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Google Maps API Key and new limits
Google announced on Wednesday Updates to Google Maps APIs Standard Plan. Here you can read the full article. For all new applications created on or after June 22, a Google Maps API Key will be required. Existing applications will continue to work without a key, but the new limits will be applied to everyone. Before […]
This page didn’t load Google Maps correctly
This post will tell you how to fix the “This page didn’t load Google Maps correctly. See the JavaScript console for technical details.” problem with Google Maps. If you are using GeoDirectory please see our documentation here. If you want to read about the problem see our blog post here: https://wpgeodirectory.com/google-maps-api-key-and-new-limits/ If you have seen […]
Adding a SSL Certificate to your website
There are many good reasons to add a SSL to your site, we won’t go into detail here but to name a few: Google now gives a SEO boost to sites with SSL Your users are more protected! Some browsers (Chrome) now require SSL for geo-location to work This tutorial will walk you through everything […]
Snazzy Maps support for GeoDirectory
We are delighted to announce support for Snazzy Maps in our Custom Google Maps addon (1.0.5). What is Snazzy Maps? Snazzy Maps is an online resource that enables users to customize the colors, saturation, and other styling options of their Google Maps. The customization options are provided in the form of different map styles designed […]
PayPal SHA-256 Compliance and what it means
This week PayPal have been sending out scary emails and causing a lot of panic, these emails are titled: “IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUIRED: PayPal service upgrades.” The problem is they are sending them to anyone who has used affected services such as Instant Payment Notifications (IPN) which is used by LOADS of consumer themes and plugins […]
Contact Form 7 vs Simple HTML Form
This post is related to my last blog post about my efforts to speed up our site, by removing plugins where the benefit does NOT outweigh the convenience. (Just here for the code samples? Click here.) The Story: Up until a few days ago our site was using the very popular plugin “Contact Form 7” which at present […]
Are pricing tables slowing down your site?
The Story: Recently I did a small audit of the plugin we use on this site, the main goal of which was to try and speed up the site a bit. During the audit I noticed we had installed the plugin “Pricing Table” a few months back to display our prices, we were happy with […]
How to remove all GeoDirectory Breadcrumbs
Even if we don’t have Breadcrumbs on this website, we consider them very important, that’s why GeoDirectory has breadcrumbs on all its pages. They allow your visitors to always know where they are at, while navigating your website. We would never suggest to hide them, but several of our users asked how they could remove […]