[DEV] jQ User Weather v.0.0.2 (update)

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jQ User Weather

MOD-Title: jQ User Weather
MOD-Version: 0.0.2
MOD-Author: 4seven / BNa

Credits:
- Sebastian Gollus for script base of google weather api
- Googlecode for googlemap and geocode from api 3
- Inspired by this topic

phpBB-Version: phpBB 3.0.x
phpBB-Languages: en
phpBB-Styles: prosilver

MOD-Description: Current user weather with 3 day forecast in profile

Features:
- JQ Weather preview from google weather api
- Optional Weather Locations Map with streetview (api v3)
- Uses native phpbb3 CPF to setup
- Cached weather results, so less load for your board and google service
- Auto Cache delete and optional F/°C display
- Changeable geocode provider
- Optional weather forecast language (de, en, fr, etc.)
- Works with jQ User Map api3
- xhtml 1.0 strict valid
- Easy install

Planned:
- ?

MOD-Demo:
test account: http://4seven.bplaced.net/forum/1/memberlist ... ofile&u=53
un: tester / pw: tester (just go to ucp > profile, setup 'User Weather Location' and watch your profile after that)
other account: http://4seven.bplaced.net/forum/1/memberlist ... rofile&u=2

Download: v.0.0.1

jQ_User_Weather_v.0.0.1.zip

(153.12 KiB) Downloaded 508 times

Download: v.0.0.2

jQ_User_Weather_v.0.0.2.zip

(155.64 KiB) Downloaded 527 times

Changes in v.0.0.2

• fixing sql error caused by unneeded geocode requests (background > counts also for user weather v.0.0.1)
• new error-prevent and request-sparing to prevent blacklisting
• alternativ geocode provider as failover

Note: You must add the named custom profile field before mod install

Basic Instruction: viewtopic.php?p=281#p281

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Basic Instruction for jQ User Weather

Note: You must do this before mod install

1. Make a Custom Profile Field (CPF) with following exact entrys and settings (exclusive language relevant entrys)

ACP

USERS AND GROUPS

Custom profile fields

ADD a new CPF

Therefore enter user_map_weather in the textfield, add [Single text field] and click [Create new field]

The main settings should look like that:

Edit profile field

Field type: Single text field

Field identification: user_map_weather

Publicly display profile field: Yes

Visibility options

Display in user control panel: Yes

Display on registration screen: Your choice

Display on viewtopic screen: Your choice

Required field: Your choice

Hide profile field: Your choice

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Language specific options [en]

Field name/title presented to the user: User Weather / User Map Location

Field description: Enter Your location without foreign signs. So write Sao Paulo instead of São Paulo. If a town exists two times or more, enter also the state, eg. 'Berlin Vermont', after a blank. You can also use complete address with zip code eg. '67 Cherry Street Burlington VT 05401' or a part of (if unique in the world). Each part of full address seperate with a blank.

Default value: Empty

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Click [Profile type specific options]

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Profile type specific options

Length of input box: 50

Minimum number of characters: 0

Maximum number of characters: 50

Field validation: Alphanumeric and spacers

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Click [Save]

Deactivate the CPF field

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2. Check also these settings in ACP to make all work properly

ACP

GENERAL

SERVER CONFIGURATION

Load Settings

Custom profile fields

Allow styles to display custom profile fields in memberlist: Your choice

Display custom profile fields in user profiles: Yes

Display custom profile fields on topic pages: Your choice

3. Install the mod

4. Activate the CPF field

5. Deactivate the CPF field again

6. Activate the CPF field again

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jQ User Weather everywhere

MOD-Title: jQ User Weather
MOD-Version: 0.0.1
MOD-Author: 4seven

Credits:
- Sebastian Gollus for script base of google weather api
- Googlecode for googlemap and geocode from api 3
- Inspired by this topic

phpBB-Version: phpBB 3.0.x
phpBB-Languages: en
phpBB-Styles: prosilver

MOD-Description: Current user weather with 3 day forecast in profile

Features:
- Board III Portal jQ User Weather everywhere addition requested here by Peter77sx
- Screen: http://www.loaditup.de/files/687197_fvwfr6fx5z.png
- JQ Weather preview from google weather api
- Optional Weather Locations Map with streetview (api v3)
- Uses native phpbb3 CPF to setup
- Cached weather results, so less load for your board and google service
- Auto Cache delete and optional F/°C display
- Optional weather forecast language (de, en, fr, etc.)
- Works with jQ User Map api3
- xhtml 1.0 strict valid
- Easy install

Planned:
- ?

