A fully integrated map system based on forums and threads.
Features:
- Individual maps are created for each forum.
- Map markers link back to threads.
- All phrases start with showmap_ for your convenience.
- Download Andy-ShowMap-1.3.zip and unzip it.
- Copy the src/addons/Andy/ShowMap directory to your server.
- From the Admin Control Panel Install the add-on.
Install and configure the View map add-o.
Setup step 2:
Update the Options page with your Google JavaScript API key.
Setup step 3:
Using the 'Show map admin' link in the visitors tab, create a map category.
Example:
Description - dealers
Detail - Dealers and shops
Coordinates - 37.339386,-121.894956
Zoom - 6
Setup step 4:
Create a forum where you will have threads of a certain type. For example you would have a Dealers forum. Each thread will represent a dealer which has information about that particular dealer. In the first post of each thread you will need to insert a map bbcode. This code looks like this:
[map=37.339386,-121.894956]View map[/map]
You can get this map bbcode using the View map add-on.
Show the map from the URL:
Add 'showmap' to your forum URL. Note a query string is required, this will be one of your category IDs.
Example:
www.domain.com
You can create a Public navigation or Widget for the URL which calls a specific map.
Creating a public navigation link:
To create a public navigation link enter these values:
Navigation ID = showmap
Title = Show map
Parent navigation entry = Forums
Display order = 1000
Type = Basic
Link = {{ link('showmap/?id=dealers') }}
Database modifications:
This add-on will create two tables in your database:
andy_show_map
andy_show_map_date
