I seen the Vbulletin Xbox Live integration on your site and it is sweet. I wish we could install something like that on our xbox gaming site.

Very nice work.

wee hah, things are looking up, I love this hack and it'll be good to keep development going.

Anyone?

Great! Flags seem to disappear randomly as well. It'd be cool if you could look into that too. ;)


Just for giggles, a wish list:

1. Clicking member name link opens browser and shows member's Vbulletin profile
2. Clicking flag entry shows basic profile information of user (age, ethnicity, location, avatar?)

Cool Hack ...

Roll on June:bunny:

Does anyone know if it's possible to limit the zoom level?

Several of my lady members have expressed concern over giving a too detailed look at exactly where they are. I know they could just put it close - but limiting the zoom level to say, level 6, would solve the problem.

looking forward to any updated features that might be released with an update.

Privacy is indeed a big issue. I'll look into to that.

Same reason I didn't want to use geocodin with addresses.

For the guests the howto is in the install txt file

A little status update:

The markers will no longer be placed by parsing the markers.xml with javascript.

currently it's a two step principle

database => xml file => parsing and placement

new version

database => placement using php

Thus avoiding the caching issue.

Sounds a lot better. 8) Look forward to it!

stonyarc,

Have you looked into why this hack stops working when you have vbpager installed as well???

My ballons don't show up, and the map just recenters. I disable vbpager, and it works fine.. So somehow vbpager and this hack aren't gettin along..

Any quick fixes?? <pls>

EDIT: It's only in IE.. Firefox works fine..

Ok, as a temp fix for the conflict with vb Pager and this hack, go to the template "vbgooglemap" and remove

Now this WILL kill the footer, AND the pager for that page. However this will allow you to have both working until this is resolved..

That should normally no longer be a problem in the new version.

The issues with named maps should be ok too

Thanks - very much appreciated!

I would like to use the VBGooglemap for another purpose. Instead of using members I have been altering the db table to hold specific locations. I can input a users location on the map (then accessing the underlying database table I change the user ID to -1). This way I can add several locations.

I can link the records back to an entry I have placed in my vbLinks db but is there a way to hyperlink from the vbLinks entry to the location on the map? If this could be done - then brilliant - just what I want.

Also the hyperlink I create back to the vblinks entry has to have the number of the Link entry - is there a way round this.

Keep up the excellent work!!!

All,

I have a screenshot for you all (see attachment)

other status
- member.php link with correct userid => fixed
- on the fly update when inserting or updating (known as the cache issue) => fixed in both IE and firefox
- display of images in the balloon => fixed
- css support for the balloon => fixed

I'm also proud to announce that I'll be releasing a hotspot version of googlemaps for vbulletin. That one will be created as soon as the upgrade to 2.0.0 of the core engine is complete.

just a quick question, im assuming something like this would be handy for a car club website, where a user can put in a bookmark to a meeting spot etc etc for any meets? thats the general idea yeah?

Have you seen this at all? http://www.radiogodsforum.com/forum/index.php?act=gmap it is obiously on invision boards but they are using links that allow members to place your exact address in and get the long/;at and fill them in without having to scroll to your location.


Link to Mod: D21-Google Member Map http://mods.invisionize.com/db/index.php?f=5329

Link they are using to get your exact location:
http://www.maporama.com

Maybe this could help you out.

That only really hides the link... What would be best is if the google map didnt show the markers if the user was unregistered

This opens up the privacy issue again which is mentioned several times already.

Not everybody wants to show their exact location. Even Google warns for this.

In Europe it's even more strict and even punishable by law if you don't warn the users about the risks and the fact that you would use the real address. Moreover it hasn't got enough global coverage

In attachment you'll see a backend screenshot of the next version

frontend screenshot see a few posts above

status:

- set color for users/admin/mod/supermod => fixed
- Google API v2 support => fixed (major work)

Looking good, could I ask if it'll be possible to add a colour choice in admin Cp for inactive users?? Means marker could stay but its obvious that the user isn't currently using forums. TIA

In a sense that you would like to see which user is currently online ?

