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2.2.5

• Minor update to workaround conflict with AddThis plugin. Fixes no results issue.

2.2.4

• Updating POT files
• Notice of premium service cost increase on June 25, 2011.

2.2.3

• Moved time consuming PHP loop to MySQL query. Very large speed improvments to search
• Fixed bug returning false negatives with low limit + taxonomy combo on search
• Added South Africa Google domain
• Made Google Domains and Country names array filterable
• Revamped functions that identify plugin path and plugin URL to work with SSL and non-standard setups
• Minor CSS changes
• Replace calls to get_option( 'site_url' ) with site_url()
• Removed debugging code at top of XML-Search.php that was lowering PHP memory_limit
• Fixed limit shortcode so that it works again
• Add a fallback that geocodes new locations via JS when PHP doesn't work because of 620 status from Google
• Added actions to the load_simplemap JS function
• Added ability to use a select box for taxonomies in the search form (rather than checkboxes)
• Fixed bug that allowed results to show up in search
• Fixed bug preventing drag and drop location from updating address in some locations
• Add a fallback XML generator for servers without DOMDocument Installed
• Added ids to search form tr and td elements to allow manipulation via CSS / JS
• Refactored parts of XML search script for optimization
• Forced JS header as 200. Some hosts were reporting status for PHP as JS to be 400.
• Added WP_IMPORTING flag while importing locations.
• Fixed some HTML Validation issues in the Search form (have one more to root out)
• Added additional filters to allow modifying search form labels without use of .pot file.
• Removed stray testing code in simplemap.php
• Reformulated the main search query to trim search results to 1/10 the time of that introduced in 2.0
• Added multiple filters that allow for customization of text labels / tabs / visual elements in the map and search results
• Added more than a dozen new shortcode arguments for overriding General Settings on a per map instance (see KB article on premium support site)
• Removed caching system introduced in 2.2.1 as it was failing for large DBs and isn't needed with SQL revamps
• Fixed country code problem in General Settings
• Fixed bug that prevented default zoom level from working
• Fixed bug that prevented auto load all locations in some setups
• Limited total number of auto load locations. It proved impractical to load them all if you had a large DB
• Added instructional descriptions to General Settings that proved confusing to users
• Fixed bug preventing radius from working in some setups
• Bug fixes are now in sync with premium version of plugin.

2.2.1

• Added 'Loading' message to map when doing search
• Added caching system to speed up repeated searches on systems with large amounts of locations
• Added filters to compensate for WP Bug when more than 10k locations exist
• Fixed bug that prevented locations from appearing when searched from widget and search form is hidden
• Fixed bug that prevented categories and tags from being imported correctly on some systems
• Fixed bug that prevented 'No Limit' option for number of results shown to be set.
• Fixed autoload bug introduced in 2.2
• Fixed bug that prevented changing of Default Country in options

2.2

• Added ability to customize map markers without hacking plugin files
• Added ability to filter locations by meeting day and time
• Added search widget
• Added shortcode argument for custom search form title
• Fixed errors that broke distance reporting
• Fixed errors that locked up the edit screen with large number of locations
• Fixed error that created bad XML link when no search results were found
• Added several warning / error messages to UI
• Fixed error that prevented custom style sheets from loading properly

2.1

• Added shortcode args to hide map
• Added shortcode args to hide list of results
• Added shortcode args to hide entire search box
• Added shortcode args to override default lat / lng for individual maps

2.0

• First major overhaul since FullThrottle took over development
• Custom Post Types and Taxonomies for Locations, Location Categories, and Location Tags.
• All scripts and styles are now enqueued to prevent conflicts
• Custom MySQL queries have been reduced to 1. The rest have been replaced by WordPress API functions.
• Overhauled search form allows more control
• Additional shortag attributes allows more search form flexibility
• Drag and Drop map available on New / Edit Location screen to fine tune placement of location
• Autoload of locations on by default.
• Multiple bug fixes covered in switch to custom post types and WordPress DB API (functions and $wpdb)
• Several hooks and filters added to code (more to come in the future)
• Option added to General Options screen that allows complete deletion of all SimpleMap data
• Revamped Import / Export process. Import process now allows fine tuning of column data
• Ability to export legacy ( prior to version 2.0 ) data into CSV
• Ability to completely remove legacy database tables and data
• Ability to create categories / tags on the fly during CSV import

1.2.2

• Modified URL references to admin pages to fix 'Do not have permissions' errors that occurred in WP 3.0
• Modified the way existing form values are populated in the admin pages
• Plugin development was taken over by FullThrottle Development

1.2.1

• Moved SimpleMap out of beta status and into a stable release

1.2b4

• Cleaned up the scripts loaded in the head section of the page.
• Added ability to specify page IDs on which to load the map scripts.
• Separated CSS from Javascript in the head section to hopefully make it more compatible with the "Javascript to the Bottom" plugin.

