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 !!!!!!!

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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

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by mini2

Hello,

Been running the latest 2.5.2 version for a long time with no problems at all.

Today I installed memcached and starting using it for vBulletin, no problems at all.

However since I've installed and started running memcached the googlemap has stopped working.

At first it was telling me the key was wrong, so I hardcoded that in, but basically it appears it's not pulling anything from the database since I installed memcache and memcached.

It seems everything else I have on my site and forum is working fine, any ideas or suggestions?

I know that the previous version of vbadvanced also didn't work with memcached, but now does, so maybe whatever they did will work here too?

Thanks!

Hey mini,

Is it possible to exclude the googlemap script from memcached? just like VBSEO

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by mini2

I wouldnt now how to do that.

I think you may need to contact the danga devs for that one. I don't know that script in detail

[MThornback]

Is it possible to run both this and hotspot edition together? If I wanted to use one for members and one for events.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by MThornback

Is it possible to run both this and hotspot edition together? If I wanted to use one for members and one for events.

Yes you can run both together.

[Viper007Bond]

Just tried it out. Pretty sweet!

However, it seems that by default, groups don't have a color of marker assigned to them. This results in a bunch of broken markers in the legend as it looks for "/images/googlemapme/mm_20_.png". Perhaps a default color is in order?

[Viper007Bond]

Found another problem. You need to run stripslashes().

[Viper007Bond]

I had to disable the part of the plugin that queries for each postbit. It was hammering my MySQL server.

[Shazz]

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

I had to disable the part of the plugin that queries for each postbit. It was hammering my MySQL server.

For each postbit huh?
And SQL??

[Viper007Bond]

Originally Posted by Shazz

For each postbit huh?
And SQL??

"vbgooglemapme findme" which hooks into "postbit_display_complete". It made the queries required to make a thread nearly double.

[Shazz]

I stilll don't notice what it does