Mapping with Drupal & WordPressLeo Klein - May 2nd, 2013

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*Turning Dates Into Places with the UIC Admissions Recruitment Calendar

Surrounded by Dots

Background

- Academic & Enrollment Services- New Recruitment Calendar

Sure, no problem!

Leo, can you do this?

Fast Paced & Kinda Tricky

Palazzolo, Alan, and Thomas Turnbull. Mapping with Drupal. Sebastopol, Calif:

O'Reilly Media, [Jan.] 2012.

Geospatial Modules Assessmenthttp://groups.drupal.org/node/89769

"Recently, CloudMade released an open source JavaScript mapping library called Leaflet. It is simple and lightweight. There is also a new Leaflet module for Drupal that provides some basic integration between Drupal and Leaflet. It is something to keep an eye on." p 23

State of the Data

2. Transferred Over to Drupal Content Type

1. Original Google Spreadsheet

Drupal : Out of the Box

Organize your data in sophisticated

interactive ways!

Your Best Friend: Views

Drupal Mapping Options

Noobie: Trial by ErrorThrown one combination against the wall and see what sticks - over and over and over again...

Smart Set (a.k.a. 'works4me')Address (kinda, sorta, maybe not)GeocoderGeofieldLeaflet

Workflow

Address (string)

Geocoder

Geofield

What's an Address/Location?

You tell me:1. Pittsburgh2. 100093. Office of Academic & Enrollment Services

1200 West Harrison StreetChicago, Illinois 60607-7161

Addressfield Module ( http://drupal.org/project/addressfield )

Geocoder autocomplete ( http://drupal.org/project/geocoder_autocomplete )

Leaflet - Javascript Mapping Library

It works! There's documentation!- "Lightweight"- "HTML5"- "Mobile friendly"

From the Leaflet homepage: "Leaflet is designed with simplicity, performance and usability in mind."

Finished Product

Hey, What About WordPress???

TAGSPlugin: MappingPlugin: Maps

Forum: MappingForum: Maps

WordPress Plugins

MapPress Easy Google Mapshttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress/

Leaflet Plugin (check out the features):http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/

MapBox Plugin for Wordpresshttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mapbox/http://mapbox.com/blog/mapbox-wordpress/

All-in-One Event Calendar (includes map)http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-event-calendar/

Thank You

Leo Robert KleinWeb CoordinatorAcademic & Enrollment Serviceslrk@uic.edu

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