I kindly invite all interested user in testing v1.9-beta1 and reporting any issues. v1.9 final (with more detailed release notes) is planned to be released on August 30th.
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geolocation support: show and follow your location when viewing maps |
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added IE11 native fullscreen support |
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search function for layerlist on marker edit page |
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support for using WMTS servers as custom overlays (thx dimizu!) |
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compatibility check for plugin “WP External Links” which can cause maps to break |
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optimized RTL (right-to-left) language support on marker and layer map edit pages |
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updated jQuery select2 addon to v3.5.1 |
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added backticks (`) around column and table names in all SQL statements to prevent collisions with reserved words |
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some settings were not selectable when RTL (right-to-left) language support was active |
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custom overlays and custom basemaps with & and {} chars in URLs were broken |
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fullscreen mode for multiple maps on one page |
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cancel fullscreen mode did not work with Firefox 31 |
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additional output (0) before maps created with shortcodes directly (thx Bernd!) |
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default marker icon was not used for maps created with shortcodes directly (thx Bernd!) |
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broken layer maps/plugin installations on mySQL instances using clustering as reserved word (thx Tim!) |
Warning: it is not recommended to install 1.9-beta1 on production sites – use on your own risk!
In order to be able to update to 1.9-beta1, you first have to set beta-testing in settings / misc to enabled:
As next step after saving your settings, navigate to Plugins and click on the link “Manually check for updates” next to Maps Marker Pro:
Finish by clicking on the link “Update now”.
Please use the helpdesk for bugreports, feedback or suggestions or leave a comment – any feedback is welcome!