What I was trying to refer to was that on the API registration page, it says "A single Maps API key is valid for a single "directory" or domain."
I think this leads people to believe that you can enter a directory and it will work. I think saying something like what you quoted is very clear, but it is not on the registration page, you have to search for that and find it and know that that is the problem. For someone new, to troubleshoot it themselves, could be somewhat troublesome. That's why I think adding, or probably replacing, the current "A single Maps API key is valid for a single "directory" or domain," with what you quoted makes it clear for new people that the best practice is to use the top level domain. This way the "directory" isn't even suggested to new users, and more experienced users who know how to use the directory feature correctly can do so. I was just suggesting it to help future new users avoid confusion, figuring that new users wouldn't know what they are looking for to figure out problems. And I agree "Google can't make people read the available information." But how is a new user to know what the problem is, and if they don't know the problem, how will they know how to find the solution? Or what I am saying is, if this is a common problem for new users, why not make it as clear as possible on the registration page that gives details on setting it up? That way, if it said "Register your top-level domain" or even "It is a best practice to use your top-level domain as this would make all sub-directories, etc work" or maybe "Unless you are an expert, register your top-level domain"....then if new users followed that and it worked the first time, they wouldn't even need to search for the FAQ you quoted in order to find out that registering directories doesn't work and causes problems. On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Rossko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Maybe Google should suggest this on the API > > registration page, as I am guessing that other newbies would probably run > > into the same problem? > > What isn't clear or direct about - > ' For most applications we recommend that you simply register your > domain name. Your key will be valid for that domain, its subdomains, > all URLs on hosts in those domains, and all ports on those hosts. ' > > Google can't make people read the available information. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
