Major Additions - VBGooglemap Member Edition

Version 3.0.1 is currently available

This is the tested port of my 3.5.x version h(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=99920)

You can now nominate hacks yourself for hacks of the month. There is a link on the right of hacks on top of the files.

Function
This will display the members of the Bulletin Board based on their lattitude and longitude coordinates on a googlemap.

Don't forget to hit install !!!!!!!
Please read the guide before asking for support !!!!!!!

Feel free to support this mod and make a paypal donation to admin@stonyarc.com

INSTALL

Detailed installation instructions and screenshots in the included pdf file.

Current Features



NOTE:
VBGooglemap 3.0.0 contains the vulnerability fix. Please upgrade immediately. Version 3.0.0. also contains all features from 2.5.X

As always you use modifications at your own risk.

VBGooglemap Member Edition 2.5.x brings you a lot of new features. It?s vital that you uninstall any previous version before upgrading/installing version 2.5.x.

Upgrading from version 2.5.0 is easier. Instruction are available in the guide.

As the uninstall function will not remove your googlemap data in the database but only the templates and files you can safely remove an older version. As a precaution you should always take a backup. This should be done on each major change you make to your bulletin board.

IF YOU ARE RUNNING VERSION 1.0.3, 2.0.X AND YOU CHANGED TEXT DIRECTLY IN THE TEMPLATES YOU NEED TO SAVE YOUR CHANGES AS VERSION 3.0.0. REQUIRES YOU TO UINSTALL PREVIOUS VERSIONS.

This has taken quite some work and still will take a lot more. Please give credit where credit is due. You cannot remove any notice without prior written permission.

Changes in this version

SEE FIRST POST FOR FULL ROADMAP AND HISTORY

Planned Features
- TBD

Volume warning

high volume of users may slow down the load. Currently a load counter is included.

Languages

Thanks to Wachtmeister there is a German translation available to you all. Feel free to use it.

The translation will be updated on each new version.

Special

- Read the attached PDF for more information. The pdf is also included in the zip file.
- You'll need a googlemap key for your domain. Get your own key for your domain view http://www.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html for more information.
A googlemap key is only valid for a specific domain. You'll need a specific google account to create one.
All is explained on the googlemap link indicated above.
- Set the file permissions on the marker.xml file to 777
- The googlemap script can handle non-registered users. They will only see the main map and won't be able to enter information. This is reserved for logged in users (detected automatically)
- usergroup permissions are available in the backend
- To change location just drag the map while holding the left mouse key or by using the zoom and key functions on the left
- First time loading of the map may take a few seconds longer because of Google API hosting



Special Xbox Live version
http://www.xboxlivenation.com/community/gamermap.php

Credits

This has taken quite some work and still will take a lot more. Please give credit where credit is due. You cannot remove any notice without prior written permission. Instructions are included in the pdf file.
Special credits to Google, Pyg for the javascript tips.


FAQ

The FAQ is included in the pdf file.

INSTALL



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(c) 2007 Stonyarc

[Ignicoccus]

I am using vbgooglemap ME on my board for about 4 month now. Everything worked fine, my useres love this mod. But now the map stopped displaying new entries. I have 317 entries in the admin cp (all approved) but the map only loads 273 markers.

I don't now where to look, any ideas ?

Thanks

[MediaHound]

Whats the deal with duplicates?
I'm going through my ME Full view list in the admin cp and I see some members have multiple entries.
My mapID's 69-72 all belong to the same username.
80 and 81 are the same guy
114 and 115 are the same guy
141 and 142 are the same guy - when this guy was doing his entry, he reported to me in an IM that he was getting an error message "missing text" - and I quote:
"( MARKER TEXT)(<URL INFO)??????I tried it but this info was needed." because he did not fill out the text and the image url information (although text is the only required of the two, I realize that), so I sent him back to the page to try again and I explained what that meant, what the text is for, etc.. - He went back and added the entry just fine the second attempt.

SO, I think this little bug might have something to do with people submitting their entry only to get an error message - the entry was recorded even though they are asked to try again and correct the errors. Although I am not 100% sure of this, it is only a hunch...

Only 1 marker shows for each person on the map, though. But I dont think there's a need for duplicates in the db! I think some code fix is in order...

Anyone care to take a stab at this?

ps I use V2.5.1 - if this was corrected in the latest version, I apologize, but I searched this thread and nobody has reported duplicates yet, so my guess is that it still persists regardless of version...

[MediaHound]

and by the way, my Me Full view report shows 143 entries under mapID, however my publicly viewable map shows Loaded: 137 of 137
So, the viewable map does not mind the duplicate entries, they only seem to clutter the db...
Just an fyi if this was not clear in my last post.
This bug may pose a data hygiene issue if these users go to edit their location and the script grabs one random entry for them if they have duplicates, it might cause some hair pulling if the map then goes and loads the wrong entry! I didnt pressure test that far into it nor look at the code, but hey who knows... it should be fixed.
cheers

[MediaHound]

Originally Posted by Ignicoccus

I am using vbgooglemap ME on my board for about 4 month now. Everything worked fine, my useres love this mod. But now the map stopped displaying new entries. I have 317 entries in the admin cp (all approved) but the map only loads 273 markers.

I don't now where to look, any ideas ?

Thanks

Check out my posts above, look carefully at your list of entries in the admin cp - there may be duplicates. Count them and see if that makes up the difference in numbers.

[Ignicoccus]

Originally Posted by MediaHound

Check out my posts above, look carefully at your list of entries in the admin cp - there may be duplicates. Count them and see if that makes up the difference in numbers.

I'll check this immediately

[Ignicoccus]

You are absolutly right, there are several double entries in "ME full view" !
I am using Version 2.5.2

[MediaHound]

Yep, its really not a big issue (yet). Let's see if we can get a fixed version whipped up though...
I think this mod is still being supported, right?

[aj8690]

Originally Posted by Shazz

Edit the usergroup options

Ahh..OK thanks. I didn't realize that this wasn't done by default.

Good hack, thanks!

[Alien]

Have any of you noticed any sort of query problem on your showthread/postbit pages?

Especially when viewing pages with a significant amount of posts..

For example, go to a page that has like 15+ posts on it. Then, take note of how many queries you have on that page (you'll need microstats or something similar to view this). Then, go into your AdminCP and temporarily disable this hack. Then, go back and view the query count for the exact same thread you viewed earlier. Do you see a significant difference?

I tried this on several boards (one that had absolutely ZERO additional hacks on the entire site) and the queries were almost double. I can create this issue on any site, has this been brought up before?

All sites are running Googlemaps 2.5.2, and vBulletin 3.6.4.

[Alien]

Ah, I see I'm not the only one.. It runs a query on every post.. Since this was mentioned several months ago to be something fixed in an upcoming version, are we close to the release of this? Otherwise I guess I'll use that temporarily workaround that was posted..

I love this hack!