[Cici]

1) Questions about the  Gravity Form add-ons by De-Baat and his other add-ons need to be posted on his Third Party Forums

2) The fields to use as filters for search, depends on what you want to add. You can add search by Name, search by address etc etc with Enhanced Search or Experience Add-on. See discrete search docs

3) User Managed Locations

That is another De-baat question and needs to be posted in hos forum.

[Cici]

That is correct. I would save your css on a local drive as well just to be safe. Make sure you have backed up your site before any major changes per the WordPress recommended best practices.

 

[Cici]

as explained,

Store Locator Plus (and no other WP Locator we know of , …we would love to use optional maps service like Bing)  Do not go out and search  multiple  Map services, They use google…

we do not determine where your query goes other than, it goes to the   Google MAP domain server, that you have named, in your case Norway.  Google determines where in the world that zip code or query is,not us

Your issue is with Google and unfortunately your issue is not unique. This is why the developer spent countless developer coding hours to provide as many cheats to get the right coordinates and locations to come back. Developers for any WordPress Plug-in have PAID premium add-ons. If they did not have to re-create the wheel it would be one thing. But this is not a hobby. Those developers abandon their plugins.  You are welcome to write some javascript and code to get around your issue…it is open source after all.

In short, SLP does not :Break” the search query or returns” , but since Google sucks at accuracy in  returning correct results  add-ons were developed to compensate.

If you find another free Locator plug in that works better , please let us know so we can look at their coding and see how they are compensating…after all, it is open source.

You can report your specific  issue to the Google Developers , they seem to like to send people to Czech as a default, maybe that is the middle of the world using their mathematical algorithms…who knows,

Looking in the Google Developers support threads for instance, one developer reports that entering  and using the  map domain for CR (costa rica) lands them in Czech as well.

Another that uses NL map domain which is Netherlands, sends them to ZA, South Africa.

Feel free to contact Google and/or  see if your issue is listed in the links provided below and add your complaint to the list

 

gmaps-api-issues

 

Google Maps API bug reports and feature requests

support threads and bugs reported under the Google developers console about the Google MAP API about

returning incorrect locations. You can click on any of the support threads and see that some of the bugs were reported to Google over a year ago….they choose not to fix them or say “Need more info”

We happen to know that Google uses  miscommunication of  locations on purpose for the  API  , They  use different algorithms (they told us it was proprietary) from their commercial Google MAPS (that have ads galore and preferred lisitngs)  than what they allow for use by developers  MAPS API

 

 

[Cici]

Have you updated WP to 4.6? (shouldnt need to for SLP 4.6 to work but it is preferable)

Did you delete the existing versions of those add-ons from your Plugins first?

I downloaded and then uploaded into my test site with no issues   (Experience add-on) and it seem to be the right version.

For the other add-ons such as the Third Party add-ons

Try going to Products/Download tab on the menu from your account. That will show you all the downloads available to you both Production and Pre release.

Power should  disable TAGALONG, PROPACk, PAGES.

You must first download the Store locator plus to 4.6

GFL and GFI version 4.6  are  in pre release.  GFI will be disabled with SLP version 4.6 so if you could test those out on your dev site that would be great (and let us know if any issues)

 

 

[Cici]

mmm. Did you update SLP to 4.6 first?  Was there more of a message like “SLP already exists?

or Power must be deactivated?  I will log into your account to check that you have latest versions

[Cici]

Thanks Toby, I am just starting to play with it and testing too. I click on every button possible… I think I am the” MYSLP for Dummies” tester. :-9

Most people using it will be more tech savvy I am sure.

There is actually a link on this SLP home page to try it out,

Not on WordPress?
Check out My Store Locator Plus – now in alpha testing.

They will  can send you the coupon code when you decide to take a look at it. We are hoping to get more testers set up for free enterprise use for a period of time.

 

 

 

 

[Cici]

ProPack and Tagalong are Legacy add-ons but they still work with SLP. I no longer test ProPack or Tagalong versions since they are now part of the Power Add-on. Power is 4.6 and the updater works.

