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Frontend map doesn't change based on location

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  • November 21, 2014 at 11:31 pm #22244

    bynatasha
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    Hi,

    I have just joined GD a couple of days ago and I am in the process of understanding everything!

    Here’s the problem I have. I had set a default location for testing and then I’ve changed it to the one I need.

    The problem is that the map in the frontend won’t move the marker to the updated location.

    I have been reading all docs the last days, but I didn’t find a way to fix it.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks,
    Kat

    November 21, 2014 at 11:36 pm #22247

    Guust
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    Hi Kat
    A default location does not have a marker, only listings do.
    So only changing the address of a listing will move markers.

    Always post a URL and possibly WP admin details if you need some help, it makes support possible. You can always do that in a private message.

    November 22, 2014 at 12:47 am #22248

    bynatasha
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    November 22, 2014 at 12:55 am #22249

    Guust
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    A default location is only to get your system set up, it is not important for anything at all. The only thing it does is that it adds a location.

    What I guess has happened is that the address fields have changed, but the maps geo coordinates have not.

    There is no error here. Settle on a default location, and once set, forget about it. If you really want to change the location of the dummy places, then delete them, and add new ones. OR edit the listing and click Set on Map to change the coordinates.

    The login details you gave are not of an administrator account, so they do not work for us.

    November 22, 2014 at 1:02 am #22250

    Guust
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    Just added this to the above post:
    OR edit the listing and click Set on Map to change the coordinates.

    November 22, 2014 at 1:13 am #22251

    bynatasha
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    I made sure that when I updated the location the coordinates were updated too.

    You say that is not important. So how do I change the marker in the map for the Home page? It is important when you have a directory for City1 not to show City2 in the map.

    I have upgraded your account so you can check. Sorry about that.

    Kat

    November 22, 2014 at 1:24 am #22252

    Guust
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    I’ll try to explain myself a bit better.
    None of the coordinates of the places have changed just because you have changed the default location, only the fake addresses have changed.
    Only the coordinates of the default location were changed, but that location itself is not shown on the map; only places/listings are.

    If you want the dummy places to change coordinates, you have to go to each of these places, click SET ON MAP to update the coordinates.
    I have done that for one, and you can see the result of that on your homepage

    Nobody will now be able to add any places outside your new default location, but if you want the places coordinates to change, you have to do that yourself.

    There is no marker for the home page or for a location. There are only markers for listings, and as soon you changed all the coordinates one by one, they will not move on the map. So your map will keep displaying listings you added with “old” coordinates.

    December 12, 2014 at 2:49 pm #24188

    Gary Jones
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    New to the directory as well. Just wanted to comment that it would be great to have the frontend map change based on the default location. It took me forever to realize I had to update the dummy listings to change the map.

    December 12, 2014 at 10:49 pm #24215

    Guust
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    @ Gary Jones
    The dummy sites are just to give you a start to see how things work. They are completely fake listings.
    In a live site, it would be totally unwanted to change the locations of real listings if you change the default location.

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