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Separating the VGM form from the Map

6min

Overview

This guide covers how to separate the form your visitors will use to generate a marker, from the map where the marker will be placed

Prerequisites

The Following Plugins need to be installed and active

  • WP Go Maps
  • WP Go Maps Pro Add-on
  • Visitor Generated Markers

Step 1: Add the map Short code

Paste the following shortcode on the page where you would like the Visitor Generated Markers (VGM) form to appear:

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Step 2: Link form to map that the marker will be created on

Add your map ID (on which the marker must be placed) to the β€˜wpgmza_vgm_form link_to_map’ attribute (1 in the example below).

Link form to map
Link form to map
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Step 3: Configure redirection after form submission

Insert the url of page where the visitor will be redirected after adding the marker to the β€˜redirect_to’ attribute (https://www.wpgmaps.com/demo/visitor-generated-markers/Β in the example below).

Insert redirect link
Insert redirect link
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Update the Page

A VGM form will now display on that page, without the associated map

VGM Form on page
VGM Form on page
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Step 4 (optional) Remove the VGM form from the map page

If the β€˜redirect_to’  attribute will redirected to the map where the marker was added, remove the vgm form on that page by adding the following attribute to the map shortcode disable_vgm_form="1" e.g.

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Update your page.

Your page should now display the Map and markers only.

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