MOD-Demo: http://4seven.bplaced.net/forum/1/portal.php (see first post in [DEV] Topic for login data)

Download:

jQ_User_Weather_everywhere_v.0.0.1.zip

(153.41 KiB) Downloaded 443 times

Note: for an Update to v.0.0.2 of this everywhere version, make the changes mentioned in v.0.0.2 update of main mod.





Note: You must add the named custom profile field before mod install

Basic Instruction: viewtopic.php?p=281#p281

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v.0.0.2 released

see first post for further details

Fixing/Changes

• fixing sql error caused by unneeded geocode requests (background > counts also for user weather v.0.0.1)
• new error-prevent and request-sparing to prevent blacklisting
• alternativ geocode provider as failover

Update Instruction

• Download v.0.0.2 package

open

includes/functions_user_map.php

Set geocode provider > default: google

Code: Select all

// GOOGLE API
// Google Basic Api
$google_api = true;

// OPEN API
// Mapquestapi Nominatim Api
$nomina_api = false;

// OPEN API
// Mapquestapi Geocoding Api
$geocod_api = false;

• Upload new version of
  
  includes/functions_user_map.php

• Check edits in
  
  language/en/common.php
  includes/acp/acp_users.php
  includes/ucp/ucp_profile

• Clear all caches

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v.0.0.3 preview

• adding location check on registration (if set this way in acp)
• adding switchable overlay section: weather, clouds like in jq User Map since v.0.0.2
  viewtopic.php?f=3&t=109#p332
  (see jq User Map demo to check this feature)
• some finetuning

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Announcement

Because of stopping google weather service (igoogle) for public access v.0.0.3 will completely rebuild

If you try to access the google weather service.
http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=Brooklyn

Google
Sorry...
We're sorry...

... but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.
See Google Help for more information.

Google Weather API not working properly since August 7th, affects iGoogle.
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgr ... CjkWgifejE

Google Weather API 403 Error
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1187 ... 403-error/

Message:
Unfortunately fresh browser doesn't seem to work. The issue is, the service itself was never intended to be used outside of the Weather Widget iGoogle used. Due to a number of factors, including iGoogle being slowly phased out, I'm not surprised that we are having performance issues. I will post up my code for the Yahoo API in the next day or two. But I don't think any of us are really going to see an end to the issues, regardless of browser state. – mitchzirra Aug 17 at 14:00

A brandnew and fidus API is now in [DEV] and transfered to demo and it works also with cached result as v.0.0.1 - v.0.0.2
click any member: http://4seven.bplaced.net/forum/1/memberlist.php
eg: http://4seven.bplaced.net/forum/1/memberlist ... ofile&u=53

Later i make an optical polish, but it works for now

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We come a bit further. Demo is updated , eg.
http://4seven.bplaced.net/forum/1/memberlist ... ofile&u=62

Now it have an additional weather overlay in memberlist_view on 'User Weather Location' Map as further service to the weather forecast. This works also, if a forecast is impossible, means, if no forecast data is present, but google maps display current weather.The code and caching was optimized again. Later comes a setting for Fahrenheit or Celsius, etc.

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[DEV] of v.0.0.3 is now completely fixed and optimized.
http://4seven.bplaced.net/forum/1/memberlist ... ofile&u=67
Also over some months we've tested the new engine with 0 errors.
The caching system is performant with minimum requests.

Feel free to check out the updated demo
http://4seven.bplaced.net/forum/1/memberlist ... ofile&u=67 **
or just jump via rightclick on username label in jQUser Map to profiles
http://4seven.bplaced.net/forum/1/user_weather/user_map.php

** May refresh the site (F5), if nothing appears, because of caching

Timeline until release is ~spring/next year

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[DEV] goes on


• Correctings to new WWO API

http://4seven.bplaced.net/forum/1/memberlist.php (click on a member to check)