Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Use BlockWild to create an embedded map of multiple events

Check out this example for the 'Off the Grid' Food Truck events in San Francisco. Just post them on the BlockWild.com website under the same account. Not only will your events appear on a local community event map but you can create an embedded map for your website or blog by clicking "Share or Embed this Map' and cutting and pasting the widget code.

Monday, January 24, 2011

Now you can create map widgets on BlockWild

Check out this map widget of Bay Area Farmers Markets that you can create on BlockWild.

It's easy to make a widget out of any form of mapped content you see on the BlockWild: garage sales, festivals, farmers markets, "events in the Inner Richmond this weekend", or just create a map widget for a specific event.

Just click the "Share or Embed this Map" button to create a widget out of any content you have displayed.

Changes are coming to BlockWild


We really appreciate all the local content that users have contributed to the BlockWild map recently.

However, based on feedback from a lot of you we've decided to focus our efforts on building a map of community events in the Bay Area. This means that two things are happening: 1) The BlockWild web application will now geolocate on San Francisco when you first come to the site. This is so that we can highlight what a robust community map of local events looks like; and 2) We've decided to focus on sharing and discovering local EVENTS on the BlockWild map. This primarily what users have been sharing and searching for and we'd like to really focus the message of the website. If we can build a replicable community around local events then we will 'add back' classifieds, rentals, etc.

Even though the site initially locates on San Francisco you can still search, discover and post events on a local map of your community by typing your location in the NEAR field.

Thanks for understanding and check out our new look. Keep an eye out for some other cool features, like our map widgets that are coming out.

As usual, don't forget that you can use the BlockWild Facebook to create a map tab for your Facebook fan page.

Take care,

The BlockWild Team