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

[Cajun]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

And let me just add that it's good to be back.

I had such a busy time at work and with development of the Vbulletin Xbox Live integration on xboxusersgroup.com that I really had to skip one of my most loved projects.

time for a banana dance :banana: :banana: :banana:

I seen the Vbulletin Xbox Live integration on your site and it is sweet. I wish we could install something like that on our xbox gaming site.

Very nice work.

[Gizmo999]

wee hah, things are looking up, I love this hack and it'll be good to keep development going.

[MorrisMcD]

Originally Posted by MorrisMcD

Is it easy to make this hack unavailable to guests and banned members?

Anyone?

[thumbsucker]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

This will be fixed in the new version (hopefully )

Great! Flags seem to disappear randomly as well. It'd be cool if you could look into that too.


Just for giggles, a wish list:

1. Clicking member name link opens browser and shows member's Vbulletin profile
2. Clicking flag entry shows basic profile information of user (age, ethnicity, location, avatar?)

[Dusty Miller]

Cool Hack ...

Roll on June:bunny:

[Kaliyoda]

Does anyone know if it's possible to limit the zoom level?

Several of my lady members have expressed concern over giving a too detailed look at exactly where they are. I know they could just put it close - but limiting the zoom level to say, level 6, would solve the problem.

[PJSkiboy]

looking forward to any updated features that might be released with an update.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Kaliyoda

Does anyone know if it's possible to limit the zoom level?

Several of my lady members have expressed concern over giving a too detailed look at exactly where they are. I know they could just put it close - but limiting the zoom level to say, level 6, would solve the problem.

Privacy is indeed a big issue. I'll look into to that.

Same reason I didn't want to use geocodin with addresses.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by MorrisMcD

Anyone?

For the guests the howto is in the install txt file

[stonyarc]

A little status update:

The markers will no longer be placed by parsing the markers.xml with javascript.

currently it's a two step principle

database => xml file => parsing and placement

new version

database => placement using php

Thus avoiding the caching issue.