Group Finder Module Documentation

Introduction

Group Package 1 websites contain a mix of default verbiage and imagery, with your group's details. This is managed for you by Scouts Online. There is no ability change the settings.

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The Group Finder module is only applicable for District and County websites.

The Group Finder module allows the website visitor to find their closest group.

The user enters their postcode and is presented with a map with their location and the location of your groups. Below the map is a list of your groups in distance order.

Use Cases

The following panels show specific tasks. Click on a panel to see the procedures.

Add a Group Finder to your page

Provide a way for website visitors to find their nearest group from the groups on your website.

You can provide a way for website visitors to find their nearest group from the groups on your website.

To do this, follow these steps:

  • Add a Group Finder module to your own pages, using the Page Designer
  • Click the settings below the module and override the default settings (see here)
  • Set the Background Colour of the group finder module
  • Set the Text Colour
  • Set the Text Top HTML
    Hint: You can create the HTML using by adding a Text/HTML module to your page and copying the Source Source
  • Set the Text Left HTML
  • Set the Text Right HTML
  • Set the Text Bottom HTML
  • Set the Animation Fields as required
  • Click Save to keep your changes or Cancel to abandon your changes

NB. If you make a mistake, you may reverse the change in the Admin/Admin Audit Trail

Fig. 1: Default settings fields

Fig. 2: Group finder with default settings

Personalise the Group Finder Text

Add text or HTML to the areas at the top, left, right and bottom of the postcode field.

You can add text or HTML to the areas at the top, left, right and bottom of the postcode field.

To do this, follow these steps:

  • Click the settings below the module and override the default settings (see here) or add a module to your own pages, using the Page Designer
  • Set the Text Top HTML
  • Set the Text Left HTML
  • Set the Text Right HTML
  • Set the Text Bottom HTML
  • Hint: You can create the HTML using by adding a Text/HTML module to your page and copying the Source Source
  • Click Save to keep your changes or Cancel to abandon your changes

NB. If you make a mistake, you may reverse the change in the Admin/Admin Audit Trail

Fig. 1: HTML added to Top, Left, Right and Bottom

Fig. 2: HTML added to Top, Left, Right and Bottom