See the documentation if she is uploading and  wants to UPDATE an existing location (adding a tag or field or some other change like description)  they need to have the sl_id col. and the sl_id (store number) that was assigned to the location in that col. , OR add an identifier and use their assigned identifier col. .

If they do not want to update any fields in existing locations  but just add to their list they should have selected “SKIP ” . That will skip the duplicated location and not add or update under the Duplicate listings handled  (see documentation)

P.S. suggest upgrading to the Power add-on that is current and replaces the Legacy add-ons you have listed,  they can ask for a coupon for a discount in the hosting survey  (link is in the footer on home page)

[Cici]

No Idea, we do not have any tricks, if you did not have admin rights perhaps?

Suggest you contact the WP  Multisite support forum.

[Cici]

We  are on version 4.6 , Please provide a screenshot of the Plugin Environment and the settings under Import.

ProPack and Tagalong are now included in Power 4.6.  Your client  (or you) need to check the versions of whatever they have to the latest version lists

 

See documentation about imports

If she is UPDATING existing locations is she including the sl_id in a column and is it the correct sl_id?

….that must be included.

 

[Cici]

1) I looked at your site and  specifically to the link for dealers , it shows you are NOT using SLP 4.6 but are using Store Locator 4.5.05…Provide a screenshot of your Plugin environment. and the actual site url you think you have SLP 4.6 on. I dont see it in there.

2) You also have some plugins using OUTDATED jquery createitjqyery??: /*! jQuery UI – v1.8.21 – 2012-06-05

this will cause interference with your map

3) Chrome will no longer  ask your site visitor  to share location. Chrome (and perhaps safari) will not request you to  allow location even if you have location sensor enabled because they consider http as insecure. This was announce with CHROME version 50 (see the Google developers console) and is the way the browsers are forcing people to update to https going forward.  They do it on my site as well with this warning: getCurrentPosition() and watchPosition() no longer work on insecure origins. To use this feature, you should consider switching your application to a secure origin, such as HTTPS. See https://goo.gl/rStTGz for more details.

4) I do not know what you did on this  site http://site.ostakia.com/dealers?lang=en

you went from bad to worse, NOW your error messages are even more numerous.  Such as  this NO NO “You have included the Google API multiple times”, apparently you have more than One locator or plugin or theme using geocoding.   If you look at View Page Source on your main site there is this line  that tells you another plugin or your them is trying to also use Google Maps API: This isnt our shortcodes

”   <script src=”http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3.10&sensor=true”type=”text/javascript”></script>/header>    </div> <div id=”main” class=”main-container”><div class=”main wrapper clearfix”>

<div id=”primary” class=”site-content”><div id=”content” role=”main”><article id=”post-5″ class=”post-5 page type-page status-publish hentry”>

<div class=”entry-content”>

You need to Troubleshoot and use the debugging, I cant help you without you finding the plugin or theme that is corrupting or duplicating the Google attempt to geocode and query locations

5) Your “Only with country = shortcode” you reference?   you  have not shown me that you have the Experience Add-on, or any of the Enhanced Legacy Add-ons for  Search, Map, results , it  is not part of the base plugin…. If you want to use those Short codes you need Experience Add-on

These are some of the many Failures and errors on your page

:js?language=es&region=AR&ver=4.5.05:93 You have included the Google Maps API multiple times on this page. This may cause unexpected errors.Xg @ js?language=es&region=AR&ver=4.5.05:93

jquery.js?ver=1.12.4:4 Synchronous XMLHttpRequest on the main thread is deprecated because of its detrimental effects to the end user’s experience. For more help, check https://xhr.spec.whatwg.org/.

util.js:209 Google Maps API warning: NoApiKeys https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/error-messages#no-api-keys

util.js:209 Google Maps API warning: RetiredVersion https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/error-messages#retired-version

util.js:209 Google Maps API warning: SensorNotRequired https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/error-messages#sensor-not-required (note SLP does not get this error returned, you are using another locator)

util.js:29 Uncaught TypeError: _.pa is not a function

maps.googleapis.com/maps-api-v3/api/js/24/13/stats.js:3 Uncaught TypeError: _.mf is not a function

common.js:47 Uncaught TypeError: _.pa is not a function

common.js:181 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property ‘0’ of undefined

common.js:5 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property ’27’ of undefined

common.js:26 Uncaught TypeError: a.split is not a function

common.js:4 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property ’21’ of undefined

common.js:21 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property ‘parentNode’ of undefined

