned to multiple categories and when using the order_by='id|RANDOM' option that entry would display once for each category it was assigned.
- OTHER: Remove the "Call-time pass-by-reference" from the upcoming list shortcode attributes.
0.7.2.1 12/18/11
- FEATURE: Search for the admin and select premium templates.
- FEATURE: Added a Dashboard page in the admin.
- FEATURE: Added a Today's Birthdays admin dashboard widget.
- FEATURE: Added a Upcoming Birthdays admin dashboard widget.
- FEATURE: Added a Today's Anniversaries admin dashboard widget.
- FEATURE: Added a Upcoming Anniversaries admin dashboard widget.
- FEATURE: Added a Recently Added dashboard widget.
- FEATURE: Added a Recently Modified admin dashboard widget.
- FEATURE: Added a Connections News admin dashboard widget.
- FEATURE: Added a Template Update News admin dashboard widget.
- FEATURE: Added a Pro Module New admin dashboard widget.
- FEATURE: Added a System Info / Configuration admin dashboard widget.
- FEATURE: New role capabilities that allow add and edit moderation.
- FEATURE: Added more actions/filters to hook into.
- FEATURE: Added hooks to allow templates o be configured via the shortcode so the template's functions.php file does not need edited.
- FEATURE: Collapsible and sortable addresses and etc., when adding or editing an address and etc.
- FEATURE: Added ICQ as a messenger type.
- FEATURE: Added Google+ to the social networks.
- BUG: The view_public capability was being removed when role capabilities were being reset.
- BUG: Fix many/most/all warnings and such reported when WP_DEBUG is TRUE.
- BUG: Remove the connections_view_entry_list role as it is no longer needed.
- BUG: Use gmmktime() instead of mktime() when working with the birthday and anniversary so dates are output showing the current date.
- BUG: Fixed a bug with applying the cn_list_before filter causing the template CSS to output twice.
- BUG: Fixed an issue with getAddressBlock() showing only the last input address.
- BUG: Removed the Screen Options tab from the Connections Manage page unless an action was being performed on an entry such as edit/copy.
- BUG: Fixed some minor bugs in the upgrade function.
- BUG: Fixed malformed vCard when Department was entered without and organization name.
- BUG: Fixed removing all family members issue.
- BUG: Contact name shouldn't have been saved for entry types of individual and family.
- OTHER: Remove the meta Connections version from the head as it failed HTML5 validation. Added to the connections div as an HTML5 data attribute.
- OTHER: Disabled JavaScript compression on the Add/Edit Entry page. When enabled the RTE wouldn't load to JS errors.
- OTHER: Update Roles and Capabilities page to use the metabox visual styles.
- OTHER: Updated the help page. Fixing typos and adding more info.
- OTHER: Update the settings page to match the WordPress setting page styles for better integration.
- OTHER: Update the categories page style to match the WordPress categories page styles for better integration.
- OTHER: Update the role page style to use the post metabox style for better integration.
- OTHER: All processes are now handled by a process method rather than hooking into the current page for better role capability support.
- OTHER: Remove the Donate link from the meta links on the Plugins page.
- OTHER: Added a entry meta table for future support for custom entry details.
- OTHER: Tweaked the header of the Manage / Copy / Edit screen.
- OTHER: Added a cache folder during activation for TimThumb.
- OTHER: Removed 'Select' from the address type select to force user selection.
- OTHER: Set the 'Member' template as a 'family' template type.
- OTHER: Set the 'Single Entry Card' template as a 'individual' template type.
- OTHER: Greatly improved support for using the shortcode multiple times on the same page.
- OTHER: Improved the pagination support on the Manage page. The limit is now user adjustable.
- OTHER: Completely revamped the db structure. Using the original table columns for addresses, etc., for an object to keep db queries to a minimum.
- OTHER: Added support for WP 3.3.
- OTHER: Use wp_editor when user is running WP 3.3+.
- OTHER: Moved the filters to be part of the entry retrieve query. Made possible by the new db structure.
- OTHER: Moved the order by option to be part of the entry retrieve query. Made possible by the new db structure.
- OTHER: Upgrade the class.php.upload class to .31
- OTHER: Added debug logging and display for image uploads.
- OTHER: Reworked just about every method in the cnOutput() class to remove all inline styles.
- OTHER: All styles have been moved to an external CSS file.
- OTHER: Completely restructured the [connections] shortcode logic.
- OTHER: The output of the IM networks now conform to the hCard spec.
- OTHER: Added the missing contact first and last name template tag.
- OTHER: Enable shortcode use in the bio and notes fields.
- OTHER: Addressed the "Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated" warning messages.
