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

[GuaRRand]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

Because they have a large zipcode / L&L database behind it.

http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html this one has about all zipcodes and locations in the world except US.

I could mix up a super global DB for the zipcodes but than it would be very hard on diskspace and your database server if you don't have enough performance in there.

I got no probs with that
Throw it in there!!
(or maybe make a lite and full version!?!?)

[DJ XtAzY]

does running this hack have a high server load?

[TTG]

Was working well for a few hours .. 7 members added their info and all disappeared !?

[banshee]

Originally Posted by bitg

I am having the same color issues in my vbgooglemap. white on white text.

Can you help?

Me to how can I add in the Font color to make the bubbles text darker?

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by TTG

Was working well for a few hours .. 7 members added their info and all disappeared !?

TTG,
Can you please put a URL?
It's probably a data problem in the text field

/Edit

TTG,

It's the users Stevie Jay that is causing the problem he posted in his text field ?.

This is a non escaped character. Quick fix edit the googlemap table and remove the special character from name and text.

I'll modify the escape code.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by banshee

Me to how can I add in the Font color to make the bubbles text darker?

I'll drop in a how to

[TTG]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

TTG,

Can you please put a URL?

It's probably a data problem in the text field

Clicky here


Thanks stonyarc .. problem now solved.

[Colejo]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

Any tips on fixing that are welcome.

I know someone has to know how to do this. Anyone?

[stonyarc]

Minor update for people with the DocumentElement Error

This is most of the time caused by a user that has used very special characters in the text file. I'm working on a full check but there are a lot of them like ? and many others.

Special Characters in text => STATUS IN PROGRESS, I CHANGED THE STR_REPLACE WITH A BROADER ONE TO HANDLE MORE SPECIAL CHARACTERS SO THE RISK OF FAILING BECAUSE OF SPEC CHARS IS ALMOST RESOLVED => Download and overwrite VBGooglemap.php

Remember this is still a beta but it's going quite well I think

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by banshee

Me to how can I add in the Font color to make the bubbles text darker?

Ok here it goes

To edit the color of the text displayed in the balloon

Go to the VBGooglemap_display_map template
(It also occurs in the other templates but it's currently not used YET)

look for

		
if ( (type=="yellow") || (type=="red") ){
title = "<a href='/'>"+ title +"</a>";
}
var content = "<div align=\"center\"><strong>"+title +"</strong></div>" + "<hr width=\"100\"/><div align=\"left\" style=\"width: 20em\">" + text +"</div>";

and change this to

		
if ( (type=="yellow") || (type=="red") ){
title = "<a href='/'><font color='#000000'>"+ title +"</font></a>";
}
var content = "<div align=\"center\"><strong><font color='#000000'>"+title +"</font></strong></div>" + "<hr width=\"100\"/><div align=\"left\" style=\"width: 20em\"><font color='#000000'>" + text +"</font></div>";

You can change the #000000 to anything you like

I'll make the font color a admincp option to add. This should make life easier for some.