Recently a customer needed a map with custom icons rather than the regular map maker icons that come with Google maps. He wanted it to look something like this so each icon represented a different type of store. To do this you’ll need 3 things: 1) A custom post type with Toolset Custom Fields set…
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Toolset: Using an Image as a Background Image
Your content here Note, you must define a height and width. Here I have used 185px wide by 125px high, but you can change these to whatever works for you. Just be sure to change them in all places. You CANNOT use the featured image. You must create a custom field to use. It’s…
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Display Multiple Markers on Map Using Toolset Custom Fields
I really love using Toolset. It makes it easy to create really dynamic function on your site without knowing PHP. One really nice add-on they came out with a couple years ago is the Maps plugin. So, here’s what I needed to do: I had a list of restaurants and I wanted to display all…
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Toolset: How to Scroll to Top After Results are Filtered
Again, I’ve really been loving working with Toolset Types. One of the great things it lets me do is filter custom post types by various parameters. However, recently I was working on a site that had a huge list of parameters on the left sidebar and the results on the right. After I scrolled down…
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Collapsing Toolset Filters with the Collapse-O-Matic Plugin
As you already know from my last couple of posts, I’ve been loving Toolset because it lets you filter your archive pages. But sometimes a large number of filters can get out of hand and make your page too long. That’s when it’s a good idea to collapse your filters using the Collapse-O-Matic plugin. I…
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How to Fix Empty Top of Select Dropdown for Toolset Filters
I kept having the problem of my first dropdown being empty when I used Toolset filters, so I am writing down the fix here for future reference. Just add this little bit of jQueary to the JS area under the filter. jQuery(document).ready(function() { jQuery(‘.wpv-filter-form select option:first’).text(‘All locations’); }); jQuery(document).ready(function() { jQuery(‘.wpv-filter-form select option:first’).text(‘All locations’);…
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Archives by Date: Better Archives Widget
I usually recommend removing the archives by date in the sidebar because who really searches posts by date anyway? No one says, “I wonder what they were writing about in May of 2016?” However, this client is a wedding photographer, so people might actually be looking for a friend who they knew got married at…
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