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

[moonclamp]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

I'll get back to you asap because there is a rename normally

Can you post the field list of the googlemap table?

Thank you.

Sure

mapid int(11) No auto_increment
userid int(11) No 0
username varchar(50) latin1_swedish_ci No
usergroupid int(11) No 0
text_map text latin1_swedish_ci No
lat_map varchar(255) latin1_swedish_ci No
lng_map


I jalso tried to manually rename the table to vb_googlemapme but then got the following error

Unknown column 'vb_googlemapme.pimage' in 'field list'

[stonyarc]

Found it

The rename SQL statement didn't included the table_prefix.

I'll upload a correct version. Just download again and reinstall in 30 sec

[moonclamp]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

Found it


The rename SQL statement didn't included the table_prefix.

I'll upload a correct version. Just download again and reinstall in 30 sec

Yep, seems all fixed now. Thank You

[moonclamp]

Question.

How do I edit the list of usergroups that appear under the map?

Mine is showing my "miserable users" group and all sorts of classified stuff.

[stonyarc]

All in the service

Hope you all like the new version.

As for the query count. It seems that it counts the xml parsings too.

The execution time is roughly the same as any other page. I'll dig some more if I can find something.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by moonclamp

Question.

How do I edit the list of usergroups that appear under the map?

Mine is showing my "miserable users" group and all sorts of classified stuff.

An edit for that's currently not available.

I'll see what I can come up with ASAP

[moonclamp]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

An edit for that's currently not available.

I'll see what I can come up with ASAP

Appreciated, I guess I'll have to wait before I go live with it then ... I can be patient.

What would be fantastic would be to sort markers by custom profile fields. Blue for male, red for female, that sort of thing ... The usergroup thing is pretty irrelevant on my forum.

[moonclamp]

Hmmm... my marker keeps vanishing.

I keep having to reset the 'unapproved view' thing in my admincp

EDIT, I think I fixed it.

[Battle_Ring]

not working its not showing up in my admin panel

[moonclamp]

slashes problem,

If a user adds an apostrophe to his marker text it gets slashed

EG "I\'m right here"