Connections (Scripts) Publisher's description

Connections is a simple to use addressbook, business, staff directory that is highly customizable.

Connections is a simple to use address book system but is also very versatile. You can use it to create a church directory, business directory, staff directory and even profiles pages using the default templates. If the default layouts don’t suit your needs you can easily create your own custom template. Want to show a list of upcoming birthdays and anniversaries, no problem, you can do that too. Take a look at the screen shots and the samples on this site to see all Connections can do.
Admin Features

* Built-in help page
* Selectable entry type; Individual / Organization / Connection Group
* Each entry has selectable visibility. You can choose between, public, private and unlisted.
* Image support with the ability to set custom images sizes and how they should be scaled and cropped.
* Copy entries.
* Bulk actions that include setting the visibility on deleting entries.
* Filters that are persistent per user between sessions and browsers.
* Extensive role support.
* Category Support. Categories can be hierarchical and entries can be assigned to any number of categoies.

Frontend Features

* xHTML Transition output
* Custom template support
* Shortcode filter attributes for the entry list that include being able to filter by last name, title, organization, department, city, state, zip, country and category.
* Shortcode attributes for choosing the supplied templates or custom templates which include; single entry, multiple entry (default) and profile view templates.
* Shortcode attribute to repeat the alpha index and the beginning of each character change. User requested.
* Shortcode attribute to show the current character at the beginning of each character group. User requested.
* Entries output in hCard compatible format.
* Download the vCard of an individual entry that can be imported into you email application.

New features this version:

* A new shortcode option, wp_current_category. When used on a post, all entries that are assigned to a category with the exact same names as the post categories will be displayed.
* Multiple categoies can now be specified with the category shortcode attribute.
* Theme template tags for theme developers.
* Reduced memory usage.
* Performance optimizations.
* See the changelog for more details.

New features coming in the next version:

* Add honorable pre/suffix
* Contact name for the organization entry type.
* Add in_category shortcode attribute. Define multiple categories by id that an entry must be assigned in order to be displayed. [Operational AND]
* Add exclude_category shortcode attribute to allow multiple categories by id to be excluded from the output.
* Add category_name shortcode attribute to allow multiple categories to be called by name. [Operational OR]
* Add in_category_name shortcode attribute. Define multiple categories by name that an entry must be assigned in order to be displayed. [Operational AND]
* Add exclude_category_name shortcode attribute to allow multiple categories by name entries to be excluded from the output.
* Expand the RTE for the bio and notes fields to allow more styling

Upcoming features:

* Pagination
* Search
* Localization
* Make the Connection Group relations in the front end entry list clickable to bring up the entry's specific details.
* Integration with WP users to permit registered users to maintain their own info with optional moderation.
* Gravatar support
* Backup
* ...and any suggestion that I may receive...

Credits:

* This plugin was based off LBB, "Little Black Book"; which was based on Addressbook, both of which can be found in the Plugin Directory.
* vCard class is a modified version by Troy Wolf
* Image uploading and processing done by the class.upload.php by Colin Verot
* Counter class from O'Reilly's Intro to PHP Objects

Known Issues:

* None

Installation :

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.

System Requirements: