hobolog :: Web Development

Interest in Geo Mashup is on the rise, and I will keep working on improvements as long I can afford to! This time around supporters include Bruce, creator of GeoTag Icons, agro.biodiver.se, www.sunshinebeachresorts.com.au, and others. Thanks!

I recommend that you look over the Beta Documentation before you download, upgrade, (and donate?:)).

Change Log:

• Added category, color, single, and multiple post icon customization.
• Added tabs to the options page using jQuery from WP core.
• Added “click to load” option.
• Added Google Earth map type.
• Added Jodi’s option to apply the current theme stylesheet to the map.
• Added “map_content” parameter to distinguish global, single, and contextual maps.
• Added experimental static image map.
• Corrected XHTML validation issues.
• Added retries to clickMarker for IE.
• Lots of code refactoring.
• Added code to strip geo mashup tags from excerpts to avoid infinite regressions.
• Factored options management out of geo-mashup.php to geo-mashup-options.php.
• Added option validation.
• Avoided PHP5 features to follow WP’s support of PHP4.
• Added contextual map default options.
• Added template url path to map properties.

A minor release with attempts to fix Issue 121, the “Cannot use string offset as an array” error. You should only need to download this version and upgrade if you’re getting this error with 1.1.1.

Also removed the old custom marker example from custom-sample.js because it’s no longer relevant for category markers, and marker customization for them is not complete yet.

I’ve released a new plugin that I use to create the bar graphs in my blog sidebar. I’m going to try to host it almost entirely on the WordPress site, so this may be the only post about it here. Here’s the link:

Tally Graph Plugin at WordPress.org

This release addresses a bug that causes a javascript error when automatically opening the info window in Internet Explorer. Get the download and upgrade the usual way.

This release has all the features of 1.1 Beta 3, and some bug fixes. If you’re upgrading from 1.0.6, have a look at the documentation first - you’ll have to update your existing tags after the upgrade. Geo Mashup now uses WordPress standards for tags, so hopefully this will be the last change of that kind. When you’re ready, enjoy the download.

I’ve been receiving enough interest and support to warrant more work on Geo Mashup, so watch for a 1.2 beta release soon with more new features to try. Thanks again to www.hidden-teesside.co.uk, publicenergy.co.uk, Vernal Creative, A blog of my travels by Christopher Weddell, Joost Rooijmans and everyone else who has contributed time and money to make Geo Mashup better.

Changes from 1.1 Beta 3:

• Fixed full post display links in IE.
• Fixed missing zoom/pan controls in some scenarios.
• Fixed “Cannot use string offset as an array” error.
• Removed GeoMashup::the_map() - it’s been replaced by GeoMashup::map().
• Use in-post/page settings if the post or page has a location, otherwise use
  global settings for a map.

Some significant overhauls have been made since the last beta release, which will make this upgrade a little more involved than usual. For details on this and documentation of new features, see the Beta Documentation. If that looks good, go for the download. Please report any issues you have soon - it’s time to get the current beta feature set into a stable release.

This release was supported by www.hidden-teesside.co.uk, publicenergy.co.uk, Vernal Creative, and A blog of my travels by Christopher Weddell. Thanks also to Joost Rooijmans and other users who have been helping out behind the scenes.

The change log:

• Improved automatic infowindow opening for clicked post.
• Added geotag icon option to map links.
• Added terrain map type.
• Added admin edit menu for saved locations.
• Added support for KML attachments.
• Changed map div to iframe.
• Offer separate options for in-post maps.
• Map color names to RGB values for Linux browsers.
• Tried to improve queries around the date-line. Still not perfect, but not as important now that all posts will usually be loaded.
• Fixed georss in atom feed.
• Trim spaces from coordinates in post_link.
• Fix map link not shown with lat or lon of zero.
• Fixed the “Show Future Posts” setting, which was reversed.
• Now using standard WordPress template tag parameter format for template tags, and Shortcode API format for content tags.
• Handle a specific set of posts for contextual use.
• Added a “show only future posts” option.
• Use standard WordPress template tag arguments in show_on_map_link.
• Converted remaining tags to use Shortcode API.
• Using newer WP edit form API.
• Removed compressed javascript option (not very useful).

This small release is a fix for the “Automatically Open the Center Info Window” option. Finding the marker in the center became unreliable in recent versions of the Google Maps API, so I changed it to open a specified post marker instead, even if it’s not exactly centered. Download it, or read more.

The same fix will be in the next beta release, along with a bunch of new stuff.

Recent releases of both the Google Maps API and WordPress have broken a bunch of Geo Mashup installations. The situation required some different versions of Geo Mashup depending on your WordPress version. Thanks to willsballs.com and friendsofthepenan.com for supporting this work. Determine which release you need below, then head for the downloads.

Geo Mashup 1.0.4

• If you have Geo Mashup 1.0.x installed with a WordPress version less than 2.3.
• Should fix the problem with infowindow not showing up when a marker is clicked.

Geo Mashup 1.0.5

• If you have Geo Mashup 1.0.x installed with WordPress 2.3 (and hopefully future versions).
• Should fix the problem with infowindow not showing up when a marker is clicked.
• Fixes “Table ‘…’ does not exist” error with WP 2.3.

Geo Mashup 1.1 Beta 2

• This version works with WordPress 2.3 (removes “Table ‘…’ does not exist” error). Use Beta 1 for earlier WP versions.
• Includes a slightly nicer mixed category marker (white with a little rainbow).
• Fix for GeoRSS error with some other plugins.
• Fix for “pairs[i].split is not a function” javascript error that caused a blank grey map.
• Fix for posts from different timezones being delayed in showing up on the map.

This is a bleeding edge release of my WordPress Geo Mashup Plugin. I know some of these features are in demand, so I’m making this preview release so you can play with them and start getting some feedback to me. There are loose ends, and I plan to put in more features, but it has hit a usable point (I think). I haven’t written the documentation yet, but here are the goodies:

• Feature: category colors, connecting lines, and legend.
• Feature: position meta tags for single post view and saved ‘default’ location.
• Feature: position can be specified for pages as well as posts.
• Feature: hide markers until a specified zoom level.
• Feature: get a list of all geo-located posts.
• Feature: limit the number of markers loaded (approximate).
• Feature: Better caching. Load all markers in two passes, extended visible area then all.
• Improvement: friendlier in-post text tags.
• Improvement: better css margin and padding reset for map.
• Fix: Cookies are now used only for a particular URL, so they don’t interfere with different views of the map.

A few more bug fixes, some that appeared in recent Google Maps API versions. I’m getting close to a new beta release with some fun new toys, so don’t think that 1.0.x is the end of the line for Geo Mashup. The new goods:

• Added French translation by obagot.
• Added some corrective CSS to help with map rendering theme conflicts.
• Fixed problem with carriage returns in saved place names. (Unterminated javascript literal error).
• Fixed problem with very wide info windows.
• Removed comma from coordinates in GeoRSS feed.
• Fixed multiple posts at one location display in Safari (thanks Kate & Sigurd).