Firstly i am sorry if this has already been answered. I did do a search before hand and wasnt able to find my answer.
I have installed 3 plugins, Googlemaps plugin, directions plugin, ad directions to here plugin.Ive enabled all three plugins and input my API ke into all three. Ive read the "How to use" section and the question is where do i put the code. Do i put in using the Edit HTML Source button in the joomla editor, or do i just paste it in the text area. Ive tried both and all that happens is that the code i paste in shows up as text on the page.
What am i doing wrongg?
Im using the joomla 1.5 plugins for all three. I dont have any other google map plugin, modules or components installed. the Joomla version im using is 1.5.11.
Any help would be great.

Hi,

Don't worry. I'll guide you through.

First, uninstall all the 3 plugins. Then reinstall just one: the googleMaps plugin.

The other 2 plugins make use of the googleMaps plugin. So let's make sure that this works first before installing the other two. This also makes it much easier to identify where the problem is.

1) Install the googleMaps plugin.

2) Go to the Plugin Manager and enable the plugin.

3) Go to Article Manager and create a new article.

4) Go to
http://www.kksou.com/php-gtk2/Joomla-Gadgets/googleMaps-plugin.php#how_to_use

And copy and paste any of the sample code there.

Make sure you use the WYSIWYG mode (not the HTML source mode).

Click Save or Apply.

5) Now load the article. Did you see the google map displayed?

6) If yes, you can try some other sample tags here:
http://www.kksou.com/php-gtk2/Joomla-Google-Maps-Samples/

7) If no, please let me know what you see on the screen, and if you see any error messages.

Regards,
/kksou

Ok cool, Really appreciate the help.I followed your directions. Had to manually delete the plugins after running the uninstall wizard as it didnt delete all the files.
Did a fresh install of just the googlemaps plugin and after a few minutes of working out the right formatting for the address i got it to work.
You can see it here

Ok so with your help i got it to work great. Now i need to see about getting the directions to here plugin to work with it.
Do i need to install both of the other plugins (directions, directions to here)or just one.
When installing them do i need to fill out the API key again with both of them or will it pull it from the google maps plugin.

Hi,

Great! You got the googleMaps up and running now.

Now let's get the second plugin: the googleDirections plugin to work.

1) Install the googleDirectoins plugin.

2) Go to the Plugin Manager and enable the plugin.

3) Yes, you have to re-enter the googleMaps API for this plugin too.

4) Go to Article Manager and create a new article.

5) Go to
http://www.kksou.com/php-gtk2/Joomla-Gadgets/googleDirections-plugin.php#how_to_use

And copy and paste any of the sample code there.

Make sure you use the WYSIWYG mode (not the HTML source mode).

Click Save or Apply.

6) Now load the article. Did you see the google directions displayed?

7) If yes, you can try some other sample tags here:
http://www.kksou.com/php-gtk2/Joomla-Google-Maps-Directions-Samples/

Let me know if it works, and we can move on with the third plugin.

Regards,
/kksou

Alright awesome.
Hope you dont mind but skipped onto the last plugin after following your directions for the second one.
Everything looks great.
Did have one question tho. How do you get the marker label to come up when the map lads instead of having to click on it.
Really Really appreciate the help. As soon as get some money for this project im for sure going to donate something.

Hi,

Once you have the second plugin working, just follow the instructions in the third plugin:

http://www.kksou.com/php-gtk2/Joomla-Gadgets/googleDirections-To-Here-plugin.php

Make sure you enable the plugin and re-enter the googleMaps API too, you should have no problem getting it to work.

Let me know if you bump into any problem.

Regards,
/kksou

Hello,

I just installed the googleMaps plugin and am trying to use it but only an empty page shows up. Here is what I did so far:
1. Download and install the plugin
2. Updated the plugin with the google maps API key
3. Created a new article and pasted the following code in it

[googleMaps lat=37.4219720 long=-122.0841430 label="Google Inc.~
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway.
Mountain View, CA 94043"
width=480 height=360 add_p=1]



Published article and associated it to a menu. When I click on the menu an empty page is rendered.

Please help!

Hi,

As you can see the map above, your code works fine.

Did you run the host from localhost or some private network?

Note that you have to run the plugin from a host that google can access.

Regards,
/kksou

Hi kksou, I am really confused. I have 2 joomla sites hosted on godaddy. the plugin works perfectly on one but just does not work on the other. I tried installing a couple of other google maps plugins earlier and am worried that might have messed things up.
Here's the link to my site with the problem. http://poetryinmotiondanceco.com/index.php/location
Please advise.

Hi,

Did you use the same google maps API key for both the website?

Google requires that you use a different google maps API for each domain that you has.

Regards,
/kksou