Store Locator Plus allows you to set a custom marker for all of your locations.
Start by uploading the marker to a web accessible location.
Go to Media / Add New in the WordPress admin panel.
Upload your marker.
View the attachment details for the newly uploaded marker and copy the URL.
The [slp_search_element] shortcode is only processed within the Search Layout setting. It is used to display user input elements on the search form.
Attributes are the keywords that appear after the opening [slp_search_element and before the closing ].
Default attributes include:
Output a form button. <slug> should be an input supported by the base plugin or an add on such as:
Output the Find Locations button.
[slp_search_element button="submit"]
Output a dropdown selector with a preceding label for the specified input. <slug> should be an input supported by the base plugin or an add on such as:
Output a dropdown of radius selections based on the Experience / Search / Radii Options setting.
Outputs the specified value. Used by some add ons to add a specific [slp_search_element] output.
Output a input selector with a preceding label for the specified input. <slug> should be an input supported by the base plugin or an add on such as:
Output a the address/zip-code input box.
Processed by the SLP_UI class via add_shortcode in create string_SearchForm() which calls crease_SearchElement().
Filter shortcode_slp_searchelement is used to manipulate attributes. Many add ons use this to render specific output using attribute ‘hard_coded_value’ => ‘xyz’ to output a specific value.
Store Locator Plus includes a default set of data fields that is included with every installation as well as extended fields provided by add-on packs.
For data fields, including those added with the Power add-on, you can output the data in the map info bubble or results layout, by using the following shortcode:
[slp_location data.<field_slug>]
For example:
[slp_location data.contact]
[slp_location data.facebook_custom_url] (for someone that added a field named Facebook Custom URL).
Both the default data and extended data can be displayed in the search results, (for SEO Pages some fields will be [storepage field=contact] for SEO-friendly details pages. Most of the tools provided by the various add-on packs work best when using the field slug. The slug is a unique name for the field that is similar-to, but not exactly the same as, the field name.
The slugs are used in the add-on packs such as the layout strings from the Experience Add On in as well as the column headers for CSV Import in the Power Add On.
Slug: id Data field: sl_id Type: integer (auto-assigned)
Slug: store Data field: sl_store Type: string up to 255 characters
Slug: address Data field: sl_address Type: string up to 255 characters
Slug: address2 Data field: sl_address2 Type: string up to 255 characters
Slug: city Data field: sl_city Type: string up to 255 characters
Slug: state Data field: sl_state Type: string up to 255 characters
Slug: zip Data field: sl_zip Type: string up to 255 characters
Slug: country Data field: sl_country Type: string up to 255 characters
Slug: latitude Data field: sl_latitude Type: string up to 255 characters
Slug: longitude Data field: sl_longitude Type: string up to 255 characters
Slug: tags Data field: sl_tags Type: Text up to 4096 characters
The Pro Pack tags field. Requires Pro Pack for full functionality.
Slug: description Data field: sl_description Type: Long text, as determined by your MySQL settings. More than 4096 characters.
Slug: email Data field: sl_email Type: string up to 255 characters
Slug: url Data field: sl_url Type: string up to 255 characters
Slug: hours Data field: sl_hours Type: string up to 255 characters
Slug: phone Data field: sl_phone Type: string up to 255 characters
Slug: fax Data field: sl_fax Type: string up to 255 characters
Slug: image Data field: sl_image Type: string up to 255 characters
An fully qualified image URL, http:: with a full domain.
Slug: private Data field: sl_private Type: A single character string.
May be used in the future as a 1|0 value to determine if a location is to only appear on the admin interface and not front end searches.
Slug: neat_title Data field: sl_neat_title Type: string up to 255 characters
May be used in the future as an alternate store name or subtitle.
Slug: linked_postid Data field: sl_linked_postid Type: integer, auto-assigned
The ID of the related store_page entry where extra taxonomy data and other location data is stored. Used with Store Pages and Tagalong. Should not be modified.
Slug: pages_url Data field: sl_pages_url Type: string up to 255 characters
The relative URL for the Store Pages linked post ID. Provides a processing shortcut for the Store Pages add-on pack.
Slug: pages_on Data field: sl_pages_on Type: a single 1|0 character
Used with Store Pages to determine which locations have been populated with Store Pages template content.
