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



Feel free to support this mod and make a paypal donation to admin@stonyarc.com



(c) 2007 Stonyarc

[yotsume]

Originally Posted by Ronseal

Hi,
This single reference, out of 32 pages, regarding the deletion of the $footer from the vbgooglemapme template has sorted my installation, thanks a million. Although I have absolutely no idea why it makes the markers appear...

Thanks again.
Ronseal

Well tried this and the markers still dont show.

Maybe this is just a trash mod and not working for vb3.7x?

[yotsume]

Pure POS! Zero answers after reading all these wasted pages! UNINSTALLING!!!

[aileron79]

Installed this version for vB 4.* and it works fine.

In case the pins do not show up they most likely have not been uploaded...

[kjsmith84]

I dont feel like reading through 69 pages- can someone tell meif this works with 3.8?

[Mellow]

Originally Posted by ckgreenman

Ok I talked with StonyArc and even though he is working on an OFFICIAL vB4 release he has authorized me release my vB4 version of this mod (3.0.1-vb4 for lack of a better version).

INSTALL:

1. To Install, unpack the contents of the zip file onto your computer.
2. Upload the contents of the "upload" directory AS IS so that the vbgooglemapme.php file
resides in your forum root
3. In AdminCP go to "Manage Products" and click the "Add/Import" link at the bottom.
4. Under "Import Product", click the "Browse" button and specify the "product-vbgooglemapme.xml" file.
5. Click "Import"

To UPGRADE from 3.0.1 (if it's still installed after you upgraded to vB4):
1. In AdminCP, go to the VBGooglemapME Settings and record your googlemap API key,
2. In AdminCP, go to the "Manage Products".
3. Scroll down to VBGooglemapME and uninstall the product. (user markers are not deleted so existing markers)
4. Unpack the zip file.
5. Upload the contents of the "upload" directory. (The only files that changed are vbgooglemapme.php and incluces/functions_vbgooglemapme.php so copying those is sufficient)
6. import the new product file.
7. Go to VBGoogleMapME Settings and put in your googlemap API key (and any other settings).

Note: The permissions will not be correct when you upgrade so you will need to rebuild the bitmask by visiting the Usergroup Manager. The masks should rebuild on their own but make sure your group permissions are as you need them. Also, the "Member Map" link resides on in the Community drop down menu which is visible when you click the "Forum" tab.


NEW FEATURES:
In addition to being ported to vB4 I added a few features that had been suggested on this thread.
You can now select "Terrain" as a default map mode.
Terrain is a selectable mode when viewing the map.
You can now zoom the map using a Mouse Scroll wheel.


If you have any questions regarding THIS VERSION please feel free to contact me here or via PM.


Enjoy!!

UPDATE: Apparently I missed one of the fixes that ZeroHour had posted so I'm uploading a new version that includes this fix.

This worked great for me on 4.1... the only issue is it's not centered, might not be in it's own box.

[Gamelobby]

Originally Posted by HondaATC

Tip for those using this:

I had my markers disappear on me the other day. I couldn't figure out why. I loaded markers.xml in my browser and got a parse error with a copy of what line exactly was showing it. Turns out a user had posted a link to an attachment into his thumb tack, and the character messed it up. I removed the image link, deleted markers.xml via FTP, and then added myself back on, and markers.xml regenerated with the correction, and then the page loaded correctly showing all nearly 200 markers.

1. Removed the img link where..? (in the mod itself or from xml)
2. Deleted xml from FTP, (then uploaded it again later or mod recreated it by itself.?)
3. Added yourself back on in mod or to xml.? (my info never went away)


Thanks.
i think i did what you said, but it didn't work for me, is why im asking.

[HondaATC]

Its been sometime since I did this but as I recall:

The tacks are stored in two places. One in a mysql table that actually propogates the xml file. I either edited the table directly in phpmyadmin or went to the settingsin admincp for this mod and found the user that had posted the link and removed it that way. It seems like there was a moderate users option or something for it, that had a list of all the users there location and comment data. Wherever that was, I deleted the info causing the the information that was causing the error in the xml from the database. And my own info from the database. Then I deleted the markers .xml completely, and I readded myself from the web interface, the modified database table re generated a correct xml file and it worked.

This was about 6 months ago so I can't remember entirely

[haninja]

I'm getting 'InfoTabs' is undefined when I click on a marker. Anybody encounter this? And I don't see the popups.

[eh69]

Im using php 5.3.5 and xcache. I have error too:

Warning: unserialize() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in [path]/vbgooglemapme.php on line 84

Fatal error: Call to a member function render() on a non-object in /usr/local/www/forum.x.org/vbgooglemapme.php on line 217

This error is missing when I click "flush cache" in vBOptimise, but missing on for one refresh. Next is showing again.

Or error is missing when I comment this line in vbgooglemap.php:

$vbulletin->vbgooglemapme = unserialize($vbulletin->vbgooglemapme)

Map is showing - its not correct key problem.

Second problem - markers is dont adding to my marker.xml file, its looking that:

%
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><markers>
<!-- (c) 2006 StonyArc -->

</markers>

Im using iso8859-2 enconding on my site.


EDIT
I found fix for that.

1. find this line

$vbulletin->vbgooglemapme = unserialize($vbulletin->vbgooglemapme)

and replace with this line

// $vbulletin->vbgooglemapme = unserialize($vbulletin->vbgooglemapme)

2. in googlemap admin cp disable small map preview

[vwdforum]

I've tried to use this in vb 4.1.2 but it doesn't work, anyone using it now?