Overview #
You can allow visitors to create markers on your maps if you have purchased both the Visitor Generated Markers and Pro Add-ons
Prerequisites #
The Following Plugins need to be installed and active
- WP Go Maps
- WP Go Maps Pro Add-on
- Visitor Generated Markers
Enabling Visitor Generated Markers on your Map #
The Visitor Generated Markers (VGM) feature can be enabled for your map by navigating as follows, and enabling the “Allow Submissions” option:
WP Go Maps -> Maps (edit your chosen map) -> Settings -> Visitor Generated Markers
Enabling VGM
Once enabled the form is displayed on the front end as follows:
Visitor Marker submission form on the front end
Visitor Generated Marker Settings: #
The following settings can be configured for the add-on:
VGM Settings
Allow Submissions #
This enables or disables the VGM feature for the map
Allowed Users #
Select Everyone from this dropdown if you want public visitors to add markers or Registered users if you only want your registered WordPress Users to have this capability.
Note: The submission form will not be visible on the front end at all to non-registered users when this is set to “Registered”
Allow Descriptions #
To enable users to capture a Description for the marker, select Yes
Allow Categories #
To enable users to select a Category that the marker should belong to, select Yes
Allow Images #
To enable users to upload images for their markers, select Yes
Allow Links #
To enable users to capture Links/URLs for their markers, select Yes
Allow Focus #
Additional VGM Form Customisation #
All Form labels and input field placeholder text can be customized according to your preference. The following label overrides are available:
Label overrides
Global VGM Settings #
Global VGM Settings can be accessed by Navigating to:
WP Go Maps -> Settings -> Visitor Generated Markers
The Following Global settings govern the Visitor Generated Markers feature’s behaviour across all instances on your site
Auto Approve #
When this is enabled, all new visitor generated markers are automatically approved and will be displayed on the map
Remove HTML #
Enabling this will strip all HTML tags in descriptions and titles
Email Notification #
When enabled, this will send an email the nominated address whenever a new marker is added
Form Style #
This will enable the modern Form Layout, this is feature is still in beta
GDPR Compliance #
This will require consent before user submission is allowed
VGM Global Settings
