Map
Use the Map section to promote your brick-and-mortar retail stores. This section is designed specifically for your address information and store hours.
At the bottom of the map section's image, you can create a link to another page, perfect for linking to Google Maps with directions to your store.
Add a map section
To add a map section:
Settings reference
The map section has the following settings:
Style
Choose a section style, either Default or Contrast. This affects the colors of the current section.
Small heading
Add a small heading to be displayed above the heading.
We recommend keeping this to a word or two.
Heading
Add heading text for the section.
We recommend keeping this to only a few words long.
Subheading
Add a subheading to be displayed under the heading.
We recommend keeping this to a short sentence or two.
Hours
Add your store hours.
This field accepts rich text elements and multiple lines of text.
Address
Add your store address.
This field accepts rich text elements and multiple lines of text.
Heading alignment
Choose how your heading text should be aligned, either Left or Center.
Max width of text
Using the slider, choose how wide the heading text should appear, at a maximum.
Image
Select or upload an image to be displayed.
Map address
Add a street address that Google Maps can use to find your store.
Google Maps API key
Add your Google Maps API key. You can generate one using the directions here.
Custom map JSON
You can paste JSON configuration in this field to change the look and feel of your map. Learn more
You can find some map presets using Google's Google Maps Platform Styling Wizard website.
Map link text
Add link text for the map link generated by Google Maps.
Get a Google Maps API key
Here's what you need to do to get a Google Maps API key:
Sign up for Google Maps Platform. (Link.)
Select the Maps product.
Create a project for your Shopify store.
Enter your billing information.
Unless you get more than 500,000 views per month, you will not be charged for map API requests. They will all be paid for with the recurring $200 credit Google gives its Cloud Platform users each month.
After this process, you are granted a Google Maps API key, which you can copy into Lorenza's map section Google Maps API Key field::
The API key should be a large jumbled string of characters, like this: AIzaSyCuv0hqbs8Itd_UvRQ0gAkwe5OxkYw_q08
.
We recommend that you restrict your API key so it can only be used on requests to your store's URL (like https://your-store.com
). You can restrict to multiple URLs if you also want to add your https://your-store.myshopify.com
address for testing purposes.
The following video shows you how to do this from the Google Cloud Platform Google Maps dashboard: :
If you lost your API key, you can find it again (or regenerate it) from the Google Cloud Platform API Credentials page.
Custom map JSON
Using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), a form of JavaScript code used to send structured information and configuration, you can change the look and feel of your map.
Using the Google Maps Platform Styling Wizard website, you can choose different map themes or tweak map settings.
Check out the following video for more information: :
Once you have copied the JSON to your clipboard, you can paste it into Lorenza's Custom map JSON setting.
Home page
Colors