BB Code Enhancements - Google maps BBCode

Hi all

I've made a Custom BBcode to be able to insert any kind of google map into the forum posts, so the Plugins I tried were'nt working as we expected.

I post the code, I hope it can be useful for anyone.

Security problems, improvements and tunning will be apreciated...

I used the tag [gmap], and inside you have to copy the code for the HTML inclusion you can copy when you click the link icon in the map:

<script type="text/javascript">
function ckURL()
  {   if ((u.indexOf("http://")!=u.lastIndexOf("http://"))||u.lastIndexOf("http://")!=0){return false;}
      if (u.indexOf('"')>=0) {return false;}
      if (u.indexOf("http://maps.google")!=0){return false;}
      return true;
  }

t='';incr=0;t_i="{param}";
t_n_q=t_i.replace(/&quot;/g,'"');

if(t_n_q.indexOf("91;url")>0)
{ if(t_n_q.indexOf('91;url="')>0){t=t_n_q.substr(t_n_q.indexOf('91;url="')+8,t_n_q.length);t_n_q='';}
  if(t_n_q.indexOf('91;url=')>0) {t=t_n_q.substr(t_n_q.indexOf('91;url=')+7,t_n_q.length);t_n_q='';a=t.replace(/93;/g,'"');t=a;incr=2;}
  if(t_n_q.indexOf('91;url')>0)  {if (t_n_q.indexOf('93;')==(t_n_q.indexOf('91;url')+8)){t=t_n_q.substr(t_n_q.indexOf('91;url')+11,t_n_q.length);a=t.replace(/91;/g,'"');t=a;}}
}
else
{ t=t_n_q.substr(t_n_q.indexOf('src="')+5,t_n_q.length);}
u=t.substr(0,t.indexOf('"')-incr);
up=u.replace(/amp;/g,'');u=up;

if (ckURL())
{ document.write('<iframe width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="'+u+'"></iframe>');}
else
{document.write("<p><b>Wrong map URL, edit the post to change it.</b></p>Reload the page when finished to check if correct.");}
</script>

The others settings for the BBCode are:

Use {option}: -> No
Remove Tag If Empty -> Yes
Disable BB Code Within This BB Code -> Yes
Disable Smilies Within This BB Code -> Yes
Disable Word Wrapping Within This BB Code ->Yes

Please, mark as installed if it worked and you are using it.

Hope it helps!

[TRC-blurose]

Love this code...did not notice the glich with IE until I read the whole thread. This worked for me....

<script type="text/javascript">
function checkURL()
  {
      if ((url.indexOf("http://")!=url.lastIndexOf("http://"))||url.lastIndexOf("http://")!=0){return false;}
      if (url.indexOf('&quot')>=0) {return false;}
      if (url.indexOf("http://maps.google")!=0){return false;}
      return true
  }

var browser=navigator.appName;

tot='{param}';
tot=tot.substr(tot.indexOf("src=&quot;")+10,tot.length);
url=tot.substr(0,tot.indexOf("&quot;"));
urlp=url.replace(/;amp;/g,';');
url=urlp;

if (checkURL())
{   
    document.write('<iframe width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="'+url.replace(/\[url\]|\[\\url\]/gi,"")+'"></iframe>');
}
else
{
document.write("<p><b>Wrong map URL, edit the post to change it.</b></p> Reload the page when finished to check if correct.");
}
</script>

The only change is in the document.write statement for iframe... changing +url+ to replace with a regular expression...no need to detect the browser since the replaced text does not exist when it is working.

url.replace(/\[url\]|\[\\url\]/gi,"")

I tried cleaning up the URL before the if statement but it kept failing. Adding the replace text directly in the document.write worked fine.

Enjoy..

[vithorius]

Ok, I've just "installed" this hack with success! (on a v3.6.12 board)

Thank you ALL so very much for taking the time to develop (and help the developer) of this fantastic 'little' BIG hack!

[spillage]

Originally Posted by TRC-blurose

...I tried cleaning up the URL before the if statement but it kept failing. Adding the replace text directly in the document.write worked fine.

Just when I thought there was hope for a fix...

This code works great in the Test area, but fails in a forum post.
(vB3.8.2)

Any further thoughts?

[selene1]

Not work for me in vB 3.8.3

Ciao

[TRC-blurose]

Originally Posted by spillage

Just when I thought there was hope for a fix...

This code works great in the Test area, but fails in a forum post.
(vB3.8.2)

Any further thoughts?

No sorry, I have it working in both test and the main forum.

I will say the fix I did only works on new entries not old ones.
My forum is still in conversion testing...so you can't view it...

[TRC-blurose]

Just a note I retested this morning with IE8 and had no issues.

Besure your using the Iframe code under the heading "Paste HTML to embed in website
" and not just the map link on the top.

[crazycarl]

Installed it on mychinamoto.com and it runs great so far. Much thanks to everyone who's helped put this together.

Seems to be more than a couple riders on this thread. Go figure...

Now am trying to figure out what is and is not embeddable according to Google...

Ride Safe, Have Fun
CrazyCarl

[Kushty]

Great addon, thanks marked as installed and works fine on 3.8.3
One question, is it possible to add some code that will cause the link for directions to/from the point on the map to open in a new page/tab? At the moment if the find directions tab is clicked it loads in my forum tab.

thanks
Steve

[Tommo224]

Took me a while to work out how to install it, didn't realise I had to go through "Add Custom BB Code"

Works beautifully, thank you

[Feign]

See below.