Reply To: Hiding the map option

02/19/2019 at 8:52 am #484996
Steven Zahm
Keymaster

@ Celeste

If you remove the Google Maps keys from the settings, Connections will default using a OpenStreetMap (OSM) provider. The OSM geolocation (the process of converting an address to coordinates) is less than stellar. This is can be worked around though. Here’s how:

When adding/editing an entry. You will find a Geocode button for each address added to the entry. Click it. You can then drag and drop the marker to the correct location if it is not correct. Alternatively, you can search the address in Google Maps and copy/paste the latitude/longitude coordinates into the address fields.

This way you do not need to muck around with Google’s API keys.

To answer your question, here;’s how to turn off the display.

  • Navigate to the Connections : Templates admin page, click the Customize button for cMap.
  • The page will reload with the Customizer on the left and a preview on the right.
  • Click the Back arrow in the upper left of the Customizer and then click the Map panel.
  • Uncheck the Enabled option.
  • Important, do not skip … in the preview, click an entry name, any name, it does not matter which. The preview will refresh displaying the detail view of the template.
  • Uncheck the Enabled option again.
  • Why twice? Because the list view and detail view can be configured separately for flexibility.
  • Click the Publish button and exit the Customizer.

NOTE: You must have the Directory home page set and publish with either the Directory block or shortcode as the page content.

Hope this helps!