kimbolee18

Make sure that in your template you include
‘ <?php wp_head();?> ‘ before the </head> and
‘ <?php wp_footer()?> ‘ just before the </body> tag. These plugins are often pre-programmed to add calls in the header and footer and if you’re not calling them they won’t load.

Nevermind–I found a fix (until the feature is added to the plugin). In the source files for the plugin, there is a file named “map_placeholder_and_directions.tpl” Line 3 reads:

<div class="direction-controls-placeholder" id="direction-controls-placeholder-MAP_PLACEHOLDER_ID_TOKEN" style="background: white; width: MAP_PLACEHOLDER_WIDTH_TOKEN; margin-top: 5px; border: 1px solid #EBEBEB; display: none; padding: 18px 0 9px 0;">

Change the display to display:block and the directions box will appear by default. If you want to pre-set the starting address, change the “value” on line 29
EX: <input type="text" maxlength="2048" tabindex="4" value="YOUR STARTING ADDRESS" name="a_address" id="a_address" title="Start address" class="wp kd-input-text" autocomplete="off" autocorrect="off">

Ending address can be edited in the same way on line 50:

<input type="text" maxlength="2048" tabindex="4" value="YOUR END ADDRESS" name="b_address" id="b_address" title="End address" class="wp kd-input-text" autocomplete="off" autocorrect="off">

Just wondering–has this been implemented yet? I’m designing a site for a client and being able to display the “get directions” box automatically would be fantastic!

I’m having the exact same problem. I also get a problem loading the page to change to the next month. Even when I checked the plugin website the Demo was having an issue.