BB Code Enhancements - Interactive Google Maps In Post

No Google Maps API key, no mod install, no template edits, etc. This is based off YBMF's mod for 4.0, but a bit easier for the end user. Instead of the user having to input the full Google Maps link, just the address, name of business, etc is acceptable.

Admin CP --> Custom BB Codes --> Add New BB Code


Title: Map

BB Code Tag Name: map

Replacement: <div align="center" style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 5px;">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td class="thead" style="text-align:center"><iframe width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?q={param}&output=embed"></iframe></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

Example: [map]201 S. Grant Avenue, Columbus, Ohio[/map]

Description: This will insert a Google map of the location you input

Use {option}: No

Button Image (Optional): whatever 20x20 image you want, attached is the one we use

Remove Tag If Empty: Yes

Disable BB Code Within This BB Code: Yes

Disable Smilies Within This BB Code: Yes

Disable Word Wrapping Within This BB Code: Yes

[Rofo]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

I posted code in Post #64 that should resolve this issue.

Thank you, that did the trick! Sorry for not reading the whole thread, I skimmed right over that post.

Works great.

[hoadiem]

The following BB Code replacement may not be properly formed. All HTML attributes should be enclosed within double quotes.
•<div align="center" style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 5px;"> <table class="tborder" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td class="thead" style="text-align:center"> <iframe width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?q={param}&output=embed"> </iframe> </td> </tr> </table> </div>

click continue and tested look like it just show me the full US map not the address i put in the tag

[BirdOPrey5]

The warning about the properly formed code can be ignored. It has nothing to do with your problem.

You either have an address google maps can't find, so it reverts to the USA map, or sometimes google maps just doesn't work... come back to it in 15 minutes and it will probably be fine. I've only seen the USA map about 5 times over 2 years I've used this code. (I know this was released Feb 2010, I had an older version before this one.)

[Blackhat]

is there a way to unsubscribe without logging in ?

[benstillman]

Originally Posted by Blackhat

is there a way to unsubscribe without logging in ?

Unsubscribe from a map???

[ne_ne]

hey I am having issues, with the getting the BB Code to work.. I am running 4.1.1 vbulletin and on replacement code it just saves fine, but shows me a cut down version of my homepage in the BB Code manger??

help? I am unsure what to do..

[fulviods]

Originally Posted by Videx

I suppose there's nothing stopping you from doing it manually. I sure can't imagine software that would automatically scan a map and create a subforum for each street on it. Or a thread, though I don't know what good a single thread per street would do.

Too long manually. Imagine in a city how many streets...
I need it automatically...

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by ne_ne

hey I am having issues, with the getting the BB Code to work.. I am running 4.1.1 vbulletin and on replacement code it just saves fine, but shows me a cut down version of my homepage in the BB Code manger??

help? I am unsure what to do..

I don't know what you mean "cut down version" - if you mean it doesn't take up the whole size of the box that question has literally be answered like 5 times in the previous few posts. If you mean something else maybe a screen shot would help?

[Videx]

Finally! Now I can go back to Google. I hope.

Tuesday morning (4/19/11), Google made its Map Maker feature available in the U.S., allowing anyone to edit and approve changes to Google Maps.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...wpisrc=nl_tech

[rari2003]

Real cool Stuff! Many thank's for this! May be it could be usefull to add hints like this below to the main Thread? It may save time

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Try adding &t=h to the embed URL, so the replacement would be:

<div align="center" style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 5px;">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td class="thead" style="text-align:center"><iframe width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?q={param}&t=h&output=embed"></iframe></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>