Reply To: Maps?

01/25/2019 at 3:20 pm #482662
Steven Zahm
Keymaster

@ Gary

RE: when we tried to add an entry we could not enter an address

I am assuming this means when you click the add address button, nothing happens? Correct?

This is rare and but does happen. The cause has always been another plugin (or theme) including its admin javascript on the Connections admin pages instead of limiting them to their own admin pages (which is poor design) causing a fatal error in their script which in turn prevents Connections from running its scripts.

To see if this is cause, open the page in Chrome, click the Add Address button, hit the F12 key and then click the Console tab.

Look for red lines which indicate fatal errors. Mouse hovering over the filename of the of the error will show you the entire path of the file. This usually gives a solid hint which plugin is the cause of the error.

RE: we added a number of photos but they don’t show up anywhere

Where did yo add the photos? The bio field, the notes field? Or, did you upload using the Logo or Photo field (each supports a single image).

RE: we could not find any map location and after spending a good hour trying to find out what an API Browser key was we could not find a word anywhere on what this means.

The Google Maps API keys:

  • The Server key is used when adding an address to geocode it into latitude/longitude when the entry is added. If no key is added, OpenStreetMap (OSM) will be used byu default.
  • The Browser key is used to display the Google Maps in the admin when the address geocode button is clicked. And on the frontend with all the premium templates which include map support. If no key is entered OSM will be used by default.

Hope this helps! let me know if you have any further questions.