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



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(c) 2007 Stonyarc

[Ncturnal]

Thanks for the update!!

[Shazz]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

Please let me know if everything works ok

After updating the markers to where the users are at don't seem to display

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Shazz

After updating the markers to where the users are at don't seem to display

Make sure you upload the marker files to all your styles.

That should fix it.

Also run the cron once or update your location yourself to force the recreate of the markers.xml file.

If you uninstalled completely it may be required to reassign the markers to the different usergroups.

Edit:

I downloaded the markers.xml from your server and ran it on my dev server and everything looks ok.

[Ncturnal]

The install went without incident and everything seems to be working fine.

When you are ready to work on new features, we'd really like to see the ability to turn off the add image to your marker functionality. Great work on the hack. It's one of my favorites!

[stonyarc]

Yes a preview of the new version can be seen on

http://www.xboxlivenation.com/community/gamermap.php

And there is a very cool feature that will be included which is the proximity calculator

http://www.xboxlivenation.com/community/gamerprox.php

So you know what's coming soon

That feature will be included in the hotspot version too.

[Ncturnal]

Originally Posted by Shazz

After updating the markers to where the users are at don't seem to display

All of mine came back after running the cron job.

[Shazz]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

Make sure you upload the marker files to all your styles.

That should fix it.

Also run the cron once or update your location yourself to force the recreate of the markers.xml file.

If you uninstalled completely it may be required to reassign the markers to the different usergroups.

Edit:

I downloaded the markers.xml from your server and ran it on my dev server and everything looks ok.

I tried running cron before

PHP Code:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /homepages/9/xxxxxxxxxxxx/htdocs/vbcoderz/includes/adminfunctions.php:283) in /includes/cron/vbgooglemapme_cron.php on line 20

Done 


[Ncturnal]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

Yes a preview of the new version can be seen on

http://www.xboxlivenation.com/community/gamermap.php

And there is a very cool feature that will be included which is the proximity calculator

http://www.xboxlivenation.com/community/gamerprox.php

So you know what's coming soon

That feature will be included in the hotspot version too.

The updates look great. The proximity calculator will be extremely well recieved. :up:

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Shazz

I tried running cron before

PHP Code:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /homepages/9/xxxxxxxxxxxx/htdocs/vbcoderz/includes/adminfunctions.php:283) in /includes/cron/vbgooglemapme_cron.php on line 20

Done 


That is a non blocking one but I updated the package to remove the error.

Just upload /includes/cron/vbgooglemapme_cron.php again and that error should be gone now

[Shazz]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

That is a non blocking one but I updated the package to remove the error.

Just upload /includes/cron/vbgooglemapme_cron.php again and that error should be gone now

Cron ran successfully but still no markers show :|
The marker image files are correctly in the right folder and in usergroup legend they display fine as well
I tried removing the marker point then did it again still dosen't show