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.
Add a Map section to the home page
To add a Map section:
Settings reference
The Map section has the following settings:
Heading
Add heading text for the section.
We recommend a title of just a few words long.
Store information
Add your store information, like your address and hours.
This field accepts rich text elements and multiple lines of text.
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 Spark'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 here: :
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 Spark's Custom map JSON setting.
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