Googlemaps BBCode on PHPBB3

[Dos_Box]

What a pain this one is being. According to PHPBB, PHPBB3 has the [googlemaps][/googlemaps] BBCode built in (as far as I can gather at any rate), but my install does not. In my admin control panel it does not show it listed under installed BBCodes either. Anyone know where there are some instructions on how to add this tag, or know how to do it as it's driving me nuts!!

All I want to do is show the occasional map in PHPBB

[featured_spectre]

Have you updated it? It's a recent addition to the base code. Once updated you should see in the backend to update the phpbb portion of the forum.

 

Enjoy.

[RabbieBurns]

not the right place for this, but how the hell do you embed youtube !??!

[Dos_Box]

Yup, it's the latest build (3.0.9) with no updates available. The only BBCodes showing are:

 

{TEXT}

{SIMPLETEXT}

{INTTEXT}

{IDENTIFIER}

{NUMBER}

{EMAIL}

{URL}

{LOCAL_URL}

{COLOR}

[featured_spectre]

in that case it should be a case of this

 

[googlemaps]insert google map URL here[/googlemaps]

[Dos_Box]

You'd think so wouldn't you? All you get is a URL with the tags shown at either end. Ah well, I'll come back to this one later.

[featured_spectre]

How about this, fresh from google themselves...

 

Google Earth API code is composed of two parts. One is two

 

You can get your key here: Sign Up for the Google Maps API - Google Maps API Family - Google Code

 

The second

 

var ge;

google.load("earth", "1");

function init() {

google.earth.createInstance('map3d', initCallBack, failureCallBack);

}

function initCallBack(instance) {

ge = instance;

ge.getWindow().setVisibility(true);

}

function failureCallBack(errorCode) {

}

google.setOnLoadCallBack(init);

 

If desired, some extra codes can be added to make other GE layers or your map files to show up in the 3D Earth. Here are a lot of examples:

Google Earth API Developer&#39s Guide - Google Earth API - Google Code

 

In phpBB, all these goes into the overall_header.html template since

is in that file.

 

The second part of the API is a simple

where the Earth will appear with an id "map3d" within the :

 

needs this call:

 

As an advanced usage, you can also add buttons or checkmarks to let the users turn on and off layers and features of GE like the navigation controls, the grids, the roads, international borders, that you can find their examples in the documentation.

[Dos_Box]

You'd think so wouldn't you? All you get is a URL with the tags shown at either end. Ah well, I'll come back to this one later.

 

Well, It'll give me something to do I suppose!!

[featured_spectre]

haha, is it for edugeek or something else you have going on? I dont mind taking a look

[SYNACK]

not the right place for this, but how the hell do you embed youtube !??!

 

@RabbieBurns

You just need to use the little movie strip button three from the end of the quickedit box which will prompt you for the URL.

[Dos_Box]

haha, is it for edugeek or something else you have going on? I dont mind taking a look

 

All in good time.

[Diello]

Does it work if you manually add the BBCode in the ACP?

 

Info here: Google Maps BBCode - BBCodes

[Arthur]

Google's static maps API is pretty cool since it enables you to embed maps as images.

 

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=51.50400,-0.08216&zoom=15&size=640x400&maptype=roadmap&sensor=false&markers=color:red|label:S|51.50400,-0.08216

 

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=51.50400,-0.08216&zoom=15&size=640x400&maptype=roadmap&sensor=false&markers=color:red|label:S|51.50400,-0.08216

[Dos_Box]

That works, but it requires a bit of faffing around with the address (as I've spent the past 45 mins finding out!). I shall post more on this after I have got my head around it.

[Dos_Box]

not the right place for this, but how the hell do you embed youtube !??!

 

A bit late, but you can add the BBCode found here to enable the YouTube tag.

 

phpBB • Adding Custom BBCodes in phpBB3 • 3.0