Vantage Custom Map Pins

WHAT IS CUSTOM MAP PINS?

• Custom pin icon for each category (listings in multiple categories will take pin icon of category higher in the alphabet).
• Optional pin clustering to aid in better navigation and displaying of map pins.
• Optional info popup on listings (multiple listings at same location has this by default) single listings you can turn on / off.
• Adjust the map height to suit your site.
• Disable mouse wheel zoom on map.
• Set default zoom level on single listing maps.
• Set custom pin for use on locations with multiple listings in one spot.
• Free sample pack available from my website. Includes example icons and blank pins.

Custom Map Pins for AppThemes WordPress directory theme Vantage is a simple yet much-needed plugin giving you a much-improved map widget for your site.

This plugin wasn’t created for the sake of creating a plugin, but to solve a genuine problem faced by a real world project. Multiple categories on the directory site needed to have a different pin on the map to help differentiate the listing categories from each other.

Unfortunately AppThemes – Vantage WordPress theme didn’t offer this as standard and there wasn’t a solution out there that did exactly what was required for the project in question.

Which is why we developed – Vantage – Custom Map Pins.

WHAT DOES IT DO?

Its core purpose it to allow you to set custom map pin images for each category under your listings and events. No more having to use the default pins for listings and events, spice up your map and customise pins on a per category basis using your own pin images or the free ones included.

We’ve also added the additional feature of map clustering, allowing you to cluster pins that are close together making your map look neater.

What’s more you can disable clustering if you prefer to have all your pins showing.

What about situations where you have multiple listings at the same address? They might be tied to an event or multiple listings but by default Google maps can only show one pin and this is no good for users wanting to browse listings at the same address.

Vantage Custom Map Pins allows your to set a pin to be used in cases where multiple listings are in the same location, instantly letting your visitors know there’s more going on at that location.

Plus you can enable this popup box to show for all listings or only places where there’s multiple listings at the same location. Giving you complete control.

By default, the Vantage Google map is a mere 300px high. Which isn’t very big, not in todays world with big modern screens. Plus it can make things a bit cramped with all your pins. With Custom Map Pins you can easily set the height of the multiple listing map widget giving you a nicer bigger map for your visitors to view.

We also give you the ability to disable ‘mouse wheel scrolling’ which stops the map from zooming in and out as you scroll over it with your mouse.

All these settings are easily controlled from within the Vantage – Custom Map Pins settings page from your WordPress dashboard.

Also to ensure maximum compatibility with child themes, the map widgets use the same styling as the original Vantage maps. Meaning that should your child theme make styling changes to the maps, they should carry over with this plugin.

Take control of your directory site and your category icons.

This plugin lets you quickly and easily add a custom icon to your map for your individual categories.

• NEW – Added support for YOAST SEO plugin and primary categories (for when listings are in multiple categories, you can choose which category icon to use)
• Unique pin icon for each category
• Unique pin icon for feature listings
• Set height of category map header
• Set height of single listing map

Watch the video for a quick run through.

Q. What happens when my listing is in multiple categories?

A. If your listing belongs to multiple categories, it will use the pin that is first in the alphabetical order of categories. For example your listing is in the categories, ‘bars’, ‘entertainment’, and ‘nightclubs’. The pin icon it would use would be from the category ‘bars’.

Note, I’ve now added support for YOAST SEO plugin. So if you’re listing is in multiple categories, you can choose from the back end which category is the primary category and the plugin will use this icon.

Vantage 3.x

We have a video walk-through on YouTube showing you how to install and setup the plugin.

In written format:

1. Upload and active plugin
2. Upload your map pin images to your WP media library
3. Edit your listing / event categories and add the URL to the pin images for each category
4. go to ‘Custom Pins’ settings page and enter the width and height of your pin images
5. Adjust any other settings as you wish
6. Swap existing map widgets for the new VCMP widgets

Vantage 4.x

1. Download plugin
2. Upload and active plugin on website
3. Go to your listing categories in the WP-Admin to add new pin icons
4. Go to Vantage > Custom Pins to set map heights, and featured listing pin

Vantage 3.x

Version 1.2.1 – 18th Feb 2017

• Added support for ClassiPost child theme
• Fixed minor bug with member list page and Wordpress 4.7.2 not showing members

Version 1.2 – 21st Jan 2017

• Added ability to hide specific users / roles from the members list, search results and top users widget.

Version 1.1.1

• Added email subject field (missed this on v1.1 release)

Version 1.1 – 7th Jan 2017

• Added email notification support.

Version 1.0.4

• Added optional feedback score to be shown in the ad preview boxes and ad listing pages.

Version 1.0.3

• Added support for front end localization – create your own translations using the .po file.
• Added German & Spanish translations.

Version 1.0.2

• Minor CSS Adjustments to improve child theme support.

Version 1.0.1

• Minor CSS adjustments.

Version 1

• Initial release

Vantage 4.x 

25th April 2017

• Added support for YOAST SEO plugin and primary categories.

13th April 2017

• Version 1.0 released.