Embedding Google maps is buggy if your web browser is Explorer 7. If you can't see the map below that I made, Please refresh the page.
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MSIE is Microsoft Internet Explorer
According to my website stats about 85% of the people who click my website use Explorer 7 or earlier. When it comes to technology, the sky's the limit. But, if buyers don't have the same upgrades as you do, they can't see the hard work you've done to feature the property and will not get to view the listing at all.
If you are using a Mac or using Firefox as your browser, you probably don't have problems embedding maps but may want to find a machine that has Explorer 7 , scan your blogs and make sure your features are showing.
Embedding Interactive Google Maps is very similar to embedding video like YouTube. The brilliant, wonderful and beautiful Mr. Jeff Turner offers a video on How To copy and paste embedded code into your blog(I think he uses Mac). Here's a Google video explaining how to create a custom interactive map.
The problem I was having is, the maps were not showing at all or I could get them to show and then they would disappear. Ways I went around this, first I downloaded the free Mozilla Firefox browser and used that browser when I embedded my map with no problem and I went back to Explorer to make sure the maps still worked, it made a huge difference but still would disappear, sometimes.
The most effective way around the problem was to delete my widgets and such from my Active Rain profile. No more Flickr badge, groovey slideshows or Feedjit. I removed them one at a time but they all caused a problem and all ended up going. There's no need to do anything with other browsers, Explorer 7 works fine if you delete the extras in your profile. I really took one for the team here because I do love my toys but featuring my clients is more important.
Before I did this, I tried Google's help center with changing the codes and security, script settings, plug-ins on and off a thousand times and only got my map to work for a little while and then it was gone again.
Without the widgets I can embed Google interactive maps with no problem and they only disappear once in a while now. The default maps work better that the custom sized maps I embedded.
Explorer 8 is suppose to resolve the conflicts and the beta version is already available. Upgrade to the beta version if you can but when I tried to upgrade from 7, it just kept crashing. Read the requirements carefully.
The alternative to not deleting your toys is wait for Explorer 8 to be released. I want to get a jump now because Explorer 8 is incorporating Google Maps in a huge way.
If there are any easier suggestions from tech people on how to get these maps to work in the AR blogs using Explorer 7 or earlier feel free to post or link in the comments section.
other wise, I hope you find this info useful..( or, I could be crazy and the only one having these problems!)
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