{"id":45,"date":"2007-08-28T07:04:03","date_gmt":"2007-08-28T13:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benblogged.com\/?p=45"},"modified":"2007-08-28T10:02:26","modified_gmt":"2007-08-28T16:02:26","slug":"embed-a-google-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/benblogged.com\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"Embed A Google Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a freelance Web Designer like me at some point you will have to create a Google Map.  Embedding Google maps used to be a big time hassle, lucky for us its now way easier.  Lets make our clients happy!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Get a Google Account<\/h3>\n<p>To create a custom Google Map you must have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/accounts\/NewAccount\" target=\"blank\">Google account<\/a>. If you have a google account already skip this step.<\/p>\n<h3>Build Your Custom Map<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/benblogged.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/google1.jpg\" alt=\"google1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/\" target=\"blank\">http:\/\/maps.google.com\/<\/a> and enter your desired address.  For this example I will be using my hometown Marquette, MI.<\/p>\n<h3>Save The Map<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/benblogged.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/google2.jpg\" alt=\"google2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now you need to save your map by clicking \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Save to My Maps\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.  The next step is to give your map a name and press \u00e2\u20ac\u0153save\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.  Finally you can give your map a description or just select \u00e2\u20ac\u0153ok\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n<h3>Get Your Code<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/benblogged.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/google3.jpg\" alt=\"google3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are almost done. In the upper right hand corner press the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Link to this page\u00e2\u20ac\u009d link.  You will be given two options, one for email and one for websites.  Copy all the code in the website section and paste it into your HTML document.<\/p>\n<h3>You Did It<\/h3>\n<p>Upload your file and check out your handy work! Now your clients are happy and all your friends are jealous.  Well that one has Ben Blogged!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a freelance Web Designer like me at some point you will have to create a Google Map. Embedding Google maps used to be a big time hassle, lucky for us its now way easier. Lets make our clients happy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/benblogged.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/benblogged.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/benblogged.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/benblogged.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/benblogged.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/benblogged.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/benblogged.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/benblogged.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/benblogged.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}