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



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



(c) 2007 Stonyarc

[hatschipratschi]

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

[aquariumpros]

Originally Posted by dirtycrow

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.

Originally Posted by hatschipratschi

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 ~

[unitedpunjab]

Mine never worked...

[hatschipratschi]

@ aquariumpros

Thanks!!!

[pbrown]

Originally Posted by dirtycrow

all my markers disappeared. any ideas?

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

[perfphysio]

Originally Posted by Serenity

ok.... so i've been reading and reading on this darn map and how to get the marker to show up. I have checked and rechecked all the settings and still, no marker.
when i first installed this, the marker appeared, but since then, i get nothing.........

also, is it possible to let the admin or a staff member be able to add more than 1 marker???

any help is appreciated

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

[pbrown]

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.

[Kahuna900]

Originally Posted by pbrown

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.

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. (

[caliman]

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'

[Ambassador]

Originally Posted by caliman

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'");