Legacy Locator Styles

Posted by lcleveland in for WordPress, Professional, Settings, View
locator stylesheets

With built-in custom CSS rules now standard for most WordPress themes, version 5.4+ of Store Locator Plus® has dropped legacy CSS styles. Up to version 5.4 users could place a CSS file in the Store Locator Plus® plugin CSS directory and then use the Settings | View | Plugin Style to select that CSS file in place of the default “A Gallery Style”.

Adding The Style With Experience Add On

Copy the CSS from one of the legacy CSS stylesheets listed below an paste it into the Settings | View | Custom CSS box. This requires the WordPress Experience Add on.

Adding The Style With WP Themes

Custom CSS support is built into WordPress core and themes only need to tell WordPress they support that option to enable the functionality. Many modern themes now include this option. Go to Appearance | Customize | Additonal CSS and paste the CSS there.

Legacy CSS Styles

above_and_beyond_nyloboard_01Download
above_and_beyond_nyloboard_02Download
above_and_beyond_nyloboard_03Download
beside_thepoint_2012Download
basic-boxesDownload
defaultDownload
csl-slplus-nomapDownload
default_oldDownload
default_2014Download
twentyfifteen_rev02Download
twentysixteen_rev01Download
twentysixteen_rev02Download
twentysixteen_rev03Download
woo-memorableDownload

MySLP Store Locator Plus® SaaS

Users of our MySLP SaaS offering don’t have to worry about this sort of thing. The built-in style gallery will suffice for most sites and those that need custom CSS can use the built-in CSS tools provided by platforms like Wix, Weebly, Squarespace, and more.

Wix Directory Styling for MySLP

Posted by lcleveland in for Everything

The directory listing option for MySLP makes it easy to provide a list of states in which your locations reside. The directory listing can be easily added to any Wix site by using the directory style presentation when embedding the MySLP code.

The Wix embed code presentation leaves a bit to be desired when it comes to formatting. When you drop an embed block into a Wix page it will often add far too little padding, is not centered, and does not default to a big enough height to display a list of locations.

Getting Started With The Embed Format

When using Wix we find it easier to format the MySLP embed code by using the advanced editor.

Start by adding an Embed , HTML block into the page. Wix will drop this in a random semi-centered location on the page. Drag it down to an available space on the page.

Embedding an HTML object into a Wix site.

It is best to set the embed block to be 100% the width of the content. The gutters should be marked with a dashed line to show the left/right main content width. Stay between the gutters.

Set a default height tall enough to show the listing. An embed box height of 800 is a good start.

Relocate the embed HTML box to the white space of the page. You may need to add the white space to your Wix page by tweaking the height position (Y) of the elements on your page.

Click on the embed box and look for Enter Code on the top-left corner of the box.

Enter the MySLP SaaS embed code, make sure you add <style> section and include a data-presentation=”directory” attribute on the embed script to get the directory listing in place of a map of locations.

Enter the embed code and related <style>..</style> section as noted below.

Example Embedded MySLP Directory Code

The following embed code can be added to ensure CSS styling is included along with the JavaScript-based directory functionality of MySLP.

<style>
.slp_directory_list.slp_directory_style_list {
    display: flex;
	  flex-wrap: wrap;
    justify-content: space-between;
}
.slp_directory_entry {
    padding: 0 5px;
}
</style>
https://dashboard.storelocatorplus.com/front-end/location.js

If all went well you can publish the site and should see an interactive states directory listing similar to this:

WordPress Custom CSS Rules

Posted by lcleveland in for Everything, for WordPress

You can add custom CSS rules to WordPress to style your directories and location maps without having to wait for a custom Store Locator Plus® style or a theme that supports full CSS rules. WordPress has a built-in CSS customization tool that applies to all pages on the site.

You can use this custom CSS tool to do things like format the MySLP SaaS, or WPSLP plugin, directory listings.

How To Add Custom Rules

Login to your site as a site administrator.

Click on the Customize menu entry in the admin toolbar.

Click on Additional CSS in the sidebar.

Enter a fully qualified CSS rule.

This example is used to style the MySLP SaaS directory listings on the site. MySLP is a pure JavaScript embed implementation and requires the site hosting the embed to add extra CSS rules. The output changes the MySLP Directory state selector from a vertical list to a horizontal list as shown on the MySLP Directory page.

