USER GUIDE
Maps & Locations
Put your parks, offices, and facilities on an interactive map so visitors can find them and get directions.
Before you begin
A few plain-language terms first, so the rest of this guide makes sense:
- A Location / Facility is a single place on the map — a park, a fire station, a community center. Each one is a pin.
- A Map Layer is a group of pins that share the same icon and color (for example, all "Parks" use a green tree icon). Layers let you turn groups of pins on and off.
- A Map is a saved view — a starting center point plus the layers you want shown together.
The usual order is: create your Layers first (so your pins have icons to belong to), then add Locations, then build a Map, and finally place that map on a web page. You do not have to do it in that exact order, but it is the easiest path when you are starting empty.
Everything here lives under Left menu › Maps & Locations.
1 Add a Location or Facility
Open Left menu › Maps & Locations › Manage Location / Facility to see everything that already exists, then click Add Location / Facility.
- Give it a Name (for example "Riverside Park").
- Click on the map to drop the pin where the place actually is. The pin's map position is what gives visitors directions, so place it carefully.
- Fill in the content fields you want the public to see — description, photos, address, and amenities.
- Assign it to one or more Layers so it inherits the right icon and color (see the next step).
Click Save. Repeat for every place you want on the map.
2 Manage Map Layers
Open Left menu › Maps & Locations › Manage Map Layers to see your layers, then click Add Layer to create one.
- Give the layer a Name (for example "Parks" or "City Offices").
- Pick the Icon, Color, Background Color, and Size. Every pin assigned to this layer shows up with that look, which is what makes the map easy to read at a glance.
Click Save. Now, back on any Location, you can add it to this layer so it picks up the icon automatically.
3 Manage Maps
Open Left menu › Maps & Locations › Manage Maps to see your saved maps, then click Add Map.
- Give the map a Name (for example "Parks & Recreation Map").
- Click on the map to set the center point — where the map is centered when a visitor first opens it.
- Check the Layers you want this map to include. Only pins on the layers you check will appear.
Click Save. You now have a reusable map you can place on any page.
4 Put a map on a page
A map does not appear on your website until you place it on a page. Maps & Locations adds three building blocks you can drop into a page's content area:
- Map — shows one of your saved maps. (If you do not pick a specific map, it shows all of your locations.)
- Location — shows a single place with its own small map.
- Location Category — shows all the places in one category together.
To add one: edit the page where you want the map, add a Map element (listed under the Maps & Locations group of page elements), choose which saved map it should display, and save the page. Preview the page to confirm the map centers and shows the pins you expect.
5 Edit or delete a location, layer, or map
From any of the three "Manage" lists, click the item you want to change to open its edit screen, make your changes, and click Save. To remove one, open it and click Delete.
Next steps
If any of your locations should be reservable, see the Facility Booking guide. To point visitors toward a new map, announce it with Site Alerts.