Starting Thursday, June 10, 2010 …

Unavailable:

1. Upgrade purchases (addons & themes) will become unavailable.
2. Email & forum support for any new issues related to base Store Locator unavailable (please view: Documentation | Answers already in the forum)

Tentative Plans:

1. Updates that have been in the works for several months (bugfixes, enhancements, additions/updates of translations, website)
2. Will attempt to address any outstanding support issues

… Currently, there isn’t a definite timeline for this hiatus, however, as of now, it will be until at least early 2013. Thank you once again for using the WordPress Store Locator plugin!

Hello All … A Quick Announcement:

Increase can be good

Temporarily, won’t be taking any new WordPress Store Locator customization requests after next Friday, April 30, 2010. Need to shift focus back to product & business development for the Store Locator in order to better serve more of you.

Since the Start of 2010

The first four months of 2010 have been extremely busy, thus the lack of blog updates since December 2009. There has been an approximate 400% – 500% increase in customization requests this year — a very humbling fact, because it shows that an increased number of you have found the Store Locator plugin to be useful enough to use on your websites and to recommend to your respective web clients.

An Important Note to Users

Needless to say, the plugin is not perfect, nor is there any claim or warranty that it is. There is always room for improvement. Suggestions on improvements have been noted. Also, for those of you that have purchased upgrades — thank you. Providing added value and and continuing to improve the upgrading process will be a few focuses moving forward.

For those who plan to purchase upgrades, please make sure to read through important sections of this site before purchasing products, such as the Upgrade Purchase Tips, Terms, and the Documentation. This cannot be stressed enough. These sections are there to serve you, and it will always be in your best interest as an well-informed user not to overlook them.

Moving Forward

Still planning next stages of this plugin. The development roadmap is a long one, in which we all may be closer to the start than the end — but plans do always evolve, however. It just goes to show how much work goes into developing a plugin such as the WordPress Store Locator. Hope it continues to serve everyone well. More updates to come.

Gray Maps Should Be A Thing of the Past

Made many fixes in version 1.2.33 of the WordPress Store Locator plugin for the many of you that have been experiencing trouble with gray / blank maps.

It should be 100% fixed now, if you find otherwise, say so here in the comments! Otherwise enjoy. More fixes coming, hoping to speed up development during the Holiday Season.

Go to Download Page: WordPress Store Locator

Translations

Lastly, the translation template has been updated. Please provide a translation if you create one for your plugin. Here’s the template:

Translation Template – As of v1.9.3

Leaving you with this! …

On the Horizon …

Still here working on great improvements for the WordPress Store Locator plugin. Thank you all for your great suggestions and requests as always.

For the time being … Have decided to continue to provide updates to Version 1.2 while still concurrently developing Version 1.3, which has been a big undertaking to bring some exciting features.

Additionally, to allow for quicker development, addons will be unavailable starting Friday, Oct. 30rd, 2009 — this will allow improvements to the addon system, and 100% focus on development of new features (many of which we hope to be a surprise), since support is always provided for addons. Themes will still be available however.

In the Meantime…

1) Continue submitting your suggestions — You can do so in the comment section

2) More translations still needed — you can use this translation template to get started: Translation Template – As of v1.9.3 .

… to make translating easier, will most likely set up a dedicated page for translations, so that everyone can see who made the specific translations and also so people can collaborate.

Go to Download Page: WordPress Store Locator

Quick Note: Please update to at least Store Locator 1.2.28.3 if you decide to use WordPress 2.8.1 and above.
Due to security tightening measures implemented by the WordPress development team, tweaks were made to the WordPress Store Locator plugin, and you will reap those security benefits with version 1.2.28.3.

… More updates in the next few days. All your enthusiasm for this plugin is impressive, working hard towards the next phase, including Version 1.3 and beyond …