Importing url text

  • twhitaker

    (@twhitaker)


    6 years, 2 months ago

    Hi Roland,

    I’ve enjoyed building out a search tool using this plugin. Thank you for the documentation! I have a couple lingering questions if you don’t mind:

    1.) I’m trying to import a field that has a portion of it that is linked text. I tried following this markdown format:

    “Non-linked text example”. [View it here] (https://www.example.com/)

    I tried with text-line, rich text, and link field form elements, but no joy on getting the text to link. Any tips?

    2.) I have about 100 records and I’d like to add to add an image to each profile. I’m not a developer so not sure I can / should be accessing the wp-content folder. Am I right that the Image Expansion Kit would allow me to upload all of my Images to the Media Library, adjust sizes, etc? How is the image connected to the correct record from the Media Library?

    3.) I’ve been using the flexbox template and it mostly looks great. I have a bit of white space w/how the fields wrap around the image: https://imgur.com/a/fUpf7pX

    Any tips on how to clean up that spacing?

    Thanks in advance!

    Thomas

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  • Plugin Author Roland Barker

    (@xnau)

    6 years, 2 months ago

    You got it right. The correct field type to use is “link” and in the csv file, the markdown format is [linktext](URL). I just tested this and it’s working.

    The way to mass-add images is to upload all the images using FTP. Make sure you’re getting them into the right location. This is determined by the “Upload File Location” setting in the PDB plugin settings.

    In the record, the value must be the filename for the image that belongs to the record. When the record is displayed, it will use the filename and the location setting to find and display the image.

    For your third question, you need to add CSS rules to adjust the layout, but I can’t really say specifically what you should use. This will depend on what your theme is doing and exactly what it is you want to change. The plugin has a Custom CSS setting where you can put your custom CSS rules.

    Thread Starter twhitaker

    (@twhitaker)

    6 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks for the quick response. Ok I’ll play around with the link text some more.

    Would using the Image Expansion Kit allow me to bypass the FTP portion of the process? I also need to resize a lot of these images so wondering if that kit might be worth it.

    Thomas

    Plugin Author Roland Barker

    (@xnau)

    6 years, 2 months ago

    There isn’t any way to avoid the FTP (other than to upload each one individually using the record edit interface), because there is no other way to get those images on your server. A CSV import cannot include image files.

    By the way, be sure to resize any images before you upload so the file size is reasonable so it won’t slow things down too much when displaying images.

    What the Image Expansion Kit can do is take those uploaded files and convert them to media library items, which also generates the file sizes for display.

    Thread Starter twhitaker

    (@twhitaker)

    6 years, 2 months ago

    Hi Roland,

    I was able to make some tweaks based on your intro to CSS posts, so thanks for that! One thing I haven’t been able to crack is how to remove the table borders that are showing up on my them when I use the list short code default template:

    View post on imgur.com

    I’m able to remove the borders on the front end by changing to border:none for the element “table td, table th”

    View post on imgur.com

    but I can’t figure out what the final syntax should be to make that change in the custom CSS. Any tips?

    I’ve tried different variations of .pdb-searchform table td, table th {border: none; }

    Thanks in advance,
    Thomas

    Plugin Author Roland Barker

    (@xnau)

    6 years, 2 months ago

    Really, the best way to do this is to use your Browser Developer Tools to determine what your selector should be. Understanding how CSS selector hierarchies works is key here because you will probably need to use a selector that overrides an existing selector. Generally, you need a more specific selector to override a selector that is in another stylesheet.

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