Geocoding stopped working suddenly

Posted by cici in Advanced, FAQ, for WordPress, General, Locations, Power Add On, Troubleshooting

(This page has been updated to reflect the changes in Google Cloud Platform API changes)

Most likely reasons;

You moved your site or changed the domain name and did not change your Google Map API key or , as of JUNE 2018 Google API changes, did NOT ADD BILLING TO YOUR API KEY . See Getting Started
Check your Google Platform Usage reports
A self-imposed usage cap has been exceeded.
The provided method of payment is no longer valid (for example, a credit card has expired).
You have exceeded the QPS limits for a given API.
If you have the Power add-on and are using the import function , your csv file is incorrect, or your header rows are not accurate, or they have wrong field names, the columns may be misaligned and the data field for an address could not import and/or does not geocode. Check your import message log.
Google does not recognize an address. See FAQ post

How to validate Premier with Multi-site Installations

Posted by cici in Enterprise, for WordPress, Troubleshooting

Premier Subscription Licenses must be validated on the primary site of a multi-site install. This is typically the FIRST site in your site list, but can be changed via wp-config. If you are using multi site you should know which site is the primary Blog ID. Adding your Premier id and your license on your sub sites will not validate the WPSLP Premier license. (This information only applies to WordPress SLP and not MYSLP.

Communication with the SLP license server is required for any licenses to be validated. You can check if standard web requests are working between your WordPress install and SLP. This can be tested from within your PHP environment with a simple PHP script that uses a ‘curl’ or ‘file get contents ‘operation.

You can also click on the Store Locator Plus / info tab in the back end of the plug-in. If you are seeing “Latest News” with fairly current dates then the problem is most likely not a blocked communications via a firewall. In those cases the issue is most likely an incorrectly typed subscription ID or you have entered the info on the wrong site of a multi-site install.

Custom CSS

Posted by lcleveland in Our Add Ons, Professional, Settings, View

MYSLP subscriber with the Professional level or Enterprise level plan , allows you to customize the style sheets ( CSS ) for Store Locator Plus map, results, and search layouts. There are additional styles also available with the higher level plans making it less likely that you will need to use custom styling sheets. If you are adding CSS to the SLP. The CSS field is under Settings/View under the various locator styles.

If you are an Enterprise level subscriber and need a style to work with your general theme, you may wish to contact us. Any CSS updates entered will be retained in future updates .

For WordPress SLP plugin users, The Experience Add On is available to purchase for the self managed WordPress SLP plugin , the CSS is stored in the WordPress options table.

Map Controls

Posted by cici in Enterprise, Map, Settings

More map controls

Our MYSLP Enterprise level users or WPSLP Premier subscribers will find several additional map controls to enable or disable built-in Google Map elements. A simple checkbox allows users to turn the Full Screen and zoom controls on or off in addition to the previously-available Hide “Stick Man” , scale, and type controls.

This option is also available to WordPress plugin users with an active Premier subscription.

CSV Import Duplicates Handling

Posted by lcleveland in Locations, Our Add Ons, Professional

The WPSLP Power Add On or MySLP/Professional plan allows you to import CSV files with several options. View the information under SLP/Locations/Import . You have various options to consider when determining how to update locations that match your pre-existing locations.

Options available on how to handle duplicates: Choose to Add, Skip, and /or Update.

How Store Pages Templates and [slp_pages] Work

Posted by lcleveland in for WordPress, Power Add On, Professional

Available In: WordPress Store Locator Plus™ with the Power add on.
Not yet available SLP Managed Store Locator Plus™ (MySLP) service.

Showing A List Of Pages — Full Content

[slp_pages style=”full” no_map=”1″ pages_directory_entry_css_class=”slp_page location_details col-xs-12″]

Because there is not template specified it will display the “full” (entire/complete) SEO page. Login to the WP site and go to Store Pages as admin, click on any page. What you see there is what you’ll get on the page list output.

That means when we add descriptions to SEO pages (either manually editing the SEO page OR with some new description magic in development today) the ENTIRE page will show up.

Enable Pages Setting WordPress SLP Power add-on

Posted by lcleveland in Professional

Included in WPSLP Power only (This feature is currently NOT available with MYSLP fully managed software as a service)

Find it under Store Locator Plus | General |APP

Enable Pages turns on the Store Pages (“Pages” or “SEO Pages”) functionality of Store Locator Plus. Once enabled a new Pages tab will appear under Store Locator Plus Admin Panel menu and the Store Locator Plus | Locations | List will have new entries under bulk actions.

Phone Extension Delimiter Setting

Posted by lcleveland in Enterprise

Included in MySLP Enterprise and WPSLP Premier.

Find it under Settings | Results | Results Interaction

The text entered in this setting will be replaced with a long pause (,,) in the telephone dialer hyperlink when the Use Dial Link For Phone option is enabled.

Phone Extension Dialer

Posted by lcleveland in Enterprise, Professional

included with MySLP Enterprise and/or WPSLP Premier.

Employ telephone dialer links with extension pauses by turning on the Use Dial Link For Phone option and setting the Phone Extension Delimiter option.

When both are enabled the links for phone numbers are set to the defacto tel: hyperlink and if a phone number contains the text specified by the Phone Extension Delimiter option it will insert a long pause at that point before continuing to dial.

This method uses the oft-support comma placeholder, adding two commas to extend the pause to allow for slower phone systems to catch up and wait for the extension to be entered.

This output behavior will appear on results under the map, directory landing pages, and store pages.

Location Sensor Aware

Posted by lcleveland in General, Power Add On, Professional, User Interface

Location Sensor Aware available with the SLP SaaS subscription Professional level (or higher ) service plan

Location Sensor capability is also a feature with the WPSLP Plug in Power add-on.

Location sensor feature can be turned on/off with a simple check box under the SLP/General tab.

When the box is checked and a visitor to your site performs a search , SLP queries the browser and requests their current location. If the browser allows location queries it will return their geographic location which will be used to set the default search location.

Note: This will only work with most browsers if you have a secure site and/or if your site visitor “allows” their location to be visible to you.

Google may return a “No results found” if you do NOT have an HTTPS site and will stop the javascript from loading. SLP with the Power add-on will negate Location sensor settings entirely if you do not have https:// enabling your page to continue to load. If you require the location sensor functionality to work properly you must have a valid SSL certification.

Location Aware Browsing

Accuracy varies greatly from location to location. In some places, service providers may be able to provide a location to within a few meters. All locations returned by service providers are estimates only and we do not guarantee the accuracy of the locations provided. Your SLP settings also determine the number of locations shown nearest the site visitor. Settings for radius, number of results to return and center of map all interact to show locations nearest to the site visitor.