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

[benFF]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

I removed the nowrap="nowrap" from the script.

You can reload the XML with Overwrite to YES. That should help fix your problem.

Hi there!

Unfortunately this is still no good as my forum is only 780 pixels wide and can only just fit the map - with the "user details" window it expands way too much.

A popup to enter/edit details would be much better - and just taking the current co-ordinates from the main map...?

[GuaRRand]

Is there any eta on maps of europe? (detailed) from google??

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by benFF

Hi there!

Unfortunately this is still no good as my forum is only 780 pixels wide and can only just fit the map - with the "user details" window it expands way too much.

A popup to enter/edit details would be much better - and just taking the current co-ordinates from the main map...?

I'll work on a fix for you

[LaNder]

At http://www.frappr.com/ you can enter your location directly based on the name of the city instead of zooming the coordinates. Is there a chance to get this in VBGooglemap?


CF

[Dutchmang]

Clicks "Install"

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by LaNder

At http://www.frappr.com/ you can enter your location directly based on the name of the city instead of zooming the coordinates. Is there a chance to get this in VBGooglemap?CF

This is planned for future versions. However except for the maps in the US, Canada and UK the other countries are not as detailled.

Moreover Global support would need a very large geocode database to contain all the latitudes and longitudes.

There are some posts about this in this thread. A solution is there but you would need a lot of infrastructure to support this. (eg webservice)

[JJR512]

I'm having a problem.

IE6, VB is 3.5.0, downloaded the hack today (a few hours ago) and installed, encountered no errors during install.

When I enter "http://www.jjr512.com/VBGooglemap.php" as my URL in the address bar, the page loads fine and displays the world map across the width of the screen. When I click the "Your Entry" button, it goes to "http://www.jjr512.com/VBGooglemap.php?do=yourlocation", but the map does not show up. The part to the left of the map, with "Edit your information", the latitude and longitude box, marker text, etc., that's all there, but there's no map. The red and yellow pushpin legend is also there.

There's also a little warning indicator in the IE status bar, the white page with yellow triange over it with black exclamation point, next to the word "Done". If I double-click that little icon, the error message details is:

Line: 308
Char: 1
Error: Object expected
Code: 0
URL: http://www.jjr512.com/VBGooglemap.php?do=yourlocation

There is also a Previous and Next button on this error message, Next is grayed out, when I click Previous the details change to this:

Line: 707
Char: 32
Error: Syntax error
Code: 0
URL: http://www.jjr512.com/VBGooglemap.php?do=yourlocation

What am I doing wrong? After 196 posts, and nobody else having this problem, I figure it must be me, not the hack, any suggestions?

Thanks!

[dan35]

How can I delete a member's mark?

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by dan35

How can I delete a member's mark?

Dan,

A member can delete that himself. Just click your location, check the delete function and click update location.

There is no admin delete yet. So as admin go the googlemap table and remove the entry or use the backend function to login as user.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by JJR512

I'm having a problem.

IE6, VB is 3.5.0, downloaded the hack today (a few hours ago) and installed, encountered no errors during install.

There's also a little warning indicator in the IE status bar, the white page with yellow triange over it with black exclamation point, next to the word "Done". If I double-click that little icon, the error message details is:

There is also a Previous and Next button on this error message, Next is grayed out, when I click Previous the details change to this:

What am I doing wrong? After 196 posts, and nobody else having this problem, I figure it must be me, not the hack, any suggestions?

Thanks!

As you can see I entered my marker without any problem
http://www.jjr512.com/VBGooglemap.php?do=showmain

I'm afraid this might be a local setting problem. But I'll surely check to make sure.
BTW Version 1.0.3 is just around the corner.

/edit

I updated the version to 1.0.3. I think the error will be gone now.

* starts uploading the new version