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!

[HCGB]

Originally Posted by oasi

It works for me...

I'm gone here:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en...dc31d40e5d&t=h

Clicked on the link button, and copied the content from the field: Paste HTML to embed in website

then I've pasted the content inside the

Please enter the BBCode definition for gmap and check these values are like here:

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

If public, let me see your test page...

I've set up a simple page that has the gmap code embedded with the Google map code HERE - sorry, my web programming skills aren't up to working out why it isn't recognising the URL

[oasi]

And you have edited the BBCode to set the values as I said??
Please, verify it, and tell me, I think that there could be a workaround, but I think the solution is on setting those values right.

[AndyA]

It works great, shame it can't embed a route too. Thanks for the code.

[oasi]

Who said no routes??

Check it: http://forums.tinet.org/showthread.php?t=103

Create your route and store it, and then click on the Link button and paste as in the examples...

[AndyA]

Whoops, error on my behalf. It does show routes . . . I must have done something wrong.

[AndyA]

Edit, answer found.

[Leo Brazil]

Originally Posted by HCGB

I've set up a simple page that has the gmap code embedded with the Google map code HERE - sorry, my web programming skills aren't up to working out why it isn't recognising the URL

Just a tip, this BB Code doesn't work with Google Maps URL, it does work only with the HTML links with the Iframe instruction.

[segwayon]

Originally Posted by oasi

Who said no routes??

Check it: http://forums.tinet.org/showthread.php?t=103

Create your route and store it, and then click on the Link button and paste as in the examples...

Any pointers on how to create a route in Google Maps? Great mod, oasi!

[HCGB]

Originally Posted by oasi

And you have edited the BBCode to set the values as I said??
Please, verify it, and tell me, I think that there could be a workaround, but I think the solution is on setting those values right.

Yes, it is set up absolutely correctly. I have discovered some stuff that might shed light on my (and other's) problems:

The "Automatically parse links in text" option ALWAYS screws up the HTML code on the map page whenever the post edit box is loaded (it's too late even if you turn it off before saving the edit). You can either disable the function in the Vb Admin (not very convenient for users) or re-paste the Google map code into a post during editing.

If I use your code exactly as is it returns "Wrong Map URL..." every time. I've placed the code on a this page with the correct Google map code so you can view and debug the source (it doesn't seem to recognise the first search string?). Out of desperation, I modified the code to simplify it and tested it on this other page with exactly the same Google code and it seems to work OK (I've removed a couple of tests and avoided using &quot It's probably full of security holes as I'm no programmer

Another little vBulletin quirk is that any HTML code added to a post stays there even if your turn off "Allow HTML" in the forum properties. Handy if you want to add an HTML content post to a normally non-HTML forum!

[saan]

Many Thanks for your additional BB-Code-Info!

It works!!!