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RyanParr
Qrew Assistant Captain
4 years ago

Hyperlink to Google Maps

Attempting to build a link that would navigate users to a google map page.  What am I doing wrong? Using the logic below results in an "http://<a href=" ahead of the url. i.e. http://<a href=http:/...
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MarkShnier__You's avatar
MarkShnier__You
Qrew #1 Challenger
not tested recently, but try this. Let me know if it works.


var text URL = "http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q="
&URLEncode([Account - Venue Address]);

var text Words = ToText([Account - Venue Address]);
"<a href=" & $URL & ">" & $Words & "</a>"


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RyanParr's avatar
RyanParr
Qrew Assistant Captain
4 years ago
That worked! But I was attempting to make it a button.

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  • MichaelTamoush's avatar
    MichaelTamoush
    Qrew Captain
    4 years ago
    Here's what I use for a button. You can play around with every setting to change the look (more rounded, less rounded, different color background/font/border, etc). If I remember correctly I got this from Kirk Trachy's Magic Buttons.

    var text URL = "http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q="
    &URLEncode([Account - Venue Address]);

    var text Words = ToText([Account - Venue Address]);

    "<a style=\"text-decoration:none; background: #305988; border-radius: 5px; color: #ffffff; display: inline-block; padding: 4px 0px 0px 0px; width:194px; height:22px; text-align: center; text-shadow: none; border: 1px solid #030404; font-size: 12px \"href='"
    & $URL
    & "'>" & $Words & "</a>"


    Notes:
    -The padding is top,right, bottom, left. Or you can remove two of them and it becomes top/bottom, right/left
    -If you remove the height or width it will auto determine it based on the font size etc.
    -Make border radious 1000px for a fully rounded button
    -I've never played with 'text-decoration' so I don't actually know what that is lol. But I suspect a quick google will solve that.
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