73common.js:237 Uncaught TypeError: e.lat is not a function

common.js:21 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property ‘parentNode’ of undefined

7common.js:237 Uncaught TypeError: e.lat is not a function

common.js:5 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property ’27’ of undefined

common.js:162 Uncaught TypeError: a.lng is not a functionvv @ common.js:162_.r.Z @ common.js:226(anonymous function) @ js?language=es&region=AR&ver=4.5.05:112

common.js:5 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property ’27’ of undefined_.hj @ common.js:5tv @ common.js:165_.r.size_changed @ common.js:220zb @ js?language=es&region=AR&ver=4.5.05:37zb @ js?language=es&region=AR&ver=4.5.05:37_.r.set @ js?language=es&region=AR&ver=4.5.05:96_.nw.G @ common.js:243_.E.trigger @ js?language=es&region=AR&ver=4.5.05:94(anonymous function) @ js?language=es&region=AR&ver=4.5.05:36_.E.trigger @ js?language=es&region=AR&ver=4.5.05:94(anonymous function) @ js?language=es&region=AR&ver=4.5.05:36

 

[Cici]

P.S. Your SLP Plugin and add-ons  are outdated. .= See versions.

ProPack 4.5 needs to be updated to at least 4.5.07 , that requires you to log onto  your SLP account and download the version that is there 4.5.07,then in your WP admin panel under plugins ,  deactivate and delete 4.5 and uploade, unzip  4.5.07. Otherwise ProPack will not work with SLP versions 4.5.08 and above. Ditto with Tagalong, these are outdated as well.

Or you could just  upgrade (which you really should do) since : your legacy add-ons are now included in the POWER add-on version 4.6 (4.6.1 about to be released.  If you aren’t sure what replaces what, see the FAQ in DOCS

Pages:4.4.07 Pro Pack:4.5 and Tagalong:4.4.03

If you do not update please note there will be no future version releases, nor maintenance nor support for the legacy add-ons. To get a coupon for a discount on those legacy to be applied to Power, consider taking the hosting survey and requesting the coupon at the end of the survey. Since you also have Extended Data Manager and  the Experience Add-on, I would  consider purchasing the  Premier subscription which replaces ALL your add-ons with the latest versions, provides you with all the  add-ons, functionality, and features not available to others, plus access to PREMIER forum support. That is the best value by far for our customers who are Power users with a lot of our add-ons. You can also request a coupon off the set-up fee for that add-on, be sure to mention you already have EXP and the rest of those add-ons to get the best discount.

 

 

[Cici]

Hi Trenton,

I had to do a few changes myself to get an assigned image to be shown in the info map bubble. My Plugin environment, all versions are 4.6 (SLP, POWER, EXPERIENCE and Premier. )

1) Load your images into your WP media library

2) Copy your  WP  url into your location under the  Image field….(make sure to have  the correct file path)

3) Be sure to Resize it to be thumbnail or modify it to fit into your map bubble

4)  I use  the default Map info bubble layout code, unless you have a specific setting in there, clear out your mao info bubble and update it will update to the default. If you do have some special layout settings, save your map bubble layout in a file for easy access to be able to copy and paste.

