Administratormanual

Target group: Administrators

Installation

Import the extension from TER (TYPO3 Extension Repository) like any other extension. Create some pages as shown below.

On the pages Single, Searchform, Autocompleter, Result and Route insert the suitable plugin of the extension. On page Single insert the plugin "search". On page Result insert the plugin Search.

On page Mymap or on your root page insert Typoscript Include static (from extension) mymap. With the constant editor insert the desired settings of the extension like Google maps options, your page ID's, jQuery options, path to templates etc. Traffic layer and bicycling layer could not be set both at the same time!

You have to get a 2 Google API keys. One as a Google Browser API key and one as a Google Server API key (for geocoding) from here https://console.developers.google.com and insert them in the constants editor. After fetching the keys you have to activate the Google Maps JavaScript API and the Google Maps Geocoding API. When everything is working (geocoding and map display) you can restrict the browser key with http url and the server key with ip address of the webserver to prevent illegal use of the keys.

The data of the locations and categories is stored in page Data. Insert in the constant editor the correct "Default storage PID" of the locations.

Inserting data

In TYPO3 list module select page Data. First insert some location categories. Then you can insert some locations. You have not to insert the coordinates. The plugin fetches the coordinates automatically from Google. To get this working, it is important that you insert correct location data (city and country at least). If you don't insert some icon, the extension uses a default icon for the POI's.

When everything is done you can start a search in frontend.

Update script

The extension has an update script which migrates icon-, image- and media-files to FAL. It is important to backup the database tables tx_mymap_domain_model_location and sys_file_reference before executing the update script. To execute the update script you have to make a file named ENABLE_MYMAP_UPDATE_SCRIPT in fileadmin. If this file is not found in fileadmin a hint is shown and no update is done.

Reference

plugin.tx_mymap.view

templateRootPath

Property: templateRootPath
Data type: string
Description: path to templates
Default: EXT:mymap/Resources/Private/Templates/

partialRootPath

Property: partialRootPath
Data type: string
Description: path to partials
Default: EXT:mymap/Resources/Private/Partials/

layoutRootPath

Property: layoutRootPath
Data type: string
Description: path to layouts
Default: EXT:mymap/Resources/Private/Layouts/

includejQueryCore

Property: includejQueryCore
Data type: int
Description: include the jQuery library shipped with mymap
Default: 0

Default

singleViewUid

Property: singleViewUid
Data type: int
Description: Uid of the loaction record to be shown with the single view plugin.
Default: 1

resultLimit

Property: resultLimit
Data type: int
Description: Limit the result to n records
Default: 300

enableMarkerAnimation

Property: enableMarkerAnimation
Data type: int
Description: If set to 1, markers are dropped down to the map
Default: 0

enableMarkerClusterer

Property: enableMarkerClusterer
Data type: int
Description: If set to 1, markers clusterer are shown (clustered POI's), especially in ajaxsearch plugin
Default: 0

initialMapCoordinates

Property: initialMapCoordintes
Data type: string
Description: Initial map coordinates [latitude,longitude]
Default: 48,8

Events

Existing events in LocationController.php to modify location(s) by third party extension.

> WSRMymapEventSingleViewEvent > > WSRMymapEventSearchViewEvent

Known problems

No images/icons are shown - if you use the fluid <f:image …> tag in the templates, make sure you have set a one level Slug.

No map loaded - ReferenceError: $ is not defined

Make sure, you have loaded the jQuery on top of the page. This can be done with the constant editor of TYPO3 and the mymap category (plugin.tx_mymap.view.includejQueryCore).

Do not use double quotes in fields, which are shown in the infoWindows, because this will break the javascript.

The extension uses heavily the $('....')-function of jQuery. So, make sure the $-function is available and you do not use the noConflict-mode.

If something goes wrong with geocoding check the answers from Google with tools like firebug and check the answers you get from from google in console or networking.

AjaxSearch

Set the Default Storage Pid of the locations in the constant editor.

FAQ

Custom templates and files

You can use your own template and CSS file or other jQuery library - just go to the TYPO3 constants editor and change the values for your needs.