Adding a map to off campus events

By | August 17, 2016

We are changing a few settings with our newsletter to distribute upon the release of a new post, instead of a weekly digest. Since it is the beginning of the semester, we tend to have some vital information that needs to be shared more frequently. If this becomes too much of a nuisance, please let us know. We want this do be more of a helpful resource than a burden.

And on to the topic at hand …

We have entered most of the addresses for all locations on campus which will display a map within the event. However, you may want to provide a map to an off campus location to encourage users to attend the event.

The best way we have found to accomplish this is to:

  1. locate the location using Google Maps
  2. select share
  3. select the HTML view of the event editing window
  4. embed the provided code into the “Description” field within the event.

For a consistent user experience throughout the calendar, we’ll tweak the width in the embed code from 600px to 100% and change the height from 450px to 300px.

For a working example, see the Women’s basketball vs NC State event.

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