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

[sumacbob]

I`m using the google member map mod on my vbulletin board.

I`ve just moved the forum over to a new server. Instead of moving the files over, I installed a fresh install of vbulletin and simply imported the old database so I keep posts, members, settings etc.

I had a problem a few months ago with injections/hacking. I felt a clean code was better!

Anyways, to return my member maps. How should I proceed? Obviously all the settings are there in the database, I just do not have the source code/files installed.

[Elenna]

Removing the $footer from the vbgooglemapme template did the trick for me. It took a few minutes to update (maybe waiting for the chron job to run again?), but I'm now showing on the map!
Thanks for the add-on!

[Martz]

Sorry If I've missed it being said already, but google now supports UK geocoding through their API

[stonyarc]

All,

The version 3.0.0 is now online. This release is focussed on the Security issues.

Other requests and issues will be included in version 3.1.0

Thank you

[jiffy]

Installed on 3.6.7PL and markers aren't showing. I tried both Firefox and IE.

[stonyarc]

Please run the cron job once and it should work

Or update your own marker.

[PoetJA-1975]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

All,

The version 3.0.0 is now online. This release is focussed on the Security issues.

Other requests and issues will be included in version 3.1.0

Thank you

Hi stonyarc - When will the version 3.1.0 be released? And what requests/upgrades will it include?

Thanx,

Jacquii.

[rike-online]

Thanks for this update, stonyarc!

But we've one problem with german special characters. In the markers textfield (balloon) they aren't shown correctly, i.e.

Gr??e aus D?nemark

(in german: Grüße aus Dänemark (greetings from Denmark))

Any hints for me?

Edit: New problem: the markers are showing correcly in FF & Opera, but in IE there are no markers... additionally the colour of the markers in the list of all entered members is not different, only one colour for all users. in legend the colours are correct. Cron have done...

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by rike-online

Thanks for this update, stonyarc!

But we've one problem with german special characters. In the markers textfield (balloon) they aren't shown correctly, i.e.

Gr??e aus D?nemark

(in german: Gr??e aus D?nemark (greetings from Denmark))

Any hints for me?

Edit: New problem: the markers are showing correcly in FF & Opera, but in IE there are no markers... additionally the colour of the markers in the list of all entered members is not different, only one colour for all users. in legend the colours are correct. Cron have done...

That might be a charset issue. IE has trouble handling the special chars in the XML.

I'll have a look. The version that is now online should handle it fine (I updated the function yesterday to force and UTF-8 xml file and Cron)

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by PoetJA-1975

Hi stonyarc - When will the version 3.1.0 be released? And what requests/upgrades will it include?

Thanx,

Jacquii.

This is a preview of things to come http://www.xboxlivenation.com/community/gamermap.php

And this is a perview of one of the new features
http://www.xboxlivenation.com/community/gamerprox.php