Google Maps not displaying

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  cjperry · Member · May 18, 2011 at 11:51 am

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  Trying to insert a map at http://friskyottertours.wordpress.com/home/contact/
  Followed the instructions at http://en.support.wordpress.com/google-maps/
  The shortcode displays instead of the map. Have tried this several times with the same result. Thanks for your help!

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  timethief · Member · May 18, 2011 at 2:35 pm

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  The theme you are using is The Journalist v1.9 and the maximum displayed image width for that theme is 680 pixels. I don’t know if that’s a factor or not but I thought it might be important when it comes to resolving your issue. Did you enter the Google maps shortcode into the HTML editor?

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  cjperry · Member · May 18, 2011 at 3:43 pm

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  Thanks so much for the tip. I originally had a medium sized map, 425×350. Changed to a small map 300×300 and now it’s displaying properly. I copied and pasted the HTML from Google Maps and entered it in the HTML editor on WordPress. The previous times I did this, the HTML was NOT converted to a shortcode. Finally it was. Have to admit I’m perplexed, but glad it is working!

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  timethief · Member · May 18, 2011 at 3:43 pm

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  That’s such good news. Thanks for returning and sharing it. Best wishes with your blogging. :)