Or more that users that are no longer posting?


Status update on the rest of the work:

Custom usergroup permissions for viewing googlemap in admincp => fixed with default to yes

All you can see the new version in action on http://www.xboxusersgroup.com/forums...hp?do=showmain

stonyarc, thanks for this. Strong work.

Any chance you will be adding in the ability to have additional link types, so that admins / mods can display customized info beyond user locations?

Regards,

South Fork

I second that please, it would be be very useful. Would it be possible to link to that particular location - So if people refer to it in a thread as a hyperlink the user could be taken to that location on the map :-)

We don't ask for much ;-)

Keep up the good work

I got news for you both.

This version is the "vbgooglemap User Edition" but I'll be releasing a "vbgooglemap Hotspot Edition" too once this one is completely finished. That one will focus on nice locations, places to be, small comments, link to a thread and a small image. I'm still working on the backend for that one, the datamodel and the approval system for events or locations.

I'll try to add custom usergroup support in the v2.0.0 vbgooglemap user edition.

http://www.xboxusersgroup.com/forums...hp?do=showmain for a preview

For the xbox fans: a gamercard edition will be running soon on http://www.xboxusersgroup.com which will show our custom gamercards we have.

Have fun

I hope you can get the usergroup security in there for the user version of the hack i need that to protect the locations of my users as I operate a closed board so don't want guests to see the user locations and all that. Also the hotspot edition sounds excellent. Can't wait.

You can now set access to the usergroups.

Just a simple "allow access yes/no". Where to show the link is still up to the admin.

Sounds like the dogs dangley bits - can't wait for it to be released :cool:

I can't tell you how excited I am to see all the new work on this awesome product! ..... It is very cool to see the progress "blow by blow" ...... I will add a suggestion for down the line, that might be a nice addition.....

Right now, if you want to find someone's location ,(at least as far as I can tell) you need to click around and "search" the map for a user.... It is also very difficult once there is a good number of entry's to tell if another has been addes. A "Total number of Members on the Map" would be cool. What would be really nice is if the members who have placed their location on the map, would come up in some kind of a list... So if you wanted to know where a member was, you could go to the list, click on there name, and somehow it would open the map with there balloon popped up (to me its all magic how this works lol) ...... that would be really cool... or a link in there profile...... That sounds like some major work, but with the things you are doing with this hack, it is obvious that you are taking this thing to a level we can't even fathom. A "recent additions" list would be another option.... or the ability to sort a master list of entry's by date or alphabetical would do the same thing.

Again, thanks for this great product, and please consider my suggestion just an idea that might plant a seed for something in the distant development of this awesome hack! Thanks again, Lance

users that are no longer posting please. I have a one marque motorcycle forum and over a period of time members sell their bike and aren't active so we can make them a special colour or not display. tnx

@lance

So you want some nice ajax stuff on there ;) I'll have a check but the list is a very good idea. I'll see if I can make that available soon. Opening the balloon from the list will be difficult because it does expect a click event but centering would be doable.

@Gizmo

The googlemap does use a different table. I'll have a check if I can come up with some alternatives.

Update

for the xbox fans http://www.xboxusersgroup.com/forums...hp?do=showmain

Great news stonyarc. Thanks for the update.

I guess the only other thing I'd suggest for forum usage, is the option to link to a specified level / location, and the ability for the users to view the vB code with the link. Would be helpful for some forums.

Again, strong work. Thank you working on such a useful hack with such vigor.

South Fork

It does get hard to get to the end of all these pages.

Shouldn't we archive it with the new version ??????

is that in the current version or the pending one?

That's on the new version

The new version is now available for you.

Let me know what you think of the application.

It should be a lot smoother than 1.0.3

Installed, however, the screen is blacnk --- there is no map :(

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