hi there, tried GmapEZ for a dealership locator and it's absolutely
fabulous. the only thing i still want to do is change the color in the
info windows to orange. wonder if this is possible with html tags or
anything.
On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 4:32 PM, ragdoll <ragdol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi there, tried GmapEZ for a dealership locator and it's absolutely > fabulous. the only thing i still want to do is change the color in the > info windows to orange. wonder if this is possible with html tags or > anything.
Try adding a class to your info window divs, like <div class="myInfo">, and then use CSS, like:
.myInfo { color: orange; }
Also, I noticed you're using a custom graphic. I'm glad people are getting comfortable with this feature. However, I highly recommend you save off a copy of the shadow image and serve it off of your own server. You can use http://n01se.net/gmapez/shadowform.html to do this.
Without doing that, every visitor to your site causes the shadow tool to request the icon from your site, generate a shadow on my server, and then return that to the browser. This is slower for your visitors and requires more resources for everyone else involved.
thanks for the reply. i'll definitely try the CSS workaround. i'm
sorry about the shadow, i'll make my own next week. i wasn't aware
that it had to be rendered every time people visit this page, but it
makes sense of course.
thanks again.
On Jun 30, 7:59 am, Chouser <chou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 4:32 PM, ragdoll <ragdol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > hi there, tried GmapEZ for a dealership locator and it's absolutely
> > fabulous. the only thing i still want to do is change the color in the
> > info windows to orange. wonder if this is possible with html tags or
> > anything.
> Try adding a class to your info window divs, like <div
> class="myInfo">, and then use CSS, like:
> .myInfo { color: orange; }
> Also, I noticed you're using a custom graphic. I'm glad people are
> getting comfortable with this feature. However, I highly recommend
> you save off a copy of the shadow image and serve it off of your own
> server. You can usehttp://n01se.net/gmapez/shadowform.htmlto do
> this.
> Without doing that, every visitor to your site causes the shadow tool
> to request the icon from your site, generate a shadow on my server,
> and then return that to the browser. This is slower for your visitors
> and requires more resources for everyone else involved.
i made my own shadow image, and it seems to work fine. does it have to
have a special filename or is the second IMG line in the script
automatically considered to be the shadow image? if so then i think
i'm done here.
I also tried your tip on the orange text and dropped that line in the
CSS file. works brilliantly, thank you so much!!
greetings.
On Jul 9, 9:57 pm, ragdoll <ragdol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> thanks for the reply. i'll definitely try the CSS workaround. i'm
> sorry about the shadow, i'll make my own next week. i wasn't aware
> that it had to be rendered every time people visit this page, but it
> makes sense of course.
> thanks again.
> On Jun 30, 7:59 am, Chouser <chou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 4:32 PM, ragdoll <ragdol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > hi there, tried GmapEZ for a dealership locator and it's absolutely
> > > fabulous. the only thing i still want to do is change the color in the
> > > info windows to orange. wonder if this is possible with html tags or
> > > anything.
> > Try adding a class to your info window divs, like <div
> > class="myInfo">, and then use CSS, like:
> > .myInfo { color: orange; }
> > Also, I noticed you're using a custom graphic. I'm glad people are
> > getting comfortable with this feature. However, I highly recommend
> > you save off a copy of the shadow image and serve it off of your own
> > server. You can usehttp://n01se.net/gmapez/shadowform.htmltodo > > this.
> > Without doing that, every visitor to your site causes the shadow tool
> > to request the icon from your site, generate a shadow on my server,
> > and then return that to the browser. This is slower for your visitors
> > and requires more resources for everyone else involved.
> thanks for the reply. i'll definitely try the CSS workaround. i'm
> sorry about the shadow, i'll make my own next week. i wasn't aware
> that it had to be rendered every time people visit this page, but it
> makes sense of course.
> thanks again.
> On Jun 30, 7:59 am, Chouser <chou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 4:32 PM, ragdoll <ragdol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > hi there, tried GmapEZ for a dealership locator and it's absolutely
> > > fabulous. the only thing i still want to do is change the color in the
> > > info windows to orange. wonder if this is possible with html tags or
> > > anything.
> > Try adding a class to your info window divs, like <div
> > class="myInfo">, and then use CSS, like:
> > .myInfo { color: orange; }
> > Also, I noticed you're using a custom graphic. I'm glad people are
> > getting comfortable with this feature. However, I highly recommend
> > you save off a copy of the shadow image and serve it off of your own
> > server. You can usehttp://n01se.net/gmapez/shadowform.htmltodo > > this.
> > Without doing that, every visitor to your site causes the shadow tool
> > to request the icon from your site, generate a shadow on my server,
> > and then return that to the browser. This is slower for your visitors
> > and requires more resources for everyone else involved.
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:52 AM, ragdoll <ragdol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> i made my own shadow image, and it seems to work fine. does it have to > have a special filename or is the second IMG line in the script > automatically considered to be the shadow image? if so then i think > i'm done here.
Yep, you're done.
> I also tried your tip on the orange text and dropped that line in the > CSS file. works brilliantly, thank you so much!!
> <meta name="gmapkey" content="hahaha, not gonna tell everyone my > key :-)" /> > <script > src="http://n01se.net/gmapez/gmapez-2.js" > type="text/javascript"></script>
Hi Ragdoll
Your key is easily readable by anyone by viewing the source of your site; if it wasn't, the google servers wouldn't be able to verify your domain.
Also, you should put a copy of the javascript file on your local server to reduce the traffic on Chouser's web-service and reduce your dependancy on servers outside your control.
