Places

Overview

Places can be used to representative any physical location within the facility. For example; exhibits, restaurants, entrances, and gift shops can all be represented as Places. They can be added to maps using labels and icons. Each place has a detail page in the mobile app that can have rich content added to it. For example, an exhibit place page can have an audio clip from a zookeeper, or, a restaurant place page can have a menu.

How to Create a New Place

  1. Go to Places > Places in the main navigation

  2. Click the “New Place” button in the top right

  3. Fill out the form and click the “Save” button at the bottom

    • Title (required): This is the name of the Place displayed to Guests.

    • Description (optional): A rich text field that will be displayed on the detail page for the place.

    • Graphic (optional): An image that will be displayed on the detail page for the place.

    • Long-term Status: A set of pre-configured statuses that will persist indefinitely until either changed by an admin or overridden from the dashboard.

    • Note (optional): A short message that displays below the Place title throughout the app.

    • Detail Map: If a map is selected, a" “Detail Map” button will appear at the bottom of the screen when this place is selected. This can be used, for example, to show a detailed map of an exhibit.

    • Parent Place: This allows you to put places inside of other places.

    • Place Hours: This relationship determines what opening and closing hours will display.

    • Ambiguous Start/End Times: If either of these is selected, the letters TBD will be displayed instead of the time. Note: The behavior for the places opening and closing will still be based on the related Place Hours.

    • Place Types (optional): This determines which category the place will display within on the Info tab in the mobile app. If nothing is selected, the Place will not be listed, but can still be added to Maps.