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Adding Google Maps to page template without a block?

Permalink January 17, 2011 at 6:27 AM

I just converted a basic html site to C5's custom theme. Our contact page had a minimal Gmaps that was working nicely, but now the div is just empty?!

I would greatly appreciate if someone pointed me where the problem might be, as I can't see any problem how I couldn't hardcode a little Gmaps to a page...?

Here's the page:
http://xn--jsenkorjaustampere-ltb.fi/yhteystiedot...

site replied on Jan 17, 2011 at 10:40 am Permalink Reply

I think its bug with the google maps block and I believe the issue is simply with the caching settings of the block.

I don't usually recommend editing the source, but in this annoying case when it comes up blank after editing it after insertion, I have just edited the /concrete/blocks/google_map/controller.php file and changed in the very beginning of the file the line

protected $btCacheBlockOutputForRegisteredUsers = true;

protected $btCacheBlockOutputForRegisteredUsers = false;

NOTE: You must make the above recommend changes to the current working copy of concrete core files. So check in the /updates folder in case there are any folders in there and make the changes to the highest version numbered directory.

Mnkras replied on Jan 17, 2011 at 10:49 am Permalink Reply

Here is a good rule,

Rule #1 NEVER edit files in the /updates or /concrete folder,

first copy the files from /updates/updateversion//concrete or /concrete to the top level folders,

eg: /concrete/blocks/google_map/ would be copied to /blocks before you edit it,

eNViSiOn replied on Jan 18, 2011 at 8:17 am Permalink Reply

As the title tells, this problem is with adding Google maps to theme >without< a block... ;)

Mnkras replied on Jan 18, 2011 at 8:23 am Permalink Reply

why not just hardcode the googlemaps block,

eNViSiOn replied on Jan 18, 2011 at 8:29 am Permalink Reply

Because I already have the map ready and customized map in the HTML code, that I just wan't to concretize. And I don't see where the problem lies when I cannot do so - div is just empty while it was working nicely with HTML?

eNViSiOn replied on Feb 6, 2011 at 1:09 pm Permalink Best Answer Reply

It is done! Seem like I had used my outdated code, that still used onload(); in the body.

It works fine with this code in the head:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?file=api&amp;v=2&amp;sensor=false&amp;key=ABQIAAAAmLhf9q4TxB2D0DC6igHCCxRatsdiTEq_mIahFtFzEANnJkLnURR4vYGZJbfm6QTtSNCtYQoHBzY0Wg"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
   if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
     var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas"));
     var point = new GLatLng(61.495032, 23.767086);
     map.setCenter(point, 13);
     map.setUIToDefault();
     map.addOverlay(new GMarker(point));
     map.getContainer().style.overflow="hidden";
   }
});
</script>

Here's the page live:
http://jäsenkorjaustampere.fi/yhteystiedot...

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