v 2.2.0 has the following new features...

* Added custom link option for posts on map - new option on post edit page.
* Added category option for home map - new option on Customize page.

This will allow you to use pins on the home page to represent categories by linking the pin to a category page instead of a post page. You can create a separate category like "category pins" and select that as the category to display on the home page. This way when visitors visit the site, they will only see category pins on the map.

Of course this isn't the only use for customizing map pin links. Enjoy!

The latest version of The Navigator is available on your downloads page on ThemeForest.

Best,

Chris

Hi there,

Just want to give a heads up!

I'm planning on releasing an update soon (next week or so) that adds a custom link option for posts/pins. This will allow you to copy/paste the category pages as the link for the pin, which will override the link to the individual post page.

I'm also playing with the idea of adding an option to select a category of posts to display on the home page so that users could use the main map as a category map listing.

Best,

Chris

hello all,
trying to follow this tip but i'm kindda lost :

i have my category and subcategories menu like this : WesternAfrica/Country/hotel or restaurant / then different posts related to these subcategories

what should i redirect or which kind of pages should i setup to have first a map of the country with all its posts ==> linked to WesternAfrica/Country
then a page with the map of the country with all related to only one subcategory ==> WesternAfrica/Country/hotel
thansk in advance.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Andrew

Hello,

An update to the above. This is going to sound confusing:-)

I have state and city map links (categories), for example:

/new-york-state/new-york-city/

So, the only way I could work out how to get 1 pin on the top level map (homepage) for a 'state' was to create a post called 'new york' and only assign this to 'new york state'. Then I hid all other entries for new york city using the simple exclude plugin. I then redirected the post I created 'new york' to /new-york-state/ and this worked ok. But, of course the problem is now that I see that post in the new-york-state category and as the post has nothing associated with it (I only created it so I could use it as a home page maker) it looks kind of odd sitting there on category page.

I have a headache trying to work out how to not show this. Any suggestions?

Basicially I am just trying to get a marker on the home page to each state rather than overloading the home page with all pins.

Thanks

Andrew

Hello,

I know this is a really old post but this is what I am looking for on the home page. So, if anyway can give me an example of what to include in the 301 redirects plugin I would appreciate it. Basically I want to include a link to a category from the home page (states) instead of including all makers. I haven't got a clue though about how to add this in the 301 redirects page. I get 2 options, 1 for the request (old link) and one for the destination (new link).

Thanks in advance for any advise or examples of how to do this.

Andrew

Really nice tip, Chris.

Nice tip!

Thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks and thanks y re-thanks. You solved weeks of hard work:

http://www.zitymaps.com/

If you go to Andalusia any time, you have here a friend.

Again, thanks mate.

Hello JK, thanks for the tip above. I'd like to chat with you about this theme, can you reach out to me on skype rys.fairbrother - or email fairbrother.rys(at)gmail.com

Thanks,

Rys

If you want to make link from marker to category (not to specific post) you can use "simple 301 redirects" plugin, it works good on the navigator.

For example, you want have home page with map of country and markers on the cities linking to city categories use "simple exclude" (to exclude category with country for home page) and "301 redirect" to redirect markers from post to specific categories of cities ..

You have better solution? Please write

sorry for my english!
JK