Installation Instructions

Installation instructions can be found here.

Requirements

• WordPress version: >= 3.2
• PHP version: >= 5.2.4
• NOTE: Upgrading from version 0.6.1 and newer is supported. Previous version must upgrade to 0.6.1 before upgrading to the current version.

FAQ

FAQs can be found here.

Changelog

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