<div id=”slp_info_bubble_[slp_location id]” class=”slp_info_bubble [slp_location featured]”>

<span id=”slp_bubble_name”><strong>[slp_location name  suffix  br]</strong></span>

<span id=”slp_bubble_address”>[slp_location address       suffix  br]</span>

<span id=”slp_bubble_address2″>[slp_location address2      suffix  br]</span>

<span id=”slp_bubble_city”>[slp_location city          suffix  comma]</span>

<span id=”slp_bubble_state”>[slp_location state suffix    space]</span>

<span id=”slp_bubble_zip”>[slp_location zip suffix  br]</span>

<span id=”slp_bubble_country”><span id=”slp_bubble_country”>[slp_location country       suffix  br]</span></span> <span id=”slp_bubble_directions”>[html br ifset directions]

[slp_option label_directions wrap directions]</span>

<span id=”slp_bubble_website”>[html br ifset url][slp_location web_link][html br ifset url]</span>

<span id=”slp_bubble_email”>[slp_location email         wrap    mailto ][slp_option label_email ifset email][html closing_anchor ifset email][html br ifset email]</span>

<span id=”slp_bubble_phone”>[html br ifset phone]

<span class=”location_detail_label”>[slp_option   label_phone   ifset   phone]</span>[slp_location phone         suffix    br]</span><span id=”slp_bubble_fax”><span class=”location_detail_label”>[slp_option   label_fax     ifset   fax  ]</span>[slp_location fax           suffix    br]<span>

<span id=”slp_bubble_description”><span id=”slp_bubble_description”>[html br ifset description][slp_location description raw]</span>[html br ifset description]</span><span id=”slp_bubble_hours”>[html br ifset hours]<span class=”location_detail_label”>[slp_option   label_hours   ifset   hours]</span><span class=”location_detail_hours”>[slp_location hours         suffix    br]</span></span>

<span id=”slp_bubble_img”>[html ifset img] [slp_location image         wrap    img]</span>

<span id=”slp_tags”>[slp_location tags]</span></div>

 

[Cici]

You are creating a new site URL? The first thing that has changed this year for everyone, not just Store Locator Plus , is that Google now requires an API console key for any NEW domains as of June 22, 2016.  Your main site if it existed before then is grandfathered in. See the documentation about getting a Google API key if you need one

1) The number one thing that will influence the looks are the themes, the WP or the customized theme you are using, and

2) the SLP Plug in style

3) You would need to copy any  CSS rules to back them up somewhere  on your local drive. The  User interface may look different, all the settings from the Legacy add-ons are available in the  newer add-ons.

There s a mapping  in FAQ to the Legacy  add-ons to the new add-ons that are 4.6.

You would want the Power Add-on and the Experience Add-on.

or Premier that includes all the add-ons

You can take a hosting survey to get a discount coupon for the add-ons.

 

 

 

[Cici]

UPDATE,

The first suggestion in Troubleshooting is to check your versions (or suggest to your client to do the same)

I do not know what your client is using for add-ons etc   but there was a bug in Power add-on with duplicate  handling: Update setting  and it has been fixed . You have not provided enough information, such as versions, add-ons, site url, plugin environment.’

Please Read the Posting guidelines so that we can assist you in the future

[Cici]

 

I do not know about having the front end user determining the cluster but it might be something useful to have in the back end so that you determine what “close proximity” is for you. I will mention it to Lance to see if it is a doable enhancement. Thanks for the ideas.

 

[Cici]

Well funny you should ask, but that is something you would be able to do with the new MYSLP offering

MYSLP is close to being in full beta test mode and they are looking for people to try it out for free. If you are interested in trying it out please send an email to support@storelocatorplus.com

I am not sure about REST API, Lance has a video about Rest API  in our SLP youtube channel that might point you in the right direction.

If you are entering into a partnership and need assistance pointing you in the right direction you can contact cybersprocket labs, our WP development sister company

[Cici]

It should trigger a new search when he selects a different category and hits find locations or whichever label you have for that.
yes.
like you, I have to refresh my memory on the subject, I only wish I could say it was because I was on holiday…lucky duck
🙂

.
First, Since its been over a month there have been a few (a lot) of updates and we are now on Version 4.6.

Could you update to 4.6., or if by the time you read this, 4.6.1 is about to be published, for SLP, Power, and Experience.
I know there was a bug fix in both EXP and Power. EXP bug fix involved featured locations and radius and Power was importing and updating categories.

I do not recall how your site was set up so you will have to refresh my memory after you update.

