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

[MojoNixon]

Very nice hack but totally useless for Europeans (excluded UK ...) due to the geodata. But i will check it later again, maybe they bring out an update for Europe in a time.

[buro9]

Originally Posted by MojoNixon

Very nice hack but totally useless for Europeans (excluded UK ...) due to the geodata. But i will check it later again, maybe they bring out an update for Europe in a time.

Switch the map type to Hybrid. Most of my European and RoW users are using the satellite images to find themselves.

[Sculli]

Sorry to somewhat hijack this, but I figure those who use this hack may know of one that I am looking for. Something like the Live Traffic Map from web-stats.com that tracks the last x visitors by geolocating their IP. I searched the board and found some old stuff that used to work for vB3.x and only for Germany (I think).

Is there anything like the web-stat one out there for 3.5.x?

Thanks in advance.

[ImportPassion]

Originally Posted by Sculli

Sorry to somewhat hijack this, but I figure those who use this hack may know of one that I am looking for. Something like the Live Traffic Map from web-stats.com that tracks the last x visitors by geolocating their IP. I searched the board and found some old stuff that used to work for vB3.x and only for Germany (I think).

Is there anything like the web-stat one out there for 3.5.x?

Thanks in advance.

try this www.digitalpoint.com/tools/geovisitors/

[|oR|Greg]

Installed... modified slightly for the bubbles to appear as I choose, and instead of yellow being for "Moderators", now it's for "Administrators/Moderators".

Thanks!

[Justdave]

Set the file permissions on the marker.xml file to 777 or 766

Please explain what this means to do in extremely simple terms. The map loads nicely, but I have no markers and need to learn how to proceed.

I'm very new to this. Not sure how to conduct a CHMOD. Again explaining in very simple terms is the the way I learn.

Thanks for your hard work on this mod!!

[steven s]

Originally Posted by Justdave

I'm very new to this. Not sure how to conduct a CHMOD. Again explaining in very simple terms is the the way I learn.

There are various ways to set the CHMOD. CHMOD are permissions.
You can do this by a line command if you have a shell account.
FTP programs will allow you get info about a file and let you set the permissions. If your host offers cPanel there is a section named file manager. You can use that to also make changes.

[Annapurna]

Hi,

I've just had an idea. Would it be easy to modify - in fact creating a second Google map hack - to give every user an own map?

What I'm talking about is that users can access their own map via CP where they can put as many pins as they want to, to show others where they've been travelling (red pins) and still want to go (yellow pins) and they live (blue pins). The accompanying marker text should be used to give informations about the date travelling to the set place/pin.

The user's map should be accessible for other registered users via user's profile and click-on-name-flyout.


Andreas

[Justdave]

Originally Posted by 1996 328ti

There are various ways to set the CHMOD. CHMOD are permissions.
You can do this by a line command if you have a shell account.
FTP programs will allow you get info about a file and let you set the permissions. If your host offers cPanel there is a section named file manager. You can use that to also make changes.

Thank you for your time.

Very understandable. I was able to set my permissions for markers.xml to 777. Still no markers. I'll try clearing my cache.

[Justdave]

Actually after I set permissions to 777, it changes to 755 each time I connect to FTP. Originally it was 744. Now it seems "stuck" on 755. This may be the problem.