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

[caliman]

Originally Posted by caliman

Upgraded from 1.03....
(note - templates were not modified - no option to revert)


Have the following issues:

1) No dashboard showing up above map.
2) Default zoom is not changing inspite of changing it in vbcp.
3) profile links only showing up for admins/mods - no one else.
4) no avatars or online status showing up. (avatars are being served from database)

I uploaded all files and overwrote product with new one.... not sure what I missed! Thanks in advance...

I got #3 to work for everybody by changing the member pin color to red.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by yinyang

possible bug:

i created a test account to try out another usergroup's markers. once i was satisfied with that usergroup, i deleted my test account. however, that test account's marker still stayed on the map.

i could only get rid of it by going into phpmyadmin and deleting the user from the googlemap table.

The marker information is indeed kept in a separate table.

Deleting a user in the main usertable will indeed keep the user in the googlemap table.


This will be fixed by adding a backgroup admin page with listings and maintenance options.

I don't want to change any core code to support this.

[caliman]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

I thinks you still will have to revert.

Sorry for being dense... how do I revert if there is no option too? (Button grayed out)

I completely uninstalled and reinstalled and still got the same result.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by caliman

Sorry for being dense... how do I revert if there is no option too? (Button grayed out)

I completely uninstalled and reinstalled and still got the same result.

I'm looking in to it now.

The template he loads isn't the full template that's why he gives a javascript error too

Edit

I see you have VBSEO running.
Exclude vbgooglemap.php please

The vbgooglemap_display_map is way off

[MagiKelly]

Great work.

I managed to upgrade with minimum problems. It all seems to be working but I have found that it is showing members as being online who are not.

http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/forum/vbgooglemap.php

At the moment it is showing people as being online that were last active about 30 minutes ago. Is this normal?

Thanks again for all your work on this. looking forward to the hot spot edition so we can mark canoeing routes.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by MagiKelly

Great work.

I managed to upgrade with minimum problems. It all seems to be working but I have found that it is showing members as being online who are not.

http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/forum/vbgooglemap.php

At the moment it is showing people as being online that were last active about 30 minutes ago. Is this normal?

Thanks again for all your work on this. looking forward to the hot spot edition so we can mark canoeing routes.

Well it goes and checks the session table. The query needs some finetuning but that will be fixed in 2.0.3

[MagiKelly]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

Well it goes and checks the session table. The query needs some finetuning but that will be fixed in 2.0.3

It is not a great problem but I thought I should mention it.

Thanks again for all your work on this.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

I'm looking in to it now.

The template he loads isn't the full template that's why he gives a javascript error too

Edit

I see you have VBSEO running.
Exclude vbgooglemap.php please

The vbgooglemap_display_map is way off

To force revert open vbgooglemap_display_map set a few spaces somewhere. Save and the revert option will activate.

[Gizmo999]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

Can you see what the image is he's trying to load or at least a user?

check out this screen grab below, you can see every member pin has a second image of a blue square and ? like a duplicate but missing the image

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Gizmo999

check out this screen grab below, you can see every member pin has a second image of a blue square and ? like a duplicate but missing the image

I think I know what it is.

It's the shadow layer of the icon.

Edit

Yep there is one image missing in the /images/googlemap => mm_20_shadow.png

It's now included in the zip. To fix it on Safari just upload that single image to /images/googlemap

Other users can do this too if they want or just wait for the next update.