The “Map” widget: show where your venue or event is
The Map widget shows a map section with a pin at your place. Below it are the name and city of the place and the link Get directions, which opens Google Maps.
The widget exists on venue pages and event pages. The owner and the team of the page can add and edit it.
The map has no place of its own. It uses the point from the page head: on a venue page the venue’s pin, on an event page the point of the chosen venue or the pin of the event’s own address.
How to add the widget
- Open the page and tap Edit in the bar.
- Tap Add a widget here and choose the tile Map in the group Place.
- Check the place in the dialog. Under General you can enter a Heading (English) (optional, at most 200 characters).
- Tap Insert, then Save in the bar.
A newly inserted map is half as wide as the page. Placed next to the Address widget, it makes one row with address and map.
On an event page you choose the venue or a custom address.
Setting or changing the place
The note at the top of the dialog says: “One address for the whole page: head, address and map. A change here changes it everywhere.”
- Venue page: search the address in the field Street and number and pick a suggestion; the pin is set. You can move it by clicking the map, or use Enter coordinates. For grounds without a street, choose No address (grounds) under Kind of place; then the city and the point are enough.
- Event page: with the switch on Select venue, search under Search venues. It then says: “The event stands at the venue’s point: …”. With Custom address you enter an address with a pin instead.
The new place applies once you save the page.
Visitors see the place on the map and open directions with one tap.
What visitors see
Visitors see the map section with the pin and the name and city of the place. The map loads only when it scrolls into view. Get directions opens Google Maps in a new tab. If the place has no coordinates yet, visitors see only its name and city as text.
Common problems
- “No place yet.” In Management mode, Set place opens the place editor in the page head.
- ““…” has no coordinates yet. Until then, visitors see the place as text.” Set the pin or enter coordinates.
- “… has no point on the map yet. Without it the event cannot be published.” The chosen venue has no pin. Set it on the venue page takes you there; the venue’s team can set it.
- The pin is in the wrong spot. Click the right spot on the map. If the pin is far away, the app asks: “The pin is … from the address – is the address right?”
All places at a glance are on the EDM Hub Map.