I just posted version 1.1.2 to the WordPress plugin repository, so you should see it become available in the next 10-15 minutes. This fixes the Javascript error that was breaking the plugin in Internet Explorer and Firefox. It was a bummer of a day. I’m really sorry that I released 1.1 with these huge bugs [...]
It has been brought to my attention that SimpleMap 1.1 (and 1.1.1) was completely broken in all browsers but Safari. First of all, I’m really sorry about this; second, I’ve got a fix worked out that I will release tonight in 1.1.2. In the meantime, here’s the fix that you can apply yourself: In js/functions.js, [...]
This turned out to be a behemoth of an update! Here are the biggest new features: Support for international locations (any country supported by Google Maps) HTML description for each location Custom categories for locations Improved admin interface Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to use Google Maps API version 3 yet, which means you still need [...]
For those of you waiting for the update, I’m sorry I didn’t get it finished over the weekend. I have been trying to solve the problem of large CSV imports stalling the browser, to no avail. Even though I’ve found a way to import large files extremely fast, it still has to process each line [...]
To everyone who has been waiting for version 1.1 to drop, I’m really sorry, but I won’t have it ready tomorrow night. Expect to see it this weekend. The reason it’s been delayed is that I learned more about version 3 of the Google Maps API (currently, SimpleMap uses version 2) and there are some [...]
Thank you so much to everyone who has commented or emailed with errors and feature suggestions. It has helped me fix a lot of things I would not have seen otherwise! Also, a big thank you to Thorsten and Fernando for the German and Spanish translations, respectively. These will be included in the 1.0.6 release [...]
SimpleMap version 1.0 is launched! Here is some eye candy for you: Check out more on the plugin’s home page or on the WordPress.org Plugin Repository!
At Brave New Media, we’re working on an intranet-style site for one of our big clients. We’re using a combination of WordPress and a custom web-based file management software to build it. The Sales department of this company is divided up into a number of teams, and the user accounts in WordPress needed to have [...]