How to Add a Google Direction Map to a Web Site

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 January 2013 08:17 Written by David Bauernschmidt Saturday, 26 January 2013 12:00

Just about everyone in today’s internet has either a Google, Bing or MapQuest map on their web page, and although this is a fine idea there have been several times when I want to know how to get there from where I live, work, or eat.  You are left with a couple of choices, you could try and copy and paste to Google map and then add a destination or you could zoom out and try and figure it out yourself. Why not add the ability for a user to enter in their address and then let them see driving directions from your site. Furthermore; if you wanted to capture the address that they are using you might find a pattern which might help target your advertising dollar. This article will walk you through the steps to add this to your site. Trust me it is not very difficult.

How to Add Google Maps in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 November 2012 08:30 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Thursday, 8 November 2012 12:00

Google Maps is a great tool to share with people where you are or to find any location. Integration with elgg was not available until a couple of months ago. In this article I will give you a step by step guide on how to add Google Maps to profiles in Elgg 1.8

1. To add Google Maps to elgg profiles, we will use a tool called Google Maps Widget for elgg 1.8 You can download it here

2. After downloading the plugin, upload the plugin to the mod folder of your Elgg network to install it. If you don’t know how to do that, please read this article.