Personalised maps for websites & guests
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Personalised maps for websites & guests
I am in the process of re designing my new website & as part of the template you get the usual google maps ,however i want to create ( or get created ) a local village map that i can put local amenities ie bakers ,bus stops ,local restaurants ( not google registered ) as the village does not have a tourist office so nothing has been created for me to hand out to guests so on arrival i end up looking & sounding like one of those trolly dollies on the airlines doing their safety check demos
And I am not one to get the crayons out myself and try a simple line sketch and i am not the best technical graphic designer on a pc
So any sugestions please 🤓
And I am not one to get the crayons out myself and try a simple line sketch and i am not the best technical graphic designer on a pc
So any sugestions please 🤓
When it comes to wine, I tell people to invest in a good corkscrew. The best way to learn about wine is the drinking
The truth is the best German wine remains in Germany
So forget your memories of Blue Nun & Black Tower
The truth is the best German wine remains in Germany
So forget your memories of Blue Nun & Black Tower
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Here's the previous thread on the subject: http://www.laymyhat.com/forum/viewtopic ... light=maps
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That's lovely, Neat and Picky! I hadn't thought of that and missed the PMP blog. Although with one shop and two pubs, my immediate area is going to look a bit bare.
Looking at Google maps, now rather worryingly I see that I had prepared a google map to get travellers from the nearest town to me, over a year ago. I had completely forgotten this and never put it on my website. This is another good way of using mymaps and you can pinpoint things along the way like 'the church is on your right' to get them safely there. My village is particularly confusing with lots of little lanes and people regularly get lost. I must remember to give them a link to this, if not embed (a little worried about leading the burglars to my door!).
Looking at Google maps, now rather worryingly I see that I had prepared a google map to get travellers from the nearest town to me, over a year ago. I had completely forgotten this and never put it on my website. This is another good way of using mymaps and you can pinpoint things along the way like 'the church is on your right' to get them safely there. My village is particularly confusing with lots of little lanes and people regularly get lost. I must remember to give them a link to this, if not embed (a little worried about leading the burglars to my door!).
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Thank you all for your replies , as i am just editing information to load on to a new website template in fact i am looking a PMP
This is something i am doing over the winter to launch in 2017
So if any PMP users want to PM me a referal code i would be happy to use it when ready
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This is something i am doing over the winter to launch in 2017
So if any PMP users want to PM me a referal code i would be happy to use it when ready
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When it comes to wine, I tell people to invest in a good corkscrew. The best way to learn about wine is the drinking
The truth is the best German wine remains in Germany
So forget your memories of Blue Nun & Black Tower
The truth is the best German wine remains in Germany
So forget your memories of Blue Nun & Black Tower
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Thanks FC
I like you idea of a password protected arrival pack , i am thinking of a guest information section ( only accessible when a booking is confirmed ) giving a various info to help with their stay also this does away with all the various brochures/ leaflets i have to keep up dating & tidying or desposing the ones used as drink coasters etc
But it is something i only want available to booked guests & not open on my main website as i have done so much work in the past only to find neighbouring properties copying with the tiny little word edit 😡
I like you idea of a password protected arrival pack , i am thinking of a guest information section ( only accessible when a booking is confirmed ) giving a various info to help with their stay also this does away with all the various brochures/ leaflets i have to keep up dating & tidying or desposing the ones used as drink coasters etc
But it is something i only want available to booked guests & not open on my main website as i have done so much work in the past only to find neighbouring properties copying with the tiny little word edit 😡
When it comes to wine, I tell people to invest in a good corkscrew. The best way to learn about wine is the drinking
The truth is the best German wine remains in Germany
So forget your memories of Blue Nun & Black Tower
The truth is the best German wine remains in Germany
So forget your memories of Blue Nun & Black Tower
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Yep, we went brochure/leaflet free a couple of years ago too, and now have all our local info on line - some of it is stuff we've written, some is based around links to local sites. We provide a Chromebook with its own Google account where I've set up a whole 'library' of bookmarks, all organised by section and sub section. Guests can log into the dedicated Google account from their own devices if they choose, once they've received the arrival pack which contains log-in links. It's a bit of a job checking the links a few times a year, but worth it. And it seems to be working in that guests are now not bringing back masses of paper that then needs to be disposed of. That grieved me - such a waste of paper!Zur Alten Weinkelter wrote:Thanks FC
i am thinking of a guest information section ( only accessible when a booking is confirmed ) giving a various info to help with their stay also this does away with all the various brochures/ leaflets i have to keep up dating & tidying or desposing the ones used as drink coasters etc
But it is something i only want available to booked guests & not open on my main website as i have done so much work in the past only to find neighbouring properties copying with the tiny little word edit 😡
I thought about a password protected area of my main site but then decided it was easier to set up a dedicated site. So I did. I'm so happy with the system that I'm replicating it for our new cottage.
I have just sent you a code Zur Alten Weinkelter. Although we both gain by this, I would happily recommend PMP ad infinitum, without reward, because I have never ever had cause to complain about them. They are the nicest, most accommodating people and that counts for a lot when we are constantly thwarted in our efforts by bl***y listing sites!
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Do you think people actually read your online book, Hells Bells? I started sending out my house book in advance but I am still answering the same old questions when they arrive (even though it is also there in a file in front of them...). Perhaps being on site, they see me as a sort of SIRI and they would bother to read if they had to.
We are between a rock on a hard place on that really. On the one hand, because Google likes interesting content, we are pushing our properties up in the searches by packing the listing full of interesting bits. On the other we are handing our hard work on writing essays of information to the toe rags who steal copy. I even had a town tourist site steal mine (and not change a word!).Zur Alten Weinkelter wrote:Thanks FC
I like you idea of a password protected arrival pack , i am thinking of a guest information section ( only accessible when a booking is confirmed ) giving a various info to help with their stay also this does away with all the various brochures/ leaflets i have to keep up dating & tidying or desposing the ones used as drink coasters etc
But it is something i only want available to booked guests & not open on my main website as i have done so much work in the past only to find neighbouring properties copying with the tiny little word edit 😡