{"id":242,"date":"2025-03-13T20:29:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/?p=242"},"modified":"2025-03-13T20:29:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:29:31","slug":"a-simpler-interface-and-custom-scales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/a-simpler-interface-and-custom-scales\/","title":{"rendered":"A simpler interface and custom scales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two new, linked changes have just gone live:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The main cluster of map controls has been significantly simplified, with the style, contour option, scale and paper size each being switched to a drop-down selector.  This saves a whole pile of space and makes the next item easier:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Custom map scales are now possible &#8211; select &#8220;custom&#8221; from the map scale drop-down to get a new dialog where a custom scale can be added.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clean2-1024x385.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clean2-1024x385.png 1024w, https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clean2-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clean2-768x289.png 768w, https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/clean2.png 1069w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The help files will be updated in due course to reflect this change.  I think I&#8217;ve tested most things so everything should work, but if not please leave a comment and I&#8217;ll take a look.  I&#8217;ll keep <a href=\"https:\/\/oomap.ptlnet.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/oomap.ptlnet.com\">the backup site<\/a> on the old version for a little while in case I&#8217;ve broken something significant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To follow: Custom paper sizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two new, linked changes have just gone live: The help files will be updated in due course to reflect this change. I think I&#8217;ve tested most things so everything should work, but if not please leave a comment and I&#8217;ll take a look. I&#8217;ll keep the backup site on the old version for a little [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245,"href":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions\/245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oomap.dna-software.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}