Comments on: Provide Custom Driving Directions in Confirmations https://www.wufoo.com/blog/provide-custom-driving-directions-in-confirmations/ Making forms easy + fast + fun. Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:44:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Adam Hermsdorfer https://www.wufoo.com/blog/provide-custom-driving-directions-in-confirmations/#comment-1291 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:44:55 +0000 http://wufoo.com/?p=4254#comment-1291 Great addition! This lets you keep your events page clean and jazz up the post purchase thank you.

]]> By: Nate https://www.wufoo.com/blog/provide-custom-driving-directions-in-confirmations/#comment-1290 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:21:02 +0000 http://wufoo.com/?p=4254#comment-1290 @Chris: duh… I should’ve thought of that.
Thanks!
I also really valued @Scott’s input re: querystring. I lead me to use the “pw=” prompt on my confirmation screen, which would be much more helpful for someone registering to an event.

My code being:

Click to print directions + map
]]> By: Chris Coyier https://www.wufoo.com/blog/provide-custom-driving-directions-in-confirmations/#comment-1289 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:17:59 +0000 http://wufoo.com/?p=4254#comment-1289 @D. – Perhaps a little known fact, you can!

]]> By: Chris Coyier https://www.wufoo.com/blog/provide-custom-driving-directions-in-confirmations/#comment-1288 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:17:09 +0000 http://wufoo.com/?p=4254#comment-1288 @Nate: Sorry about that issue! A better way to handle this is to use an HTML link in the confirmation message instead of just spewing out the link as I have it. That updated code would be something like this:

<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr={entry:Field4}+{entry:Field5}+{entry:Field6}+{entry:Field7}+{entry:Field8}&daddr=1600+Pennsylvania+Avenue+Northwest+Washington,+DC+20500-0004">View Directions</a>
]]> By: D https://www.wufoo.com/blog/provide-custom-driving-directions-in-confirmations/#comment-1287 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:43:15 +0000 http://wufoo.com/?p=4254#comment-1287 any plans on letting the confirmation email be HTML-customizable?

]]> By: Nate https://www.wufoo.com/blog/provide-custom-driving-directions-in-confirmations/#comment-1286 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:00:13 +0000 http://wufoo.com/?p=4254#comment-1286 I created the form, per your specs.
Map works on the confirmation page (http://is.gd/gkAt7) but when I get the e-mail, the link gets broken up (http://is.gd/gkAq1).
What am I missing?

My code found here: http://is.gd/gkACU
Form found here: http://fmcsc.wufoo.com/forms/test-to-some-event/

]]> By: Michael https://www.wufoo.com/blog/provide-custom-driving-directions-in-confirmations/#comment-1285 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:37:20 +0000 http://wufoo.com/?p=4254#comment-1285 This is fantastic! Thanks for pointing this out, wufoo!

]]> By: Scott Dunham https://www.wufoo.com/blog/provide-custom-driving-directions-in-confirmations/#comment-1284 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:09:07 +0000 http://wufoo.com/?p=4254#comment-1284 Thanks for sharing my tip! Hopefully it’s of some use to everyone.

If anyone’s interested, there are a few other ways you can customize these maps, using the Google Maps query string parameters. There’s a list on this website: http://www.querystring.org/google/google-maps/google-maps-query-string-parameters

Some useful ones I might point out would be “t=” to customize the map type, “z=” to set the default zoom level, and “dirflg=” to alter the directions to do things like avoid highways, tolls, etc…

Make sure to put an “&” between each parameter!

-Scott

]]> By: Nate https://www.wufoo.com/blog/provide-custom-driving-directions-in-confirmations/#comment-1283 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:53:54 +0000 http://wufoo.com/?p=4254#comment-1283 This is awesome and SO handy. You guys rock.

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