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



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



(c) 2007 Stonyarc

[moonclamp]

I know it's been mentioned before ... But what would I edit to get the username link in the pop up go to the members profile rather than the homepage?

Suggestion ... how about getting the users avatar to pop up in bubble?

[moonclamp]

Originally Posted by moonclamp

I know it's been mentioned before ... But what would I edit to get the username link in the pop up go to the members profile rather than the homepage?

OK sussed it myself I think ...

In VBGooglemap_display_map template

look for

title = "<a href='/'>"+ title +"</a>";

and replace with

title = "<a href='/forum/member.php?username="+ title +"'>"+ title +"</a>";

where 'forum' is your forum root

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by mini2

Mine's just died. I've not changed a thing though.
I was approaching 90 entires the last time I looked. I guess it's just broken down at that number of entries?
The map shows, but no markers are loading etc.

<marker lng="-89.85580444335937" lat="35.21869749632885" title="silverwolf08" text="Callum <3" type="red"/>

Mini the < is causing this from silverwolf08. Not the 90 users. The version 1.0.3 that is now online should fix this.

IE doesn't handle this very well. if you use htmlspecialchars it will show &lt so I parse them out.

You can also remove this for the googlemap DB table directly.

Don't forget to restart your browser or clear you cache to force the reconstruct of the xml.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by moonclamp

I know it's been mentioned before ... But what would I edit to get the username link in the pop up go to the members profile rather than the homepage?


Suggestion ... how about getting the users avatar to pop up in bubble?

This will be featured in version 1.0.4

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by mini2

I've had many people try to manually enter degrees ? as co-ordinates, and they get a vBulletin database error (and I get an email) over at www.mini2.com/forum/VBGooglemap.php
Any way to either allow alternative input formats, or handle the errors more elegantly?

The entry can now only be done by entering longitude and lattitude by
xx.xxxxxxxxxxxx format.

I'm looking for alternative methods of entering the data.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by moonclamp

OK sussed it myself I think ...
In VBGooglemap_display_map template
look for

title = "<a href='/'>"+ title +"</a>";

and replace with

title = "<a href='/forum/member.php?username="+ title +"'>"+ title +"</a>";

where 'forum' is your forum root

This code is also included in 1.0.4

[stonyarc]

Just to let you know that VBGooglemap (even still in Beta) has been nominated as hack of the month.

You can vote on https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/portal.php? for the fav hack.

[StarBuG]

Originally Posted by mini2

OK, scratch that. Now working with the latest version.

you got my vote

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by StarBuG

you got my vote

Thanks I appreciate it.

Now the rest of you

[Flow Fusion]

This is so fuc&*9 cool.