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Adding a Map

Here is an easy way to add a linked map of your area to your home page and help visitors find you more easily. This link takes the visitor to MapQuest, opening another browser window, which means visitors do not actually leave your site.

From the admin page, login. Below the Home/Pet List, select EDIT HOME PAGE.

Add the following link to your HTML file:

<a href="http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/ia_free?width=300&height=200&level=
9&style=2&streetaddress=2272+e+main+street&city=tucson&state=AZ&zip=
85719"target="new">
<center> Map to our shelter<br><image src="http://mq-graphics.websys.aol.com/gif/sublogo_2.gif"></center></a>

To insert your address into the link, use the following format.

The html tag must be used exactly as it is shown. Change only the address sections in red.

To make the link work properly, you will need to write your address in the following way. Add a plus sign (+) between any words in the address, as shown in the following examples.

(These examples show just a small part of the link, so you can view it more easily.)

This address
5568 E. Main Street
Tucson, AZ 85719
changes to
streetaddress=2272+e+main+street&city=tucson&state=AZ&zip=85719

This address
1287 St. Peters Drive
Perth Amboy NJ 07201
changes to
streetaddress=1288+st+peters+drive&city=perth+amboy&state=NJ&zip=07201

Test your link to see if it provides a map of your address.

Please be aware that not all address will be recognized by MapQuest (for instance, some rural routes).

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