GeoContent is configured through Parameters.
All parameters can be set in the Main configuration window, most of them can be overridden in the individual Overview maps menu item configuration (see: Overview maps configuration), only a selected set of parameters can be set in Tag maps.
There are three places where parameters can be set:
When Front-end editing is enabled (see Front-end map edit parameters below), the editor map window can also be configured through key-value-pairs in the hyperlink as explained in Front-end configuration.
Note
Not all parameters are supported in the three methods, see the full parameters list below.
See also
GeoContent main configuration is done through the “Parameters” button in the main GeoContent view (from Joomla! control panel, choose Components‣GeoContent then click on the “Parameters” icon on the right).
The “Parameters” configuration window.
This section contains a detailed list of all configuration parameters and their meaning.
This options are available in Main configuration window and Overview maps menu item configuration (see: Overview maps configuration).
| Label | Name | Notes | Available in tag maps | Available in front-end editor links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google API key | google_api_key | The API key is different for every domain on the internet and you can obtain one for your website from http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html | No | No |
| Map lat center | gmap_latstart | Latitude of the map center | Yes | Yes |
| Map lon center | gmap_lngstart | Longitude of the map center | Yes | Yes |
| Default map type | gmap_type | Default map type (G_SATELLITE_MAP, G_NORMAL_MAP, G_HYBRID_MAP, G_PHYSICAL_MAP) | Yes | Yes |
| Map zoom level | gmap_zoomstart | Map zoom level at start | Yes | Yes |
| Icon folder | point_icon_folder | Icon’s subdirectory (under directory images, so stories/geocontent translates to images/stories/geocontent) | No | No |
| Article’s ID | contentid | Show items for this particular Joomla! article | Yes | Yes |
This group of options affects the appearance of the map, its size, the presence and position of the Table of Contents and which layers are visible and automatically activated when the map is loaded. All of this options are available in Tag maps.
| Label | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Map width (%) | map_width | The width of the map wrapper DIV in percent |
| Map height (px) | map_height | The height of the map wrapper DIV in pixels |
| TOC style | toc_style | Style of the Table Of Contents (layers list): * none: TOC is hidden * list: TOC layer elements are drawn as list items * select: TOC is drawn as a drop-down select [1] |
| TOC position | toc_position | TOC position in respect to the map window within the map wrapper DIV |
| TOC width (%) | toc_width | The width of the TOC frame (in %) when it is positioned at the left or at the right of the map frame. This option has no effect when toc_style is top or bottom |
| KML icon | toc_kml | Shows in the Table of Contents a small globe icon with an hyperlink to the KML file for the layers |
| Active layers at start | start_with_layers | Define which layer should be switched on at startup. Choose ‘selected’ and pick one from the list if you want to start with a particular layer [1] |
| Selected active layer | active_layer | Select here the layer that should be switched on at startup if you choose ‘select’ as start_with_layers parameter value [1] |
| Open links in the same window | replace_target | Open balloon links in the same window. Replace target = _blank in the map balloon links, so that they are opened in the same window |
This group of options affects front-end (the public side of Joomla!) editing functionality. For security reasons, none of this options are available in Tag maps.
| Label | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Front-end access | front_end_enabled | If the front-end users can edit/create maps. This option completely enable/disable front-end map editing |
| Minimum access level | front_end_level | Minimum user lever for front-end map handling |
| Check article’s user access | front_end_check_user | Additionally check if the user can edit the article. Activate this option if you want to prevent users to add/edit maps on articles they have no editing permissions. This is an additional internal check, that make only sense if the map editing window is activated directly with a link, the normal geocontent_editors-xtd plugin behaviour is to add a button under the article’s editor window, this means that Joomla!‘s standard permission check is never overridden. |
| Unbound items | front_end_unbound | If enabled, it allows front end user to add map items without linking to existing articles |
| Custom URLs allowed | front_end_url | Accepts arbitrary URLs for links in ballons when created from the front end (can be a security risk!) |
| Add only, no edit | front_end_add_only | If this option is enabled and front-end editing is allowed, front-end users will only be allowed to add new GeoContent Items and cannot edit existing ones |
| Article’s ID | contentid | Edit items for this particular Joomla! article |
| [1] | (1, 2, 3) When toc_style is select only one GeoContent Layer at a time can be shown, so some options (like start_with_layers=all) are ignored. |