What is a Maps Page?
This page type allows you to show your location(s) including
a link to a map automatically generated or optionally a picture of a map you
upload.
Recommended Uses
- Useful for showing how to get to your various location(s).
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Overview
- Adding a Maps Page
- Editing the Header and Footer
- Adding Addresses and Maps
- Editing or Deleting a Location
- Changing the Order of Your Maps
- Editing Your Title Tag, Meta Tag and Header Info
1. Adding a Maps Page
- Under the 'Edit Site' tab, click 'Add Page'.
- Click 'Maps'.
- Name your new page. This name is what will be shown in your navigation menu.
- Enter a 'Page URL'. This creates the individual webpage address for that page. TIP: Use keywords or words that reflect the content that will be on that page.
By default, the 'Check to show this page in your navigation menu' box is checked. If you do not want the page to show in your menu, uncheck the box.
- Click 'Add Page'.
You'll then be on the editing page.
2. Editing Your Page
Any time you want to make changes to your page:
- Click the 'Edit Site' tab.
- Click 'Edit' beside the page you want to edit.
Or, if viewing the page you want to edit, click 'Edit Page' on the toolbar.
You'll then be on the 'Header & Footer' section of the editing page.
Text that you put in the Title and Subtitle fields will be displayed at the top of your page, with the Title text also being automatically used as your Title Tag. For more information about Tags, please read Page Title, Meta & Head Tags.
The Header and Footer appear above and below your list of maps once they're added. To edit the header and footer, add and make changes to text using the text editor and click 'Save Changes' when finished.
3. Adding Addresses and Maps
- Within the editing page, click 'Add Location' on the left.
- Add your location info and click 'Add Map'. If you add a full address, a link to your map will
be generated automatically (we use MapQuest.com). Alternatively, you can use the 'Click to Change' box to upload your own map image.
Posting the Map from MapQuest.com on your site
- Follow steps above, then when viewing the page, click the 'Click to View Map' link.
- You are then taken to your map on MapQuest.com.
- Click 'Print' near the top left of the page and a new page will open with a printable version of your map.
- Right-click on the map and click on 'Save Picture As'.
- Follow the directions below to edit a location, then upload the image you saved.
4. Editing or Deleting a Location
- Within the editing page, click 'Edit Locations' on the left.
- To the right of your location listing, click 'Edit' to modify or the red 'X' to delete it. If you edit a location, make sure to save. If you delete a contact, confirm or cancel on the following page.
5. Changing the Order of Your Maps
- Within the editing page, click 'Edit Locations' on the left.
- Click and drag your locations up or down to where you'd like them. Click 'Save' when finished .
6. Editing Your Title Tag, Meta Tag and Header Info
To help with search engine ranking you can customize your title, description, and keyword tags for individual pages. Advanced users can also place code between the <head> tags. This feature is available through the editing page under 'Internet Marketing'. To learn more, please read Page Title, Meta & Head Tags.
Alternatively, you can apply the same description and keyword tags site-wide, which is great if you don't yet have time to do them for individual pages. To learn how, please read Marketing Your Site: Meta Keywords and Meta Description.
