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



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



(c) 2007 Stonyarc

[RedGTiVR6]

any word on if this works with 3.7?

[logofreax]

Klick "Uninstall" cause no Support from Author at the really good known Megabug "Showing no Pins or markers"

cu
logofreax

[RedGTiVR6]

strange - it works on our forum just fine on 3.6.8 pl 2

[RedGTiVR6]

I take that back!

I went to approve the long list of people (didn't realize I needed to since I wasn't the person that installed this mod originally) and now we have nothing. Of our 225+ users who have put a spot on that map, none of them are showing up now.

I take it the developer of this mod is MIA?

[PoetJA-1975]

Yep - apparently MIA...
It's unfortunate really - cause this WAS one of the better modifications offered on vB.org IMO

Jacquii.

[logofreax]

We now took vBulletin-Membermap

It works really fine. Clearer, Faster, better looking an no Problems with Pins

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=154533

cu
logofreax

[ZeroHour]

Right I have found several bugs so far.
IF YOU CANT SEE ANY MARKERS:
Check your markers.xml file. It seems to be temperamental at formatting. I know that if the XML has " in the fields or "&" the markers will fail to load. I am working on a fix right now for my site and I will post the changes.

Fixed, see post 1599

[PoetJA-1975]

Originally Posted by logofreax

We now took vBulletin-Membermap

It works really fine. Clearer, Faster, better looking an no Problems with Pins

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=154533

cu
logofreax

Um... I'm not very partial to this one and for one reason only: When you have a forum with Members from all over the world, you want to present just one map that has the option of zooming...

Very good effort though and thanx for sharing it.

Originally Posted by ZeroHour

Right I have found several bugs so far.
IF YOU CANT SEE ANY MARKERS:
Check your markers.xml file. It seems to be temperamental at formatting. I know that if the XML has " in the fields or "&" the markers will fail to load. I am working on a fix right now for my site and I will post the changes.

lazy/busy me hasn't even considered looking at the code.
I'll appreciate you posting a fix for the pins issue though
That would be lovely, especially considering we've got a lot of new Members who don't have the opportunity to place their pin just yet.

So - Thanx for working on it

Jacquii.

[ZeroHour]

Right I have my first fix. I will be editing this post with future changes so you can refer back to it and bookmark it by clicking the post number to the right.

Fix for no markers shown:

Edit:

/includes/functions_vbgooglemapme.php:

Goto line 49 which should start:

PHP Code:

$text_file .= "<marker mapid=\" 


Replace that line with:

PHP Code:

$text_file .= "<marker mapid=\"". htmlspecialchars($get_xml_marker["mapid"])."\"  title_map=\"".htmlspecialchars($get_xml_marker["title_map"])."\" lng=\"".htmlspecialchars($get_xml_marker["lng"])."\" lat=\"".htmlspecialchars($get_xml_marker["lat"])."\" userid=\"".htmlspecialchars($get_xml_marker["userid"])."\" username=\"".preg_replace("/\n|\r\n|\r/", "",nl2br(addslashes(htmlspecialchars(trim($get_xml_marker["username"])))))."\" text_map=\"".preg_replace("/\n|\r\n|\r/", "", nl2br(addslashes(htmlspecialchars(trim($get_xml_marker["text_map"])))))."\" type=\"".htmlspecialchars($gettype['googlemapmetype'])."\" pimage=\"".htmlspecialchars($pimage)."\" />\n"; 


/includes/cron/vbgooglemapme_cron.php:

Goto line 58 which should start:

PHP Code:

$text_file .= "<marker mapid=\" 


Replace that line with:

PHP Code:

$text_file .= "<marker mapid=\"".htmlspecialchars($get_xml_marker["mapid"])."\"  title_map=\"".htmlspecialchars($get_xml_marker["title_map"])."\" lng=\"".htmlspecialchars($get_xml_marker["lng"])."\" lat=\"".htmlspecialchars($get_xml_marker["lat"])."\" userid=\"".htmlspecialchars($get_xml_marker["userid"])."\" username=\"".preg_replace("/\n|\r\n|\r/", "",nl2br(addslashes(htmlspecialchars(trim($get_xml_marker["username"])))))."\" text_map=\"".preg_replace("/\n|\r\n|\r/", "", nl2br(addslashes(htmlspecialchars(trim($get_xml_marker["text_map"])))))."\" type=\"".htmlspecialchars($gettype['googlemapmetype'])."\" pimage=\"".htmlspecialchars($pimage)."\" />\n"; 


Run the scheduled task and your markers should return.
Basically I have modified the code to replace things like "&" with the xml safe "&" so no matter what anyone enters for the fields the xml should still be safe.

More tweaks to come including integration of the display groups being marker colour.

[WimpBastard]

Great work ZeroHour! The markers show up now.