Google Maps in posts
-
I have tried several times to embed a google map in a post of mine, which seems to work. However, when you next open the post it disappears and you’re just left with a ‘view larger map’ link at the bottom.
Any ideas? -
They are disabled. This has to do with security concerns about JavaScript from external sources.
Google now allows you to embed a map as an image without JavaScript, which works just fine with WP.com’s security policy.
However you’ll need to read the instructions from Google carefully, since this is a little more complicated than just pasting the code as usual.
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/
http://gmaps-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/simplewizard/makestaticmap.html -
deltafoxtrot, thank you very much for this info and for the links. I’m going to try this out :-)
-
And here’s where you can grab the API-Key:
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.htmlFurther Information:
http://googlemapsapi.blogspot.com/2008/02/google-maps-without-scripting.html -
isadora, you’re most welcome. I should have shared this on the forums earlier.
One more thought on this thing: If you’re on a custom domain (as I am) the map won’t display in the Rich-Text Editor. On the Blog however it will appear just fine. That is because your Google allows the image to be loaded only from the domain associated with the API-Key.
Multiple API-Keys for multiple domains are possible
-
That hint about the visual editor is going to spare us some support questions… :-) Thanks again.
-
-
- The topic ‘Google Maps in posts’ is closed to new replies.
WordPress.com Forums 