Technical Support Forums

Free, outstanding support from WebAssist and your colleagues

› WebAssist Forums › Design Extender › Pro Maps for Google › Will ProMaps work with WordPress?

Will ProMaps work with WordPress?

Thread began 10/16/2009 7:40 pm by rileyfox391412 | Last modified 10/29/2009 5:20 pm by Justin Nemeth | 4705 views | 10 replies |

10/16/2009 7:40 pm | #1 rileyfox391412

Will ProMaps work with WordPress?

Hi, Two questions please:

1. Anyone used it that can tell me how I would make it work with WordPress? Use the code from ProMaps & Dreamweaver and drop the HTML into WordPress page editor??

2. I purchased ProMaps and I'm now not getting the proper output I think. Here is what I have from Dreamweaver CS3:

<script type="text/javascript" src="google_javascript/wagmp_map_1.js">/*wagmp*/</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?file=api&v=2&key=ABQIAAAALqsWmQx_b0xG9b9UgxYerBR3sMBvDtZyIVIgy1LyyQqsbfVOXhRXXUZ3-gKDu9PRuuanOgvV6FldGQ">/*wagmp*/</script>
</head>

<body><div id="wagmp_map_1" style="width: 300px; height: 300px;"></div>

<script type="text/javascript" src="google_javascript/wagmp_maps.js">/*wagmp*/</script>

Am I missing a step or what?

Thank you,
Riley

10/19/2009 12:12 pm | #2 Eric Mittman

I'm not sure of the steps you would need to take to get this incorporated into a WordPress page but if you have a link to a page where you are trying to get it in place I can take a look to see if there is something wrong that I can spot.

10/20/2009 7:08 am | #3 rileyfox391412

Eric,
Here is the URL where I tried numerous times to make this work:
map2/

Thanks in advance for you help!

10/20/2009 11:41 am | #4 Eric Mittman

On the page you posted it looks like the map div is on the page and also the js references are there, but when I check the location of the js files I get a 404 error indicating that they have not been uploaded to the server.

wagmp_maps.js

wagmp_map_1.js

If you are not able to upload the google_javascript folder to your site then you should try adding the script from these files directly into your page inside of <script> </script> blocks.

10/20/2009 1:38 pm | #5 rileyfox391412

Thanks again Eric for looking at this. Stupid question, but where do I find the google_javascript folder"? Is it from Google or within your extension. I must have missed this step.

Once I have it, not problem installing on my server.

10/21/2009 1:30 pm | #6 Eric Mittman

This google_javascript folder should be created by the extension. It should be in your local site root location that you specified in Dreamweaver.

10/28/2009 7:14 pm | #7 rileyfox391412

Eric,
Thanks for your replies. The program works fine on a standard website, but will not function within WordPress. I purchased it for this platform only. I need to request a refund. How do I go about that?

Thanks!

10/29/2009 10:15 am | #8 Justin Nemeth

While I haven't integrated pro maps in Wordpress myself, I don't see why it wouldn't work correctly. When I view your example site about, I get a Javascript error in the simplestats.js file. Since there is an error, that is preventing the other JS from running including the stuff for pro maps.

I would recommend using Firebug (its an extension for Firefox) to debug your Javascript and fix any errors. Once you fix the errors, I think pro maps should work. You might want to try just creating a new page in Wordpress to give a clean starting point, and see if the map works on that page. Then add in your other code and see what if anything is causing a conflict.

I also noticed the google_javascript files weren't found on the sample page still.

-justin

10/29/2009 10:23 am | #9 rileyfox391412

Hi Justin,
Thanks for the reply. When I add the google_javascript to the site where WordPress resides, it messes up my WordPress. Some form of conflict I guess. :)

I did start with a fresh page in WordPress and it did not work. It worked only a site where WordPress was not present and I could format with it Dreamweaver.

If someone would write a plugin for WordPress using Pro Maps, that would be the best solution in my opinion.

10/29/2009 11:27 am | #10 jon_upton

You can do this to achieve what you want

Host your map page as a plain php/asp page and then use the plugin listed below to display that page in an iframe on the wordpress blog

embed-iframe/

regards

Jon

Build websites with a little help from your friends

Your friends over here at WebAssist! These Dreamweaver extensions will assist you in building unlimited, custom websites.

Build websites from already-built web applications

These out-of-the-box solutions provide you proven, tested applications that can be up and running now. Build a store, a gallery, or a web-based email solution.