Slug: option_value Data field: sl_option_value Type: text up to 4096 characters
A serialized JSON data object which can store extra location data. Slower and less direct than extended data fields.
Slug: lastupdated Data field: sl_lastupdated Type: timestamp
A date and time MySQL timestamp indicating the last time the main data for the location was updated.
Slug: initial_distance Data field: sl_initial_distance Type: A float.
The initial distance calculated between your center map latitude/longitude and the location.
These fields appear in the extended data table, slp_extendo. The field metadata, used to manage the slp_extendo table, is store din the slp_extendo_meta table.
Identifier a unique location identifier from an external database that can be used to update existing locations in Store Locator Plus
Contact
First Name
Last Name
Title
Department
Training
Facility Type
Office Phone
Mobile Phone
Contact Fax
Contact Email
Office Hours – long formatted text
Contact Address – long formatted text
Notes – long formatted text
Featured – valid values are “1” for featured and “0” (zero).
Rank – an integer from 1 (highest rank/top of list) to 999999. 0 = no rank.
Power categories utilize the built-in WordPress custom taxonomy system. Standard WordPress category IDs are kept in the term_relationships and term_taxonomy tables. The relationship between locations and categories is managed via the slp_tagalong table that maps the Store Locator Plus id field to the WordPress Taxonomy term_id.
Table: slp_tagalong field: sl_id = the store id field: term_id = the WordPress taxonomy id
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.
The Premier Add On allows you to set a scheduled interval using the built-in WordPress Cron scheduler to calculate the initial distance for locations where the distance is zero.
The initial distance setting is used by Store Locator Plus to boost performance when loading the initial map. It uses and SQL index on a numeric value to select a subset of data versus calculating values for potentially thousands of locations and then filtering based on the calculation. For sites with more than 1,000 locations this feature significantly boosts initial map loading performance.
All those little location markers on the map that Google just made FAR more prevalent in their latest update? Those are what they call map icons. They are also clickable which means all those locations will pop up a map bubble even if they are not YOUR Locations for your business. Premier Add On v 4.7.1 or higher for Store Locator Plus or MySLP/Enterprise lets you disable the “clickability” on the map icons.
We need to filter our locations by brand. Does your plugin or an extension to your plugin have this feature?
Power add-on for WPSLP (DIY) or the Professional level plan (or higher) for MySLP is the right choice for doing that. Either allows for simple categories or parent/child relationships between categories. Locations can be assigned to one or more categories. Your users can then search for locations based on those categories.
For more complex hierarchical functionality , button bars , horizontal check-boxes for categories and more customized approaches you might want to check out our WPSLP Premier subscription or the MySLP Enterprise level subscription
Add a category for each brand you offer and your users will be able to filter locations showing only those that offer specific brands.
Power Add-on for WPSLP or the Professional level or higher for MySLP allows the administrator to schedule your Import process from a remote file retrieval (must be accessible public) to provide more control over recurring imports from a full url where you CSV file resides and allows flexibility for scheduling the time for daily imports.
WordPress CRON is not exact, it executes the next time a visitor comes to your site.
WordPress times are UTC/GMT time NOT local time. Set to none and leave the URL blank to clear the CRON job. Example: 14:25. (Default: empty = do not run daily cron)
Checking your server, PHP and MySQL to ensure the character set is correct will go a long way toward importing special characters like registration characters.
If you have the Power add-on for the Self managed WPSLP or if you have the Professional Level MySLP SaaS plan, you will have the ability to import data fields via a properly formatted csv file. All columns MUST have a header row with the correct field name. All fields are short text fields, up to 255 characters, unless otherwise noted. The header text is NOT case sensitive.
If you are using the category functionality of Power you may want to import and assign a category slug on the fly. The header field name is:
category (or plural categories).
If you wish to import and assign more than one category per location , you will need to use a comma-separated list for the data field (category). Example: My location has more than one category associated with it, I want to indicate it is a hotel,restaurant, and has music. Category for that location would show under the column with the header row “category”…. hotel,restaurant,music
Alternatively, to define parent/child relationships , i.e. hierarchical categories , use a double colon as the separator Example the Parent is Facility, the child is showroom.
Facility::Showroom.
The Premier Add On includes an option to run location geocoding on a regularly scheduled interval. This can be useful for a hands-off approach when loading locations remotely through direct data connections.