- OTHER: Disable the filter that added menu items to the 'Favorite' drop down that was removed from WordPress 3.2.
0.7.1.6 06/15/2011
- Fixes security vulnerability.
0.7.1.5 03/06/2011
- FEATURE: Pagination in the admin.
- FEATURE: Added YouTube, MixCloud, ReverbNation, iTunes and CD Baby to the social media field.
- BUG: Use gmdate() instead of date() when working with the birthday and anniversary so dates are output showing the current date.
- BUG: Fixed bug where the last address/phone number/email/messenger id/social media id/ website could not be removed.
- BUG: Fix many/most/all warning and such reported when WP_DEBUG is TRUE.
- BUG: Fix WP version check in the displayUpgrade method.
- OTHER: Added a comma in the getAddressBlock()
- OTHER: Removed the PayPal Donate buttons from the Manage and Help pages.
- OTHER: Add Extend and Template to the meta links on the plugins admin page.
- OTHER: Add a 'Get More' button to the template admin page.
0.7.1.4 Unreleased
- FEATURE: Add in_category shortcode attribute. Define multiple categories by id that an entry must be assigned in order to be displayed. [Operational AND]
- BUG: Fixed bug with category recursion.
- BUG: Fixed bug where identical category names/IDs would be included in the query.
- OTHER: Moved the shortcode entry filters to be processed right after the results query.
- OTHER: Removed the copying of the download.vCard.php to the WP root during activation. Instead hooked into parse_request for vCard download.
- OTHER: Fixed the template in the sample folder from 0.7.1.1 so it functions and renamed it to Members.
- OTHER: Registered many query variable that can be processed via the parse_request hook.
0.7.1.3 01/17/2011
- OTHER: No Changes. SVN error.
0.7.1.2 01/17/2011
- BUG: Fixed the width and height setting being swapped in the getLogoImage() method.
0.7.1.1 01/15/2011
- FEATURE: Added Contact First and Last name fields the the Organization entry type.
- FEATURE: Added honorable prefix and honorable suffix fields.
- FEATURE: Added a template manager to the admin.
- FEATURE: Templates now support stylesheets.
- FEATURE: Templates now support javascript.
- FEATURE: Added RSS option under social media.
- FEATURE: Added Podcast option under social media.
- FEATURE: Added SoundCloud option under social media.
- FEATURE: Improved the rich text editor by using the bundled tinyMCE.
- FEATURE: Added three additional order_by attributes; date_added, date_modified and title.
- FEATURE: Added Skype option under the messenger IDs.
- FEATURE: Added the option to upload a logo in addition to an image.
- FEATURE: Latitude and longitude can now be set with each address.
- FEATURE: Add exclude_category shortcode attribute.
- FEATURE: Convert the add/edit entry form to use the WP metaboxes and 'Screen Options' feature to allow some form customization.
- BUG: Fixed PHP Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated error in the admin.
- BUG: The last updated time and date now function correctly.
- BUG: Fix MySpace spelling typo. Any entries saved with a MySpace link will need to be updated.
- BUG: Fix the upcoming birthday/anniversary query to show today's birthdays as well as to take into account the current time zone set in the WordPress General settings.
- BUG: Fix the sort algorithm for sorting the upcoming birthday/anniversary list by date.
- BUG: Fix birthday/anniversary with date of January 1st not being saved.
- BUG: Fix Upgrade notice to be compatible with WordPress => 3.0.
- BUG: Fix entry drop down when creating a family. Drop downs would only show entries based on the current filter setting for the current user in the admin. The drop down will now show all permitted entries.
- BUG: Fix public entries "Allow unregistered visitors and users..." setting not being saved.
- BUG: Fix DB upgrade method logic.
- BUG: Strip HTML from the Note output for vCard.
- OTHER: Entry human time difference in now based the current blog time.
- OTHER: The local timestamp will be used when adding/updating an entry rather than the server timestamp.
- OTHER: The last updated time will be adjusted to the local timestamp.
- OTHER: Connections Groups entry type renamed to Families.
- OTHER: Change substr to mb_substr for better support of multibyte character sets.
- OTHER: Added total record count based on current user permissions.
- OTHER: Further reduced memory requirements.
- OTHER: Initiate plugin settings only on activation.
- OTHER: Shortcode can now be called as [connections]
0.7.0.4 7/26/2010
- FEATURE: Add the option to display the front end list in a specified order.
- FEATURE: Add the option to display the front end list in a random order on each page visit/refresh.
- BUG: Fixed typo that caused the website URLs to be invalid.
- BUG: Fixed so "Select" wouldn't be saved as the address type.
0.7.0.3 7/20/2010
- FEATURE: Set website urls to open in a new window/tab as the default.
