G-Maps – Free Google Maps Module for Pligg

Last Updated on Friday, 05 August 2011 18:30 Written by vaggi Thursday, 04 August 2011 23:55

This module allows users to add an address during the submission process. It then displays a map from Google in a story's detail view. In the summary pages stories containing a map are marked with an icon in the story title which links to the story page.

At the PliggPro shop the guys are asking for $ 18 USD or so for a module with essentially the same functionality (this module does not display a bubble with the story title as headline, check out a demo over at my-african-news.com). But as Geoserv over at Pliggs has noted:

“Some of the modules are worth the price, and if you have a few bucks, are worth the investment. But there are countless that are simply there to get newbies to part with their cash and nothing more.”

I believe that their Google maps module might be one of them. Maybe its easier to install, or has some other fancy stuff I can't even dream of which they have hidden somewhere where it secretly does its magic, but $ 18 bucks? So, I made my own and am now offering it to the world...

Installation

The module requires that five extra fields are enabled. Below I have briefly outlined how to do that.

First, you have to enable extra fields in the Pligg config. Go to configure->misc and set “Enable Extra Fields” to “true” .

Then open libs/extra_fields.php with your favourite editor and set: define('Enable_Extra_Field_1', false); to: define('Enable_Extra_Field_1', true);. Do that for the first five fields. Then name the fields and enter a description though that is not mandatory. I named the fields as follows:

define('Field_1_Title', 'Street Address');

define('Field_2_Title', 'City');

define('Field_3_Title', 'State');

define('Field_4_Title', 'ZIP Code');

define('Field_5_Title', 'Country');

To avoid that the address data is displayed at the summary pages you would need to edit link_summary.tpl located in your template folder. Find

{if $Enable_Extra_Field_1 eq 1}{if $link_field1 neq ""}<br/><b>{$Field_1_Title}:</b> {$link_field1}{/if}{/if}

at about line 138 and insert before: {if $pagename eq "story"}.

Paste the closing if-statement {/if} before the extra field you want to show in summary pages. So if you would like to show none paste it after:

{if $Enable_Extra_Field_5 eq 1}{if $link_field5 neq ""}<br/><b>{$Field_5_Title}:</b> {$link_field5}{/if}{/if}.

If you would like to show Extra_Field5 paste it before, etc. pp.

Download

That's pretty much it. Enjoy!

Bugs / Features

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