v2.9 took a bit longer than expected – but I am sure the waiting was worthwile: apart from a new logo and mapsmarker.com template I added a revamped settings panel which should lead to a much higher usability. v2.9 also comes with lots of detail improvements which will it make it easier for your to share your favorite spots 🙂
One personal request: as WordPress added a new review feature for plugins hosted on wordpress.org, I kindly invite you to leave your opinion about my plugin at http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/leaflet-maps-marker.
As always, here´s what´s new in detail in v2.9:
new logo and updated mapsmarker.com website
The most striking news may be the new logo, updated icons and an redesigned website. We hope you like the new look 🙂
revamped settings panel for better usability
As Leaflet Maps Markers available options grew on each update, the old settings panel did not fit the needs anymore (currently there are more than 400 options you can set on the settings page). This was the main reason I did a complete revamp of the settings panel – dividing options in panes AND sections. I also rearranged some options to be increase the usability in the long run. I hope the new panel will hopefully let you find the needed option faster.
update to leaflet.js v0.45
leaflet.js – the core javascript library which makes this plugin possible – was also updated to the latest version, fixing some issues with Internet Explorer 10 and Chrome 23.
add support for bing map localization (cultures)
v2.9 allows you to set the language of the culture for geographic entities, place names and map labels on bing map images. Just navigate to settings / Bing Maps / Bing Maps Culture Parameter and select the culture you would like to use:
compatibilty check notices are now shown globally on each admin page
Leaflet Maps Marker has a built in compatibility check routine for incompatible plugins and settings. Until v2.9, this setting was only displayed on the plugin´s admin pages. Since v2.9, this info now gets displayed as admin notice in your WordPress backend which helps discovering incompatibilities – especially if you installed incompatible plugins after you installed Leaflet Maps Marker.
added fallback for installation on hosts where unzip of default marker icons did not work with default method
I try to make Leaflet Maps Marker as compatible with as many hosts as possible. One problem area was the adding of the default marker icon set on new installations. Although I used WordPress APIs for creating the marker icons folder and unzipping the default icons there, there were still problems on some hosts with different configs – resulting in users having to manually adding the default marker icon set to the directory. With v2.9 I finally found a fallback solution which should decrease the need for manually adding the default marker icon set to the marker icon directory.
Translations updates
Thanks to many motivated contributors, v2.9 comes with the following translation updates:
Updated translations
If you want to contribute to translations, please visit http://translate.mapsmarker.com/projects/lmm for more information.
Other small changes/optimizations
Bugfixes
Outlook – my plans for the next release
I am currently working hard on preparing a pro version with even more features like adding markers from frontend, marker clustering, gpx support and more. More details about this version will follow soon.
Full changelog (show previous changelogs)
Please let me what you think of this new release. If you have any issues, please see this page on how to get support. If an important feature is missing, please add your feature requests on Github. I am also looking for more translations – if you would like to contribute a new one, please visit this page for more information. And of course I´d very appreciate your review for my plugin on wordpress.org 😉
