[Steven Zahm]

@ Paula

Can you please share a link as an example? I took a look at your directory and this one entry I can find is showing the images in the notes:

https://scenicrimbride.com.au/photographers/name/orchard-grove-studios/

[Steven Zahm]

@ Richard

The last few months of Connections updates have brought about many underlying changes to improve the maps and geocoding capabilities. This has been prompted by many users wanting to switch away from Google Maps to free providers such as OpenStreetMaps (OSM).

The new and/or improved features include items such as multi service provider support for geocoding address, multiple service provider support for map tiles (the actual maps), lazy loading of maps, multiple pins per m,aps if the entry has more than one address added to it, pins now have a popup with the address and a get directions button.

I mention this because all these features, and more, have been built upon the Leaflet maps library. The link for Leaflet is their attribution, just like the maps tiles themselves have their attribution links (which are also active and required per terms of use). The link for Connections is its attribution for creating the map mashup (your entry data put on a map with a pin and popup).

Moving to a map service provider neutral library will continue to allow me to more quickly continue to build additional features that are still in planning and development states.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Ray

If you want, create a temp admin account using this plugin:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/temporary-login-without-password/

Reply back, as a private reply, with the login link.

I’ll log in an make a small tweak to Connections which will guarantee that the your browser will load the latest version of the script vs using its locally cached version.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Ray

I’ve visited this page in several browsers again to verify:

https://www.experiencetamborinemountain.com.au/traditional-bed-breakfast/name/amore-bb/

In each instance, the map displays for me with no errors.

Try this — open a private browsing window and then open the page. I’m fairly certain this is a browser caching issue (not a server cache issue) and that it is actually working just fine.

Hope this helps, let me know.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jody

Thanks!

If you have a moment, I would truly appreciate a review as they really do make a difference.

https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/connections/reviews/

Thanks in advance for your time!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Ray

I took a look and the map is loading fine. Perhaps your browser is loading an old locally cached version of the script the setups up the map instead of the new version. Try force refreshing your browser.

Hope this helps!

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jody

Ok, keep in mind this is an error being presented by Google, not Connections. So, something in the setup is not correct in the Google Console. I see the same error on your site’s front end when viewing an entry.

Did you enable the JavaScript API and Geocoding API Library in the Google Console for the Project?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Jody

Navigate to edit an entry in the admin using the Chrome browser.

Hit F12 to open the Chrome Dev Tools and click the Console tab.

Add an address and click the Geocode button.

What are the errors being shown in the Console?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Amy

RE: How much would you charge for the distance add-on?

I would need more details on functionality and display (very rough/quick mockups are the best).

RE: do you have a timeline in mind for the pop-up and directions?

Probably a few hours or so. It’ll be a simple button (assuming the theme has styles for buttons [most do]) displayed beneath the address in the map pin popup. It opens a new window displaying the Google Maps directions page where the user can enter their start address and get driving directions.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Amy

RE: show how far the entry is from her place of business

Sorry, no, there is not a feature like this in Connections. This would be rather niche, if you are interested, perhaps a custom addon could be developed for you which would add this feature.

RE: give customers driving directions to each entry

YOu may have, or not, noticed that the mapping features in Connections have been receiving a lot of work in the past few months which have enabled lots of little new features such as lazy loading maps, displaying a map pin for each address added to and entry and popups on the map pins which when clicked show the address.

The latter item, the pin popups, I do plan on adding a link to get directions. I just not have had the opportunity to do so at the moment. Would that placement suffice?

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