VBGooglemap Member Edition

I'm proud to announce that the new version is currently available to you all !!!


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

HOTSPOT EDITION AVAILABLE ON : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=114149
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 2.5.1 brings you a lot of new features. It?s vital that you uninstall any previous version before upgrading/installing version 2.5.1.

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 2.5.0 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 (vbgooglemap2.5.0_guide.pdf)
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

[Annapurna]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

If you enter the same textarea in the vbgooglemapme_display_yourlocation and vbgooglemapme_set_yourlocation it should work.

On edit the value of the $text_map should be shown and on set and update. You shouldn't have to copy it. It's retrieved from the database.

That's what I've done. Changed it in vbgooglemapme_set_yourlocation and copy&pasted into vbgooglemapme_display_yourlocation. So there's exactly the same textarea-code. But when editing it's empty. I've tried leaving it empty thinking it would be retrieved anyway, but an error message has been displayed...

Andreas

[stonyarc]

Your textarea code is wrong

<td class="alt1" align="left"><textarea name="text_map" value="$text_map" style="padding-left:5px; font-weight:normal; width: 400px; height: 80px;"></textarea></td>
</tr>

<td class="alt1" align="left"><textarea name="text_map"  style="padding-left:5px; font-weight:normal; width: 400px; height: 80px;">$text_map</textarea></td>
</tr>

Textarea doesn't have a attribute value. The value is inserted between the tags themselves.

That should fix it all

[stonyarc]

Does that do the trick???

[Annapurna]

What a stupid mistake :knockedout: !
Works perfectly now!

Just a question to the attached picture. I've seen it's automatically resized. 1) Is there a possibility to specify the width and height
2) An upload possibilty would be great and a tickbox to alternatively add the choosen avatar.

One more: where can I change the settings for the ballon (width, height, general size)?

Andreas

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Annapurna

What a stupid mistake :knockedout: !
Works perfectly now!

Just a question to the attached picture. I've seen it's automatically resized. 1) Is there a possibility to specify the width and height
2) An upload possibilty would be great and a tickbox to alternatively add the choosen avatar.

One more: where can I change the settings for the ballon (width, height, general size)?

Andreas

That should be done on the settings page where you entered the key. There are a lot of options on there.

[Annapurna]

I didn't mean the size of the mapimage but the size of the userpicture in the ballon.

Sorry for being not specific enough...

Andreas

[curriertech]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

Please make sure you removed any old versions first and upload all files in the upload folder.

I did remove the old version via the adminCP, and I followed the instructions to the letter. Maybe I'll uninstall and make sure I clean up every reference to GoogleMap out of the database then try again. :cross-eyed:

[curriertech]

Awesome, I can't even get into my forum now. I knew I shouldn't have bothered.

[curriertech]

Ok I'm all fixed up...but I still can't get this installed right.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by curriertech

Ok I'm all fixed up...but I still can't get this installed right.

Can you please post a link so that I can check?

Did you set the usergroup settings?