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

[cbr929rrerion]

ok.. read 30 pages.. How can I change the background color of the balloon?

Its late.. spelling stinks.. Help...

[kommuni]

Originally Posted by cbr929rrerion

ok.. read 30 pages.. How can I change the background color of the balloon?

Its late.. spelling stinks.. Help...

i would love to see such a map combined with a citylocator. Unfortunately GoogleMaps are not very detailled yet for germany, so there's not really much sense for us when using this.

Besides from that, great work.

[mkdevo]

i found a bug in this today, though i'm not sure it's something that is fixable..

a user with an apostrophe in his username tried adding himself to the map, and it caused a db error. obviously the sql is reading it as an extra beginning quote, without an end..

can this be fixed?

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO googlemap (userid,username,usergroupid,text_map,lat_map,lng_map) VALUES ('430','test'user','11','testing','-18.646245142670608','-55.37109375');

MySQL Error  : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'user','11','testing','-18.646245142670608','-55.37109375')' at l Error Number : 1064

[ConqSoft]

Fix posted earlier in this thread...

[kadafi_alive]

Hmm,

I am having a problem with IE. When I add an entry in IE, it doesn't show at all but it does in FireFox.

[knimrod]

I installed this and it's working pretty well. My use is regional and I took advantage of the admin configurable default lat/longs and zoom level. However, several users reported problems when trying submit their locations where they were presented with a "blank map" from which to select from. What was happening is that the regional zoom level remained constant (10) but the apparently uninitialized lat/longs must point to some world center (0,0?) in the middle of the ocean. At a default zoom level of "10", all you got was a pale blue map. Users could however, zoom out, recenter, then zoom back in again but that wasn't very intuitive.

I made the following change that gets the default lat/long from the options before a new submitter is presented with the map. This will probably only be useful for those that default to a zoomed in region but it's currently working for me. Perhaps some consideration could be given to this problem in future releases (for which I'm anxiously waiting).

In VBGooglemap.php find this:

	eval('$VBGooglemap_set_yourlocation .= "' . fetch_template('VBGooglemap_set_yourlocation') . '";');

Before add:

	$lng_map = $vbulletin->options['VBGooglemap_lng'];
	$lat_map = $vbulletin->options['VBGooglemap_lat'];

Thanks for a great hack!

[docvader]

Installed easily and apparently working flawlessly, so far.

You might want to make Starbug's changes (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=160) standard for the next upgrade; the black text works much better.

Thanks! Great job.
rich

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by kadafi_alive

Hmm,

I am having a problem with IE. When I add an entry in IE, it doesn't show at all but it does in FireFox.

Can you post a link??

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by knimrod

I installed this and it's working pretty well. My use is regional and I took advantage of the admin configurable default lat/longs and zoom level. However, several users reported problems when trying submit their locations where they were presented with a "blank map" from which to select from. What was happening is that the regional zoom level remained constant (10) but the apparently uninitialized lat/longs must point to some world center (0,0?) in the middle of the ocean. At a default zoom level of "10", all you got was a pale blue map. Users could however, zoom out, recenter, then zoom back in again but that wasn't very intuitive.

I made the following change that gets the default lat/long from the options before a new submitter is presented with the map. This will probably only be useful for those that default to a zoomed in region but it's currently working for me. Perhaps some consideration could be given to this problem in future releases (for which I'm anxiously waiting).

In VBGooglemap.php find this:

	eval('$VBGooglemap_set_yourlocation .= "' . fetch_template('VBGooglemap_set_yourlocation') . '";');

Before add:

	$lng_map = $vbulletin->options['VBGooglemap_lng'];
	$lat_map = $vbulletin->options['VBGooglemap_lat'];

Thanks for a great hack!

Thanks for the tip.

I'll put it in the next standard

[Robert Basil]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

I'll put it in the next standard

Any hints? When and what will be added to the next version?

Thanks again for the great hack. My members love it.