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userx edited this page Jan 8, 2016
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#Editor
The editor is used by site administrators to edit the contents of the Layer Toolbox. The contents of the editor and any changes made are stored in a JSON file that is used to build the Toolbox as well as define how the Map behaves when that layer is active.
Categories are the top level of the toolbox (eg: “Waterbirds”) and contain layers.
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Layers are the fundamental component of the Toolbox and define a dataset that is to be accessed from CartoDB. Layers exist within a category and have several required fields (see below).
| field | description |
|---|---|
| title (required) | name that will be displayed in toolbox |
| group (required) | group used for displaying multiple layers at the same time (this is NOT the section name that layers are displayed under in the toolbox. See “Categories” above) |
| type (required) | options: layer, sublayer layer is used for basic layers which do not belong to a group subblayer is used for any layer which belongs to a group |
| key (required) | the cartodb key used to identify a layer |
| hashtag | simple hashtag used for links (this is primarily used to keep old links workings. It is not used when adding new layers.) |
| description | details about the layer. May contain simple html |
| filters | filters allow you to defined specific subsets of the layer which the user can sort by. This field contains a subcategory for each filter which have their own title and SQL fields (both fields are required for each filter you create). The title is what is displayed in the toolbox and the SQL field is the actual SQL query string that will be interpreted by CartoDB to determine what portion of the original layer is returned. |
| fields | to be added |
| link | URL used for the “More info” link that is displayed below the description |
| centerlat, centerlon, zoom | defined zoom to extent button and extent when page is opened using hashtag url. Ex. http://www.ccbbirds.org/maps/#eagles zoom levels are integers from 3 to 18 where: 3 = Multiple continents 5 = United States 8 = State of Virginia 11 = City of Richmond, VA 14 = City of Williamsburg, VA 18 = Individual buildings |
| maxzoom | limits map zoom when layer is active (useful for sensitive data layers, like certain states’ eagle roosts) |
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