Help

This page contains help for you to use Boatlaunch. If you cannot find what you are looking for here, then please Contact us.

Editing existing information

We encourage you to edit places on Boatlaunch.

If you see Edit Page above the map, you can go ahead and make changes. Simply click on the text and you will be able to update the information about the place including its position.  We rely on our users to keep all the information up to date and accurate.

There is a range of formatting styles that you can apply.

'''Bold Text''' will make Bold Text
''Italic Text'' will make Italic Text

* Bullet
* Points
* And
* Lists
will make

• Bullet
• Points
• And
• Lists

==Heading 2== will produce
Heading 2

===Heading 3=== will produce
Heading 3

Linking to other web sites:
Use curly brackets and vertical separators so that
{http://www.boatlaunch.co.uk|Boatlaunch} will produce
boatlaunch with a link to www.boatlaunch.co.uk

Creating an email link:
Use curly brackets and vertical separators so that
{mailto:geoff@boatlaunch.co.uk?subject=Feedback|email me feedback}
will produce
email me feedback with a link that will create a blank email to geoff@boatlaunch.co.uk and a subject of Feedback

Preferences

You can specify what locations you want to appear on the map e.g. slipways, marinas etc. to suit your own needs. Click on the checkboxes to select and de-select the categories you're interested in.

Your settings will also be saved from one visit to the next as long as you have your cookies enabled.

This feature is ideal for any boating websites, including clubs and associations. The maps and data are displayed on your web site without our logo or advertisements. All the data is automatically updated on your web site when its updated on our web site. Its easy to set up and its a free service.
To set up an embedded version follows these steps.

1. Logon to the web site by clicking on Logon/Register at the top right hand side of the map. If you have already registered on the site, enter your email and password. If you have not already registered on the site you will need to do so now as a New Member.

2. After you have registered, click on My Profile at the top right hand side of the map. From here you can change your password using the Log on details tab and edit your personal details using the Personal details tab.

3. Click on the Embedded version tab to set up your embedded version. From here you will need to click on
- Sign up for Embedded Boatlaunch
You can control three aspects of your embedded version.

    Opening Page
Opening Page is the first page that a visitor to your embedded version will see. The default page is 2503 which is the Boatlaunch home page. You can choose from any of the thousands of articles, slipways, marinas and other information including articles that you have posted onto boatlaunch. You must provide the ID number of the page that you wish to display. To find out the ID number, go to the boatlaunch home page in a new window and fetch the page that you're interested in. The ID number will be shown beneath the left hand side of the map.

In this example, the ID of the page is 77.

    Default Map View
The Default Map View is the map that visitors will see when they first visit your embedded version. You can drag the map around and use the control buttons at the top right of the map to change the area. If you choose an opening page that refers to a geographic point, such as a slipway, the map will be centred on that geographic location.

    Pre-Selected Filters
You can specify the layers of information visitors to your website are able to view and the layers that are displayed to visitors on their first visit to your website. Select layers in the Enabled column to make this available to your visitors. It wont necessarily be displayed on the map when they first visit, they may have to select it from the Prefs tab above the map. Select layers in the Pre Selected column to have that information displayed on the map when users first visit the web site.

4. Click on
- Save your configuration changes
and wait for the page to refresh. Then simply copy and paste the text at the top of the page into your web site to create your embedded version of boatlaunch.

5. To make changes to your embedded version, log on to the boatlaunch web site and go to the embedded version tab.
Click on
- Edit your embedded configuration
and make any changes you require to the opening page, the default map view or the filters. Once you have saved the configuration, the changes will automatically be reflected in your embedded version. You do not need to copy any new code into your web site.
If you need further assistance, please contact us.

Take your embedded version of boatlaunch a stage further with our value added pack.

This allows you to add your own layer such as a list of good fishing spots for example. Any data you put onto Boatlaunch remains your data with the advantage that it will achieve a wider distribution and can be viewed in context with a host of other boating related information. Information on Boatlaunch is licensed under a Creative Commons License and users are free to copy, distribute and display the information, provided they give the original author credit and they do not use the information for commercial purposes and do not alter, transform, or build upon it.
You control the ways that users interact with your information. We can set it up so that anyone can edit, amend and add to the information, or it can be set up so that only you can make changes to the data.
You can build on information that is already on boatlaunch and customise one of our existing layers. For example, create a subset of slipways that are suitable for Jetskiers. These slipways can be displayed separately and with their own icon and you can enable and pre select this data for your embedded version. You can also add a message at the bottom of the listing including a hyperlink back to your web site.

Please Contact us for to discuss your requirements.