Cookie approval seriously impedes use of a Published map embedded in an i-frame

Angus M. shared this question ago

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Hi MindMaanger Hivemind

So I have been experimenting with embedding Published maps in i-frames in static web pages on my WordPress website. You can see what I mean here - https://knowledgemappers.com/products-and-services/mindmanager/#MM-Featured.

So the problem is that when the page first opens for the user it automatically scrolls down to the embeded map in the i-frame in order for them to 'Accept Cookies'. That is ok if the link to the map is intentional (like the one above). However it happens for any link to the page, so the user does not get to the content they thought they were arriving at. So for example the links in the site navigation menu that go to the various menu anchors elsewhere on the MindManager Services page.

This does not happen if the link in the i-frame is to an HTML map file stored on the site. If you scroll down the page from the link above to the footer of my site you will see the embedded navigation map in an i-frame is stored on my server so even though it reloads every time the page is refreshed it does so unobtrusively.

Is there any way round this for Published maps? I appreciate that the Cookie acceptance may be a mandatory thing for maps published on the EU servers but the way it is handled right now is a serious impedement.

Angus

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Nick D.

MindManager Expert

● 31 days ago

Is it not practical to publish the map to a local HTML file and upload that to your site? Or are you showcasing the MindManager-hosted publishing?

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Angus M.

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● 31 days ago

hi Nick

Thanks for respnding.

Firstly yes I am showcasing the various map sharing options with MindManager on that particular link, however it is just one instance of where I have embedded maps in i-frames. I have also embedded them in recent blog posts of knowledge maps of various report documents of importance to the Scottish Tech Sector (https://knowledgemappers.com/category/map-news/), which I have been sharing a lot on Linkedin and other Scottish Tech specific platforms. Embedding in blog posts was the principle scenario I thought of (so people may be coming for the blog post content in general rather than the MM map itself), but i've also shared a couple of event programme knowledge maps so they would be embedded in the event website (eg. The Scottish Business Network are now a fan and have embedded my event map on the home page of their conference archive website https://siw25.heysummit.com/)

I am a relatively recent convert to Map Publishing but I have become a huge fan (as somebody who has embedded local HTML map files in websites too). Yes it is a lot more convenient, but also not everyone actually has access to upload files to servers, so it is hugely empowering. They may in theory have the authority to do it, but in reality they are giving instructions to their techie guy / dedicated webmaster. Fore example my Scottish Business Network contact could see the value in being able to alter and republish the event programme map in reposne to last minute changes with a few key strokes on his laptopo a lot quicker then his webmaster will turn things around editing web pages.

Also having to get them to upload a revised HTML map file to the server would completely negate that advantage.

Also as you are aware my maps are usually large in terms of branches but also file size as I try to incorporate images as much as possible (but I do try to make them as small as possible in terms of file size), otherwise what's the point in working visually? This makes the HTML file size quite large so possibly file sharing becomes an issue if it's too big to attach to an email.

Anyway this is just experimental and if nothing can be changed then so be it., that's just what happens if you chose to embed the published map in an i-frame as opposed to a local HTML file.

But I am such a huge fan of the feature, and I am mainly speaking to non MM users (in the hope that it is one of the things that will 'sell' the software to them, along with the value added services that will help them eventually do it for themselves), so I just want it to be as good as possible.

Finally as I point out in the standard explanatory blurb in the embedded map blog posts, the whole 'dynamic, interactive map in an i-frame' is just how Google Maps are served to web pages across the entire interweb, and they manage to do that without asking users to accept cookies first....

Thanks again for your interest

Angus

hi Nick

Thanks for respnding.

Also having to get them to upload a revised HTML map file to the server would completely negate that advantage.

Anyway this is just experimental and if nothing can be changed then so be it., that's just what happens if you chose to embed the published map in an i-frame as opposed to a local HTML file.

Thanks again for your interest

Angus

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