TOPIC: How to add a map to an article? v 2.0.5

This tutorial is based on Joomla 2.5, and Hotspots Version 2.0.5. Also, the SEO Settings are:

Search Engine Friendly URLs: Yes
Use URL rewriting: Yes
Adds Suffix to URL: Yes
Unicode Aliases: No

For the first part of this tutorial we will use part of the tutorial located at: http://www.ostraining.com/blog/joomla/how-to-link-from-one-joomla-article-to-another-using-hidden-menu/

First you need to attach the component (hotspot) to a menu, but you don't wanna show the map attached to an active menu. Then we need to create a new menu, and hide it.

How to hide a menu in joomla?
- Go to Menus/Menu Manager
- Select New
- Fill the information appropriately. Something like:

Unique name: hiddenmenu
Title: Hidden Menu
Description: this menu contains my links
Module Title: myHiddenMenu

- Save that menu
- Go to Menus and select Hidden Menu
- Select New
- Select Hotspots/Map View
- Fill the title and the Alias. Something like:

Title: My Maps
Alias: mymaps

We had the whole hotspots component working in our site, but nobody can see it because there is no link to the map.

The Second Part:
Go to the article where you wanna include your map, select the line where you wanna show the map, and insert the following code:

and replace:
YOUR_WEBSITE_ADDRESS with your actual website address
CATEGORY_ID with the id of the category you wanna show on that map

Tips:
1) Make the height 100 pixels bigger than the height of the map of hotspot component (Components/Hotspots/Layout/Height of the map div)
2) Note that after YOUR_WEBSITE_ADDRESS you have to add the Alias you used when you created the hidden map.
3) To know the category ID number, go toand click on the category markers on top of the map, check the address bar, and the number will be at the end of the line. (NOTE: YOU WILL SEE THIS PAGE ONLY TYPING THE ABOVE LINK BECAUSE IT'S NOT ATTACHED TO ANY VISIBLE MENU FROM YOUR WEBSITE)

You can see the final result here: http://www.vbct.ca/restaurants