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



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(c) 2007 Stonyarc

[Tralala]

/installed

Thanks!

[MrD]

Hi,
any News about the buggy Cronjob?
If Usergroups where Changed in ACP, there where not displayed correctly in the Map.

[Tralala]

I see at one point this automatically placed users Avatars in the bubble. And then it got removed. Too much incompatibility with various browsers, I presume?

I'd love the option to get avatars back. Any plans for trying again?

[stwilson]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

This hack is just as dead and the vbgoogle hotspot as the author had not made any changes in a year...Would be nice to see another coder take this over and add geozip feature rather and L&L as some members dont know that expecially younger kids.

I have to agree 100%. It would be nice to see some other coder(s) take on an updated Google Map MOD. This one was probably best in class a year ago but is in need of some enhancements to be more Web 2.0. Just my opinion and I'm not knocking the MOD, just seeing an opportunity for another coder to take over this type of MOD and make some decent money. I know I would pay for an enhanced version of these MODs.

[Tralala]

Originally Posted by bulbasnore

OK, this is working pretty well in test for us on vB 3.6.4 (Apache2/PHP5/MySQL5/Linux). We have these exceptions:
- Picture display comes and goes. Sometimes scrolling the map helps?
- Some members don't see the pins or links above the on map certain computers.

My advice to those having complete problems (no display) is: recapitulate the install and make sure the cron task is working. That advice may be worth nothing. I can't support the add-on for you any further. As always, the more details you post, the more likely you are to get help. If it was me, I'd post: O/S, vB & add-on versions plus file locations uploaded, plus cron task log.

...

To be clear again: You can wreck things playing around at this level. If you do, its YOUR fault. My code is NOT authorized by Stonyarc and frankly, I expect him to delete this post when he/she returns. For those who have the skills to deal with this, I hope this helps you. I've been helped so much be vb.org over the years.

Thanks very much for sharing this; I very much wanted to enable avatars in the GoogleMap ME on my forum, and so I followed these instructions to a "T." Avatars are, in fact, stored in my forum's database.

And so I made a full backup of my database, created the php (making sure to edit it to match my forum's URL ) and then uploaded the file... created the cron job, and manually ran it.

Then I ran that SQL query... but don't see standard avatar URLs. All I see are the URLs to pics folks have "manually" attached to their map entry. Of course I still don't see any avatars in the actual map, either. In fact, it appears that nothing has changed. So now I am just wondering if there's anything else I can try.

I am running vBulletin 3.6.4.
Server Type: Linux
Web Server: Apache v1.3.37 (cgi)
PHPL 4.4.4
MySQL Version: 5.0.24a-standard-log
Not too many add-ons, everything else is running swimmingly, in fact.

Again, thanks for sharing this!

[iMav]

I've got a weird problem.

Before my migration to VB I installed a VB instance with my current database with the googlemap. Then, when you clicked on a users location the default zoom level (8 in my case) worked flawless.

Now I've installed VB again for production forum and installed the same version of the googlemap but the default zoom level for a user marker won't work.

I saw more people got this problem, anybody any idea what the problem might be?

Thnx

[Tralala]

I'd just like it to zoom to a default zoom level when I click on a marker already on the map. It doesn't zoom at all unless I drag the slider.

[Tralala]

Originally Posted by iMav

I've got a weird problem.

Before my migration to VB I installed a VB instance with my current database with the googlemap. Then, when you clicked on a users location the default zoom level (8 in my case) worked flawless.

Now I've installed VB again for production forum and installed the same version of the googlemap but the default zoom level for a user marker won't work.

I saw more people got this problem, anybody any idea what the problem might be?

Thnx

I noticed this too... regardless of what I set for "Default zoom of the maps when using a link to show the marker" in AdminCP, when I link to the map from a user's postbit (using $findme) it always zooms at zoom level of 10.

[bplinson]

Does this now work in FireFox? I can see themap in IE but not FireFox.

Is this mod no longer supported?

[dadu911]

How can I show all the users whom already have set their locations automatically rather them posting up a mark. They selected location in USERCP can they show automatically on the map ?