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Morrus · #1 (**permalink**) 04-16-2010, 10:15 AM

I've just installed DT Vendor Tools.

When attempting to add my first sample vendor, I am presented with the following error message:

Warning: file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in [path]/includes/dto_classes/DTO_GoogleMapLocator.php on line 50

Warning: file_get_contents(http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=6%...GXwAWxjICh8dVg) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in [path]/includes/dto_classes/DTO_GoogleMapLocator.php on line 50

I'm assuming this is why it's not calculating the lat/long or displaying a map on the end user interface.

A bit of Googling indicates that this is linked to the allow_url_fopen and allow_url_include settings in php.ini. Most things I'm reading tell me it's a bad idea to set these settings to ON, although I did so to see if the error went away - which it didn't.

Any ideas?

Mark · #2 (**permalink**) 04-16-2010, 10:22 AM

Only allow_url_fopen needs to be set to yes in your php.ini. I'll be changing this out to use a internal vBulletin function that provides the same functionality but that won't be ready until we release the next versions of Vendor Tools for vB4 and vB 3.8.

If you change this set you'll need to restart Apache and check the resulting php settings as reported in AdminCP >> Maintenance >>View PHP Info to insure that it is enabled.

To retrieve the lat/lon information we have to query the Google mapping API to retrieve the information for the given city, state/province, country.

Thanks

Mark

Morrus · #3 (**permalink**) 04-16-2010, 10:36 AM

Thanks! That's what I needed to know.

Morrus · #4 (**permalink**) 04-16-2010, 10:52 AM

Thanks again - that has fixed the problem.

One other question, however - the map view in the end user interface is left-justified. Where would I go to center it?

(EN World D&D / RPG News - Powered by vBulletin) for link to see what I mean.

Mark · #5 (**permalink**) 04-16-2010, 10:58 AM

Can you tell me what browser you are using? In Firefox, Safari, and Chrome under OSX the map is centered justified in the display when viewing the URL you provided.

Thanks!

Mark

Morrus · #6 (**permalink**) 04-16-2010, 11:07 AM

I'm using the latest IE.

Mark · #7 (**permalink**) 04-16-2010, 05:32 PM

I've spent some time looking at this and I've tested IE against several other sites running the same version of Vendor Tools to see if they are centered. On all the sites I checked only your installation is showing as not centered.

In investigating further I ran the URL (EN World D&D / RPG News - Powered by vBulletin) through a Tidy utility (HTML Tidy Online) to determine if there is some HTML that is confusing IE. Usually when I see different behavior between browsers it is due to some HTML tagging issue (ie - broken table cells, form tags, etc.).

When I run your link through there are some usual warnings you can ignore but the ones that concern me are those showing div tags outside of the body and Tidy thinking it needs to insert an implicit <body> tag for the page. Given this I believe that with some use of the Tidy utility you can resolve this issue in your style. I would suspect that most of the changes needed will be found in the headerinclude and header templates. Obviously if this is where the changes are made it will benefit your entire site as Tidy is reporting similar problems when I go to visit pages like your FAQ area (EN World D&D / RPG News - FAQ).

If you can get these sorted out I would expect that IE will start to render the map centered as expected.

Hope this helps!

Mark

Morrus · #8 (**permalink**) 04-17-2010, 07:35 AM

I'm afraid I didn't understand a word of that, Mark! :)

There are no <body> tags in the header or headinclude templates. Do you mean that there's a redundant <div> tag in there somewhere?

Mark · #9 (**permalink**) 04-17-2010, 09:47 AM

It just means that there are some HTML validation problems in the pages of your site. Often, most browsers can still parse and render these ok but IE tends to not be as graceful.

The Tidy tool I mentioned above will help identify these issues so you can clean them up. I've found that if you look at a simple area of your site like the FAQ and start there, correct the issues that are often found in the header and headerinclude that all pages use, the problem will be resolved.

If you want me to take a few minutes and see if I can clean up your header/headerinclude so that it validates correctly for the vendor map just open a ticket so I can access the AdminCP >> Styles & Templates interface and I'll take a look. It will be Monday before I can take a look though since I've got family and some work items to complete first.

Thanks!

Mark

Morrus · #10 (**permalink**) 04-17-2010, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark

If you want me to take a few minutes and see if I can clean up your header/headerinclude so that it validates correctly for the vendor map just open a ticket so I can access the AdminCP >> Styles & Templates interface and I'll take a look. It will be Monday before I can take a look though since I've got family and some work items to complete first.

Thanks, Mark - ticket submitted!