Store Locator Archives | Store Locator Plus®

WordPress Environment Info Fixed

Posted by lcleveland in General, Google Maps, Map Software, Release Notes, Store Locator, Store Locator Plus, Web Presence, WordPress

The info page for our Store Locator Plus® WordPress plugin users has been patched. Some users were experiencing a situation where the information page would not render, showing only a white space. This was due to conflicting JavaScript on some installations. The issue has been resolved and is available in the latest update to Store Locator Plus® for our WordPress plugin community.

This page includes the latest news, links to the documentation articles that help the WordPress plugin users get started, as well as an environment panel. The environment panel is important for users requesting support as it provides the WordPress environment info we need to assist in a timely fashion.

This issue does not impact users of the SaaS platform.

Post image by Lance Cleveland.

Locator Styling Updates

Posted by lcleveland in MySLP SaaS, Release Notes, Store Locator, Store Locator Plus, WPSLP

Updating the locator styling default settings is the latest customer concern to be addressed as we continue to improve the overall Store Locator Plus® user experience. Updates are being made on a regular basis for both our SaaS platform users and WordPress plugins users. The latest update focuses on changing the default layout that users see when they first use Store Locator Plus®.

The Locator Styles

Locator Styles is a pre-defined set of Store Locator Plus® settings combined with a set of cascading style sheets (CSS) to go with those settings. The idea is to help users by providing a set of pre-defined layouts for the locator applet along with common settings users prefer when using our locator and directory software. For example, the pre-defined settings will change things like the internal applet layout — when a visitor searches for your retail locations do the list of locations appear on the left side of the map, or below? It can also set things like “do you want to show the label Phone ” before displaying a phone number or show nothing at all?

The idea is to provide a solid starting point of pre-loaded settings that can be modified after the base style is set.

Our Store Locator January 2023 Updates

Posted by lcleveland in Map Software, MySLP SaaS, Release Notes, Store Locator, Store Locator Plus, WPSLP

Store Locator Plus® has been updated to patch various minor bugs and to improve code design as we move toward implementing new React applets that will modernize the user experience. The updates in our mid-January release should be transparent to most users. No action is required for our SaaS platform users. WordPress plugin users will want to update to the latest version when convenient.

Patches To Our Store Locator Include…

Fix remote web asset test algorithm. This algorithm would sometimes generate a missing variable warning for urlToFetch. In some cases this would cause Store Locator Plus® to think remote web assets (images, CSS files, and other objects hosted on a different website) to show as missing. This has been resolved.

Update code variables, global naming conventions, and related background development elements. These changes are non-functional changes. They are mostly code comments that provide hints to the integrated development environments used by our developers to provider smarter code hints, autocompletion, and quality control services. These changes do not affect functionality.