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

[Aclikyano]

yea I just updated mine too (vb 3.7) and now ALL of the markers dont show.
before I updated it all was showin.......


now...... nope.
and i checked the image urls.... all legit......

[chriszep]

hello works for me in 3.70

[NannyMin]

I just installed this and everything seemed to go smoothly....

But, then when I click on ME Full View I get an error that says "No Elements Available".

What am I doing wrong?

[Andy R]

Please excuse me if this is addressed in the 80 pages of comments on the 3.5 and 3.6 version of this Product. I just upgraded from version 2.01 (it was very old, installed on a 3.5 beta install) now that our forum was upgraded to vBulletin 3.7. I see all the entries in the AdminCP >> ME Full View and when I run the scheduled task write out to the XML file I can see the entries are added properly. The issue is the map does not have any markers on it, it's just blank. I can click on my entry and it updates but it still does not show up on the map (it's still blank, just a map, no markers).

Where should I look now to try and troubleshoot this?

Also, is it possible to buy a branding free version of this?

[Boofo]

Did you try doing this?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=697

[edward hamilton]

Originally Posted by logofreax

cause of the well known Marker Bug and no support by author.

Everthing I tried for several Weeks didn?t help to show the Pins longer than 1 hour

Now I use vbmembermap

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logofreax

That seems to be a workable solution if you don't have members all over the world. Or if you're country is supported. I see Stonyarc was online here in May 2008, but apparently he has chosen not to comment on this mod.

[Andy R]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Did you try doing this?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=697

Thanks for pointing that out. It looks like the code in the .zip package has been updated with that code.

I can see the XML marker is bring written to and the data looks clean. I will have to get a programmer to look at this form me next week. If the fix is something worthy of posting I will post it here in case it can help someone else.

[edward hamilton]

Originally Posted by Lombardo

How do you change the name in the navbar? it's a bit to long i'd like to change it to a shorter name.

In Admincp > Languages and Phrases > Phrase Manager > Search in Phrases - at the bottom of the page. Editing a phrase here will change how it is displayed on your forum.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by Andy R

Thanks for pointing that out. It looks like the code in the .zip package has been updated with that code.

I can see the XML marker is bring written to and the data looks clean. I will have to get a programmer to look at this form me next week. If the fix is something worthy of posting I will post it here in case it can help someone else.

No, the .zip package does not have that fix in it. I had to add it after I downloaded the file a few days ago.

[edward hamilton]

Originally Posted by rknight111

How would I turn the following part of this: 'URL of the image for the marker', if someone and most do enter the wron URL it screws up and doesn't display anything. Then I have to look through 300 pins and find who entered an invalid URL to get it back working.

Thanks
RON

I looked in the database and found two pimage entries which weren't in the right format and it only took a few minutes to find them - but you have to be very careful when you access your database. googlemapme is the table.