A fantastic script for making customized Google Map markers

A fantastic script for making customized Google Map markers

September 24, 2009 6:40 pm

I stumbled across this script after an email from a SimpleMap user, who wanted some help figuring out where in my code he could program his own map markers. The code he sent back led me to this tool—albeit through a long period of site-to-site surfing—that I will use in SimpleMap 1.2 to allow for [...]
Quick update

Quick update

September 23, 2009 6:49 pm

I’m sorry I haven’t been able to respond to comments or emails about SimpleMap (or anything else, for that matter) for the past several days—I was on vacation. I’m going through all my emails and comments tonight!
A rambling train of thought on SimpleMap categories & tags

A rambling train of thought on SimpleMap categories & tags

September 11, 2009 4:20 pm

This is an excerpt from an email I was writing to a SimpleMap user. I was going to ask their opinion on whether to add a Tags field to locations, but I ended up not needing any convincing. Expect a Tags field in 1.2! In the meantime, here’s some insight into how my brain works [...]
How to make a duotone page menu in WordPress

How to make a duotone page menu in WordPress

September 10, 2009 8:51 pm

My husband needed something for a client’s website that I’ve seen in several places: a navigation menu that has a duotone effect, where the first word is a different color than the rest of the title. It took some work, but I whipped something up that does the trick. (There might be an easier way [...]
The Future of SimpleMap

The Future of SimpleMap

September 8, 2009 6:42 pm

I’ve been using Lighthouse to track my changes/bugs for SimpleMap, and it’s amazing. My workflow is so much better, and it’s easy to keep track of things.
That being said, I’m nearing a point with SimpleMap where my work on it will be a little more sporadic for a while. I’ve been working on it almost [...]
What's coming for SimpleMap

What's coming for SimpleMap

September 4, 2009 7:53 am

Yes, it’s another post about SimpleMap… I swear that other development insights and code snippets will be in my posts in the near future, but for now SimpleMap is taking up most of my dev time. This is more of an announcement and invitation for suggestions than anything else.
What I have planned for the next [...]
SimpleMap 1.1.2

SimpleMap 1.1.2

August 31, 2009 7:46 pm

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 in [...]
SimpleMap Browser Compatibility Fix

SimpleMap Browser Compatibility Fix

August 31, 2009 12:40 pm

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, change [...]
Behold: SimpleMap 1.1

Behold: SimpleMap 1.1

August 29, 2009 4:50 pm

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 an API key for your [...]
SimpleMap 1.1 is coming, really!

SimpleMap 1.1 is coming, really!

August 24, 2009 7:44 am

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 [...]
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