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Fantastic, thx for letting us know
Are you referring to using a shortcode with different center map at on a separate post?
https://docs.storelocatorplus.com/blog/slplus-shortcode-options/
Or build a directory
https://docs.storelocatorplus.com/blog/slp_directory-shortcode/
When we ask for Plugin environment we do not mean other peoples plugins. There is actually under the side menu if you click on Store Locator Plus you will see drop down , see an INFO Tab.? .under the INFO tab is Plugin environment…under info tab you can also get to docs page etc.
Yes:
Go to Settings/View
There are lots of plugin styles there. You didnt mention if you had any add-ons.
Depending on what add-ons you have determines which options are available for you in addition to the ones shown.
Additional information in the documentation here,
Did you try a different Plugin style? Under Settings/View?
there are a few that allows for the theme to dictate most of the rules for CSS.
Or you can add CSS yourself further on down the page. Since you have a staging site that is a good place to fool around with the different styles.
I looked at your live site. If you right click on the search box it shows you the search box element and the css. It looks like you were using twentyfifteen rev 02 on that site.
if you go to Settings/View you should see Gallery style with a drop down menu that offers more plugin styles besides the gallery styles.
I do not know what those screen shots are showing us.
Please refer to the posting guidelines. The only screenshot we need is that of your WPSLP plugin environment and site url would help.
Grey map or blank map (DOCS INFO here) indicates Javascript issue. You need to use the debugger or troubleshoot , i.e deactivate other plugins one by one. If you have Smush deactivate it.
Do you see the csv file in the WP media? If so can you open it?
Is WPCRON enabled. See documentation
I just uploaded the csv file you included without a hitch. So there is something in your WP configuration or host that may be stopping it. Excerpt from our documentation:
“If you are on a shared hosting plan, especially a lower-end GoDaddy hosting plan, consider upgrading your hosting. You will likely have issues with completing the entire file import without experiencing a timeout.”
Since you had included lat/long the geocoding was skipped. The file loaded for me
P.S. Additional information in Google Support concerning errors you may see on your site if you do not have Google Geocoding API keys etc.
I have also notified lance since he is working on another update for SLP and Power that involves arrays. Maybe we can send you the beta files if you have a dev or staging site you can test the fixes on.
let us know.
thx
I looked at your site and do not know what you are trying to do. One store did not have a page setup when I clicked on the link website it showed none found, the others redirected to their website. if you want them to appear as SEO pages you must have the power add-on and have Enable Pages turned on.
You must provide your plugin environment , i.e versions and add-ons that you are using. each time you have posted we have requested this information and you have yet to provide the information as requested. Back up your site and use a staging site to test and load. Check to make sure your PHP is version 5.4 or higher…etc. etc.
Any and every postal code in the world is supported. Do you have a Google MAPS JAVASCRIPT API key ?with geocoding API enabled?
Google requires every site using Google Maps to now have an API key with billing enabled. They have been announcing the requirement since the spring. We posted news feeds (since May of this year) and also documentation informing the users of SLP plugin that they would need to obtain the key.
https://docs.storelocatorplus.com/blog/getting-started/
News feed about Google API and pricing
Required as of June 2018 all sites to have Google MAPS API key and Geocoding API enabled
That is the way the Google Maps API works these days even in their own Commercial Google Maps. They have added many APIs including Places and as a result, with their money driven preferences they will show everything that begins with a number. Including street numbers that could be in a different state. Also 4 number postal codes are nout unique. This has been an issue for years when people would only search by 4 numbers and report that Google was returning results in a different country.
It is nothing that SLP does. All searches go through the Google MAP API and there are even occasional different results between their commercial proprietary results and what is returned via third party APIS.. You can find these subjects in any browser all the way back to 2009 and in stackoverflow for developers.
We have some tools to work around it such as show address guesses, show Google influenced guesses, and additional features to help your customers with their search as part of premier subscription.
Or discrete search which is available with Experience add-on. Allowing for dropdown search by Country etc.
Are you manually updating or auto updating?
See Lances news feed about the update process and settings being lost depending on the order the updates are done. He has provided instructions and a You tube video.
Hopefully that will resolve your issue going forward.
I am sorry but I do not know what you are referring to.
Please provide your plugin environment. if you are trying to use SEO Pages please follow the guidelines in documentation. Use search Words SEO Pages.
You cannot display two totally different maps on the same WP page
Do you have a Google API?
I cannot help you without more info. What is your site url?
