Sunday 4 May 2014

Adding Google Map

I want to a have a page with a Google map on it. I saw a site that had a map of the battle fields and though it would be a good idea to have an idea where the fighting took place.
Battle fields of WW1

I had a try with a plugin "Embed Google maps" I managed to get the map onto the site but I was not very happy with. The process to embed the was not clear and I ended up with 4 or 5 maps all the same on the same page. As before I looked around for a tutorial and while watching one it recommended BT Google maps. Free download after registration. As with all plugins I went to the extension manager found the package on my deck top uploaded and installed it.

Module manager for BT Google maps

Once installed you need to create a new module and assign BT Google to that modules. As before menus have to be created and linked to it before you can see it on a page. Once there you either put the name of a place in or its coordinates and that become the central part of the map. You can also put markers with address and text of areas you want to highlight.

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