Search, Near me and distance

The search box above the map lets visitors find the store nearest to them.

1. Select the block and open the Search panel.
2. Keep Search box on.
3. Turn Look up other places on or off (see below).
4. Turn Near me button on or off.
5. Choose the Distance unit: Kilometres or Miles.
6. Choose the Search radius visitors start with: Any distance, 5, 10, 25, 50 or 100.

What visitors see

• They type a town, a postcode or a store name and press Search. Stores whose name, address or other details match are shown at once, without asking any outside service. Case, accents and the spaces in a postcode do not matter.
• When nothing in your list matches and Look up other places is on, the place is looked up on OpenStreetMap. The stores are then sorted by distance from it, each with its distance, and a blue dot marks the place on the map.
• The radius menu next to the search limits the list to the stores within that distance. When no store is within it, the nearest three are shown.
• Near me asks the browser for the visitor’s location and sorts the stores by distance from it. The location stays in the browser.
• Show all brings the full list back.

Good to know

• Distance unit and Search radius appear only when Look up other places or Near me button is on, because a distance needs a starting place.
• Distances are straight lines, not road distances.
• The Near me button shows only on sites with https. In the editor the search is a preview; try it on the published page.
• With Look up other places off, nothing the visitor types leaves the page. A search with no match then says that nothing was found.
• Turn Search box off for a plain map and list with no search.

Watch this part of the video tutorial

See the miles and radius demo