nucloud icm 2.3 release notes
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ICM 2.3 Release NotesJuly 2012
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Enabling New Features
All the features in the backend are available now. You will not see any of these features on your published map until you go in and republish your existing map. This is especially important for the new mobile features and deep linking.
Hover Over Numbering Removal
You now have the ability to remove the numbering of stops in the hover over display.
Depending on the Stop Markers you use it might not make sense to have this numbering and now you can remove it.
Hover Over Numbering Removal
In your map go to “Map Settings” and from there go to the “Display” tab and make sure the “Hide # in Tooltip” box is unchecked to not show the numbers. Going forward unchecked will be the default behavior for new maps.
Deep-linking - Stops
When editing a stop in the “Setup Markers” window go to the “Misc.” tab and you will be given the deep link parameter for that stop.
This is used to append to the end of the map URL to link directly to that stop.
Deep-linking - Layer
If you view the “Map Legend” in the backend and go to “Layers” you will notice arrows next to each layer. Click on the “Get Deep Link” pop-out in order to display this small window that provides the deep link parameter.
This is used to append to the end of the map URL to link directly to that stop.
Define a default layer configuration
You can also define default layer configuration by going to “Map Settings” and choosing the “Layers” tab. From here you can select the layers that you would like to be shown and those hidden in your default embed scenario.
Mobile Gallery
You do not need to do anything besides republish your mobile map for this feature to be enabled.
Mobile Video & Audio
Mobile has a section for Multimedia and supports YouTube and Vimeo. Audio allows viewers to download the audio file (.mp3 or .wma). We are working on a 2.3.1 release for a mobile audio player built using jPlayer. http://jplayer.org/
Toolset Options
You can now choose from one of 17 different colors for the Map Toolset by going to “Update Map Settings”, viewing the “Map Layout (2)” tab and selecting “Select Toolset”. This will allow you to set the zoom, pan and legend color.
Mapping with Google
When editing a stop in the “Setup Markers” window go to the “Misc.” tab and you will also see new options to include the Address or Latitude and Longitude for a stop. This will add a line to the end of your Description to allow visitors to “Map with Google Maps” the location. This opens in a new window Google Maps search for the Address or Lat/Long. On a mobile device that detects Google Maps installed it will ask you to open this directly in the app to provide the visitor with directions.
Note: If you include both the address and lat/long then lat/long overrides address in Google’s search.
Quick Wins – Video Embed
Ability to edit a video embed after uploadingYou no longer need to delete the embed and start all over you.
Quick Wins – Media Editing
Ability to edit an image directly from a stop You can now edit the title, description and tags for an image right from the multimedia tab where you edit a stop.
Quick Wins – Image Gallery Scrolling
Improvements to Image Gallery ScrollingOn the Original and Multimedia Focus stop styles we changed the scroll bar from vertical to horizontal.
BeforeNow
Quick Wins – Adding Media Default
Adding multimedia defaults to imageWhen you edit a stop we realize that everyone has images but they might not always have other multimedia, so we made image the default option. This will hopefully reduce some extra clicks for you.
Quick Wins – Icons
Marker/Image UI selection enhancementsMany people don't know that besides Stop "Markers" you can also have "Icons“ which are simply an icon on the map but it's not actually clickable into a stop. We made this more apparent in the UI by bringing it to the top and making it orange.
Icons do show up in the legend as markers do. Icons can also be added to layers and therefore can be turned on and off through layer controls.
Icons are great for parking lots, public safety phones, ATMs or any other element that isn't worth a full stop but you want to visually tell visitors that it is there.
Feature Request
Have a feature that you want to see us build? Tell us through the Feature Request link in the top navigation. This takes you to our UserVoice page. We listen, we build and we love a challenge.
The Facebook App
If you haven’t already talked with us about taking advantage of our Facebookapp then please reach out to us. We have made it really easy to embed your interactive map in Facebookand it even supports the ability to have a header and footer wrapper so you can include your branding and your own call to action buttons.