Vocabulary

• Dynamic Label: a visual text indicator of an area on the map. These are not interactive.
• Abbreviation: A short name for a label to display at when the map is zoomed out and more label conflicts occur. 

Setting Up Dynamic Labels 2.0

1. Click New Category to get started

2. Name your category (We recommend something like Dynamic Labels V2)

3. Select Dynamic Label V2 from the Category Type dropdown.

• Complete any settings before saving. There are multiple settings on the category level that control how the labels display.
  

  • Floor Level: the floor level labels will be displayed on. Currently, labels can only be on a single level. Floor level will default to 0.

  • Zoom visibility: This setting defaults to "All Levels". If you want to limit the levels labels display on, adjust this setting.

  • Abbreviation Zoom Level: the zoom level the title will transition to the optional, assigned abbreviation when zooming out. Example: If level 16 is picked, abbreviations will appear on all levels 16 and below. If no abbreviation zoom level is set - abbreviations will not display on the map.

• Note: The Dynamic Label V2 name will be changed to simply Dynamic Label once this feature is rolled out to all clients

4. Publish that Category

5. Back on the Locations tab, click Add Label to add a single label manually, or see this article about Bulk Uploading Labels

6. Add and save label details

• Name: this is the text that will display on the map. If no abbreviation or zoom visibility is added, this text will display on all zoom levels.
• Abbreviation: Optionally, add an abbreviation to show when the user zooms out. The zoom level for the change between name and abbreviation is controlled on the category level.
• Category: select the category to associate the label to.
  • Only published dynamic label v2 categories will display as options.
  • Quick tip - not ready to launch the category yet? Use the private or visibility category settings to hide the label category on the front end until your ready!
• List Position (weight):  add a weight to the label to ensure certain labels take precedence over others when conflicting on the map.
  • The lower the number the higher ranking.
  • Numbers can be negative. 
• Visible: If a label is visible, it will display on the front end map.
  
  • Note: category settings can al impact visibility on the map

6. Click the add marker icon and then click the location on the map to drop a pin where the label will display

7. Save the label, and publish your changes on the Labels tab in the publish sidebar

• The publish tab has two sections, “Content” and “Labels”
• The labels section will show labels themselves and updates to label styles

8. Your new Dynamic Label is now visible in the CMS and on your front-end map

Best-Practices

"Always On" ability - By using the Hidden from Sidebar and Default Display category settings, you can make sure your labels are always displaying on front end map

• Make sure Hidden From Sidebar is set to Yes - this prevents visitors from toggling the label on or off
• Next, make sure Default Display is set to Yes - this means the label will be toggled ON when loading the map 
• Since the label is on by default, and cannot be toggled off - this creates Always On functionality. 

Toggle On/Off? - When deciding if you should allow a label to be toggled on/off by the visitor, it's important to note

• • Anything that can be toggled turns OFF in search
  • Labels may not show in Share URLs unless toggled on when generated

How to Set Dynamic Label Styles

1. From the CMS, click the Front End Styles tab

2. Scroll down to Dynamic Labels

3. Here you can set the following styles:

Font - Choose from one of four web fonts with different styling (bold, italic, bold italic)

Font Size - 9-24px

Text Color - Choose from the grid or add the desired hex code

Case - Default, None, UPPERCASE, lowercase

Stroke - Choose from the grid for add the desired hex code

Stroke weight: Default, 0, 1, 2 3

4. Save and Publish changes when finished

Some things to note:

• Dynamic Label 2.0 categories CANNOT have subcategories, but can be a subcategory
• Labels can only be included in a single category

How to add Dynamic Labels to Static Maps

• User can add &map_labels=[category ID] to the static map URL to include labels

• Comma separate the categories to include multiple categories of labels