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



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



(c) 2007 Stonyarc

[Ig@r]

the application has come a long way since the first release

Yes, I know, and we all greatly appreciate your work. Thank you much.
Application is great in general. The only one problem is "find me" hook in the postbit, which are causing double number of queries in the showthread. Nice thing to know, that you are working on this issue, thanks!

BTW, most people, i believe, don't even use "find me", so it is very good idea to disable that hook by default.

[Ig@r]

Originally Posted by mini2

If you want to do "find me" the way I did it for the earlier googlemaps (and still use on 3.5, using cron tasks and a custom profile field) please feel free to use that code. No extra queries etc.

Could you please relese that code for 3.5?

[curriertech]

I installed the latest version but when I go to edit the usergroups, there's no section relating to the Google Map settings. Yes, I refreshed the admincp before looking. Any ideas? I've had a few drinks so I can't promise that I'm not just being a dumbass.

[moorediddy]

Does anyone know how to edit the text that is called by $post[findme]?

I'd like to modify it, for some reason I'm perturbed by the lower-case "location."

[Annapurna]

I installed ME yesterday evening! Perfect hack!

Question: Is there a way to sort the usergroup legend?

Andreas

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by curriertech

I installed the latest version but when I go to edit the usergroups, there's no section relating to the Google Map settings. Yes, I refreshed the admincp before looking. Any ideas? I've had a few drinks so I can't promise that I'm not just being a dumbass.

Please make sure you removed any old versions first and upload all files in the upload folder.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Annapurna

I installed ME yesterday evening! Perfect hack!

Question: Is there a way to sort the usergroup legend?

Andreas

Hey Andreas,

You can add an 'order by' to the query

If you open the vbgooglemapme.php on line 163 (or about there depending on your editor)

look for

PHP Code:

$gettypes= $db->query("SELECT title,googlemapmetype FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "usergroup where showonvbgme = '1'"); 


and replace by

PHP Code:

$gettypes= $db->query("SELECT title,googlemapmetype FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "usergroup where showonvbgme = '1' ORDER BY title DESC"); 


if you add usergroupid after select you can also order on that or any other field in that query for that matter.

Greetz

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by moorediddy

Does anyone know how to edit the text that is called by $post[findme]?

I'd like to modify it, for some reason I'm perturbed by the lower-case "location."

Hello,

the phrase is called vbgooglemapme_findme. You can edit it in the product file and reupload it with overwrite to yes or use the phrasemanager to edit it.

Hope you find it.

[Annapurna]

Hi stonyarc,

@ sorting: It works, but as my userids have changed a couple of times it doesn't give me control over a real sort in the ACP. But that's a minor issue and could be anything for a future release.

There's one more thing I'd like to asked:

I've changed in the templates vbgooglemapme_set_yourlocation and vbgooglemapme_display_yourlocation the following code from:

<td class="alt1" align="left"><input name="text_map" size="20" value="$text_map" style="padding-left:5px; font-weight:normal; width:200px;"></td>

to

<td class="alt1" align="left"><textarea name="text_map" value="$text_map" style="padding-left:5px; font-weight:normal; width: 400px; height: 80px;"></textarea></td>
</tr>

to gain more space for writing the text.

While setting a new location works fine by editing (display) it, the $text_map value isn't shown any more and I have to fill it again. But if I only want to edit the markers location it's annoying when I have to fill in this text again especially because I didn't expect it and forgot to copy for paste.

Any workaround?

Andreas

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Annapurna

Hi stonyarc,

@ sorting: It works, but as my userids have changed a couple of times it doesn't give me control over a real sort in the ACP. But that's a minor issue and could be anything for a future release.

There's one more thing I'd like to asked:

I've changed in the templates vbgooglemapme_set_yourlocation and vbgooglemapme_display_yourlocation the following code from:

<td class="alt1" align="left"><input name="text_map" size="20" value="$text_map" style="padding-left:5px; font-weight:normal; width:200px;"></td>

to

<td class="alt1" align="left"><textarea name="text_map" value="$text_map" style="padding-left:5px; font-weight:normal; width: 400px; height: 80px;"></textarea></td>
</tr>

to gain more space for writing the text.

While setting a new location works fine by editing (display) it, the $text_map value isn't shown any more and I have to fill it again. But if I only want to edit the markers location it's annoying when I have to fill in this text again especially because I didn't expect it and forgot to copy for paste.

Any workaround?

Andreas

If you enter the same textarea in the vbgooglemapme_display_yourlocation and vbgooglemapme_set_yourlocation it should work.

On edit the value of the $text_map should be shown and on set and update. You shouldn't have to copy it. It's retrieved from the database.