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 sickboy6ths

Please re-read my post.. (Just edited the LIST to be more explaining by itself )

Ah yes, I see what you mean now. I too would prefer it to show additional groups rather than primary groups.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Dr.Viggy

I may be missing something or just dense, but...

i added the scheduled task and ran it (more than one) but none of my users are showing up and my map is blank. what do i do?

If you click ME full view does it show them?

Seems like the scheduled task isn't running correctly.

If your click run now does it show a page with "done" on it?

If so just click your entry on the main map and click update. That should fix it.

If not get back to me

[Dr.Viggy]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

If you click ME full view does it show them?

Seems like the scheduled task isn't running correctly.

If your click run now does it show a page with "done" on it?

If so just click your entry on the main map and click update. That should fix it.

If not get back to me

- If i click ME full view it was showing NO users, now it's showing one (another admin)

- When I click run now it DOES say done almost instantly

- as for my entry, i don't have an entry as of yet. i just tried starting from scratch so we'll see how it goes.

does every user have to do this manually or will it populate all my users when i run the task?

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Dr.Viggy

- If i click ME full view it was showing NO users, now it's showing one (another admin)

- When I click run now it DOES say done almost instantly

- as for my entry, i don't have an entry as of yet. i just tried starting from scratch so we'll see how it goes.

does every user have to do this manually or will it populate all my users when i run the task?

For privacy reasons a user has to enter his entry on the map. I always give the advice to enter it on a nearby landmark.

As global geodcoding based on addresses is expensive and most of the users don't want to give the address that isn't released.

I however have written the code to do just that.

[Dr.Viggy]

ok i installed your other hack for the googlemaps in the user profile field and i added myself that way but i'd like to avoid having each user do it manually.

additionally... i can't get the link to show up in the post bit to click on a user and take you to their spot on the map, when i put it in, it only shows up for admin.

[Dr.Viggy]

here's an idea. would it be possible to have the user's ip give a location (just the city/state) and put that on the map automatically?

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Dr.Viggy

here's an idea. would it be possible to have the user's ip give a location (just the city/state) and put that on the map automatically?

If you have a reference database of course mostly that's on a nearby city.


If you have the money to spend you could even do it on telephone number for all I care.

you need an IP to location reference database. That's custom code.

Respect the privacy of users is one of the rules for using this so you should leave it up to your users to be on it or not. The detail level is very high is some regions.

[Dr.Viggy]

ok fair enough. i'm relatively new to this so just kicking around ideas to get a feel for how it all works.

here's a question... in the postbit i can see the link to my own location but not to the 2nd user that's put in his location so far. why is that? the other user only sees the link under my name and nobody else's including himself.

[bada_bing]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

Bada,


If you wait 10 more minutes the new version will be online

excellant upgraded and love the new version.. Did find one problem when it added the $post[findme] in the postbit it added the entry next to the online status and when clicking the My Location it interferred with the drop down menu for the user next to the online status so I manually moved the My Location link right below the member name and work great.. Thank You

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Dr.Viggy

ok fair enough. i'm relatively new to this so just kicking around ideas to get a feel for how it all works.

here's a question... in the postbit i can see the link to my own location but not to the 2nd user that's put in his location so far. why is that? the other user only sees the link under my name and nobody else's including himself.

There is an approval system in place.

You either auto approve an entry or an admin needs to approve an entry by using the admincp

Check the settings.

It's all explained in the pdf file too.