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Maps portal reference

Look up every element on the Maps page of the portal, in order, from the header and search bar to map cards, badges, filters, and pagination.

Every element on the Maps page of the portal, in the order they appear. The page lives at /<account-slug>/maps, and on a connected custom domain the root URL redirects here.

Everyone sees the same portal page at the same URL. This reference covers the signed-in member view, including the controls and chips that map creators use. Each section also states what visitors and signed-out members see.

For the conceptual model (what the portal is, the two pages, visitor vs signed-in mode), see How portals work in MangoMap. For the rules that decide whether a given map appears at all, see How map access works in MangoMap.

A sticky bar across the top of the page.

Where Top of every portal page
Configured in Customisation

Left side, in order:

  • Logo — the portal logo if one is uploaded under Customisation. With no logo, nothing shows, and the portal name starts at the left.
  • Portal name — the name configured under Customisation. The browser tab title also uses it.

Right side, in order:

  • Navigation items — the items configured in Customisation → portal navigation. Each item is one of: Link, Email Link, Modal, Terms Modal, Maps, Map portal, Data portal. A Maps item with more than one target map renders as a dropdown. A Terms Modal item auto-opens on the first visit each session and must be accepted via a checkbox before the visitor can dismiss it.
  • Create a map button (admin) — a Create a map button with a plus icon. Visible to signed-in account members with the Create map permission (Owner or Admin role). Clicking it creates a new Untitled Map and opens it in the editor.

The header is sticky — it stays in view while the page scrolls.

Where Below the header, above the search bar
Configured in Customisation
Visible on Desktop and tablet only — hidden on mobile

Shows the banner headline and body content set under Customisation. On mobile, the banner appears in the navigation drawer so it does not push content down.

Search and filters bar

A sticky horizontal toolbar that contains every browse control. Sits below the header on desktop, and below the mobile top bar on mobile.

Page tabs

Where Left end of the toolbar
Choices Maps, Data

Switches between the Maps page and the Data page. The icon-only toggle uses a map icon and a database icon with tooltips.

Where Centre of the toolbar
Searches Map title, description, creator name, tags
Behaviour Results update as you type

A text input with a magnifying-glass icon and a clear (X) button when the field has a value. Matches are case-insensitive substrings against any of the four fields. On mobile the search collapses to a magnifying-glass icon and expands inline when tapped.

Layout toggle

Where Right side of the toolbar
Choices Card, List
Default The portal’s default layout, set in Customisation
Persisted Yes — remembered for the session

Two icon buttons: a grid icon for Card view, and a rows icon for List view.

Sort menu

Where Right side of the toolbar, after the layout toggle
Default The portal’s default map sort, set in Customisation. Title (A-Z) when not set
Persisted Yes — remembered for the session

A dropdown with five options:

Option What it sorts by
Title (A-Z) Alphabetical by title
Title (Z-A) Reverse alphabetical by title
Newest First Most recently created first
Oldest First Oldest created first
Recently Updated Most recently updated first
Maps portal signed in as the owner, with the MangoMap Examples header and Create a map button, the banner, and the search and filters bar. The sort menu is open with Title (A-Z), Title (Z-A), Newest First, Oldest First, and Recently Updated above the Access Gallery map cards

Advanced filters button (admin)

Where Right end of the toolbar
Visible to Signed-in account members only

A Filters button with a filter icon that opens the Advanced filters popover. On mobile it collapses to the icon only. Visitors do not see this button.

Map grid

The main page body. Renders as a grid of cards or a vertical list, depending on the Layout toggle.

Where Below the search bar
Page size 12 maps per page
Empty state A map icon with the message “No results” and guidance to adjust search or filters

Card view

Three cards per row on large screens, two on medium, one on small. Each card has a 16:9 thumbnail at the top and content below.

List view

A vertical stack of rows. Each row has a square thumbnail on the left. Beside it are the title, a one-line description, and the metadata chips. The … menu button is at the right end of the row (next to the title on mobile).

Maps portal in list view sorted Title (Z-A), scrolled to the end of the first page: map rows such as Singapore Editing Sandbox and Proximity Analysis Lab, each with a thumbnail, title, description, the Public badge, portal-visibility and search icons, creator and updated chips, and a … button on the right. Below the rows: Showing 1–12 of 26 results and page buttons 1 to 3

What’s on a map card

As a signed-in account member with permission to delete the map (the creator and the account owner), each card shows the map’s publishing status in metadata chips below the title and description. This view helps you manage the portal.