[Cici]

Hi, Saw the info in Help Scout and Lance fixed and replies with the new beta version of 4.6.1 of EXP. So I am going to close this post and if you have an issue after the Beta is product start a new post. Thanks again!

[Cici]

One more screenshot, So I APPENDED my search with Norway (with Experience, Premier includes all the add-ons)  and I used the Country Influenced Guesses. Note I have no locations in 1359 , I also selected ignore radius.

This is the screenshot and the message since I have no locations in this zip.

I also tried it with JUST the Append check box using the Experience Add-on and it still showed me only places in Norway , I  tried the zip 3660, and it showed me Rjukan, etc

(Sorry about the reindeer)  :-{

 

[Cici]

Here is some more info  describing how the above works with Premier additional features.

[Cici]

You can Append the search with the country name so it will always search Norway,

that is part of the Discrete search (see newer documentation ) and Experience Add-on.

or you can try to  set the Google Map domain to Norway (no guarantees they will actually use that domain to restrict queries but you might have a better chance )

There is also a cool feature as part of Premier that shows the google guesses as to what you mean if you type in 1359 and it will come back with options. Or you can turn on Boundary Influenced Guesses, I have premier and this is what came back for me with those checked off and I had added a location in Oslo with 0791 zip

(For a limited time, you can  request a coupon for one of these add-ons  by taking the hosting survey)

 

[Cici]

Yes, and it takes a while to cache them, if you then go to the Locations panel and then go back to the import panel you should see a log import messages if you have that checked off to log the import messages, otherwise with a bazillion locations it wold take forever to come back with all that data in the log import message.  We are still having some issue with the duplicate update handling for the categories but everything else seems to be working now. Power 4.6.01 is in beta testing now.

If you have a dev or staging site (not live) and want to test 4.6.01 or whichever pre release is out you can do that as well and report back to us if you see any bugs or error messages…, just make sure to always back up your site and data first.

There is some tools and tips on importing large locations as well in Docs

Let us know if all is well now. Thanks!

 

[Cici]

Hi Shad, Thanks for answering , that  is how I recall Lances tutorial on how to do that as well.

Trenton,

you should consider upgrading to the  Power add-on which replaces Contact Extender, Pages, ProPack and Tagalong.  You can  request a coupon(s) for discount by taking a hosting survey.

The versions you have now will not be updated ,in the future.  The SLP , Power, Experience and Premiere  will continue to be updated and are now version 4.6 . They  continue to be improved for faster processing , while using less overhead to maintain and support . There will be no further updates to any  Legacy Addons. (See FAQ in the docs on what replaces what )  There is a link to the SLP Youtube channel on the DOCS site as well…are a few tutorials on the updates to Pages

 

[Cici]

Your error is in your child theme or the file path to something (perhaps your markers or icons?? I do not know what Waypoint is) from what I can tell.

See Troubleshooting on how to debug. There is also a tutorial video link there on how to use firefox tools  to find the errors and debug

I looked at your site using Chrome INSPECT element /console and see the  failure that points to your Ostaka Waypoint:

Here is a screenshot of the error

[Cici]

I do not know how you got it to be all purple to begin with. , The SLP core base plugin does not have any plugin styles that would obscure the  text with the same  color as our submit locations button or search button. . Your custom theme on your site  is overwriting the color scheme of the SLP plugin you selected, try other SLP plugin styles.  Or if you have a WordPress theme change the menu and fonts and colors in your theme menu bar.   I do not know your theme and therefore cannot advise you where to change it. Pick a SLP plugin  style , there are over 20 to choose from.

Go to  Experience/View tab , you can see the documentation from there “. Learn more about changing the Store Locator Plus UI with plugin styles”

If you need help designing your WordPress site,  I suggest contacting Cybersprocket.com  You do  not need to be a coder to use the SLP plugins or add-ons product. But if you are trying to change a lot of elements and designs and themes andare unsure how, they can help you. I am not a developer or coder and I am able to change text colors, and do simple CSS, but I am also using just a standard free WP theme and the built in Twenty sixteen plugin style from SLP>

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