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

[Oddjob]

oops, posted in wrong thread...

[Parture]

I am using Google Maps as the Meeting Place Finder for the Body of Christ where apostles apoint elders to take care of Scriptural cities (e.g. church of Ephesus in churches of Asia Minor or the church of Fresno in the churches of California).

http://biblocality.com/forums/VBGooglemap.php

Is there an easy way to delete markers? If a user is deleted and they have a marker, how do you delete the marker also?

This is complicated, but this is what I need (making it all automated):

1) The integration I would like to see is with the questions answered when registering to the forum. To be able to put their marker on the map, they need to answer all 17 questions (see registration) with a YES in the User Profile.

2) Also, I would like a second set of 16 questions (after getting the first 17 questions correct) to be optional, but if the person answers all these with a Yes, and they say they are an apostle, then we have no reason to doubt them. They would be responsible for a region of churches like California or Montana or England or Germany, which they get a key code for it. A region would be like Alberta, Canada or Germany or California, etc, based on a reasonable size for apostles to travel from town to town appointing these elders for cities or remote areas.

3) Then I need to link (1) with (2) so that eventually only those in (1) that could put their marker on the map as a meeting place would be if the (2) apostles first gave them approval to do so by appointing the elders for the whole Biblical locality, and the elders who took care of that whole locality, would then appoint sub-elders in many meeting places within that locality. I would like to automate this whole process.

In order for a Biblical locality to be established and to get approval, out in the field, the apostle would tell the appointed elder(s) for that locality where to submit their locality (by coming to the forum and map) and be given a special key code. If that key code matched the key code the apostle was given for getting the 33 questions right, then this opens up the sub-elders (whom are those in 1 above) to be able to submit their meeting places under the elder for the whole locality. It is all founded on the apostles that agree in these 33 questions.

The map is only useful for the meeting places themselves, not for keeping track of the apostles for regions and the elders for each Biblical locality, unless there could be a set of markers for one level on the map of regions, another level of markers on the map for cities and another level on the map for meeting places within cities. Each meeting place needs to link to their respective elder for their Biblical locality and apostles for their reigion.

If any of this is not clear just ask. There is essentially 3 levels:
1) regional apostles (33 questions)
2) Biblical locality elders (at least 17 questions)
3) Sub-elders for the many meeting places in the Biblical locality

[Bhuwan]

I've been using this for a while, but today all of a sudden I am getting this error

"The google maps API key used on this website was registered for a different website."

I already registered? Wht this error?

[rlamego]

bchawla, are you using your own googlemap key?

[bashy]

Hi

Is there a way that it can be done so that the new user at registration has to mark it on the map? Although i think it might be a lot of work

[Gizmo999]

I've got a lot of themes on my site and in certain ones the map, satellite and hybrid legends aren't visible, i guess its to do with css , which part of the css controls the colour of those legends please??

tnx

[Gizmo999]

My first attempt at helping out here, its a simple FAQ addition using the existing screenshots and wording. Easy to install just up the 4 images to forum/images folder edit one bit of the code from yoursite.com to the name of your website then copy and paste the html once you've created a new FAQ in Admin CP > FAQ manager.

[firstrebel]

Thanks Gizmo999, nice one. Installed.

Bob

[cdoyle]

Is there anyway to have this automatically enter a person when they register using their zipcode in their profile?

Also anyway for an avatar to display, when you move over the marker?

[Gizmo999]

Is here any way of adding hotspots such as meeting places or event venues without it being a user?? Different colored balloons for this would be useful as well.