Setting Up a Map of Your ocPortal User’s Locations

Last Updated on Sunday, 5 May 2013 01:46 Written by Steve Jarvis Wednesday, 8 May 2013 12:00

Something I have been asked to add on a few occasions for community based forums is a map of the site user’s locations.  For a larger community this can be a chance to show the variety in locations of their members. ocPortal has an addon created specifically for this purpose. To add a Map of your Users locations there are a few steps to follow:-

Adding a World Map to your Dolphin 7.1 Website

Last Updated on Friday, 29 March 2013 09:44 Written by Mscott Saturday, 30 March 2013 12:00

Hello and welcome! In today’s blog I will show you how to add the World Map module to your Dolphin 7.1 website. Before we begin, we need to install the module. A step by step guide on installing the Dolphin 7.1 base modules can be found here.

Once we have the module installed, we can access the admin area by clicking “World Map” under the “Modules” menu on the left side of the Dolphin admin screen.

How to Add a Google Direction Map to a Web Site

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 January 2013 08:17 Written by David Bauernschmidt Saturday, 26 January 2013 12:00

Just about everyone in today’s internet has either a Google, Bing or MapQuest map on their web page, and although this is a fine idea there have been several times when I want to know how to get there from where I live, work, or eat.  You are left with a couple of choices, you could try and copy and paste to Google map and then add a destination or you could zoom out and try and figure it out yourself. Why not add the ability for a user to enter in their address and then let them see driving directions from your site. Furthermore; if you wanted to capture the address that they are using you might find a pattern which might help target your advertising dollar. This article will walk you through the steps to add this to your site. Trust me it is not very difficult.