Locator + Pages

• What is the Locator and Pages?

  The Locator and Pages is an easy plug-and-play widget that you can add to your website to display a full-featured store finder that is directly integrated into our Location Marketing Cloud. This means you keep a single point of control for your location data and one process for updating your online presence. Our Locator and Pages solution allows you

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• Implement the Locator & Pages widget

  Introduction To start the implementation of the Locator & Pages widget into your website, you need to have access to manage pages on your web server. The Locator & Pages widget needs to be either added to an existing HTML page or to a new HTML page. Understanding the HTML code structure The Locator & Pages HTML code consists of two eleme

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• Locator and Pages components

  Introduction The Locator and Pages widget is composed of two main components – Locator and Pages: The Locator is a map view of locations The Pages are specific landing pages for each location Further components are the Locator and Pages widget header and footer. The Locator widget can be embedded in the HTML code of every website. In the following s

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• Edit Locator and Pages attributes

  Locator and Pages widget basis version The following article will help you to customize the Locator and Pages widget to fit your needs The basis version of the Locator and Pages widget contains four attributes: <script src="https://uberall.com/assets/storeFinderWidget-v2.js" type="text/javascript"></script>  <div   id="store-finder-wi

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• List of Locator and Pages attributes

  The default Locator Widget contains the minimum HTML elements that are required to execute the Locator Widget. In order to customize the appearance of the Locator Widget to be aligned with the requirements and design of the website it is possible to add HTML attributes within the <div> HTML element to adjust the displayed components.  Locator

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• How to remove Hashbangs (#!) from Locator URL

  The Hashbangs are by default part of the URL if you like to remove these for a cleaner URL structure you have to set a so called wildcard route for the Pages of the Locator. Once the locator and page widget implementation is complete and working as expected, the hashbang (#!) can be removed. Info The removal of the Hashbangs is advised to ensure pro

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• How to index pages of Locator & Pages

  Indexing Indexed pages will show up in search results when deemed by Google to have enough quality for relevant search phrases so organic traffic will be driven to your site. Your pages can be found by search crawlers (like Google spiders) and indexed. In order to ensure correct crawling and indexing by Google we recommend to complete the steps belo

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• Filters for Locator & Pages

  This article provides an overview on what to know about filters for the Locator & Pages product. Basic Filters  As Locator & Pages comes as an out-of-the-box solution, the filters don't need to be set manually within the code snippet.  The only data-option which needs to be set is: data-filter="services" This way the services of the location

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• Does a Locator add cookies to the website it has been implemented in?

  Yes, the Locator & Pages solution will add cookies to the website it has been implemented in. Two cookies will be added: lastVisitedURL This is used to populate the history so that the back button works for the navigation. originalTitle This cookie saves the literal page title (which can be seen in the browser tab). The system re-writes this tit

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• How should my location's name be structured?

  This article provides our recommendations to name locations for publishing listings on directories and also shows the different possibilities when you want to publish your locations in our Locator & Pages solution on your website. Naming your locations - Listings A location's name may represent your business and not describe the locality or cont

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• Locator & Pages Implementation Project Plan

  Implementation Phases The locator Implementation consists of four phases. Each phase has steps, which are described in the project plan below.   Phase 1 Internal Evaluation The Implementation will start for Uberall before you even notice. We will evaluate your setting before the first meeting in order to be best prepared before you talk to your Cust

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• Locator & Pages - JavaScript to preselect a Filter

  This article showcases JavaScript used to preselect the first Filter of a Locator. It holds the code itself, the "how-to-setup" and how to enable it. The preselect is non permanent - the user can deselect to see the whole set of Locations. What will happen Go from this: to this: How to set it up There is a prerequisite to have the data field "servic

  August 3rd, 2020 595 views 1 likes
• Locator: Which order are Locations displayed in?

  Ordered by distance If users allow the browser to track their current position, the Locations will be ordered by  Distance (beeline) . The closest Location from the user's position will be the first displayed in the list while the furthest will be the last.  Ordered by Name (alphabetical order) If users do not allow the browser to track their curren

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• FAQ about Locator & Pages

  This article will go over the Frequently Asked Questions about Locator & Pages. Can Locator metrics be tracked? Yes, metrics can be tracked using the "data-trackevents=true" attribute. The following metrics will be tracked: Clicks on call, directions, CTA, website and e-mail. The metrics are visible in the Google Analytics account of the client.

