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PHP 7 Compatible Store Locator v4.0: New Benefits & Tighter WordPress Integration

Issues this Update Fixes: – PHP 7.0+ & PHP 7.2+ compatibility both for base plugin and addons – Geocoding improvements reported by a number of users (no more red or pink-highlighted locations in admin location management) **Upgrade now, avoid any current/future compatibility issues as sites upgrade to PHP 7.0+ ** **Helpful Note: Updating to Store…

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Many Map APIs – Update WordPress Store Locator for Smooth Operations

New Year, Resolved Issues — Update WordPress Store Locator Greetings to all — Happy New Year — hope that 2016 is off to a great start. This is a quick but informative message to update WordPress Store Locator to at least v3.85 or later in order to make sure not to experience conflicts with WordPress…

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Store Locator v3.7 — Improvements With Custom Post Types & Page Builders

Custom Post Types / Statuses / Page Builders As WordPress becomes more advanced, so do the techniques employed by theme & plugin authors. To keep in step, noticed that custom post types, statuses, and page builders were sometimes causing some users’ maps not to show up at times by preventing the WordPress Store Locator‘s javascript…

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Store Locator Addon Notice: Save Template Before Updating Location Pages

Location Pages Users: Save Template File (location-template.php) Before Updating If It’s Been Modified If you have already made modifications to your ‘location-template.php’ file, save a copy of it to your computer before updating to Location Pages v1.1, released today. It will become ‘location-sample-template.php’ moving forward and will be used as a default template for first-time…

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Store Locator v2.13: Fixes Blank Admin Area Experienced By a Select Few

Blank Store Locator Admin Area Fix The latest version of the WordPress Store Locator (version 2.13) addresses a blank admin area experienced by a select few of you when trying to access your Store Locator’s admin. Seemed to be caused by having certain functionality unavailable or turned off on your server (cURL or file_get_contents), but…

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Important: Update To Store Locator v2.x, Which Uses Google Maps API v3!

Update to Store Locator v2! Important! It is mandatory that you update to v2 of the WordPress Store Locator, because it uses Google Maps API v3. Older Store Locator versions use Google Maps API v2, which is being shut off soon. Older Versions Will Not Geocode Your Locations Anymore In fact, Google Geocoding API v2…

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New in v2.3 & v2.4 — Additional Options for Map Interface

New Map Interface Options Versions 2.3 & 2.4 have introduced options for updating the message seen by your website visitors if: No locations are found during a Store Locator search The initially searched location doesn’t exist Additionally, for those choosing to load locations by default, you can now determine whether to show both the map…

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Important: Make Sure to Update to Store Locator v2.1

Update to Store Locator v2.1 Important: Make sure to update today to Store Locator v2.1 (you can do so from your ‘Plugins’ admin page, or download the latest here). Details It has improved transitioning into using Store Locator v2 for all users (both those of you currently using Store Locator v1 and those who are…

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100,000+ Downloads & Back With WordPress Store Locator 2.0

Greetings All Good to be back with WordPress Store Locator Version 2.0 — LotsOfLocales™.  A great deal of work and feedback from many of you went into this product after learning many lessons since our launch date back in December 2008  — five years have certainly flown by. 100,000+ Downloads Additionally, the Store Locator plugin…

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All Gray / Blank Map Issues Should Now Be Fixed! + Enjoy the Holiday Season

Fixes Made many fixes in version 1.2.33 of the 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…

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Store Locator 1.2.28.3 is Required for WordPress 2.8.1 and Above

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 Store Locator plugin, and you will reap those security benefits with version 1.2.28.3. … More updates in the next few…

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Documentation Wiki is Now Live! + New Countries Added in v.1.2.28

Version 1.3 has the makings of something special. But, with more features, documentation always helps everyone to make full use of it. Plus, the Wiki format (just like Wikipedia) allows for you to easily contribute your findings, fixes, or hacks to the Store Locator plugin — no login necessary. Check Out & Contribute to the…