1.2b3

• Fixed error where database table was not being created on install/activation of plugin
• Text search works on name, description, and tags (but not on categories yet - still in progress)
• Changing a location's address in Quick Edit forces you to re-geocode before saving the changes
• Added ability to specify an address format (order of fields in the City line)
• Page now scrolls to map when you click on a location in the results list

1.2b2

• "Get Directions" link now uses custom Google Maps country domain (as set in General Options)
• Added translation support for a few strings that were missing it (including "Fax" and "Tags")
• Fixed the bubble-height problem (hopefully for good this time)
• Added ability to re-geocode address when changing the database with Quick Edit
• Info bubble correctly displays category name instead of ID number
• Removed "get computed style" function, which should eliminate that error in any browsers

1.2b1

• Added tags
• Multiple maps (on different posts/pages only)
• Maps with specific categories
• Searching by name or keyword now searches the Name, Description, Category, and Tags fields
• Improved CSV support
• Added ability to choose Google Maps domain (.com, .co.uk, etc.)

1.1.4

• Added Help page to de-clutter the other admin pages, and allow for more thorough explanations of features
• Improved CSV import: Now includes an option to quickly import large files if the locations are already geocoded
• Improved latitude/longitude handling: The values are now directly editable on the Manage Database page, and any new location (added on the Add Location page OR via CSV import) that has latitude/longitude already set will keep those values intact
• Improved Auto-Load: There is now an option to auto-load all locations in the database, and it automatically disables itself if there are more than 100 locations (to prevent crashing browsers)
• Improved Auto-Load: There is now an option to lock the auto-load to your default location, instead of the map centering itself on the loaded locations
• Improved map display: Numerous CSS fixes added to ensure that map overlays display properly
• Improved state/province: Is now a text field instead of a drop-down list, so any value can be entered
• Added ability to sort the database by column on the Manage Database page
• Added ability to change the number of search results shown (was previously limited to 20)
• Fixed bug: Info bubble should now expand properly when a location's name/category takes up more than one line
• Added questions to FAQ in Readme file

1.1.3

• Fixed bug: "Get Directions" link in location's info bubble no longer inserts "null" in the destination address
• Fixed bug: Single quotes in a location's name and address are no longer preceded by a backslash in the results display

1.1.2

• Fixed bug: Javascript code was breaking map functionality and the Geocode Address button in the General Options (Internet Explorer/Firefox only)

1.1.1

• Support for Cyrillic characters
• Autoloading locations now respects the default zoom level set in General Options
• Link to sign up for Google Maps API key will link to a translated signup page (English, Spanish, German, Japanese, Korean, Portugese, Russian, and Chinese)
• Fixed bug causing error when adding a location before any categories had been created
• Fixed bug causing the default country to reset to "United States"
• Fixed bug regarding duplicate function names; all function names are now unique to the plugin

1.1

• New Feature: Support for international locations
• New Feature: HTML descriptions for locations
• New Feature: Custom categories for locations
• New Feature: Choose to show or hide the search box with the map
• New Feature: Geocode your default location right in the Admin section
• Simplified Autoload feature: automatically loads at the default location
• Improved Admin interface
• Slightly improved CSV compatibility (in regards to quotation marks)
• Fixed bug causing map overlays to display strangely when a background color was applied to images in that WordPress theme

1.0.6

• Fixed bug that was causing map to always appear at the top of a page or post
• Modified CSV importing function to be more flexible about quotation marks
• Modified paging in the Manage Database screen to better accomodate a large number of pages
• Added button to Manage Database screen to clear entire database
• Added German & Spanish translations
• Fixed some tiny cosmetic errors
• Removed some redundant code in the Manage Database screen

1.0.5

• Changed required WordPress version to 2.8

1.0.4

• Added support for localization
• Fixed bug causing fatal error when trying to activate the plugin

1.0.3

• Added optional "Powered by SimpleMap" link to map display

1.0.2

• Fixed bug that was showing ".svn" in the drop-down list of themes
• Added the ability to automatically load the map results from a given location
• Added the ability to change the default search radius
• Added support for both miles and kilometers
• Fixed invalid markup in search form
• Fixed invalid markup in Google Maps script call
• Fixed bug appearing on certain servers when trying to access remote file created by Google Maps

1.0.1

• Fixed a folder structure problem where an auto-install from within WordPress would give a missing header error.

1.0

• Initial release