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• Multi-Language Store Locator

  The possibility to provide location data in multiple languages to be displayed on Store Locator allows our customers to think global and target locally.  This is a great addition especially if you are an Enterprise customer, with a global website on multiple languages, or if you are located in a country with more than one official language (e.g. Bel

  May 23rd, 2019 1526 views 2 likes
• Customizations of Locator & Pages via CSS

  Some aspects of customization are not natively available in the Locator & Pages product. This article shows how to do so using css styles. Note that as the product evolves, some of the below customizations might become official features available for customization in the widget attributes. If this is the case, the CSS will be replaced by referen

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• Content List for Locator & Pages

  This article outlines how to enhance Pages of Locator & Pages with additional content using the Content List feature.  In case you unfamiliar with Content Lists, please refer to this article. Content List for Locator & Pages Content Lists bring added value to your Local Pages. They allow to enhance Pages with additional data in a very easy a

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• Customizing the pins for Locator & Pages

  Scope This article covers the options offered to customize the location pins for the Locator & Pages product. This includes, pin colour and logo as well as cluster colour and logo. Customize all pins Pin Colour The colour of the base Locator pin can be modified to another colour with the data-locationpincolor attribute. This attribute accepts th

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• How to set up a consent management for Locator & Pages

  In order to be able to position the user on the Locator map, the Uberall Locator has to send the user's IP address to Google. In order to respect the end-user's privacy, the map will not be displayed before receiving consent from the end-user. This end-user consent handling needs to be considered when implementing the Uberall Locator & Pages. Pr

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• Locator & Pages Analytics

  This article gives an overview of what is possible regarding tracking and analytics of the Locator & Pages product. Uberall Analytics In Uberall's "Advanced Analytics" metrics of a Locator's Pages can be tracked and analyzed. Supported are Clicks on: Directions Call To Action Button Call Website Email Track the clicks on your Uberall account by

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• Photos & Videos in Locator + Pages

  Learn in this article about photos and videos in the Locator & Pages product. Please make sure to follow the recommendations on pictures sizes to ensure photo quality and avoid cropping.  Logo, Photos, Landscape Pictures from your Locations are pulled into the Locator & Pages product. Please read the following to find out whichgraphics are d

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• Tips to improve your Locator page

  Page performance and indexing are things to look out for with any web page. The idea is to make sure the content is readily available to the user on the page itself, but that it can also be found as fast as possible with a search engine. As of May 2021, these two aspects will be intertwined more than ever in Google search with Core Web Vitals being

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• Custom Filters for Locator & Pages

  Out of the box, the Locator & Pages product allows for filters to be determined based on the Services associated to locations. The utility of Advanced Filters is to expand the filtering possibilities to custom values, values that are not necessarily meant to be shared with external directories. Creating a New Advanced Filter End-users cannot cre

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• Why should URL Redirects be set when moving to the Locator & Pages solution?

  This article explains, why it's important to set up redirects when migrating from a former Locator to the Locator & Pages product. What is a redirect? URL redirection, also called URL forwarding, is a World Wide Web technique for making a web page available under more than one URL address. When a web browser attempts to open a URL that has been

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• How to replace naming of an element in Locator & Pages?

  This article explains how to replace the naming of an element on a Location Page on the example of the email address. Disclaimer The following attempt was created and tested with a certain Locator and Pages version. Please note, that this solution might not be supported at a given point in future and we do not guarantee support for it. Replace email

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• Account Structures for Locator & Pages

  This article serves as a starting point to understand why, in certain cases, a distinct account structure is needed when using Locator & Pages. Some common use cases are described. Why accounts are important for Locator & Pages Although accounts will not necessarily be reflected to an end-user when entering a Locator, they are the foundation

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• User Data Collection for Locator & Pages

  This article describes the collection and use of User Data by Uberall for its Locator & Pages product. What is Collected When using the Locator & Pages product, Uberall stores the requester's IP address. This happens automatically upon accessing the Locator. No other information about the user is collected this way. The logging isn't intende

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• How to add an outside element in Locator & Pages

  Scope This article offers a generic and basic solution to add an outside component to Locator & Pages via JavaScript. Introduction Disclaimer The following attempt was created and tested with a certain Locator and Pages version. Please note, that this solution might not be supported at a given point in future and we do not guarantee support for

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• Locator & Pages Colour settings

  Scope This article outlines the attributes relevant to colour customization in for the Locator & Pages product. The solutions presented below are part of the available widget attributes that can be set and modified to influence the look and feel of the Locator. For more information about the attributes and for a full list, refer to this article.