- BUG: Set initial DB version during activation.
- BUG: Fix many errors reported when WP_DEBUG is set to true.
- BUG: Fix database table check before the table is created during activation.
- BUG: When an entry is added, the last modified by field is now correctly set.
- BUG: The initial entry category relationship would not be set correctly to uncatgorized if no categories were selected.
- BUG: Fix recursive category children when using specified categories multiple times on the same page.
- OTHER: Reduced memory requirements further by passing a few large objects by reference rather than creating new instances.
- OTHER: Add UTF-8 support in the vCard file.
- OTHER: Base64 encode image into the vCard rather than the URI.
- OTHER: When creating tables the character set and collate will honor the settings in wp-config.php or the default settings for WP.
- OTHER: Upgrade jWYSIWYG to version .92.
- OTHER: Added support for the CSV Import Pro Module
0.7.0.2 6/12/2010
- FEATURE: Add upgrade notice to the plugin admin page.
- BUG: Fix WYSIWYG tag parse.
- BUG: Fix order_by bug. Would not sot sort by city, state, zipcode, country.
- OTHER: Add missing documentation for the social media template tags.
0.7.0.1 5/17/2010
- BUG: Fix fatal error when custom ordering the results.
- BUG: Fix CSS error for a gradient.
0.7.0.0 5/16/2010
- FEATURE: Add links on the plug-in management admin page for Settings, Help, Support and Donate.
- FEATURE: Added group_name shortcode attribute filter.
- FEATURE: Theme Template tag for theme development to display the entry list. All shortcode attributes are supported.
- FEATURE: Theme Template tag for theme development to display the upcoming list. All shortcode attributes are supported.
- FEATURE: The category shortcode attribute has been expanded to allow multiple categories to be called via a comma separated list. If the category has children entries, they will has display (recursively).
- FEATURE: Added shortcode attribute, wp_current_category. When this is set to true and the shortcode is used in a post, all entries that have the same category name will be displayed.
- FEATURE: Allow more than one website address to be entered per entry.
- FEATURE: Automatically add the http:// to the website addresses.
- FEATURE: Automatically add the http:// to the social network urls.
- FEATURE: Add vCard download link to entry actions.
- FEATURE: Add Upgrade Notice text to the readme.txt.
- FEATURE: Show the entries assigned categories in the entry list.
- FEATURE: Categories are add to the vcard div class.
- FEATURE: Add template tag to show an entries assigned categories.
- BUG: Set the db version after each db upgrade cycle.
- BUG: Add the missing social media block to the output class, default templates and help page.
- BUG: Fix typos in the help page.
- BUG: Fixed improper use of the prepare method when saving and updating entries.
- BUG: Fix issue causing the adding/editing of entries to fail when the '%' character was used.
- BUG: Fix error caused by empty $results array in the shortcode.
- BUG: Editing a Connection Group caused it to show up twice in the list and only one was editable while the other gave an error.
- BUG: Fixing saving the entry type.
- BUG: The shortcode filter attributes were not escaped. So strings with extended characters would fail to return a match.
- BUG: Fixed elements left behind after removing fields in the entry form.
- BUG: Remove entry images from the server when they are removed from the entry.
- BUG: If an image was manually deleted from the server, the image tag will not be output.
- BUG: Fixed bug that allowed duplicate categories to be created.
- BUG: Fixed issue where database would go thru the update cycle on a new install.
- OTHER: Add instructional text to the image settings.
- OTHER: Add rel="nofollow" to the vCard download link.
- OTHER: Removed the use of $_SESSION throughout the plug-in.
- OTHER: Enhance plug-in security through the use of nonce.
- OTHER: Move the methods from cnConvert class to the cnFormatting class.
- OTHER: Move the class.upload.php to the image processing method to remove 1.3MB of plug-in overhead.
- OTHER: Reduce memory overhead.
- OTHER: Reduce database queries.
- OTHER: More efficient query to return entries.
- OTHER: Removed the 'custom_template' shortcode attribute. Instead, the custom template folder will be checked for the specified template.
- OTHER: Moved the template file checking out of the entry list loop to reduce server file system IO.
- OTHER: Add place holders in the admin entry list if no image is associated to an entry.
- OTHER: Add dependencies and versions to all wp_enqueue_script / wp_enqueue_style calls.
- OTHER: Upgrade the class.php.upload class to .29
- OTHER: Better documentation throughout.
0.6.2.1 2/3/2010
- BUG: Fixed fatal error when using the shortcode attribute repeat_alphaindex.
0.6.2 2/2/2010
- BUG: Fixed unable to remove phone numbers.
- BUG: Fixed when removing a field from an entry that the entire field is removed leaving no remnants.
