theglobalguy

It didn’t take long, but here’s version 1.6.
https://www.henrymalmgren.com/location-1.6.zip
It’s really has any additional functionality only if you’re on an American research station in Antarctica. I’ve created three custom maps using a polar projection for all three US research bases. The plugin looks for a specific lattiude that won’t be used for anything else, and just uses one of the prebuilt maps.
It would be very easy to modify this for any location where you wanted a very detailed map, as long as you have the map ready to go.
For an example, see the below post:
https://www.theglobalguy.com/antarctica-2004/salad-bar/

Ok, I’ve made a complete .zip file with all my changes and bumped the version to 1.5. You can download the new version at:
https://www.henrymalmgren.com/location-1.5.zip
Minor changes include changing the javascript to make the tooltip appear a bit lower on the screen (useful for larger images), and the generated image file is now shown by default on the editing screen.
The major change is that there is now the option of using six image files of the globe (included) to show a more detailed area of the globe. The plugin knows which file to use based on the lattitude and longitude. If you don’t like this feature, you can switch back to the original working by changing a configuration variable in one of the php files.
I removed the resize feature from the last version (1.4) because I’ve found that it doesn’t matter what size image map you use, as long as it has a ratio of 2:1 for the single map and 4:3 for the smaller ones.
To see the output of the new larger detail feature, look at these two posts:
https://www.theglobalguy.com/se-asia/singapore/
https://www.theglobalguy.com/usa/ive-really-missed-austin/

Sorry, that wasn’t very clear…I meant on the edit page, not the post itself.
I’m working on a modification right now where I’ve got the world map divided into six sections, and the plugin will select which one to use based on the lattiude and longitude so that you can get a more detailed map. Hopefully it’ll be ready today sometime.

Sorry, that wasn’t very clear…I meant on the edit page, not the post itself.
I’m working on a modification right now where I’ve got the world map divided into six sections, and the plugin will select which one to use based on the lattiude and longitude so that you can get a more detailed map. Hopefully it’ll be ready today sometime.

Very nice addition to an already useful plugin. I just took about 3 minutes, and this was working great. Thanks for the info!

Nice improvements! I’ve made one more change where instead of clicking to see the generated map, it automatically shows. I suppose that could be bad for slow connections, but it’s great for my use.

One request…do you have a copy of a larger version of that map?

One other thing I just had to change…the wp-location/cache directory wasn’t being found all the time, so I created a new variable called $abfile that’s just the same as file with a “/” prepended. I’m using the original $file to check to see if an image exists, and $abfile is what actually gets passed to the page HTML.

Great plugin! I had a problem with the javascript not being found all the time with my permalink setup. Adding a “/” in front of wp-location/wz_tooltip.js fixed the problem. The only thing I’m going to try to modfiy now is to show the actual map once it’s been generated in the edit screen.

@rm, thanks..I played with my CSS a bit and finally got it where I’m nearly completely satisfied with the preview as single option. Actually, I think my only issue is a CSS issue that I’m just not sure how to solve. When I use the preview as single option (which is now my default), I can make the photos float right or left, but I can’t make them stay centered in the middle column. Any ideas on how to make them behave would be much appreciated!

I’m loving the new popup feature, but I’ve got one easy request. The functionality might already be there, but I’m just missing something in the config.
Right now it seems that we have to choose between the thumbnails being centered on the preview screen with no captions, or them being floated left but with captions on the main post screen. Is there a way to make captions appear on the preview screen? To see what I’m talking about look at this:
https://www.theglobalguy.com/category/antarctica-2004/page/2/
The bottom post on the page has two preview images that are centered without captions. If I go to just that post’s page:
https://www.theglobalguy.com/antarctica-2004/sunset-finally/
then I get captions but everything is pushed to the left.
Is there a simple way to get both?

As if you haven’t done enough already, I’ve got one more feature request. I’d like the ability to have three different image sizes. A thumbnail sized around 160 px, a preview sized around 450 px, and a full size image that only is displayed when a user clicks on the preview image and it pops up in a new window. I’ve been playing around with the various options, and it seems that I can only get two of the three sizes.

The colors on your site are striking! It might not work for everyone, but it certainly makes a different impression, and creates the desire to go back.
I’ve just borrowed your background image. Let me know if you have a problem, and I’ll find a modified version.

Ringmaster,
Excellent job on the new code! I’d been trying to decide between using Exhibit and PictPress, and this new version just made the decision easy. This is exactly what I’ve been looking for, and now all I have to do is figure a way to have a pulldown menu with only subcategories from my “gallery” category.

I like the idea of the div within a div. Seems to me that it could use the same code for both one and/or multiple thumbnails.. if there is just one preview image, it wouldn’t come out any different would it?