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• How to prevent indexing

  This article will go over two methods for preventing your Locator & Pages from being indexed by search engines. Why prevent indexing? It can be beneficial to not have your Locator & Pages indexed on search engines if there is duplicate content across multiple instances of the Locator. This solution is for use-cases where there are multiple p

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• Can Locator + Pages be implemented into Shopify?

  This article shows how to embed the Uberall Locator + Pages widget inside of your Shopify pages. It also describes challenges, that might occur and how to overcome them. Can Locator + Pages be implemented into Shopify? The quick answer to this question is: Yes . You can integrate the Uberall Locator snippet in one of your Shopify pages. How to embed

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• How to achieve best performance and SEO for Locator + Pages?

  This article holds a summary of topics to consider, when focused on SEO and Locator + Pages. Delete Disclaimer Please be aware, that completing all following steps will match your Locator to SEO industry standards. It does not guarantee indexing or ranking improvements. We do see SEO as a mosaic of lots of pieces, which put together in a certain way

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• How to embed the Uberall Locator via iFrame

  This article gives a guide on how to embed your Locator via iFrame on your website. Not recommended Uberall does not recommend this solution, as it is not beneficial for SEO. To embed your Locator via iFrame follow these steps: Have your code set up First of all you need to have your HTML code of the locator ready. Find our how to set it up here. Ex

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• Locator & Pages Re-ordering Pages Components

  It is possible to re-arrange the displayed components on the Local Pages. Components, can be moved vertically, but not horizontally between columns. Components of the Primary column must stay in that column, the same thing can be said for components of the Secondary column. To re-order the components of the each column, use the column's respective d

  November 3rd, 2021 233 views 0 likes
• Locations without Pages in Locator

  This article explains how you can display pins of locations on your Locator, without creating Location pages for them. Locator without Pages The intended behavior of our Locator + Pages product is, to provide a Map, display locations on it and create a Location Page for each location. There might be use cases though, where you don't want your locati

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• Services

  This article gives an overview of everything to know about Services. More detailed information will be linked in each section.  What is Services? Services allows users to enhance location information with a list of services provided by the business.  Where are Services Displayed? Services are displayed on the Google Maps mobile app and the Uberall L

  November 21st, 2021 824 views 0 likes
• Map Styling for Locator + Pages

  This article gives an overview of the process to change the colours of the map in Locator + Pages. Map Style Locator The default style of Locator + Pages is based on the default theme of Google Maps. To integrate Locator + Pages into your website, it might be reasonable to adjust the map colours to match your website's branding. Default: The default

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• How to change the style of the map in Locator & Pages?

  This article explains how to change the style of the Locator's map using the Google MapStyle tool.  To provide styles for the static map in the location details page, there are two ways:  Adding a script tag:  Create a script tag before the store locator script tag and assign the styles string to `window.ubStaticMapStyles` <script type="text/java

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• Locator & Pages Widget Set-Up Guide

  Welcome to the Locator & Pages set-up guide! This guide will help you configure your Locator & Pages html widget to your specifications. It includes basic configurations for the Locator, in-depth articles where you can find more information on the concerned configurations & features and best-practices. The guide is divided into 6 section

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• How To Add an external HTML Widget in Locator & Pages

  It is possible to integrate third party HTML widget into Locator & Pages' Local Pages. You can add a total of 2 third party HTML widgets to the Local Pages, one per column. Request Custom Fields Creation To get started, you must request the creation of 2 custom fields from Uberall. You can do so by getting in contact with your account manager or

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• Implement the Locator & Pages in a Single-page-application (SPA)

  Introduction The store-locator works out of the box for server-side-rendered pages, but for pages that are rendered only once on start and then the browser window doesn't get re-rendered on click of a different page, there have to be some manual configurations to make the store-locator work. This is often the case for websites which use popular fram

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