Hi

I installed the Hack but i dont find the Scheduled task

3.8.STEP 8
Set up the maintenance CRON / Scheduled task
On the left menu in the admincp you?ll find ?Scheduled tasks?
Just add the following

I dont understand this, where is it???

Thanks

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Originally Posted by dirtycrow (Post 1366172) all my markers disappeared. any ideas?

Do a search through this thread about members using special characters (like % $) used in their marker text. This was the issue with many people losing markers.

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Originally Posted by hatschipratschi (Post 1366270) Hi I installed the Hack but i dont find the Scheduled task 3.8.STEP 8 Set up the maintenance CRON / Scheduled task On the left menu in the admincp you?ll find ?Scheduled tasks? Just add the following I dont understand this, where is it??? Thanks

AdminCP - left side navigation bar @ the bottom is:
Scheduled Tasks - expand that; you'll see:
Add new scheduled task

Click that; and enter in the information as stated.

~ Aloha ~

Mine never worked... :(

@ aquariumpros

Thanks!!!

:):):)

All of mine disappeared too. It was working great before.

I looked through the entries looking for odd characters and found none.

EI7 reports this error - Error: 'documentElement' is null or not an object

This had happened to me and I finally found it was from a rowkn link from one user whose marker wasn't working correctly. If one listing is broken in the xml then the markers will not show.

You can look to see if any are broken by running: http://www.yoursite.com/forum/markers.xml replacing 'yoursite' with your site. Look for any broken references which for memory getmarked red. The go in to the user list and delete that user. Once i have odne this all my markers reappeared.

Hope this helps :)

I was able to fix mine. I opened up the markers.xml file is a test editor and searched for the '&' character. I found it in the pimage field for one of my users.

I then went back to cpadmin and deleted the entry. I was not able to edit the entry in cpadmin. I was able to delete the text from the pimage field and save but this didn't solve the problem. The text was still in the markers.xml file.

I really like this plugin but it does seem a little half baked.

Thanks bro, that fixed the problem on my site. I never thought about that. Probably needs a little better form checking. Also, I don't know why it's required to input the additional text. I have to remove that restriction everything I update the plugin.

Also, I was able to download the zip file on another machine. Must have been my computer that corrupted the file. (

I accidentally overwrote my markers.xml when I upgraded just now.

Is there a way to generate another one from the DB somehow?

EDIT - I tried to create a new one via editing the settings in admincp - this did not work.

EDIT2 - When I tried to update my PIN, I got a DB error:
Database error in vBulletin 3.6.8:

Invalid SQL:
SET NAMES 'utf8';

MySQL Error : Unknown system variable 'NAMES'

change this line in /includes/functions_vbgooglemapme.php
// $db->query_first("SET NAMES 'utf8'");

and in /includes/cron/vbgooglemapme_cron.php
// $vbulletin->db->query_first("SET NAMES 'utf8'");

someone fix this hack.

Mine looks just like that. What do I change it too?

change
to
or remove this two line

change in /includes/cron/vbgooglemapme_cron.php
to
this work

I'd like a custom map made for my site ......

Stonyarc if you could either email or PM me I'd be very appreciative ....

rotor

Ok. I keep reading and reading, and there is nothing I have seen yet to answer me, so I'm posting.

Heres the Deal.

I install the mod. I set permissions to marker.xml, i check the files, I generated my google API key for my domain, set the API number in settings, added cron job.

Heres the issue. NO MAP! Nothing. Like... white space when I browse to the page. I don't know why, but it is irritating. I am running vb 3.6.8. Any help would be nice.

There seems to be some problem pulling the settings into the template, im having the same problem as you.

Ok, on line 64 of vbgooglemapme.php, comment the line out.
For some reason you dont need to unserialise the data. Dunt know why, im not good in vb but seems its not needed.

Hello folks,

now we are more and more users to have BIG PROBLEMS with Highslide and Googlemaps. So is there no help for us ?

Regards
Eric

We have installed it - working perfectly!

One thing I would like to change and can not see how to do it. In the general settings, I have set the default zoom of map to 1. I have set the Default zoom of the maps when using a link to show the marker to 6. When you click 'Show on map' from the list of users who have added a marker, the zoom of the map does go to 6 (great).

I have encouraged users to use the BB code that is generated to add 'My Location' to their signatures. When you click on the 'My Location' link in user signatures, it goes to the map with a zoom of 1 (not great) and you can not see which marker it was. I would like it to go to the default zoom of 6.