Please refer to the Posting guidelines, we need
Plugin environment, we need your site URL.
To Only display map with no search form on one of the pages ….use shortcode to hide search elements
See shortcodes here
Then You would want to use the ignore radius, and /or use the drop down or discrete search.
Or you may want to use the Country influence guess
If you are using location sensor then turn that off. Or if you always want that store to show up, set it as featured, or you could rank it higher then the other location There are a few options of how to go about it for your specific situation.
The way you are describing how you want the search and results to appear is not how the location boundaries work, the location boundary :binds” the search to only your locations in the SLP data base but you still need to select the proper settings under the search, results.
As far as when the location boundary is fixed, apologize but we had been evacuated due to hurricane and the developer is behind his schedule as a result
Refer to the documentation about Legacy Addons
Please provide your Plugin environment etc.
I am in an evacuated area and cannot access your account. Please refer to the above Posting in Forums guidelines
You would need to contact Google Support. You have set limits, that much is apparent by your screen shots.
The other problem, Google is messing around with their Geolocation algorithms. Even in their own “proprietary” commercial Google MAPS. When you search the google Maps and just put in a number and do not add text such as Zipcode or a state or something more specific , goggle returns the message as you are seeing, could not find address.
It is unfortunate, in their zealous endeavor to get people to sign up and pay for more and more APIS, such as “Places” they are no longer automatically associating a number as being a zip code. Suggest you add instructions in your search element to add more then just a zip code for best results.
Premier has a feature called Show Google / Show address guesses that may help. I cannot guarantee Google wont change their algorithms again. The developer added features (to premier or to MYSLP) to work with google and to try and compensate
Yes. Google announced in May of this year, no more grandfathered sites. Refer to the numerous news feeds, here and June . Obtain Google API key enable both Maps Javascript API and geocoding api and add billing. Refer to our documentation or Googles
1) Follow those pop up buttons where it asks if you are owner of the site and add the billing and keys. Google explains what is needed when you open those pop ups
2) Alternatively you might want to consider the MYSLP service. MySLP takes care of the API and updates SLP. It is subscription based plan. You would need a plan for each site. Plans start as low as $5 a month, depending on number of locations and views.
Thanks for letting us know
When you import select skip under Location/Import/ duplicate handling. See documentation
Please view documentation with keyword such as search layout.
You can also try various SLP plugin styles. If you need to change layouts more then what is available you can choose to purchase the experience add-on to change layouts. See What to buy for more ideas oif what you can do with the Plugin or the MySLP plans
I am not sure what you mean about “Manually adding the API key” How else would you be adding it? it is a simple copy and paste in the correct field to SLP as shown in the docs. Getting an API
are you using a form in some other project or via another plugin?
Where are you adding the Maps Javascript API?
If you use the Inspect under the browser developer tools and click on the error js99, it shows under the index where the error is and under Wordfence… ( I deleted the id that I saw in there) …Is wordfence blocking the communication to Google? Or Has the owner of the API key restricting the # ofMap loads and using a development API? Or are you using Wordfence to add the Maps Javascript APi .? See the error message on your site in the index, it points to”js:99 You have included the Google Maps JavaScript API multiple times on this page. This may cause unexpected errors.
Ug @ js:99
https://www.electrical-wholesaler.com.au/?wordfence
If you believe you are using the correct API and have set it up correctly and have associated a billing account and not set up any limitations then you will have to contact Google Support.
https://docs.storelocatorplus.com/blog/general-settings/
https://docs.storelocatorplus.com/blog/google-geocoding-browser-keys/
Once you have your API keys straightened out, you may want to consider other ways to minimize the impact if costs are a concern to you (or security) Suggestions in the authors news feed here
Since I do not know what features you are using, (You did not provide the screenshot of your plugin environment requested in posting guidelines) i can only make general suggestions and not advise you on best way forward.
Google algorithms are getting more and more restrictive or invasive, don’t know which. Now even their own commercial “Proprietary” maps that run on their own Algorithms will not let you search by zip code and return correct zip codes if you have never searched there before. They are telling you to “add a place” (maybe they want o sell more of their PLACE APIs which of course charges you an even higher rate per use) or they return a street address for options to choose from and they say “Add more info like the text zip code” We can only tell our customers to add labels in search forms or as responses to add more defining info, like state etc instead just a number.
we have added features to Premier to counter act this, such as show Google guesses but there are only so many ways to try and circumvent their algortihms.
Thanks for understanding and for your patience