- Add support for basic HTML and RTE for the Notes and Bio fields using the jwysiwyg 0.6 jQuery plug-in.
- Add order_by shortcode attribute for custom ordering of entries and updated the help page.
- Add support for the CSV premium add-on.
- Add the missing getBioBlock method to the output class.
- Enhanced the help page.
0.6.1 1/19/2010
- BUG: Fixed a bug when initializing the settings so they are not reset on activation of the plugin.
- BUG: Fixed how capabilities were created and managed for public entries.
- BUG: Fixed how the entry edit link was created which was causing a token mismatch.
- BUG: Fixed a permission error when using the shortcode override attributes.
- Updated class.upload.php to version .28
- Remove SQL class, didn't make sense to use it.
- Defined table names as constants.
- Options class now is used throughout the plug-in rather than creating new instances.
- Renamed all the classes to be more unique to help avoid conflict with other plug-ins.
- Re-worked the way method used to store the cached entry list filters to use the user_meta table.
- Capturing more meta data when added/updating entries; date added, added by, last edited by.
- Added and middle name. Support extended to hCard and vCard.
- Added a setting to disable the private override shortcode attribute.
- Added a filter class that can easily be extended. Currently supports filtering by visibility and entry type.
- Added a permission filter. All queries are run thru this filter removing any entries the current user is not permitted to view.
- Changed it so the upgrade message and version error only show on the Connections admin pages.
- Started to enable support for SSL connections.
- Changed minimum supported WP version to 2.8 [Used 2.8 only function for editable roles]
- Add check for $_SESSION save path and throw an error if it isn't found.
- Add category support.
- Add upgrade routine to support new features and some planned future features.
- All strings output from the cnEntry and related classes are now sanitized.
0.5.48 9/14/2009
- Fixed a jQuery bug in IE8.
- The alpha index in the admin is now dynamic. It will only show letters for entries in the list.
0.5.47 9/3/2009
- Updated class.upload.php to version .25
- Added extensive role support.
- Added the ability to set custom image sizes.
- Added the ability to determine how an image should be scaled and cropped.
- Extensive backend code changes.
- Focus on making sure the plug-in is secure.
0.5.1 - 6/21/2009
- Added a shortcode attribute to repeat the alpha index and the beginning of each character change. User requested.
- Added a shortcode attribute to show the current character at the beginning of each character group. User requested.
- Added additional filters for addresses. User requested.
- Run the SQL queries through the
$wpdb->prepare() method for security
- Change the change log so it shows up as a top level tab on the WordPress plug-in page
0.5.0
- Adding/Editing/Copying now use the class
- Added bulk delete.
- Added an entry type of Connection Group. This allows to you create relational links between entries.
- Moved the plug-in to be a top level menu item.
- Added a help sub-page.
- Added a setting page. Settings will actually be available in the next version.
- Added a donate button - a user request.
- Added a spiffy icon for the menu and page headers.
0.4.0
- Added hCard compatible markup
- xHTML Transitional valid output
- Added hCalendar compatible markup for birthdays and anniversaries.
- Birthday/anniversary will now show the next anniversary/birthday date for the entry.
- Added support for vCard download of an entry.
0.3.3
- Added shortcode filter attributes
0.3.2
- Converted the rest of the code to use OO methods
- Started to add jQuery in the admin
- Fixed the CSS to load only in the Connections page
- All the fields that can be input are shown in the output
- Added the ability to use custom output templates and a slew of template tags
- Added a default profile template and a default single entry template
0.2.24
- Converted more code to use OO methods
- Code clean-up and documentation
- Fixed the alpha index bug not correctly working with organization entry types
- Added a shortcode to allow showing all entries; individual or organizations entries
0.2.23
- Converted more code to use OO methods
- Display some of the missing fields in the output
0.2.22
- Added Org/Individual options
- Added IM fields
- Added BIO field
- Added Org/Individual filter
- Started to convert the code to OO PHP
0.2.11
- Added a nice little up arrow to both the admin and page/post entry list to return to the top of the list
0.2.10
- Added the ability to copy an entry
0.2.9
- Some more code cleanup
- Started code documentation
- Added the ability to choose whether or not a linked image in an entry is displayed when embedded in a page/post
- Added the ability to remove the linked image from an entry
0.2.8
- Fix bug that was causing IE to not filter correctly
- Code cleanup
0.2.7
- Added preliminary image support for entries
0.2.4
- Add entry ID to the admin
0.2.3
- First version in the repository
Requires: 3.2 or higher
Compatible up to: 3.3.1
Last Updated: 2012-1-20
Downloads: 49,988
Average Rating
(57 ratings)