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--- admin_menu:addons:google_maps:settings:start [2013/08/15 22:20]
geojames [Configuration FAQs]
+++ admin_menu:addons:google_maps:settings:start [2014/09/25 16:55] (current)
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 This holds different configuration options for displaying Google Maps.
-{{ :admin_menu:addons:google_maps:settings:settings.png }}
+{{ :admin_menu:addons:google_maps:settings:google_maps1.png?800 }}
 ==== Template Tag ====
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 <tip c n>**Note:** If you have not entered the API key yet, none of the other settings on the page will be displayed.  When that is the case, you will see a link to apply for Google API key, follow that link to get your API key.  Note that at this time, Google does **not charge** for obtaining a Google Maps API key from Google.</tip>
-==== Map Width ====
+==== Map Width and Height====
-The width, in pixels, for the Google Map.
+The width and height of the Google map displayed within the listing details page is controlled by the css within that page.  Get the Google map displaying in that page then you can discover the css that controls it's display using the developer tools in your Mozilla based browser to find it.
-==== Map Height ====
-The height, in pixels, for the Google Map.
 ==== Google Maps Enabled ====
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 This could be due to a bad address in a listing as the Google map will not display if they can "render" the address.  This could also be that some clients do not insert address information for a listing.  Another reason could be that some fields required by the Google maps addon weren't "on" when that user placed their listing.  If the Google maps addon has been turned on after listings were already in the system the proper fields necessary for this addon may not have been "on" when those older listings were placed.
-**What fields does this addon pull address info from to send to Google?** - Our software sends the "mapping location" collected within the listing placement process.  This field in turn are automatically populated from the registration fields for that seller but this is only a convenience.  The seller still has the ability to make this field reflect whatever they want in the specific listing they are inserting.  Make sure you have the "mapping location" field in use within your field configurations and properly filled in for a listing.  While this is prepopulated from address data attached to the user many clients do not collect this data from their clients and so does not prepopulate that data into that field and each user must remember to insert mapping location data for each listing.
+**What fields does this addon pull address info from to send to Google?** - Our software sends the collected in the "mapping location" field collected within the listing placement process.  This field in turn are automatically populated from the registration fields for that seller but this is only a convenience.  The seller still has the ability to make this field reflect whatever they want in the specific listing they are inserting.  Each of their listings can have it's own address displayed.  Make sure you have the "mapping location" field in use within your LISTING SETUP > FIELDS TO USE admin tool and any category specific field configurations you may have on your site.  While this is prepopulated from address data attached to the user many clients do not collect this data from their clients and so does not prepopulate that data into that field and each user must remember to insert mapping location data for each listing.
+**The "Mapping Location" field has information for a listing but still no map displayed?** The first couple criteria for this to display in a listing is the API has to work and the proper field the address data comes from needs to be on.  The next is that the listing needs to have a **GOOD ADDRESS** within that field.  If the address supplied within the **mapping location** field is incorrect or Google can't find it there will be no map displayed.
 **Addresses seem wrong.  What can I do to check the mapping address fields?** - If the address in the Google Maps popup seems off make sure you are sending the address you think you are sending.  Edit the details of the listing in question and see what the value of the mapping location field is.

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