Getting started
Welcome to our “Getting Started”! In this section, we will guide you through the essential steps to utilize this powerful tool. Whether you’re managing points of interest, customizing your map view, or planning routes, our step-by-step instructions will help you navigate and maximize the features of the POI Map Manager with ease. Let’s get started!
Step 1: Download POI Map Manager
Click on the following link to Download POI Map Manager. You’ll be automatically redirected to the cart page. Once in the cart page, click on “Proceed to Checkout“.
In the checkout page, insert your billing data and valid email address. Once all the required information has been submitted, click on the button “Place order” and wait for the next page.
In the Order received page, to download POI Map Manager Free click on the yellow button. Now you can install POI Map Manager on you WordPress site, simply uploading the download zip file. If you don’t know how to install POI Map Manager, read this guide.
Step 2: Install the plugin
Once you have downloaded the plugin installation zip file, login in your site’s WordPress dashboard.
In the left sidebar click on “Plugins”. In the top corner of the page click on “Upload Plugin”.
Then click on “Choose file” and pick the zip file from your computer.
Now click on “Install now”.
Once POI Map Manager has been installed, click on “Activate Plugin“.
If POI Map Manager has been activated correctly, you’ll we see the “POI Manager” menu.
Step 3: Create your first location
Once logged in to your WordPress site dashboard, move the mouse hover the “POI Manager” and then select “Locations“.
Once the new page has been loaded, click on “Add new” on the top corner of the page.
Step1: Insert the location data
In this step we’ll add all the necessary information for the location (e.g. Title, description, Styles, etc). For example we name this location “My Favourite Spot” and we write a description, a short description and we tell to the visitors, why they should visit that spot.
Step 2: Add a custom tab
In this step we add a custom tab to the location page. In this tab, for example, we’ll provide a PDF flyer.
Click on the button “Add empty tab“.
Enter the necessary information for the tab, as described below. In the tab content you can insert link, format the text and insert an ordered or unordered list.
Step 3: Add an image gallery
In this step we’ll add an image gallery with the images of the spot. Click on the button “Add/edit gallery“.
Through the media dialog, select all the images by pressing CTRL (on Windows or Linux) or CMD (on MacOS) and selecting all the images we’d like to show for the location with the left click on the mouse. You can upload a new images using the tab “Upload files”. Once you have selected all the desired images, click on “Select” on the righe bottom corner of the Media dialog.
Now, you should see all the selected images for the location.
Step 4: Insert coordinates
In this step you’ll learn how set up the coordinates for this location. For this example, we setup this location as a single point on the map and we enter only one couple of coordinates (one latitude and one longitude). Select the level 1 to insert this location on the first level of the map.
There are many type of location you can setup:
- Circle Area (with a center and radius);
- Path on the map (with a start point, many middle points and a final point);
- Area on the map (multiple coordinates to design an area on the map).
To save the new location, click on “Publish” button.
Step 4: Create your first map
Once logged in to your WordPress site dashboard, click on the “POI Manager” menu.
Once the new page has been loaded, click on “Add new” on the top corner of the page.
Insert all the necessary information for the map (e.g. Title, description, Styles, etc) in the following box.
To save the new map, click on “Publish” button.
Step 5: Add the location to the map
Want to discover more features of POI Map Manager? Read the full documentation or contact us.
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