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

[Kihon Kata]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

Well it's not a question of branding it. It's about giving the creator some credit for what he created.

If you put a reference to the author

Created by StonyArc on the bottom it's fine.

Just, "(c) your site" is not the correct way to brand something that is not your creation. I have to give credit too.

Making something brand free doesn't mean replacing my copyright by yours.

I know it's besides the point and I was wrong to change it, but beleive me, girls on my site about makeup/beauty don't give a rat's patooyee who makes what LOL.

Now, can we work on fixing it?

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by TonysDesigns

Sorry about that, STONY.

Same here, if someone can help me to get it to work.

Well as told before whatever I do I get

The following errors occurred during your registration:

* That username is already in use. If you are tester_stonyarc and you have forgotten your password, click here.

Even though the ajax validator always says the name is available.

I've tried about 15 users

[Kihon Kata]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

Well as told before whatever I do I get

The following errors occurred during your registration:



Even though the ajax validator always says the name is available.

I've tried about 15 users

whoa...strange how I can have so many register each day (100 yesterday).

*Goes to test it myself

[stonyarc]

Tony,

do you have msn

add stonyarc@hotmail.com

[Andy R]

For those of you wondering if you want to install this, it was very easy. Just follow the detailed instructions that Stoney includes in the .zip file.

It looks like this script is working fine (rendering) in Firefox. On my version if IE (6.0.29) The map seems to floating on the top left hand side of the page. I tried clearing my temporary internet files (cache) and closed all browser windows. When I reopen IE, I still get the same rendering errors (see attachment). Any ideas on how I can move forward troubleshooting this?

Thanks in advance, Andy

[ConqSoft]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

Making something brand free doesn't mean replacing my copyright by yours.

When I paid for the branding free version of vBulletin, it allowed me to remove all references to Jelsoft, which is what I want to do in this case.

I'll take the map offline until I hear back on the status of a branding free version.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Andy R

For those of you wondering if you want to install this, it was very easy. Just follow the detailed instructions that Stoney includes in the .zip file.

It looks like this script is working fine (rendering) in Firefox. On my version if IE (6.0.29) The map seems to floating on the top left hand side of the page. I tried clearing my temporary internet files (cache) and closed all browser windows. When I reopen IE, I still get the same rendering errors (see attachment). Any ideas on how I can move forward troubleshooting this?

Thanks in advance, Andy

Andy,

This solution is quite simple.

This is caused by an imagemap on your forum that has the same name as the DIV of the googlemap

<map name="Map" id="Map"> is the name of your top image map.

Just rename the image map and the issue is solved.

<map name="Map2" id="Map2">

Greetz

[Andy R]

Awesome, I got it done and it is working perfectly, thanks for the great solution! Do you have any easy way to setup more then one instance of this so members can map calendar events? We are an Airstream trailer based community and members go to rallies all the time. I would love to see them on the same map, but am afraid that the rallies would get lost among all the members 'pins'. so I was thinking to use a second map for that. Is there a way to mark things using a different color on the same map?

Best regards,

Andy

Originally Posted by stonyarc

Andy,

This solution is quite simple.

This is caused by an imagemap on your forum that has the same name as the DIV of the googlemap

<map name="Map" id="Map"> is the name of your top image map.

Just rename the image map and the issue is solved.

<map name="Map2" id="Map2">

Greetz

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Andy R

Awesome, I got it done and it is working perfectly, thanks for the great solution! Do you have any easy way to setup more then one instance of this so members can map calendar events? We are an Airstream trailer based community and members go to rallies all the time. I would love to see them on the same map, but am afraid that the rallies would get lost among all the members 'pins'. so I was thinking to use a second map for that. Is there a way to mark things using a different color on the same map?

Best regards,

Andy

Andy,

As you can see in the first reply the roadmap includes all these features.

[m.s]

Hi,

is it possible to add a link, which have linked to a generated kml-file for google-earth?