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

[lazytown]

Brilliant minds think alike. haha j/k


Another Idea: Have the newest/recently updated markers appear in a different color. Perhaps by a user specified time period (last day, week , month, etc).

-vissa

Originally Posted by stonyarc

Damm you just discovered one of the secrets for version 1.0.5 (not the next one but the one after that)

[lazytown]

So you think VBSEO is doing it?

-vissa

Originally Posted by stonyarc

That is the only reason I can see for the double creation. userid is used to make the table entry unique.

$checkuser = $db->query_read("SELECT userid FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "googlemap WHERE userid = '" . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] . "'");

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by vissa

So you think VBSEO is doing it?

-vissa

I'll have to do some additional testing but how else can someone enter more than one entry.

I would appreciate however if you don't remove copyright notices.

[lazytown]

No problem -- I was just trying to play with the template to make the top section smaller. I'll add it back later at the bottom if that is ok.

-vissa

Originally Posted by stonyarc

I'll have to do some additional testing but how else can someone enter more than one entry.

I would appreciate however if you don't remove copyright notices.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by vissa

No problem -- I was just trying to play with the template to make the top section smaller. I'll add it back later at the bottom if that is ok.

-vissa

No problem thanks for understanding the issue.

[lazytown]

So I set VBSEO not to touch the googlemap pages. Let's see if that solves the problem. In the mean time, should I just delete the extra entries from the xml file and table or is it enough to do it in one of them?

-vissa

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by vissa

So I set VBSEO not to touch the googlemap pages. Let's see if that solves the problem. In the mean time, should I just delete the extra entries from the xml file and table or is it enough to do it in one of them?

-vissa

Just the table. The XML is auto-rebuild .

[geoff4787]

Working great for me:
http://www.globalfisher.com/VBGooglemap.php

The zip code feature will be a good one!

[lazytown]

Why is it that if I center the map at long: -170 (for example) it doesn't show any of the markers in Australia but shows them in US.. However if I set it to longitude 170 (positive), it shows the markers for Australia, but not the US? That is until I move the map back. I was hoping to center the map on the US but include Australia on the left and western Europe on the right.

Thanks -vissa

[ConqSoft]

I see that this was just added to this plugin:

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.

Are you going to offer a paid branding-free version? If not, I'll have to remove this from my site.