WP Geo Updates...

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.

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Little update to WP Geo…

• Added ‘wpgeo_mashup’ shortcode. props RavanH.
• Added align attribute to shortcode.
• Try to fix themes with image background colours.
• get_wpgeo_map() now accepts width and height arguments.

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WP Geo 3.2.1 which fixed a few key issues.

The following key issues and fixes are listed below in more detail:

• Fixed longitude and latitude shortcodes
• Markers or map not showing
• Map tiles distorted or grey stripes in map
• ‘wpgeo_markers’ filter not working
• Category map markers all displaying the same tooltip title

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Robert Harm has written a tutorial how to show you how you can use your self-hosted WordPress installation together with the WP Geo plugin in order to dynamically display your geo-tagged posts or pages on the Wikitude World Browser.

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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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