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MapsAlive itself and the tours it creates can run on the following browsers:
IE 6.0+
Firefox 0.8+
Safari 1.2.4+
Netscape 7.1+
Mozilla 1.4+ |
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MapsAlive is a web application that lets you make your online maps, floor plans and diagrams come alive. A web application is like a desktop program except that it runs in your browser and you don’t have to download or install any software. It’s available here 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, anywhere in the world. It’s always up to date and you never have to pay for upgrades.
MapsAlive is ideal for real estate — houses, condos, apartments, businesses, location maps — you name it. You can also create interactive business graphics, travel maps, interactive diagrams and more for your website. Learn more. |
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| Can I use MapsAlive to build a web site that is not a Tour? |
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| Yes, you can create a web site with one or more pages even if you don't want to use maps and markers. You can use MapsAlive to add content to your pages and build your web site automatically. |
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| Why do I have to sign up for a membership to begin using MapsAlive? |
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| You need to sign up for a membership so we can keep track of your tours and so only you can access and update your tours. Your membership gives you access to our online Tour Builder that automatically creates your tour using your own photographs and text content. It does not cost anything to sign up and you only need to provide your email address and a password. |
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| Do you sell personal information to other companies? |
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| No. We keep all membership information confidential. |
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| Do I need any web design experience to create a MapsAlive Tour? |
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| No. MapsAlive is fully automated so you don’t need any web design or software development experience to create a tour. |
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| Do I have to download any software to use MapsAlive? |
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| No. MapsAlive is web-based. You don’t have to download anything onto your computer to use it. Just sign up and you can begin creating tours. |
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| Will my Tour have its own web address (URL)? |
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Yes. Each MapsAlive tour gets its own unique URL. The tour that MapsAlive builds is actually a mini web site – a set of web pages – with its own URL similar to this:
tour.mapsalive.com/1234
In this example, 1234 is the name of a folder on the MapsAlive web server that is devoted exclusively to your tour. Whenever you make changes to your tour and build it again, MapsAlive updates the tour’s web pages so that anyone visiting your tour will see the changes immediately. You can use the tour as a stand-alone web site, or if you already have your own web site, you can use the tour’s URL as a link from your site. You can even have a MapsAlive tour appear within a page on your web site like we do with the sample tours on the MapsAlive home page.
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| Can I use my own URL for my tour? |
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| MapsAlive provides a unique URL for your tour, but if you want to use a URL with a more descriptive name we suggest that you use www.godaddy.com to purchase the domain name you want and to have it automatically forwarded to your tour's URL (this is called Domain Forwarding). It's inexpensive, quick to set up, and you don't need your own web site because your tour is on our web site. For example, with domain forwarding you could use a URL like www.myhouse.com and it would automatically be forwarded to your MapsAlive tour such as tour.mapsalive.com/12345. |
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| Can I still access my tours if MapsAlive is down for maintenance? |
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| Yes. Tours that you create with MapsAlive are not dependent on the MapsAlive web application or database. A tour is a standalone folder of files — HTML, JavaScript, Flash, etc. — that execute independently of MapsAlive. So for example, MapsAlive could be down for maintenance, but your tours are always available. |
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| How do I get a free copy of SmartDraw? |
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| When you make a MapsAlive purchase of $247 or more (a minimum of 190 slides), you receive a free copy of SmartDraw 2009 — a $312 value. To get your free copy, all you have to do is send us your shipping address in an email. Your free software will be shipped directly from SmartDraw.com. Please include SmartDraw Offer in the subject line of your email. |
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