How to set size of map within shortcode?

Hi,
overriding map properties is not 100% possible – see the doc at https://www.mapsmarker.com/docs/basic-usage/how-to-create-maps-directly-by-using-shortcodes-only/ for more details.
best,
Robert

Robert,

This suggest its only possible for on the fly creation of a map with a marker. The idea is to have map layers in the database, which are used by there default size in the posts and have a separate small map in a widget also based on layer maps stored in the database.

So shortcode which overrules the size of the layer map in the database would be very welcome. Or implement my other feature request w.r.t. a widget showing map of current post.

I just switched from MapPress Pro to your plugin as you deliver more frequent updates and have a centralized place of maintaining maps instead of per post (which leads to replicating maps/markers). With Mappress there is a widget showing map for current post and I need to get this too for Maps Marker to retain my site’s functionality.

Could you implement this?

regards,
Jan-Willem

Hi Jan,
for a later pro-release I plan to add better integration into the post/pages workflow – dont know exactly how, but I am thinking about either using custom fields or adding a map editor to the posts/page screen.
best,
Robert

Robert,

Map editor for post; I hope it will be also editable centrally and not be bound to the post. This to keep it maintainable.

What I did now was creating a dropdownbox for a custom field with the plugin “Advanced Custom Fields” in which the dropdown contains the names of the map layers created and with the shortcode as a value. The plugin “Get Custom Field Values” is then used to display the value (i.e. the shortcode) of the custom field. This leads to the map being displayed. Only issue now is the inability at this moment to steer the layout of this map via shortcode parameters.

So if you could make something similar it would already help; the map selected during post edit will be displayed in the widget provided by you. The map shown in this widget can be customized separately on the settings screen of the maps marker pro plugin and overridden in the widget options.

I will check with the next release if I can add some more override parameters for the shortcode…

FYI – development is finished and this feature will be included in pro v1.6

FYI – pro v1.6 has just been released. See https://mapsmarker.com/v1.6p for more details about this new feature…