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Steve McNiven-Scott edited this page Sep 30, 2020 · 6 revisions

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Adds a custom CONFIGURABLE google map to your page

Setup

Step 1: Get an API key

https://console.developers.google.com/apis/credentials
Click Create Credentials->Api key
Click on your new key
Choose Http (referrers)
Add your domain (wildcards accepted) ** IMPORTANT **
Save
Copy the key for step 3

Step 2: IMPORTANT

Enable the Google maps Javascript API
Enable the Geocoding API
https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/geocoding_backend?project=_

Step 3: Add it to your backend configuration

/Sitefinity/Administration/Settings/Advanced/SitefinitySteveMvc
Save

Troubleshooting

No map appears: Takes about 5-10 minutes for the google credientials to work on the configured domain, please go check to make sure you added it properly in Step 1 (no typos, etc)
Open your developer console, google sends along error messages