Plugin / Bing Maps for WordPress

Rich Gubby
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Once you have the plugin installed, edit a post, and use a shortcode of [bingMap] to create a Bing Map on the page. If you just put [bingMap] on your page you’ll get something, but it centers the map on Timbuktu, so you might want to change some attributes: location – Specify where you want your map centered. Be as specific as you can, include the country code, an example would be “Birmingham, West Midlands, UK”. width – Define how wide you want your map to be. Default is 400px. height – Define how high you want your map to be. Default is 400px. title – Define a title for your map – displays above the map. locationtitle – Override location title (dynamic map only) locationlink – Set a URL for your title to link to (dynamic map only) type – “static”, or “dynamic”. If you leave it blank, it will default to dynamic. maptype – In static mode, options are: “Road”, “Aerial” and “AerialWithLabels”. In dynamic map mode, “Road”, “Aerial”, “AerialWithLabels” or “Birdseye”. Default is “Road”. zoom – Define the zoom level. the higher the more zoomed in. If you are in Birdseye mode, zoom is quite restricted. pp – Where to place a pushpin on your map. If you don’t include a pp attribute, the center of the map will be used. Turn it off by setting pp to “false”. pp* – Add pushpins to your map. Use pp1=””, pp2=”” and so on. Bear in mind there is a limit to the number of pushpins you can actually have. If you’re not in Birdseye mode, the map will automatically zoom out so all pushpins can display. ppt* – Set the pushpin title (dynamic map only) ppd* – Set the pushpin description (dynamic map only) ppl* – Set the pushpin link (dynamic map only) Here are a few examples: [bingMap location=”Birmingham, West Midlands, UK” maptype=”AerialWithLabels” zoom=”15″ description=”Center of Birmingham, UK”] [bingMap type=”static” location=”Mexico City, Mexico” zoom=”13″] [bingMap maptype=”birdseye” location=”Niagara Falls, Canada” width=”650″ height=”300″ pp=”false”] [bingMap location=”New York, USA” pp1=”Philadelphia, USA”]
Have you signed up for a Bing Maps API key? And have you entered it in the settings page? If not, follow these steps: Sign up for a Bing Maps API Key. Enter it in the “Bing Maps for WordPress” settings page – it’s under Settings in your WordPress Control Panel.
You have to go to the create/view keys section on the Bing Maps API signup – just create a key and enter your blog details.
At the moment, you can’t if you’re using a dynamic Bing map. But if you’re using a static map, add “;5″ (5 is the icon style) to the end of your pp attribute, so something like: pp=”Timbuktu;10” For a full list of all icon styles for pushpins, check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff701719.aspx
All of the content is in a
container with a class of “bingMapsForWordpressContainer”, the maps then sit inside a
with a class of “bingMapsForWordpress”, so the structure looks a bit like this:
Map Title ... map content is here ...
Reference any of these classes and IDs in your theme CSS and the maps will be styled – here is how to add a border to all your bing maps: .bingMapsForWordpress{border:solid 2px red;} And here is how to style just the title: .bingMapsForWordpressTitle{font-weight:bold;}

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Version

1.6

First Released

20 Jul, 2010

Total Downloads

9,628

Wordpress Version

3.0 or higher

Tested up to:

3.3.2

Require PHP Version:

-

Tags

bing maps mapping

Contributors

rgubby

Languages

The plugin hasn't been transalated in any language other than English.

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