v1.5.0.2 (2016-06-21)

This is a pre-release version that may have bugs and intended for testing purposes:

• multilingual support, designed for testing translations, see issue #35 .
• added Google API Key option, issue #22

Attention: this version is for testing purposes! Don't install it on production websites!

v1.5.0.1 (2016-06-19)

This is a pre-release version with multilingual support, designed for testing translations, see issue #35 .
Warning: this version has critical bugs, so that only the backend works. The frontend of the website becomes unavailable.

v1.5.0 (2016-06-09)

This is a major release with performance improvements, bug fixes and new features.

Features

• Correct rendering in complex situations - previous versions of MapEx supported correct rendering inside modal dialog (lightbox). Now MapEx supports all other tricky cases, such as inserting MapEx inside other widgets, e.g. Switcher or UIKit tabs; closes #28, read more.
• Advanced Marker Clustering - full control of grouping markers into clusters with custom icons and settings, and access to online Marker Library; closes #8, read more.
• Beautiful debug output - if you activate debug output mode, the information is now printed in a more beautiful way.

Fixes

• SEF URLs - all URLs in MapEx are now search engine friendly, closes #27.
• Update fix - sometimes the updater may report that a new version is available, even if it's not.
• some typos in tooltips

v1.4.7 (2016-06-03)

Fixes

• Updated URL for Styling Wizard - Google changed the URL of the wizard that was used for creating complex styles for the map. Now the link is updated to work with the new URL. Thanks @blondie63 for reporting this.

v1.4.6 (2016-04-07)

Fixes

• Correct rendering of multiple MapEx widgets - sometimes the widget generated PHP warnings and some features were not working if several MapEx widgets were placed on a single page. Thanks Brian Peat for reporting this.
• Complete debug output - sometimes the debug output was truncated.

v1.4.5 (2016-03-29)

This release greatly improves the responsive behavior of the widget and causes the Map Center Point option to be mandatory. Please, check your widgets after update and make sure that this option is set correctly.

Features

• More responsive - you can set different zoom levels for various screen sizes.
• Scale control - new control is added that can be activated in the settings interface.
• Tiles background color - you can set a custom color that will be used when the map is being loaded.
• More informative update notification - version number of available widget's release is displayed in the update notification.

v1.4.4 (2016-03-26)

Features

• All options are now visible - in the settings interface of the widget all options are now visible to the user. In earlier versions of the widget some options that couldn't be activated (disabled because of conflicts or missing dependency issues with other settings) were hidden.
• More notifications added - in the settings interface of the widget some options depend on each other. If such dependencies not met, then related options are ignored. Now the user is being informed if such situation happens.

Fixes

• Bug with detecting CMS type - there was an error in detecting if the widget is run under Joomla that led to increasing the size of error.log file.
• Correct detection of WordPress version - the widget now detects correctly WP version when "Debug output" option is activated.

v1.4.3 (2016-02-20)

The purpose of this release is to help solving problems with the widget (e.g. invalid configuration) and is most helpful for those users, who install the widget for the first time.

Features

• Extended debug output - the widget performs extra checks and outputs much more debug information that helps to investigate problems and conflicts with the widget, read more.
• Doesn't process data of Map widget - the widget now only processes data of its own and doesn't meant to override the Map widget. It means that you can use Map and MapEx widgets separately. This feature makes the widget more stable.

Fixes

• More stable in various hosting environments - owing to better debug mode helps to solve most conflicts and problems, closes #18. About possible conflicts with other plugins read here.

v1.4.2 (2016-02-03)

Fixed

• JS problem fixed - there was a possible conflict with original Map widget when the required JS library shipped with this widget didn't load correctly (closes #5).

v1.4.1 (2016-02-02)

Fixed

• Widget collisions removed - there was an issue that the About screen didn't display correctly and the update notifications didn't work if several Ex widgets were installed on the same website.