Thank you for your reply, this helps a great deal
On Jan 2, 5:34 pm, Bocha10 <[email protected]> wrote:
> I noticed that in your current implementation you want to place the
> driving directions above the map, instead to the right of the map as
> in Mike's tutorial.
> If you want to do this I suggest that you make the height of the
> directions div auto instead of a fixed 50 px that is too short and you
> need to continuously scroll to see the directions.
> Just above <table border=1>
> replace
> <div id="directions" style="overflow:auto;height:50px"><hr /></div>
> with
> <div id="directions" style="overflow:auto;height:auto"><hr /></div>
> This way, the size of the division will be adjusted automatically to
> accommodate all the content without scrolling bars.
>
> You can also safely remove
> <div id="directions" style="overflow:auto;height:50px"><hr /></div>
> from inside the table since you do not want to display it there.
>
> On Jan 2, 3:20 pm, Julie <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > What key term should I look up to remove something from the info
> > window?
>
> > On Jan 2, 3:11 pm, Bocha10 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I misread your original post, I see now that you want an API-based
> > > solution like the one inhttp://safetnow.com/map.php
> > > You will need for sure at the very least the capability to adapt
> > > javascript code from existing tutorials to fit your needs.
> > > Mike Williams has extensive tutorials with examples that you can adapt
> > > to your needs.http://econym.org.uk/gmap/
>
> > > On Jan 2, 2:56 pm, Julie <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > I was just trying different methods to get what the church are looking
> > > > for. They was going go hire someone to do it for them, but I thought
> > > > it was a simple embed method, so I promised I would do it for them for
> > > > free. Little did I know, it required knowledge beyond what I ever seen
> > > > before.
>
> > > > On Jan 2, 2:52 pm, Bocha10 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > You can download Mike's example.xml file used to fill out the
> > > > > infoWindow from his web sitehttp://econym.org.uk/gmap/example.xml
> > > > > This is a simple xml file, you can format the xml file as you want,
> > > > > however you wil need some javascript knowledge to parse the data in
> > > > > the xml file to suit your needs.
>
> > > > > I noticed that your original post links to a web page containing an
> > > > > embedded My Map. Are you trying to switch from this to an API-based
> > > > > map? Again, you will need javascript knowledge to accomplish this.
> > > > > Embedded My Maps do not have as much flexibility to change their
> > > > > behavior, specifically, I am not sure if you could make the direction
> > > > > search results open in a different window as you asked.
> > > > > See if there is a parameter that will accomplish this in this
> > > > > listhttp://mapki.com/wiki/Google_Map_Parameters#Directions
>
> > > > > On Jan 2, 2:40 pm, Julie <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > I'm not familiar with XML yet, I only learned HTML and CSS. Would
> > > > > > you
> > > > > > show me an example format what should be in the XML file?
>
> > > > > > On Jan 2, 2:33 pm, Bocha10 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > In Mike's example the data is read from an xml file to generate
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > markers and sidebar.
> > > > > > > Look for the line
> > > > > > > request.open("GET", "example.xml", true);
> > > > > > > in your code or Mike's.
> > > > > > > That file is not present in your web site, so only the map is
> > > > > > > drawn.
>
> > > > > > > On Jan 2, 2:21 pm, Julie <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > >http://riochurch.com/maptest.html
>
> > > > > > > > I can't seem to figure out what I did wrong.
> > > > > > > > It does not show the link to choose a "To location"
>
> > > > > > > > On Jan 2, 2:10 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > On Jan 2, 1:50 pm, Julie <[email protected]> wrote:> How do
> > > > > > > > > I change the location to have a default "Start From" address?
>
> > > > > > > > > Change the value="" in this line:
> > > > > > > > > (in the to_htmls[i] =...)
> > > > > > > > > '<input type="text" SIZE=40 MAXLENGTH=40 name="saddr"
> > > > > > > > > id="saddr"
> > > > > > > > > value="" /><br>'
>
> > > > > > > > > to be the default address you desire.
>
> > > > > > > > > -- Larry
>
> > > > > > > > > > On Jan 2, 1:38 pm, "[email protected]"
> > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]>
> > > > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 2, 1:35 pm, Julie <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > Can you show me an example how the code should be? Im
> > > > > > > > > > > > not too sure how
> > > > > > > > > > > > API works.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > The example from that page of Mike's
> > > > > > > > > > > tutorial:http://econym.org.uk/gmap/example_map4c.htm
> > > > > > > > > > > (View:Source)
>
> > > > > > > > > > > -- Larry
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 2, 1:21 pm, "[email protected]"
> > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]>
> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 2, 1:05 pm, Julie <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > How can I do this?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > It shows the search results within their own page.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >http://safetnow.com/map.php
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is what I
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > have:http://www.riochurch.info/central_contactus.html
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > If someone can help me with this, I will tip $5
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > with paypal.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > I went over my head and made a promise I was not
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > able to complete.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know anything about javascript or API and I
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > can't find
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > anything from search engines.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > See Mike Williams' tutorial:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Part 26 Get directions on your own
> > > > > > > > > > > > > maphttp://econym.org.uk/gmap/directions.htm
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Larry
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