Maps plugin allow you to create and display google maps on a powered geeklog site. A map will be added to the profile user if user's location is set. You can create a map on the fly with just one autotag.

Download Maps plugin

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1. As one of your site's Root users

• visit {site_url}/admin/plugins.php
• Upload the plugin archive (.zip) : Select it on your HD and press Upload.

2. If the installation completed successfully you are ready to go. Otherwise, check the geeklog error.log for errors.

• <geeklog_dir>/logs/error.log

1. Unpack the tarball in /path/to/geeklog/plugins/ (or unpack it on your PC and then upload the “maps” folder to that directory)

2. Rename the “admin” folder to “maps” and move it to /path/to/geeklog/public_html/admin/plugins/

3. Log into your site as the Admin user, select “Plugins” from the “Admins only” block, find the “maps” entry and click on “install”

4. There's no step 4 - the plugin should be ready for use now. Check that you have a [maps:] and a [geo:] autotag in the list of available HTML tags when you create a new story or comment.

To upgrade from an earlier version, please upload all the files from the archive to their respective location, replacing the older versions of the same files. Do not use the automatic way (see Automatic install above).

Once you've done that, log into your site as a member of the Root group (e.g. as user Admin). Go to the Admin's “Plugins” panel.

You can upgrade just by clicking the icon “Update” or click on the “edit” link for the maps plugin. You will be presented with an “Update” button. Click that button and you should get a message that the upgrade was successful. That's all.

The maps plugin configuration is online. After install, visit {site_url}/admin/configuration.php

You can edit, approve or delete a marker submission. This is the command and control quick moderation area for maps. In this area you can edit, delete or approve markers. Select any combination of deletes or approves and click the submit button.

maps autotag allow you to display a map anywhere. Use the map id.

[maps:2]

My Test map with id 2

Just a test map

marker autotag allow you to display a marker anywhere. Use the marker id.

[marker:2010043016262849]

Vlad Voicu

geo:map autotag create a map on the fly with the second parameter. This second parameter will be use by google to geolocalise the area you need. It can be a country, a city or a street. To display a street use street, city, country as parameter.

[geo:map paris]

With maps plugin 1.0.7+ you can also set the zoom parameter for the map, and width and height parameters in pixel. Zoom levels between 0 (the lowest zoom level, in which the entire world can be seen on one map) to 21+ (down to individual buildings).

[geo:map width:450px height 350px zoom:12 paris]

1.2.3 Release Jan. 20th, 2012

• [new] Add overlay groups
• [fix] Search on icons and overlay pages for admin
• [fix] timthumb script update to version 2

1.2.1 Release Dec 7th, 2011

• [fix] mysql error on new install fail. Introduce a cleaning script
• [fix] table name for icons
• [fix] icon on marker creation
• [fix] import Japanese file give garbled characters. Introduce a tool to convert db collation.
• [fix] Map of site users not display markers.
• [fix] login require message on private maps
• [fix] Introduce random map number for geo autotag
• [new] display user picture on map of site users

1.2.0 Release Dec 5th, 2011

• [new] use cluster or not is set in the config
• [new] import and export markers (sponsored by Kyoto University)
• [new] support overlays (sponsored by Kyoto University)
• [new] support marker image (sponsored by Kyoto University)

1.1 Release Sept 23th, 2011

• [fix] color picker
• [new] search integration
• [new] marker customisation

1.0.9 Release June 24th, 2011

• [fix] Display profile map
• [new] config profile map zoom

1.0.8 Release June 9th, 2011

• [fix] geolocalisation on marker edit

1.0.7 Release June 7th, 2011

• [new] zoom, width and height parameters for geo:map autotag
• [fix] Edit map from public map list and map detail page
• [fix] MAPS_getCoords (allow_url_fopen, curl, fsockopen)
• [fix] Theme issue for anonymous user on My markers page and submit marker

1.0.6 Release April 8th, 2011

• [fix] ENGINE=MyISAM on instal script
• [fix] lat and lng maxlengh input
• [fix] lat and lng check for floatval

1.0.5 First official release October 23th, 2010

If you find any issue with this plugin, please contact us.

• Make “Max ads on a map” settings a select settings (0,1,2,3,4)
• Monetise markers with paypal plugin.
• Create markers categories to allow name customisation for info labels and rights access.

• The maps plugin is made by ::Ben and released under the GPL.