Another little update to WP Geo…

• If markers image files aren’t in uploads folder, default to using the ones in the plugin folder.
• Fix for post settings being overwritten when using quick edit.
• Added extra attributes to ‘wpgeo_mashup’ shortcode.
• Added extra style fix for background image colours.
• Updated Italian language files.

Auto-upgrade within your WordPress admin or download it here…

Since the 3.2 release of WP Geo it is possible to easily add new marker icons via a filter, either in your theme’s functions.php file or as a plugin.

I would suggest that if you are creating a marker icon specifically for your theme you add it your theme’s functions.php file. However, it is possible to create a set of markers packaged in a single plugin – ideal if you want to share your icons by releasing them on the WordPress plugin repository. If you do this please tag it as ‘wp-geo’ to make it easier to find in the plugin repository.

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I’ve just released this WP Geo release while attending WordCamp UK.

This version now works just fine with WordPress 3.0 and supports custom post types that use the WordPress user interface – for example, using the Custom Post Type UI plugin – you can add support for custom post types on the WP Geo settings page. You can also add support for a specific post type using the add_post_type_support( <post-type>, ‘wpgeo’ ) function.

There are two new filters so that you have more control of customising marker icons – wpgeo_markers and wpgeo_marker_icon. This will allow you to easily override any marker image so you could potential show different marker images for different posts or categories.

There are also some addition template tags – see the change log below.

There are also many minor fixes and and support for Simplified Chinese language.

• Fix for tooltip not working in WordPress 3.0.
• Fix to allow maps to be shown on tag archive pages by Lee Willis.
• Fix for default_map_control setting not being saved correctly.
• Ensure default map location is populated, otherwise map does not display when editing a post in the admin.
• Don’t try to show maps in feeds.
• Make sure includes are only included once.
• Added support for custom post types in WordPress 3.0.
• Added wpgeo_title() and get_wpgeo_title() template tags.
• Added wpgeo_post_map() and get_wpgeo_post_map() template tags.
• Added wpgeo_check_version() and wpgeo_check_db_version() for checking WP Geo version.
• Added ‘wpgeo_markers‘ filter in preparation for being able to add new marker icons.
• Added ‘wpgeo_marker_icon‘ filter. Allows you to override a marker icon based on post data and context.
• Added Simplified Chinese language.
• Language files updated.

Download the latest version of  WP Geo from the WordPress plugin repository.

Thank you for all your feedback about the bugs in 3.1.3

They should now be fixed and in addition 3.1.4 contains the follow fixes, changes and enhancements.

Improvements for users:

• Now uses new Google 3D map control.
• Adding text colour style to tooltip text in case default text colour is white.
• Prevent map from aligning marker centre on zoom. Added a link to centre manually instead.
• Added option to save post map centre point.
• Added wpgeo_map() and get_wpgeo_map() functions to display custom maps based on a WordPress query.
• Language files updated.

…and if you’re a developer:

• Moved a lot of JavaScript for the post edit page to external files.
• Code formatting clean-up, added code comments, files restructured.
• Added WPGeo_Marker class in preparation for better marker management.
• Added wpgeo_init action hook.
• Added wpgeo_the_content_map filter.
• Added wpgeo_edit_post_map_fields filter.
• Added wpgeo_point_title filter.
• Added wpgeo_show_post_map filter.

This release of WP Geo contains a few often-requested features and a few bug fixes.

• Added custom marker title setting per post.
• Added settings for custom zoom and map type per post.
• Added widget zoom option.
• Added Default Map Location setting.
• Croatian language added.
• Bulgarian language added.
• Show warning if the marker images folder has not been created.
• Fix marker tooltip text to be compatible with qTranslate plugin.
• Added filter hook to override ‘wpgeo_google_api_key’.

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