google-maps-magnolia

Magnolia Light Module for providing 2 google maps components: google-maps and google-directions

Usage

1. install the light module using a package manager like npm or yarn

   npm install google-maps-magnolia

2. Enable the google-maps-component and/or the google-directions-component in you desired areas like this:

   availableComponents:
       google-maps:
           id: google-maps-magnolia:components/google-maps
       google-directions:
           id: google-maps-magnolia:components/google-directions

   Hint: If you're having the travel-demo (magnolia sample site), these component will automatically be available in the "Standard" Templates (see screenshots above).

3. Retrieve a (free) Google Maps API Key https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/embed/guide?hl=en#api_key and set it as parameter google-maps-magnolia-api-key in the site definition like this:

   

4. (Optionally) customize your components by using your own templateScript. You can either do this by decorating the components or definining your own components, which then uses the google-maps-magnolia:components/google-maps or the google-maps-magnolia:components/google-directions dialog. The mentioned dialogs may be decorated as well.

   dialog: google-maps-magnolia:components/google-maps
   templateScript: /path/to/my/custom/template/script.ftl

   Hint: You should try to stay upgradeable by including utils.ftl in your own templateScript and using the provided macros and functions. Afterwards a simple package update like npm update google-maps-magnolia will give you the latest bugfixes and enhancements for this light module. For the same reason you probably shouldn't write your own dialog, but decorate the existing one with your custom fields. Here is an example, how you could extend/wrap the google-maps component in a custom component:

   [#include "/google-maps-magnolia/templates/inc/utils.ftl" /]
      
   <div class="my-custom-wrapper">
      <h2>My Custom Title</h2>
      <p>My custom description</p>
      [@renderGoogleMapsComponent content=content /]
      [#--
        Alternatively use [@renderGoogleDirectionsComponent content=content /]
      --]
   </div>

Features

Offers an editor-friendly way to integrate Google Maps into Magnolia Sites:

• Name and Address Search
• Map Type (Roadmap vs Satellite)
• Custom Zoom Level
• Interface Language (with all language codes currently supported by google)
• Offers a responsive Mode, where Google Maps retains a predefined aspect ratio, no matter the screen size.
• Directions including travel data
• Routes to avoid (tolls, ferrys, highways)
• custom distance units (km vs miles)

Information on Magnolia CMS

This directory is a Magnolia 'light module'. See https://docs.magnolia-cms.com for further details.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright 2017 Matthias Müller

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Contributors

Matthias Müller

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