Any ideas on how to change it to a 6 when they click on 'My Location'.

BTW - this is an awesome mod --- the few users that have set markers are enjoying it and it makes them engage more with the site and helps build the sense of 'community'.

Added:
I can do it manually, by getting the user to change the 1 to a 6 in the BB code they paste into their signature (I can also do it via user profile in AdminCP).

Thanks buddy!

i want to add it to my navi..how would I do that?

I am about ready to give up on this hack. I like the idea, but it is just too problematic and buggy. Can someone please post an updated product and files here for the benefit of everyone who can't get it working?

Add a link to your navbar template.

I have installed this hack numerous times and have experienced many of the problems reported in previous posts.

I have had better luck by deleting references to utf8 in both
/includes/cron/vbgooglemapme_cron.php and /includes/functions_vbgooglemapme.php


The problem of missing markers appears to be related to the markers.xml file make sure the <markers> and </markers> tags are in tact.

Good Luck
Ed
http://ministryofrum.com

Is there anyway to cache the information or speed up the display?
I have 3000+ users mapped and it takes a bit of time to draw all the
Pins. Just wondering!.. Great mod!!!

Russ

That would be nice Russ. Don't know.

Since this mod is not being developed anymore for a while now, does anyone else worry about XSS exploits that may exist with it?

My board was hacked recently thanks to an old flashchat so I am a wee bit paranoid lately.

I see were Google added a new Marker Manager Control!
This will allow you to reduce the markers as needed with zoom levels.

i.e. only do 10 markers at zoom level 3
do 100 markers at zoom level 6
and 1000 markers at zoom level 8

Here is the code:

function setupMap() {
if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
map.setCenter(new GLatLng(41, -98), 4);
window.setTimeout(setupWeatherMarkers, 0);
}
}

function getWeatherMarkers(n) {
var batch = [];
for (var i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
batch.push(new GMarker(getRandomPoint(),
{ icon: getWeatherIcon() }));
}
return batch;
}

function setupWeatherMarkers() {
mgr = new GMarkerManager(map);
mgr.addMarkers(getWeatherMarkers(20), 3);
mgr.addMarkers(getWeatherMarkers(200), 6);
mgr.addMarkers(getWeatherMarkers(1000), 8);
mgr.refresh();
}

If anyone has suggestions.. or if Stonyarc could let me know were to start on maybe putting this into the code. This would speed up the Display Maps for Large Sites!

Still a great mod!!!: eek:

Russ

uninstalled - too buggy, no support - not worth the hassle

x2 i have to say

my pins are dissappearing, then the other day u see them.. whats the problem?

fixed it by viewing markers.xml in browser and saw the user who had a "&" in his image.

Edited USer and markers show up now.

IS THERE ANY FINAL FIX THAT REALLY WORKS?

*hits uninstall*

Same.

I really love this hack, but i'd really love it work correctly.

Same Problem :(
Using vB 3.6.4 the Installation works without Problems but after Installing the URL /vbgooglemapme.php only shows an empty page without anything :/

I created an account for the API and got my API code.
I already set the permissons for the markers.php
All Usergroups have their defined color
But it doesn't work anyway.

Neither IE nor Firefox are telling me faults.... There's just an empty page *damned*

Any idea what's wrong?

THX
Sven

Did you check to make sure the proper usergroups have permissions?
You also have to set that up.. I think they are all denied by default..

Russ

Thank's for answering!
Yes, all Usergroups have their defined permisson.
Last night I installed the Mod again, but the result was the same :(

The files markers.php and vbgooglemapme.php are emty. That's the reason why the page is quit white, but i don't know why the files were not filled in.
Is it possible, that the cronjob doesn't work?
If I start the Cronjob manually, there's even no fault in the adminpanel.

Sven

the markers file should be marker.xml in the root of the site.
Also make sure you change it to world writeable.. chmod 777
so that it can write to the file. vbgooglemapme.php should not be empty
that does not get changed at all during the cron..

Russ

I have this same problem. I can't execute SET NAMES 'utf8'; even manually in phpMyAdmin. I am using mySQL version 4.1.22.

ETA: Oops, client version is 4.1.22, but server version is 4.0.27-standard. I'll try upgrading to 4.1.x or 5.0.x and see what happens.

ETA2: Yup, upgrading MySQL Server to 4.1.22-standard fixed the problem.

why are you guys struggling to get this mod working? it is buggy, and is not worth the effort in it's present state - give it up

It seems to be working fine for me now, but I'll report back if I have any issues going forward.