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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Help!


Dear readers,
I need some assistance with making some upgrades to the blog, adding a map of playground locations and the like.  If you think you could be of help (or if you know how to make a merry-go-round out of a wagon wheel), get in touch!
arcady

[homemade merry go round from wikimedia]
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9 comments:

  1. Playing by the bookFebruary 25, 2010 at 11:09 PM

    I wish I could help as I love your blog, but I'm afraid I dont' have the tech skills to offer... still, I'm excited to read there are going to be developments here :-)

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  2. Michelle ClayFebruary 26, 2010 at 7:47 AM

    I would love to help, but alas, I do not know how to do this. It's a great idea though!

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  3. DanielFebruary 27, 2010 at 8:40 AM

    Hey there, I'd be happy to help. Send me an email at daniel [at] danielbigler.com and we can chat about what you had in mind. Cheers!

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  4. rochelle at PITH + VIGORMarch 1, 2010 at 6:25 AM

    hey-

    let me know what help you need...have you tried google maps?...you can create one and then add sites all over the world (as well as give others permission to add sites) -- also I love your site (read it regularly) and am making a post about your make better project at my own site today....I will mention that you need help with this as well. I started a garden map (for great gardens to visit) some time ago...maybe we can strategize ways of helping each other out with creating a couple of great maps. -
    best,
    Rochelle

    studio 'g' blog

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  5. JasonMarch 4, 2010 at 7:34 PM

    What are you interested in building? We might be able to help you at KaBOOM!. Send me an email: jcooper@kaboom.org.

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  6. mikeMarch 5, 2010 at 2:09 PM

    For the map, I'd suggest using Google My Maps (http://maps.google.com/maps/mm). Create a map (or one for each region, etc) then click 'Link' and copy the code beneath 'Paste HTML to embed in a website'.

    You can click 'Customize and preview' before copying the code, if you want to change zoom levels, size of the map, etc.

    Paste the copied HTML into your template, or into an individual post. I've confirmed that this works in blogger.

    There are more complicated ways of doing this that give more control, but this one's easy and fast, and still looks good.

    Good luck! Thanks for writing this great blog.

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  7. UnknownMarch 9, 2010 at 12:15 PM

    We use Google Maps to show community gardens in Chicago. It is free, easy to use, and we can post it on our website. The downside is that I have not figured out how to add metadata for the points any way but manually.

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  8. becsscollyMarch 11, 2010 at 12:26 AM

    Could you use google maps or something like that?

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  9. mikeApril 30, 2010 at 9:52 AM

    @Meredith: you can add metadata to features using the Google Maps Data API: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/mapsdata/developers_guide_protocol.html

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