TravelBlogger Theme v1.3.5 Update Now Available! IMPORTANT UPDATE

Finally! The latest update to the TravelBlogger WordPress Theme (Version 1.3.5) is now available! We have added a number of great new features, and made sure to update it to work with the latest version of WordPress (3.2). We’ve made improvements in how posts are featured, added Google+ to the social media widget, added new controls over color and fonts, and improved SEO optimization in way pages are built. Here is a short list of the new features:

• Added support for Google+ in social media controls
• Improved functionality of Featured Post area
• Automatic featured images – No more need to set a “featured image” on a post
• Improved additional controls over colors and image customizations
• Improved SEO features
• Improved Google Maps widget
• Added support to display summary or full formatted text in the blogroll.
• Fixed miscellaneous bugs and updated to work with WordPress 3.2
• See the version notes on the download page for full details…

IMPORTANT – This update contains an important bug fix regarding Google Maps widget.

Several users reported that their global map widget would stop functioning after a number of results were shown. After further investigation, we discovered that there was an issue with Google’s geocoder API that imposes a limit of queries. To address this, the widget no longer queries the location live on the map, but when the location is saved in the post.

FOR EXISTING USERS – You must update the existing address to be compatible with the new data structure. We’ve made this easy as a click of a button. Simply log on to your wordpress account, go to APPEARANCE > THEME LAYOUT & SKINS. At the very bottom of the page there is a link “click here” that updates the existing addresses. You must run this or manually update your existing posts in order for the map to work.