| XF 2.3 Add-ons (Premium) AndyB Show Map 2.0

A fully integrated map system based on forums and threads.

Live example here: https://www.southbayriders.com/forums/showmap/?id=dealers

Features:

• Individual maps are created for each forum.
• Map markers link back to threads.
• All phrases start with showmap_ for your convenience.

Setup step 1:
Install and configure the View map add-on located here:

https://www.xf2addons.com/resources/view-map.24/

The View map add-on allows you to easily create the map bbcode.

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 by clicking the Add link.

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.

Setup step 5:
Using the 'Show map admin' link in the visitors tab, click the Upgrade link which will create the map.

Note anytime you add a thread to the forum you created in step 4, you will want to update the map by using the Update link.

Showing the map:
Add 'showmap' to your forum URL followed by a query parameter, this will be one of your category IDs.

Example:
https://www.domain.com/showmap/?id=dealers

You can create a Public navigation or Widget for the URL which calls a specific map.

Public navigation example:
This example shows how you can create a link in the sub-navigation of the Forums tab.

Admin control panel -> Setup -> Public navigation -> Add navigation

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_data