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Automatically Ask for the Current User Location

Have MyHome ask visitors to share their location and fill the Location field for them, so a search starts from where they are — and know what to tell someone whose browser blocked the prompt.

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You can enable a feature that asks visitors for their location. If they consent, their address is filled into the Location field automatically, so they can search for ads within a set radius — 30 miles, for example, which they can then adjust themselves.

Turn on the location prompt

To set this up, edit any page that includes the location field with Elementor — this could be your homepage or the search results template.

  1. 1 Open the page in Elementor

    Edit the page where the Location field is present.

  2. 2 Switch the option on

    In the Location widget, set Automatically ask for current user location to Yes.

    Elementor editor with the "Edit Search Vertical" panel open; the Location widget's "Automatically ask for current user location" toggle is set to Yes, and green arrows run from it to the "Where are you looking?" field in the MyHome search bar preview.

From then on, when a new visitor opens the page, their browser prompts them to share their location.

Browser permission bubble over a page, reading "….xyz wants to Know your location" with Block and Allow buttons; the site's domain is blurred out.

If the visitor agrees to share their location, the field is populated with their address as estimated by Google Maps.

If the visitor blocks the request

The prompt belongs to the browser
This prompt is a browser feature. If someone chooses Block, you cannot ask them again — they have to enable it themselves. On a Mac using Chrome, for example, they click the crossed-out pin icon in the address bar, which opens the window shown below. That window varies with the operating system and the browser.
Chrome site information panel opened from a "Not allowed" badge in the address bar, listing "Connection is secure" and a Location row whose toggle is off, above a "Reset permission" button. The domain is blurred out.
Reset permission clears the block, so the prompt can appear again.

Keep reading

Understanding the Search Radius Feature How to Use Elementor with MyHome Theme

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