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Create a Location Finder Page

Who does this article apply to?

  • Enterprise accounts.
  • Accounts in the United States.

Location Finder Pages allow you to publish a webpage with a list of all your locations. You can use these same instructions to create finder pages for Restaurants, ATMs, Healthcare Professionals, and Healthcare Facilities. Users can then search for a specific location, or click to view individual webpages for each location. To set up individual location pages, see Create a Page Builder Template.

To create a Location Finder Page:

  1. Click Pages in the navigation bar and click All Sites.
  2. Click Edit next to the Site you would like to create the Template under. 
    • If you have not created a Site yet, click on the + Add New Site button. For full instructions on creating a Site, see Add a New Site.
  3. Click + Add New Template. A dialog box appears.
  4. Click Select Page Type and select Static Page.
  5. Click Choose Entity Type and select Location.
  6. Click Continue.
  7. Enter the page name in the text box and click Create.
  8. Click on the Store Locator module in the sidebar.
  9. Adjust the map settings.
    1. To adjust the radius of the search results, click Radius and update the number in the text box, then click Save.
    2. To adjust the number of results that will appear, click Max Results and update the number in the text box, then click Save.
    3. To adjust the default map location enter your desired latitude and longitude in Map Center Latitude and Map Center Longitude text boxes, then click Save.
      • The default map view will display the United States. We recommend searching in Google for the latitude and longitude of the desired region that you would like the map to display as the default.
      • If you enter incorrect coordinates for latitude and longitude, the map will not display correctly and will show a grey box in its place.
    4. To adjust the default zoom settings, click Zoom (Between 1 and 5) and enter the desired value in the text box.
      • Note: 1 is the most zoomed out, and 5 is the most zoomed in.
    5. To select your desired metric for distance click Use Miles and select Yes to use miles as the distance metric, or select No to use kilometers.
  10. Adjust the search settings.
    1. To adjust the headline text above the search box, click Headline and update the text in the text box, then click Save.
    2. To adjust the subheader, click Prompt Text and update the text in the text box, then click Save.
    3. To adjust the link text that prompts users to use their location instead of entering a location in the search box, click Request Location Text and update the text in the text box, then click Save.
    4. To adjust the text that appears in the search box, click Placeholder Text and update the text in the text box, then click Save.
    5. To add a default query to run instead of leaving the page in an empty search state, click Default Query and select the entity and field, or enter a constant value for the default search terms.
    6. To update the text of the search button, click Search Button Text and update the text in the text box, then click Save.
  11. Customize the search result experience.
    1. Click Location Label and Location Label (Plural) to update the text in the text box, then click Save.
      • Note: This will display under the search box and defaults to ‘[x] out of [x] locations near [search query]’.
    2. (Optional) To adjust the locations that are eligible to appear in the search results, click Saved Filter ID and enter the relevant Saved Filter ID. To create a Saved Filter, see Apply an Advanced Filter.
      • Note: if you do not enter a Saved Filter ID, the search results will return all location type entities in the account that meet the search criteria, including entities that are not launched on Pages.
  12. Customize the Search Results card.
    1. Click Results.
    2. To adjust the first field that appears in the search results, click Card Title and select the desired field.
    3. To make the Card Title clickable, click Card Title Link URL to adjust the URL that the Card Title will link to. Otherwise, leave this field blank if you would not like the Card Title to be a link.
    4. Click on the other fields that appear in the results card to adjust which Yext Content fields they pull from.
    5. Click Get Directions Label to adjust the text that links to Google Maps.
    6. Click on the View Details Link Text and View Details Link URL to adjust the text and the link that users can click on to access more information about the search result.
    7. Click on the Back to Store Locator link to return to the other module fields.
  13. Once you've made your customizations, click on the Back to Content link to return to the sidebar.
  14. (Optional) Add additional modules, or customize the design of the page. For detailed steps, see Customize your Pages.
  15. (Optional) Configure your URL to customize how the full page URL will appear. For more information, see Add a Domain.
  16. Publish your Template. For full instructions, see Publish your Pages.

To preview your page, click on the Preview URL link. For more details, see Share Page links.

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