Customizing Viewable Information

  • Resolved noahwbrown

    (@noahwbrown)


    2 years, 9 months ago

    Hi Steven,

    My website is using Slim Plus 2.4 and has a directory of ~1,400 program alumni that have self-entered their information. I’m hoping to customize the way this information displays to the public – my apologies if there are obvious ways to solve these issues that I’m overlooking!

    1. There is an extra space appearing between names and suffixes. For example, the directory will show “Jane Doe , MSN” but when I open Jane’s entry, there are no extra spaces at the end of the last name or before the suffix. This applies to every entry in my database.
    2. Some alumni have uploaded photos, but for those who haven’t, a grey box with “No Photo Available” is part of their entry. Is there a way to remove this placeholder?
    3. Alumni are entering some information that we don’t want publicly displayed on the website. Is there a way to prevent certain fields, such as address (and the accompanying map), from being displayed across every entry?

    Thank you so much!

    • This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by noahwbrown.
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  • Plugin Author Steven

    (@shazahm1hotmailcom)

    2 years, 9 months ago

    RE: There is an extra space appearing between names and suffixes. For example, the directory will show “Jane Doe , MSN” but when I open Jane’s entry, there are no extra spaces at the end of the last name or before the suffix.

    There should not be extra space. It sounds like perhaps CSS from the theme or another plugin is causing the extra space to appear. If you can share a link to your directory page, I can take a look.

    RE: Some alumni have uploaded photos, but for those who haven’t, a grey box with “No Photo Available” is part of their entry. Is there a way to remove this placeholder?

    Add image_fallback='none' to your existing [connections] shortcode. Here’s an example:

    [connections image_fallback='none']

    RE: Alumni are entering some information that we don’t want publicly displayed on the website. Is there a way to prevent certain fields, such as address (and the accompanying map), from being displayed across every entry?

    The address can be disabled, too, with a shortcode option. Add show_addresses=false to the existing shortcode. Here’s an example:

    [connections image_fallback='none' show_addresses=false]

    I hope this helps; please let me know.

    Thread Starter noahwbrown

    (@noahwbrown)

    2 years, 9 months ago

    Thank you Steven! Both of those shortcode options worked perfectly.

    Regarding the extra spaces, here is a link to the directory: https://jonasphilanthropies.org/scholar-directory/

    Plugin Author Steven

    (@shazahm1hotmailcom)

    2 years, 9 months ago

    Try adding the name_format shortcode option to the existing shortcode; for example:

    name_format='%prefix% %first% %middle% %last%%suffix%'

    I hope this helps; please let me know.

    Thread Starter noahwbrown

    (@noahwbrown)

    2 years, 9 months ago

    Thank you Steven, that did the trick! I sincerely appreciate the support you have provided and will be sure to recommend Connections Pro to others moving forward.

    Plugin Author Steven

    (@shazahm1hotmailcom)

    2 years, 9 months ago

    Great to hear that solved it for you. Have a great day!

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