Top to bottom on each card:

  • Thumbnail — a 16:9 image (the map’s saved thumbnail).
  • Title
  • Description
  • Access-mode badge — a chip with an icon and label showing the map’s publishing mode. See Access-mode badges below for the full set.
  • Portal-visibility indicators — two small circular icons:
  • Eye / Eye-slash — shows whether the map is listed in the public portal. The map’s Show in public portal setting and access mode determine the state — see How map access works in MangoMap.
  • Magnifier / Magnifier-minus — shows whether the map is allowed to appear in search engine results.
  • Group Editable chip — shown when at least one access group has edit permission on the map.
  • Creator chip — the creator’s first name with a person icon. Tooltip shows the full name and creation date.
  • Updated chip — the last-updated date in short form (e.g., Mar 4) with a calendar icon. Tooltip shows the full date.
  • … menu button — top-right corner of the thumbnail. Opens the Map card menu.

What anonymous visitors see

Anonymous visitors — and signed-out account members — see a stripped-down version of every card: only the thumbnail, title, and description. None of the metadata chips render publicly: no access-mode badge, no portal-visibility indicators, no Group Editable chip, no creator name, no updated date, no … menu. The card is intentionally clean for the public-facing experience.

If you want to see what your audience sees, sign out and open the portal in the same browser — the chips disappear and only the cover content remains.

Access-mode badges

The access-mode chip on each card uses one of four labels, matching the map’s publishing mode:

Label What it means
Public Accessible to anyone with the URL.
Link Accessible only through the private share link — the standard public URL is hidden.
Password Requires a password and the URL.
Internal Public access is off. Only signed-in users with permission can open the map.

For the full access model and the difference between Link and a fully Public map, see How map access works in MangoMap.

Map card menu (admin)

Opened by clicking the … button on a map card. Contains:

Item What it does Who sees it
Duplicate Map Creates a copy of the map and opens it. Anyone who can delete the map.
Delete Map Opens the Delete confirmation dialog. Red text. Anyone with the Delete map permission (the map’s creator or the account owner).

If you can do neither, the … button does not appear.

Pagination controls

Where Below the map grid, when there is more than one page
Page size 12 maps per page (not user-configurable)

Shows the current page, total pages, and a count of items being shown (e.g., Showing 1–12 of 47 results). Previous and next buttons and numeric page buttons let you jump directly to a page.

Advanced filters popover (admin)

A dialog titled Filter Maps, opened from the Advanced filters button.

Filter Maps dialog over the Maps portal, with the sections Access type (Public, Link, Password, Internal), Date (Start Date and End Date with a range slider), and Owner (Abraham Ortelius), and the Reset and Apply Filters buttons

Three filter sections, in order:

Access type

A chip for each access mode present across your maps. Pick one or more to limit the grid to maps in those modes.

Date

A pair of date pickers — Start Date and End Date — and a range slider. A map is included when either its created date OR its last-updated date falls within the range. The pickers are prefilled with the date bounds of the maps in your account.

Owner

A chip for every account member who created at least one map. Pick one to limit the grid to that member’s maps; picking another chip replaces the first.

Apply and Clear

Two buttons at the bottom of the popover:

  • Apply Filters — applies the chosen filters and closes the popover.
  • Clear All (or Reset when no filters are active) — clears all selections.

Applied filters persist for the session.

Delete confirmation dialog

Where Opens when you click Delete Map in the Map card menu
Permanence Deleting a map is permanent; you cannot recover it

The dialog has a warning icon and shows:

  • A heading — Delete map.
  • A body paragraph explaining that the map configuration, visualisations, and settings will be permanently removed, that the underlying datasets are not affected, and that the action cannot be undone.
  • A Map details: summary with the map’s title, creator, and access mode.
  • Two buttons — Cancel (text button) and Delete map (red contained button).
Where Bottom of the page
Configured in Customisation → portal footer content

Shows the footer content set under Customisation.

What appears here

The page lists the union of two sets of maps, depending on who is viewing.

For visitors (and signed-out account members) a map appears when all three of these are true:

  • Allow public access is on.
  • Publishing mode is Public.
  • Show in public portal is on.

Maps in Link-only or Password mode are accessible at their URLs but never appear in the portal listing. A Public map can also be hidden from the portal by turning Show in public portal off.

For signed-in account members the listed set widens to also include:

  • Maps the member created.
  • Maps shared with any access group the member belongs to.
  • Every map in the account when the member is the account owner.

See How map access works in MangoMap for the full access model and How to publish a map to the web for the per-map publishing flow.

What this reference does NOT cover

  • Portal branding — name, logo, banner, footer, default layout, custom domain — see How to configure the portal.
  • Per-map access settings — the controls that decide whether a map appears here — see Map access.
  • The map editor itself — opening a card or list row takes you into the editor, which is documented separately.
  • The Data page — see /docs/portals/data-portal-reference for the parallel page.