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

[PoetJA-1975]

Ooooo! Lookz AWESOME!
Excited about this one for sure - Makes the Membermap even better!
Thanx for the sharing

Jacquii.

[RedGTiVR6]

I've reinstalled after the note from the guys here at vborg only to have an issue.

When I go to 'List users' it shows all users as Administrators...this simply isn't the case.

Apparently it's not pulling the user groups appropriately?

[PinkLiquorice]

Everything is ok until I go to the bit where you add it I click to add a marker go thru all that ok go to o kto add it and it says cannot open xml file and then when I tried to add it thru vb admin panel it says file invalid but it is the xml file I am trying to add so is the right type of file?! confused

[rike-online]

Originally Posted by RedGTiVR6

I've reinstalled after the note from the guys here at vborg only to have an issue.

When I go to 'List users' it shows all users as Administrators...this simply isn't the case.

Apparently it's not pulling the user groups appropriately?

Same problem here...

[mlucek]

Ditto on the user group problem - all my users are showing up as Administrator group too.

[mlucek]

Originally Posted by sw1

Everything is ok until I go to the bit where you add it I click to add a marker go thru all that ok go to o kto add it and it says cannot open xml file and then when I tried to add it thru vb admin panel it says file invalid but it is the xml file I am trying to add so is the right type of file?! confused

Make sure the markers.xml file's permissions are 777.

[StarFire]

Originally Posted by mlucek

Ditto on the user group problem - all my users are showing up as Administrator group too.

Same on the Version for 3.6.x - but only if you view from the admin-account. view it with a "testuser" with standard-user permissions, it shows the standard user-group. But! ... in my case the markers don't show up for normal users anymore. Do you have the same issue on 3.5x as I encounter that on 3.6.7?

SF

[PinkLiquorice]

why does it work for my managers and not for my members? all the managers is working fine but the members cant even see the Your Entry tab

[PinkLiquorice]

Originally Posted by mlucek

Make sure the markers.xml file's permissions are 777.

Have done this bit brilliant thank you

[mlucek]

Is there a simple way to manually add users to the map ? Most of the my users are not overly tech savvy, and it's a bit confusing to add a map marker for them.

I know I can manually edit the markers.xml file to add users, but not sure if that'll screwup synchronization with Google ?

TIA !

Mike