element vs code block for google map – need it to be full width

so at first i just tried to use your google map element that comes with the theme. i thought it was going to be perfect.. but i can’t get it to work. i tried the following:

first i was getting an api key error message:
1. i updated the theme. updating solved the api key error message… but

map still wasnt working so i searched your forums and found one recent solution and tried that:
2. i put in custom css that you recommended in the forum which was supposed to be a work around for the google map issue.

map still not working …… :
3. so i decided to get code from google maps and inserted my api key…. and then put this in a text block and in a code block (to see if one would work better than the other). doing it this way got the google map to show up in both cases………..

neither way would let the google map be full screen.
4. i tried putting the code block in a color section and did some custom css that was recommended on here… trying to get the google map in the color section>>code block to work full screen. this too did not work to get the map to show full screen.

can someone with kriesi recommend a solution for this? I know some people have already asked this question but i didnt see the code block or text block part. really i just need a solution that will work so i can get past this for now…. thanks for your help!