Title: creating columns
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# creating columns

 *  Resolved [cece101](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cece101/)
 * (@cece101)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-columns-2/)
 * Hello –
 * great plugin! I am looking to create 2-3 columns to display my connections in
   a more compact way across the page. It loads as one column by default – [http://www.tasteoftheworldmarket.com/vendors/](http://www.tasteoftheworldmarket.com/vendors/)
 * What’s the easiest way to do thus?
 * And also want to hide “category” and “updated” info. How can I achieve this?
 * Cheers!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Steven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shazahm1hotmailcom/)
 * (@shazahm1hotmailcom)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-columns-2/#post-6147725)
 * **@ cece101**
 * The easiest, would be to use one of the two available templates which have a 
   grid-like layout. They are:
 * [Gridder](http://connections-pro.com/add-on/gridder/)
    [Tile Plus](http://connections-pro.com/add-on/tile-plus/)
 * The [Showcase](http://connections-pro.com/showcase/) page uses the Gridder template
   with the [SiteShot extension](http://connections-pro.com/add-on/siteshot/). The
   template is slightly tweaked to show the web address rather than the bio excerpt
   though.
 * Hope that helps!
 *  Thread Starter [cece101](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cece101/)
 * (@cece101)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-columns-2/#post-6147744)
 * Thanks for the response. I am using the forked responsive theme and will not 
   be changing… anyway to use some sort of page layout shortcodes? This is for a
   list of food truck vendors.
 * Maybe I could create a category – vendors A-M and put that on the left side and
   then create category – vendors N-Z and put them on the right half. Are there 
   connection shortcodes like that where I can place a certain category somewhere
   and not have filtering at the top..?
 * Thx!
 *  Plugin Author [Steven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shazahm1hotmailcom/)
 * (@shazahm1hotmailcom)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-columns-2/#post-6147746)
 * **@ cece101**
 * **re: I am using the forked responsive theme and will not be changing…**
 * You do not have to change themes to use a template for Connections. They are 
   completely different. The templates for Connections only affect the display and
   function of the directory, not the whole site like a theme. Put another way, 
   you keep your theme and add the template for the directory. Hope that helps.
 * **re: Maybe I could create a category – vendors A-M and put that on the left 
   side and then create category – vendors N-Z and put them on the right half. Are
   there connection shortcodes like that where I can place a certain category somewhere
   and not have filtering at the top..?**
 * I suppose that could be done too, you would need to come up with you own CSS 
   to put them side by side. The shortcode options for Connections can be found 
   on [this page](http://connections-pro.com/documentation/connections/shortcodes/shortcode-connections/).
   The [category shortcode option](http://connections-pro.com/documentation/connections/shortcodes/shortcode-connections/category/)
   is what you would want.

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 * Last reply from: [Steven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shazahm1hotmailcom/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-columns-2/#post-6147746)
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