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

[Wildthinks]

Hi,

here http://www.swishzone.de/VBGooglemap.php?do=showmain
I can see my pin in IE, but in FF 1.5 no way.. delete cache and close browser...i dont see the pins...have you any hints for me??

Thank you

[Parture]

A Meeting Place Finder for the Church

Eventually it would be cool if the programming restricts anyone from entering their meeting place on the map if they don't have all 18 question right (under Edit Profile from registrating) and don't have a key code from an elder of that locality they are in.

http://biblocality.com/forums/VBGooglemap.php

As soon as someone answers all 33 questions (15 additional questions not at registration) as Yes, they would then be prompted with their interest in being an apostle (all automated). If they agreed to the prompt, they would then be told their responsibility, if they are truly commissioned by God, is to appoint elders for Biblical localities. They would receive a key code they should give to elders they appoint for the localities in their region.

We might not even need to keep track of any information on apostles (just their keycodes), since they will be out in the field doing their thing and those that respond back would inevitibly be not the elders, but the sub-elders of meeting places, since the elders would receive the key code from from the apostles, and the elders would give the key code to the sub-elders to submit their meeting places back at the Meeting Place Finder.

Sounds like fantasy I know, but these are the earliest of beginning days in what we are doing according to Biblical locality.

I hope the programmer sees this.

[steven s]

Anything new coming up?
I'd love to be able to rollover a pin and see the username.
Another nice thing would be able to click on the username and see their profile and homepage.
There's cash money in it.

[gknapp0906]

Originally Posted by Gizmo999

Is here any way of adding hotspots such as meeting places or event venues without it being a user?? Different colored balloons for this would be useful as well.

I'm interested in this as well. I run an Offroad site and want to include pins for known offroad parks.
I tried some obvious text editing things that did not work. I added new lines and changed the username, text, and lat / long. those lines were deleted upon loading googlemap.php I added a new line and edited all fields but username, and those lines were also deleted on loading.

Although I hate to hack at the usernames table, I'm considering it.

forgot to mention...
I used http://www.zipinfo.com/search/zipcode.htm to get a bearing on a beginning lat / long. the site accepts zip+4 for US addresses. Once the Beginning lat / long and an appropriate zoom level is defined most users can easily set their marker.

[CodeRed]

hack looks good... cant wait for the zip code intergration... city/state/country would be nice but i think zip code is our biggest need since we're based in the US only.

thanks for all of your hard work and ill keep an eye outfor the zip code release!

[argash]

Just clicked install! Great hack just a quick question / request forgive me if they've already been answered I didn't feel like reading through all 500+ posts.

Can a members Pin display their avatar which would link to their profile, and if they don't have an avatar display a text link to their profile?

[rlamego]

Originally Posted by argash

Just clicked install! Great hack just a quick question / request forgive me if they've already been answered I didn't feel like reading through all 500+ posts.

You can always search the thread.

[G3MM4]

I installed this plugin, and made sure I read and followed the steps in your instructions. However, when I clicked on the Googlemap link in my navbar, I got this message:

Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@shimmeringmysteries.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/1.3.33 Server at www.shimmeringmysteries.com Port 80

What happened, or what have I done wrong?

[PixelFx]

Originally Posted by G3MM4

I installed this plugin, and made sure I read and followed the steps in your instructions. However, when I clicked on the Googlemap link in my navbar, I got this message:



What happened, or what have I done wrong?

great hack how goes work on version 1.4 ? also is it possible to get it to auto put users avatars into pins if they have an avatar?

[shaynehammy]

Absoloutely amazing work. Well done.