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

[WNxWakko]

No matter how I do it, when i view the page, it says my key is not working. I signed up on google, I got the long long key. I entered my exact directory in the google url box

http://warriornation.net/Forum/ which is the directory where this file is and it still thinks the key is wrong and saying the key used on this website was registered on a different website. Could the key not be updating in the plugin somewhere??

[Kicks]

i don´t understand it ..
i can´t see the map.
the key is right, the path´s are right ..

[MDK-Indy]

Salü,

i have generate a new API Key, but my forum say is the false Key...

Can anyone help me?

Greetings Indy

[bulbasnore]

Yet another dangerous 'accessory' for your googlemap, from the reckless bulbasnore. If this destroys your map and your forum, its not my fault.

We have a need to let the displaygroupid determine the map pin color for registered members (groupid = 2). Here is the job we cron in order to do that:

PHP Code:

<?php
/*======================================================================*\
|| #################################################################### ||
|| # ---------------------------------------------------------------- # ||
|| # Copyright ?2007 Kim Cary                                         # ||
|| # This file may be redistributed in whole or significant part.     # ||
|| # You could signficantly damage or destroy your board or computer  # ||
|| # with this file. Author will not be liable for any damages.       # ||
|| #################################################################### ||
\*======================================================================*/

// ######################## SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
if (!is_object($vbulletin->db))
{
        exit;
}
// ######################## END PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################

        $vbulletin->db->query_write("

        UPDATE  `googlemapme`, `user`
        SET  `googlemapme`.usergroupid =  `user`.displaygroupid 
        WHERE  `user`.displaygroupid > 0 AND `user`.usergroupid = 2 AND ( `googlemapme`.userid =  `user`.userid )

        ");
        log_cron_action('Set the googlemap userid to the displaygroup for registered users', $nextitem);

/*======================================================================*\
|| ####################################################################
|| # Version: 5:33, Wed May 2, 2007
|| ####################################################################
\*======================================================================*/
?>

If that helps you, by all means feel free to use it! If you don't know what this is, or how to install it, you are safer not to ask!

Regards,
'snore

[Mrdby]

works great for me.lol

[djbaxter]

I've read and re-read the instructions. Installed, uninstalled, and reinstalled foloowing all the instructions per the ste-by-step PDF file. Set all the options correctly and all group permissions.

I've added my own location - I can see that fine (see attachment 1; vbgme1.jpg).

I see absolutely nothing in the main map and neither do other members (see attachment 2; vbgme2.jpg).

This occurs in both IE7 and Firefox2.

Any suggestions?

[djbaxter]

Found the answer here:

Originally Posted by corsacant

Well I've installed it and set it up as stated in the instructions but for some reason my main map does not show, anyone have any ideas?
http://www.allcorsa.co.uk/forums/vbgooglemapme.php

**Edit**
I've since discovered that it is my zoints seo addon which is causing the problem. Has anyone found a solution to this yet? Is there a way of possibly excluding the googlemap page form the zoints seo?

Originally Posted by stonyarc

Thanks da420

I'm working on the new version of all the googlemap versions.

Release is still on target for this year.

As for the SEO issue, SEO and special apps like googlemaps can give issues.

Most SEO products allow you to exclude certain pages from SEO so why not use that till I can investigate the matter. I'm sure the SEO people will look into it also.

Originally Posted by corsacant

After posting in the zoints help thread I was directed to this: http://network.zoints.com/showthread.php?t=2068

It's a little workaround for the incompatibility with zoints and the googlemapme.
I did the code edit on my site and all is working fine now.

http://network.zoints.com/showthread.php?t=2068

Originally Posted by Calash

Not sure if this will be any help, but I found what is causing the problem and got a temporary solution

The issue is caused by Zoints SEO wanting to rewrite "#top" to '"#top" rel="nofollow"' in the global_complete hook. This edits the javascript in the googlemapme templates and get you a javascript error.

My solution, though it may not be the best long term one, was to edit the global_complete Zoint_SEO hook, changing this

PHP Code:

if (strpos($output, '"#top"')) 
    { 
        $output = str_replace('"#top"', '"#top" rel="nofollow"', $output); 
    } 


to this

PHP Code:

if (strpos($output, '"#top"') && THIS_SCRIPT != 'vbgooglemapme') 
    { 
        $output = str_replace('"#top"', '"#top" rel="nofollow"', $output); 
    } 


This way it does not perform the change if you are using vbgooglemapme.

Thanks, Calash and corsacant!

[cjshirlaw]

I am stuck at stage seven, can some one help please?

[djbaxter]

Suggestion:

Can this be modified to exclude the legend for groups not included on the map?

For example, as a privacy measure, I have the following groups with no permission to view the map:

Guests (Unregistered / Not Logged In)
Users Awaiting Email Confirmation
(COPPA) Users Awaiting Moderation
Banned

Having a legend for groups that don't have permission to view the page seems redundant and is confusing to my members, many of whom are not "technologically advanced".

[sumacbob]

Awesome, works just great for our community. Thank you for the mod.