hyperlinks not working in bubble markers

  • Resolved astoni

    (@astoni)


    10 years, 3 months ago

    Greetings Alexander! I too with thank you for your excellent work, and ask a quick question if I may.

    I have read your comments on adding hyperlinks to marker bubbles on http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-comprehensive-google-map-plugin-titles-and-photos?replies=11 and I have tried to set up the hyperlinks as you directed, e.g…

    #http://somedomain.com/somepage/something SomeLinkName#

    but it’s not working. Instead, the marker bubbles are displaying the hash marks (#) like this…

    #http://somedomain.com/somepage/something SomeLinkName#

    Here’s the text of the GPX file containing one of my attempted hyperlinks. Would really appreciate any guidance you can offer…

    <wpt lat="48.745260" lon="-122.479340">
 <name>Pepper Sisters</name>
 <desc>1055 N State St.
Bellingham, WA 98225
(360) 671-3414
#http://www.peppersisters.com peppersisters.com#</desc>
 <sym>Waypoint</sym>
</wpt>

    http://wordpress.org/plugins/comprehensive-google-map-plugin/

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  • Thread Starter astoni

    (@astoni)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    Forgot to mention, you can see this at http://www.galbraithmt.com/guide/refreshments/#refreshmap. Then click on the lower right marker for the Pepper Sisters. Thanks again for the great work…

    Plugin Contributor alexanderzagniotov

    (@alexanderzagniotov)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    Astoni…

    How are you using this GPX file with the plugin? The #http://somedomain.com/somepage/something SomeLinkName# is meant to be used in marker “description” field when you adding marker locations manually, not within GPX file..

    Am I clear in my explanation?

    Thanks

    Plugin Contributor alexanderzagniotov

    (@alexanderzagniotov)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    marker “description” => where you enter “marker info bubble text” in shortcode builder

    Thread Starter astoni

    (@astoni)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    Hey Alexander. Thanks for the clarifying info! As I now understand it, to get bubble markers with hyperlinks, the waypoints and bubble marker text (including hyperlinks in the format you described — see above) must be inserted via the SHORTCODE BUILDER in Comprehensive Google Map Plug-in.

    Now I hope I can ask one more question. Is it possible to have a map that utilizes BOTH way point markers and bubble text from a GPX URL, and way point markers and bubble text from the Shortcode Builder? In other words, is it either or? Do you have to get your way points and bubble text into Comprehensive Google Map Plug-in by one method or the other, or can you use BOTH GPX file and Shortcode Builder entered data on the same map?

    The reason I ask is that I have found that if I enter waypoints via Shortcode Builder, and then also specify a GPX URL for the same map, the Shortcode Builder data disappears. Am I doing something wrong, or is that just the way it is?

    Plugin Contributor alexanderzagniotov

    (@alexanderzagniotov)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    Hi Astoni….

    Unfortunately, if you are using GPX/KML urls, the data from the shortcode builder is ignored. This is just the way it is. It is not your wrong doings.

    Thread Starter astoni

    (@astoni)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    And there’s no way to get hyperlinked marker bubble text into Comphrehensive Google Map Plug-in via GPX URL? So sorry to hear that because it means that GPX tracked maps can’t have hyperlinked bubble markers, which is a bit of a setback for me…

    Plugin Contributor alexanderzagniotov

    (@alexanderzagniotov)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    The thing is it is not the plugin that parses the GPX data, I am merely pass the GPX url to Google Maps API. The GPX data parsing is done by Google.

    Have you tried including between <desc> and </desc> full URLs? Will this work or will the following be parsed like plain text?
    <desc>http://yahoo.com</desc>

    How about this:
    <desc><a href="http://yahoo.com">Yahoo!</a></desc>

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