Working With the Store Locator Web Part
The Store Locator Web Part provides shoppers with a tool to find a store according to a specific location, either by Zip or Postal Code, or country, state, province or city.
The shopper enters in their address, ZIP code or postal code and clicks Search. The Store Locator Web Part will list all of the store locations in the area defined by the Search Radius property. The shopper then selects a store location from the list, and clicks on Get driving directions. Directions to the store location will be provided based on the address, ZIP code or postal code first entered for the search.
Note
The Store Locator Web part will be in Staging mode when it is first installed. You must get a Production account for the Virtual Earth service and reconfigure the Web Part to set up the Production environment for the site. Please see Store Locator Web Part for more information on setting up a Production environment.
Web Part
The following figure shows the Store Locator Web Part.
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The following figure shows the store locations for a specific Zip Code.
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The following figure shows the map details and driving instructions for the selected store.
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Property Sheet
The following figure shows the Store Locator Web Part property sheet. The Store Locator Web Part property sheet lets site designers control some aspects of the Web Part's behavior and appearance. The property sheet is displayed by selecting the edit option on the Web Page (in Edit Page mode) and then selecting Modify Shared Web Part. This displays the property sheet. Expand the sections to see the relevant properties.
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Properties
The following table lists and describes the properties for the Store Locator Web Part.
Property |
Type |
Description |
Default value |
|---|---|---|---|
Distance Unit |
String |
Unit of measurement to use for distance calculations. Supported types are kilometers "Km" or miles "Mi". |
Mi |
Search Radius |
Integer |
Radius to use to search for nearby stores. |
50 |
Disable "Map Navigation" |
Checkbox |
Use to disable the navigation controls on the Virtual Earth Map Control. |
Un-checked |
Disable "Driving Directions" |
Checkbox |
Use to disable the driving directions capability of the Store Locator Web Part. |
Un-checked |
Disable "Bird's Eye View" |
Checkbox |
Use to disable the bird's eye view capability of the Store Locator Web Part. |
Un-checked |
"Search address push-pin" image URL |
String |
Custom pushpin image URL to use with the search address provided by the shopper. |
Home icon |
"Store push-pin" image URL |
String |
Custom pushpin image URL to use for the store locations. |
Virtual Earth pushpin icon |
Use Virtual Earth "Production" environment |
Checkbox |
Specify if the Virtual Earth production environment or staging environment should be used. |
Un-checked |
Virtual Earth token timeout |
Integer |
Amount of minutes before the Virtual Earth supplied client token expires. Valid values are between 15 and 480 minutes. |
0 |