Thanks for the reply. I've since established that my clients website is a fairly standard CMS type setup. So his webmaster is now able to make all the changes that i require.
Again thanks anyway :-) Martin. On 26 May, 16:02, Charlie <charlie...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm working on a Google Map app using jQuery and Google maps code together > but I got very confused trying to follow your questions. > you can pass variables ( index, lat/long or whatever works easiest) from > small map to the URL that opens big map..... invesitgate jQuery.attr()to do > this, work with that to modify href > in big map use the variables passed to create a new GLatLng to center map, > open infowindow or whatever > here are a couple of good resources that might also help : > Google "jQuery Google Maps tutorial" > and also a jQuery Google Maps plugin called jmaps > Martin wrote:Hi. I'm developing a Google Map for a client and need some basic > help... This is my client's existing website and you'll see that it contains > a small Google Map embedded in an > iframe:http://www.bellamallorca.dk/devindex.aspGive the Stort Kort link a > click and some JQuery runs and opens a pop- up containing a larger map. This > is the code that executes when the Stort Kort link is clicked: <a href="#" > class="enlarge_icon" onclick="$$('.hide_items').each > (Element.hide);$$('.largemap').each(Element.show);frames > ['largeMapIframe'].location.href='http://maps.google.com/maps/ms? > ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=108304117273229554382.0004601474e59e1753111&ll=39.649078,2.915154&spn=0.62372,1.047135&output=embed';" > onMouseOver="$$('.largemap_infotext').each(Element.show);" > onMouseOut="$$('.largemap_infotext').each(Element.hide);" > style="cursor:pointer;">Stort kort</a> Now my map will replace both the small > and large map on my client's website. My map is still under development but > here is a link to the current > version:http://googlemapsapi.martinpearman.co.uk/user_maps/bellamallorca.dk/20090526/That's > the large map, call the same map with a 'smallmap' parameter and you get a > small version of the same > map:http://googlemapsapi.martinpearman.co.uk/user_maps/bellamallorca.dk/20090526/?smallmapEach > location plotted on either map has a unique index value, and calling the > large map with an index parameter opens the large map with that location > centered on and it's information window > opened:http://googlemapsapi.martinpearman.co.uk/user_maps/bellamallorca.dk/20090526/?index=41So > on to my question. How can my small map launch the large map in the pop-up > window and specify the index of a location to center on? An even simpler > question - how can the Stort Kort link simply open the pop-up containing my > large map? I tried taking the source code from my client's existing page and > replacing the iframe src attributes with the URLs to my small and large map. > The page loads and displays my small map but when i click Stort Kort the page > redirects from my domain (where the under-development map is hosted) to my > clients > website:http://googlemapsapi.martinpearman.co.uk/user_maps/bellamallorca.dk/20090526/devindex.htmI've > looked through the source code but really cannot make much sense of the > JQuery stuff. Can anyone explain what my client's existing web page is doing > and how i might change it to use my new map? Once my map is complete it shall > be hosted on my clients website btw and not on my domain. Thanks a lot for > any pointers. Martin.
