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Connections Support


Installation Instructions

  1. Upload the connections directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
  3. If you wish to create and use custom template be sure to create the ./wp-content/connections_templates directory/folder. This is where you will copy any custom templates you might create.
  4. Add the shortcode [connections_list] to display the directory on a page or post.

FAQ

FAQs can be found here

Changelog

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 type that cause the website URLs to be invalid.
  • BUG: Fixed so Select wouldn't 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 intial 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 documentions 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 developement to display the entry list. All shortcode attributes are supported.
  • FEATURE: Theme Template tag for theme developement 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 shorcode 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 throughtout 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 entires.
  • 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 dependecies and versions to all wp_enqueue_script / wp_enqueue_style calls.
  • OTHER: Upgrade the class.php.upload class to .29
  • OTHER: Better documention 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 jOquery 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

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Plugin Info

Current Version:
0.7.0.4
Minimum WordPress Version:
2.8
Tested up to WordPress Version:
3.0.1
Plugin Author:
shazahm1

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