Request Elxis 4.x extensions

[michalis1984]

Impressive work Datahell !! 

[kyomar]

Awesome datahell, it's perfect and in such a short time - wow!

I have just a problem with image.xml. The error I am getting is:
"XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
Location: http://.../sitemap/images.xml
Line Number 7, Column 22:         <image:caption>B&B Koyuki in spring</image:caption>"

And perhaps just cosmetic. It would be nice if the site title is being added to the web browser's title bar (e.g. sitemap - site title).

Thank you very much for this great component!

[datahell]

@kyomar it is due to the ampersand "&" character.
I added CDATA blocks in XML to bypass this problem and updated component sitemap.

To fix your installation open file components/com_sitemap/views/generator.html.php
change line 429 to:

Code: [Select]

$out .= "\t\t\t".'<image:caption><![CDATA['.$image['caption']."]]></image:caption>\n";
change line 432 to:

Code: [Select]

$out .= "\t\t\t".'<image:geo_location><![CDATA['.$image['geo_location']."]]></image:geo_location>\n";
change line 435 to:

Code: [Select]

$out .= "\t\t\t".'<image:title><![CDATA['.$image['title']."]]></image:title>\n";

[kyomar]

works great, thank you very much datahell for the quick reply/fix. Awesome support as usual!

[michalis1984]

I would love to see elxis search to search at "tags pages" by the keyword and show them at the results page during a search. Is this a useful feature?

[datahell]

Can you explain better your proposal?

[maple]

Hi Datahell,

I need a solution that I think could be also interesting for IOS Reservations. I mean something like Cartogram http://bit.ly/13h2uNv that is a plugin for wordpress (you can see here also a demo control panel). In the following example that has been made with Cartogram http://bit.ly/15fRktG you can see that below menu is interactive with the map. Possibly could be useful to locate Hotels in a map area for IOS Reservations.

In this plugin I can add custom markers, shapes, circles, display info window (globe) and so on… to the map. –but I need also implement drawing path lines (polylines) that this plugin for the moment don’t have.

I have three options:

- Someone implement something like this in Elxis 4.

- Trying to implement this in Elxis by myself. It can take long time. I have good knowledge using html5 and css3 but only basic skills in php-mysql due I don’t have time to learn a new code.

- Finally I can install wordpress with cartogram plugin and then integrate to Elxis page using a link wrapper iframe for external pages. Don’t like the idea of having to install wordpress…

Two more similar wordpress plugins:

Ultimate Google Maps http://bit.ly/1352EE3
Map List Pro http://bit.ly/1bNTchi

And Maplace, a Javascript plugin for jQuery:
Maplace: http://bit.ly/WCRZx7

What you think about? Any solution?

Thank you.

[datahell]

IOSR 4 has its own maps API and already generates rich maps with various information and multiple markers. I write sample code and attach 2 screenshots.

Code: [Select]

$iconsdir = $elxis->secureBase().'/components/com_reservations/images/map/';
$markers = array(
       array('lat' => 'latitude 1', 'lng' => 'longitude 1', 'info' => 'Sample text, even HTML', 'icon' => $iconsdir.'airport.png'),
       array('lat' => 'latitude 2', 'lng' => 'longitude 2', 'info' => 'Restaurant description...', 'icon' => $iconsdir.'restaurant.png'),
       array('lat' => 'latitude 3', 'lng' => 'longitude 3', 'info' => 'Coffee shop...', 'icon' => $iconsdir.'coffee.png')
);

$map = $iosr->loadOnce('map');
$zoom = 10;
$map->make($markers, $zoom, 0, 0, '100%', 400);
Total number of different marker icons: 51

As for implementing something more generic for Elxis content items, probably a plugin, it is a good idea and I can make that

Related IOSR 4.x features

Calculate distance between 2 map locations:

Code: [Select]

$iosr = eRegistry::get('icore');
$distance = $iosr->distance('latitude 1', 'longitude 1', 'latitude 2', 'longitude 2');
Travel time calculation  (approximately, works best for travel in land, else you have to provide a value for the optional parameter "sea_factor"):

Code: [Select]

$travel_time = $iosr->travelTime($distance);

[maple]

Wow, great job in IOSReservations! It would be really great a plugin for generic Elxis 4!

Let me explain my case and will make a suggestion.

My idea is drawing a rail (train) using path lines (polylines) over the map. Then I could insert different icons (custom markers) in each station. Option to change color map  (hue?).

Below or above of the map, a clickable list (categorized options) of all stations that interacts with the map. If I click a station, then is displayed on the map making a little zoom and opens a globe with a description, an image and a link (as in IOSReservations globe).

This example is similar from the examples before.

This can be a plugin or module, useful for any issue. For more flexibility and generic plugin/module, you could evaluate adding shapes, circles or distances and travel time calculation like IOSReservations.

This is my test of today using google maps engine (I will remove this link) https://mapsengine.google.com/map/viewer?mid=zx6GN_qU6S2o.kuEosKgeOpAQ  this is incomplet, there're not too much features.

You can see also examples here:
Maplace, a Javascript plugin for jQuery (however polylines is much better with google maps engine because use the mouse directly over the map to draw path lines:
Maplace: http://bit.ly/WCRZx7

[datahell]

UPDATE

I updated IOSR and now (optionally) uses Google maps API to calculate distances and travel time duration with high accuracy even for sea travel. If Google API is disabled IOSR uses internal calculations to get approximate distances and travel time (with good accuracy).

Usage

Code: [Select]

$iosr = eRegistry::get('icore');
$travel_data = $iosr->travelData('latitude 1', 'longitude 1', 'latitude 2', 'longitude 2');
$travel_data is an array having the following keys:
distance: distance in km (you can get it in miles with formatDistance method)
hours: hours travel time
minutes: minutes travel time
source: the source used for the calculations (iosr or google)

[maple]

Wow, great improvement! Now api version is 3. API could give a lot of functions/parameters bringing more functionality and flexibility.

[maple]

Hello? On vacation?   

[datahell]

Yes! 

[maple]

hahahah Ok!  I only want to know if you expect to do after vacation what I told before (yes or not). Because if not, I will implement myself. I'm not on vacation.    Have a nice vacation, you deserve it, too much coding!!

[ipghmagnet]

i have built my website: www.jetec-autoparts.com . Elxis is very strong. I like it very much.

During the use, I have some idea for improvement. Maybe my idea is good.

1. For Search tool:
For example:
I have below words as description of products:
 Wash pump for cars and automotive

1. OEM No.: 202 869 0021

2. Voltage:12/24v

2.Packing information:

3.Car models: BENZ

I want to search products with " BENZ" in description. If " BENZ" is one of tags, then it can be found. But if it is not a tag, BENZ is not be found. 
So i advise search tool to have the function to search products by keywords from description also.

I also want to advise if i input" OEM+BENZ" , i can also get results which have words" OEM" and "BENZ" in description.

I am not sure if it is very big job.   Pls kindly consider.


2. For category building
I have established many categories and sub-categories, even sub-sub-categories. Now i do the job one by one.  But i advise if there is some tool which can help build in excel files and then just upload this excel files and then we can get complete categories.

3. For products uploading
Same as advice of category, if i have many products to upload, i now do it one by one online. but i advise :
if we could prepare some local files like excel files, we edit in local and upload pictures by ftp and then upload these excel files to back end. then we can finish all jobs soon.

I am not sure if my advice is good or not, but all these can help save much time for website building.

Pls kindly consider. I am waiting for your replies.

Thanks webgif, you help me a lot for installing . Now i can install it by myself.