GoogleMap
- Includes backlink
It features stuff like:
* Unlimited destinations on your map
* Attach various information on your maker (address, picture, description, etc)
* Use custom markers
* Possibility to attach routeplanning
* And so much more.
If the Light version is not enough, then you can choose to try the PRO version. use the link below to see what the GoogleMap PRO version offers.
http://joomla.jansangill.dk/products/googlemap-pro
BUT! Both download links on the devs page are broken and which is the bigger Problem, the devs are neither responding to mail nor fixing this issue. This leads to a not-usable component, which brings the rating from 4 to 2 stars.
Hi,
The Download page was down this weeekend, which was solved asap this monday.
Did respond though - but was away in the weekend.
Hope you can use it now though, since the map itself gets no complaints I can see:>
Firstly, I would like to express my disdain for the lack of clear instructions on this version. The component itself could have included simple instructions in Joomla itself. The 36 page PDF included on the website is actually for the commercial version but even that doesn't include comprehensive instructions.
I wasted a lot of time simply figuring out how to publish the plugin, until I found a poorly answered question on the forum wherein the developer informed another user this version does not contain a plugin but still didn't explain how to publish. When someone asks a question it would make sense to make sure their issue is resolved instead of simply answering their question in the most generic way possible, which is a common theme in many questions answered by the developer in her forum.
When I finally did configure the component and published it through a menu item (thanks for explaining that nowhere in the documentation) it did not display. What did display, however, was a backlink to the developer's site. Anyone who is trying to make a professional-looking site doesn't want a load of backlinks junking it up and also hurting its SEO. I scroll through the forum to find instructions for removing this and found the developer was dodging the questions. She would simply state "there is no crime in removing the backlink" but neglected the question was actually for HOW to remove it. We know there is no crime as we are using open-source products here but thanks developer for your sense of humour.
Overall, I'm disgruntled because this component wasted a good 45 minutes to an hour of my time simply because the developer wasn't common-sensical enough to include proper directions or properly answer questions on the forums and perhaps seems more interested in promoting the commercial version or her marketing business than doing a good deed for the open source community.
Hi,
First off, thank you for the review.
The review itself does leave some questions unanswered though.
Your issues seems to be of how toactually use joomla, and not the component itself - since you had to use 45 minutes to figure out how to add a menu link.
But if video tutorials, documentation and answered questions on the forum isnt enough - or to generic - I am not sure how I could get a good review from in in the first place.
Best of luck
Regards
This extension has solved every single need that I have had and the support is top notch. If you need a map tool, no matter what you need this extension will deliver!
The great things about google map lite (free version) is its free obviously, but you can have custom icons on it through the server which is great for me. Now all my info from my site can go on one map and users can instantly see where articles are from, have locations to go to and see where local shops and services relevant to that content. Oh and did I say it was free.
Excellent!!
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Take a good look at all this component does and be amazed. From user uploads to handling different categories to landing pages (location specific pages with location details), and that is just for starters.
I will be a Jan's Joomla fan for a looong time to come.
I read the documents, I scanned to forum for a similar problem also. I found no solution and no answers from the developer.
I posted this and it sat for over 2 weeks:
http://jansangill.dk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=460&p=2065#p2065
And still no answer. I installed Phoca Maps and used the exact same API key for Google and it worked great.
The features that are implemented in this component may be what you are looking for and if that is the case, I think it is still a good option. But for me, there is no way I am going to pay for the Pro version if I cannot be assured it will actually work.
Also, I cannot uninstall it from the component menu. Problems all around that should be easy to fix, let's hope the developer decides to do that.
If you scan the forum, and look thorugh it. You will have a hard time finding even one question ignored - and it is even a free component.
The problems you are refering too with the key was most likely a configuration setup done wrong, however you did not reply to my answer on the forum - so I cant know for sure.
The light version does not come with an article plugin. That is correct.
However, it is not indicated that the light version comes with this anywhere. So why you would presume this, I do not know.
Does not seem like a fair review.
The documentation is not different from how it was at the start.
So this is not the reason.
Any problems you had could always have been posted in my forums.
Good luck though.
In the tag should only be the Component icon and not the other ones, because that is for the Pro Version and its Commercial and not Non-Commercial.
It´s a Great Component, i a only having a problem with the bubble info.
Sorry for that confusion. Have been removed now.
When so many other commercial extensions have been removed from Joomla extensions directory, this one has no place here after becoming commercial.
I am sorry you do not like the new Light version.
At some point the documentation will be available again. I just need to adjust it to the new version.
Regarding free setup help. That can not be expected of anyone. I did this at the start, however I am forced to cut down on it. I do have a day job besides this.
The vulnerability you are talking about in my language file. That makes no sense. The file is exactly as the rest of the language files located under the language folder.
At the end of the day I am sorry that you feel this way though, but a free version is available for anyone to download.
Best regards.
