VBGooglemap Hotspot Edition

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VBGooglemap Hotspot Edition 1.0.4
I'm proud to announce that the Hotspot Edition is currently available to you all !!!

Function
The vbgooglemap Hotspot Edition is a design from StonyArc (http://www.stonyarc.com). It allows you to create and maintain a whole range of elements like landmarks, places to visit or even people. The application is fully manageable from the control panels. Each specific category can have a specific colour code. The configuration is done by the administrator. He or she can edit/approve/add catogories name it, it's there.
Clicking on a marker will open a small balloon with some essential elements for that spot and an image in the second tab. For each marker on the map there is also a full details page including support for the vbulletin full editor (wysiwyg) so additional information and images can be added.

Use the menus to navigate through all the functions.

Vbgooglemap Hotspot Edition is ideal for handling landmarks, travel, events or even giving your users their own page.


Don't forget to hit install !!!!!!!




Detailed installation instructions and screenshots in the included pdf file.

Version Information
1.0.0.

• Initial Version

1.0.1

• Included fix for single quote insert error

1.0.2

• Integrated on mouse over support for the information balloon with admincp support for activation
• Compact display of main map (welcome in header)

1.0.3

• Fixed date issue to display the correct entered date in both new insert and edit of existing
• Fixed the frontend delete issue

1.0.4
Current version

• Minor update after changes from Google. IE alignment issue.

Current Features





NOTE:

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.

Support for this version is only in this thread and only for people that have clicked install.

To remove the copyright marker, please get in touch with me on admin@stonyarc.com. The email address cannot be used for support questions for this version.

If you have specific requests (eg custom versions) you may use the address to get in touch with me to discuss.


Planned Features
- To be defined

Volume warning

- high volume of markers may result in longer loading times

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 spotmarkers.xml file to 777
- usergroup permissions are available in the backend
- First time loading of the map may take a few seconds longer because of Google API hosting

Demonstration
http://www.stonyarc.com/forums/vbgooglemaphse.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 (vbgooglemaphse1.0.0.pdf)


FAQ

The FAQ is included in the pdf file.



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



(c) 2006 Stonyarc

[Dusty Miller]

Could we have an edit option on he pop up balloon on the map view. With a few entries it's sometines hard to find an entry on a long list :-)

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Dusty Miller

Could we have an edit option on he pop up balloon on the map view. With a few entries it's sometines hard to find an entry on a long list :-)

Good idea. I can link it to the permission. Just a small icon on the balloon for those usergroups that have the right to do so. Or maybe a small menu.

[MagiKelly]

Is it possible to set it so that people can edit their own posts but not everyone else's. When people make a mistake I have to delete or fix it but if I set it to let registered users edit entries they are then able to edit everyones.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by MagiKelly

Is it possible to set it so that people can edit their own posts but not everyone else's. When people make a mistake I have to delete or fix it but if I set it to let registered users edit entries they are then able to edit everyones.

The datamodel (table) should support it.

Normally the permissions are set on a usergroup level.

I thought that that should be sufficient if you allow mods or a special group edit rights and only admin delete rights.

But if a majority feels like a user should be able to edit their own entries.

This isn't really a userbased application. At least it's not intended to be one.

[Zia]

/me clikcs install

[drn]

Hi Stonyarc - another great product.

I am experiencing a basic issue though - I cannot add any entries. When I click on "Insert the information" - it gives me the "redirecting to main googlemap page", but there are no markers added. I had filled in all the information.

There are no errors in any of the logs - so cannot figure out how to resolve this. All usergroup permissions have been double checked.

Is there some way to enable debugging?

Thanks,

UPDATE - I have just enabled the "Auto-approve additions" and this has now started working. Is this essentially an ON-OFF toggle?

Ben

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by drn

Hi Stonyarc - another great product.

I am experiencing a basic issue though - I cannot add any entries. When I click on "Insert the information" - it gives me the "redirecting to main googlemap page", but there are no markers added. I had filled in all the information.

There are no errors in any of the logs - so cannot figure out how to resolve this. All usergroup permissions have been double checked.

Is there some way to enable debugging?

Thanks,


UPDATE - I have just enabled the "Auto-approve additions" and this has now started working. Is this essentially an ON-OFF toggle?

Ben

This is just an option in place so that when you enable all user entry you'll have an approval process in the admincp.

Also when you want to do something special (showing only a certain type for a certain period) you can just take some stuff offline without deleting it


It's all in the features.

[MagiKelly]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

This isn't really a userbased application. At least it's not intended to be one.

For my site it is a user based function. My site is for open canoers and this map is used for members to mark the location of river access points and places of interest in their area.

Still a great hack and does pretty much everything I could ask it would just save on admin time if users could fix their own entries. After a while they will probably make less mistakes anyway

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by MagiKelly

For my site it is a user based function. My site is for open canoers and this map is used for members to mark the location of river access points and places of interest in their area.

Still a great hack and does pretty much everything I could ask it would just save on admin time if users could fix their own entries. After a while they will probably make less mistakes anyway

That's what we need online more lazy admins

[stonyarc]

So if you have any suggestions for the next version please drop them in.

I'm building the roadmap