Issues with https and google maps

  • Resolved mdd061000

    (@mdd061000)


    10 years, 10 months ago

    On certain browsers there is an issue with the plugin showing google maps. If the main wordpress site is using ssl (https), the google map will not load. Google Chrome and possibly other browsers as well don’t like the mix of encrypted and unencrypted content. As a hack I just changed every reference to http://maps.google.com to https://maps.google.com. So all content was encrypted. I don’t know if this is the best fix, but that was the only way I could find to restor functionality. I recommend that you guys either change the plugin to always load the https version of google maps, or detect the type of connection (http or https) and select the appropriate version to load. I’m up and running now, but I dislike running a hacked version of the plugin because it makes me worry that updates will break the page.

    Thanks for a great plugin!

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/the-events-calendar/

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  • Rob La Gatta

    (@roblagatta)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    Hey mdd061000: I realize it’s taken us some time to get you a reply here, and I apologize for that. I was wondering if you could confirm whether this still occurs for you after updating to the 3.0.2 codebase? Let me know if you’re still having issues here. Thanks in advance!

    Thread Starter mdd061000

    (@mdd061000)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    Yes, the issue is still present in 3.0.2. I’m pretty sure the offending script is
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script>

    It references the script by http, which most secure browsers will be unhappy with on https pages.

    Thread Starter mdd061000

    (@mdd061000)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    You should probably use a protocol relative URL. I think calling
    <script type="text/javascript" src="//maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script>
    Will fix the problem.

    Thread Starter mdd061000

    (@mdd061000)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    Okay, I changed line 11 in admin-views/event-map.php to read
    <script type="text/javascript" src="//maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script>

    And that solves the problem.

    faction23

    (@faction23)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    This is definitely an issue an i am going to apply this fix for the next release. Thanks so much for bringing it to our attention mdd061000!

    reidwalley

    (@reidwalley)

    10 years, 5 months ago

    I’m having the exact same problem: Google Map not displaying because of a non-secure HTTP API link.

    Same error message in FireFox, too: “http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false&#8221;

    I’m running The Events Calendar, v 3.1.

    I did exactly as mdd061000 recommended and that solved the problem. BUT it sucks that I had to edit a core file. It’s totally gonna get wiped out with the next update.

    Is there a Child Theme method similar to “Events 3.0 Themer’s Guide” (http://tri.be/support/documentation/events-calendar-themers-guide/) for editing the-events-calendar/admin-views/event-map.php?

    Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    10 years, 5 months ago

    reidwalley? Per the forum welcome can please post your own topic.

    http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-events-calendar#postform

    This topic is already marked resolved and is 3 months old.

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