Location Directory With MySLP

Posted by lcleveland in Enterprise, for Everything, Professional

Our software-as-a-service platform, MySLP, runs on many different web builders and mobile frameworks. If you are using MySLP you cannot easily create pages that contain the [slp_directory] shortcode used in the Store Locator Plus WordPress plugins. There is another way to do this with our SaaS offering.

This new MySLP feature makes it easy to add a directory of locations to any platform. Display your location directory on Weebly, Wix, WordPress, or any website management platform that supports JavaScript.

The Embed Code

When using MySLP you typically add your locations and set your map experience properties. The next step is to go to the Generate Embed page on your account dashboard to get the JavaScript needed to display the locator search form and map on your site.

Standard MySLP output with default embed code.

Embed Code For Directories

When displaying a directory, you normally do not want the location search and map to appear. You can use the data-presentation attribute with your script to tell MySLP what type of location presentation you would like to show on your site.

Here is a full script example from our test server — you can see where we added data-presentation=”directory” to the standard embed script.

<script id="MySLP" 
type="text/javascript" 
src="https://dashboard.test/front-end/location.js" 
data-presentation="directory" 
data-api-key="myslp.8322ee3d5681db51162fa332d76f74171b80b89f7a15df054c989f2d75f91a08" 
data-rest-path="//dashboard.test/enterprise_at_slp_dot_guru/wp-json/myslp/v2/locations-map" 
data-div-id="MySLP-map-wrap">
</script>

Adding data-presentation=”directory” to the script will use the directory style presentation where the <script…> embed appears versus the standard MySLP output.

Default Directory Presentation

The default setup for the directory style presentation is to show a list of states (or provinces) in a list.

Clicking on a state will show a list of locations using the results layout configuration you have set for Store Locator Plus®.

By default there is no search form, map, Store Locator Plus® tagline, or distance displayed.

An example of the Directory output with MySLP SaaS showing results after clicking the FL link.

Styling The Output With CSS

You can style the directory output by manipulating the CSS on the site where the script has been embedded. The method for adding custom CSS will depend on the platform you are using to host your site.

Horizontal List Of States

To create a horizontal list of states, add the following CSS rules (learn more about flex styling at this site) to your site:

.slp_directory_list.slp_directory_style_list {
    display: flex;
	  flex-wrap: wrap;
    justify-content: space-between;
}
.slp_directory_entry {
    padding: 0 5px;
}

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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.

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Search Form Style

Posted by lcleveland in Professional, Search

Search Form Style sets the styling for the interactive locator elements on your site.   It uses pre-built jQuery Theme Roller style CSS designs to create a simple way to style interactive elements such as the autocomplete feature (available in WPSLP Experience or with MySLP Professional) on the address box. with Experience or Professional level plan additional search elements are available, including a one click checkbox to “Hide the search form”  altogether.

The default styling is set to “None” which provides not special styling rules from interactive JavaScript elements in the locator interface.   This allows the site designer to create their own styles for the website in which the locator will be placed.

Search Form Style Default None 2017-05-23_16-20-30.png
Default styling for autocomplete is “none”.  The theme in this example does not specifiy any ui-autocomplete styling. The background inherits the transparent background used by the website as the default for all divs.

The base service also includes the Base jQuery theme.

Setting A New Style

For WordPress plugin users go to the Store Locator Plus selection on the sidebar menu.

For MySLP users go to Store Locator Plus sidebar menu.

Select Settings/Search from the tab list.

Scroll down to the Appearance section and expand it by clicking the word “Appearance” if necessary.

Select a new style from the Search Form Style drop-down menu.

Available For WPSLP and MySLP

Search Form Style is a feature that is included in the base plugin of Store Locator Plus for WordPress and is available under Store Locator Plus for all levels of the MySLP service.   Premier members on WPSLP and Enterprise Level users for MySLP will have multiple options for the Search Form Style.

Q. What is the difference between a shortcode and locator layout settings?

Posted by cici in FAQ, Map, Professional, Results, Search, Settings, View

A.    A shortcode is a WordPress-specific code that lets you do nifty things with very little effort.  Shortcodes can embed files or create objects that would normally require lots of complicated, ugly code in just one line.   In other words, a Shortcode = shortcut.

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Selecting and Customizing your Style

Posted by cici in Advanced, for WordPress, Our Add Ons, Professional, Settings, View

Store Locator Plus Appearance

Store Locator Plus comes with a variety of styles to provide a basic style framework that will attempt to match your locator page to various WordPress themes  installed on your site. You can see the list of  Locator Styles under  the Store Locator Plus Settings / View panel. The inner slide bar will show you more.

SLP SaaS view

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