Tag: Experience

Location categories provides a way to place categories into groups that can be filtered via the administrative tools and on the front end user experience.

Managing categories is provided by the Power add on.

Technical Implementation

The underlying technology uses the built-in WordPress category management system. Some of the core functionality of adding, removing, and assigning categories is managed by WordPress and thus requires additional testing whenever WordPress posts a new release.

The Power add on extend this default functionality to provide custom administrative and user interactions with location categories.

Testing Environment (July 2022)

WordPress 6+
Store Locator Plus 5.13+
Power Add On 5.11+

Related Use Cases

The use cases are based on the WordPress plugins. Most of the processes described within apply to the MySLP SaaS implementation as well.

Assumptions

WordPress environment is setup and configured including activation of the following plugins

• Store Locator Plus®
• SLP Power add on

In addition map service (Google API keys) should be in place and some locations should be added to the system.

A page has been created with the [slplus] shortcode present and the map is rendering properly.

Users are logged in as a WordPress administrator (the process will be slightly different for SaaS users).

Adding Categories To Locations

Objective

Create a location category and attach it to an existing location.

User Action: Add A Location Category

1. Click on Store Locator Plus® | Categories in the WordPress sidebar menu.
2. In the left “Add New Category Form”…
   1. Type a category name. (Restaurant)
   2. Click Add New Category

Result

The new category should appear on the category list on the page.

User Action: Attach Category To Location

1. Click on Store Locator Plus® | Locations in the WordPress sidebar menu.
2. Click the Edit action icon on the first location.
3. Check off the box next to “Restaurants” in the Power | Categories section of the form.
4. Click Save.

Result

The category is assigned to the location and appears on the location table.

User Action: Show Category Select On Front End

1. Click on Store Locator Plus® | Settings in the WordPress sidebar menu.
2. Change the Category Selector setting to “Single Drop Down”.
3. Click Save
4. On the front end, go to the page that has the [slplus] shortcode.

Result

The search form for the map should show a category drop down.

User Action : Filtering Locations With Category

1. On the front end, go to the page that has the [slplus] shortcode.
2. Enter an address, choose a category.
3. Click “Find Locations”.

Result

Only the locations that match the search criteria, including the category filter, should be shown.