TOPIC: Plugin installation problem

Hi just wondered if Im doing something wrong. I downloaded the latest release last week, including the plugin. When I try to install the plugin through the Joomla interface I get the following error message from Joomla

"Error! Could not find a Joomla! XML setup file in the package."

What does the plugin do? Im looking for a means to feature the hotspots map on the front page of my website but not having alot of luck. When I try a plugin which enables components to appear on maps it breaks hotspots. E.g. "adding hotspots tab" If you inadvertantly drop the marker on sea you get an error message of "Status Code:602"

The site lives at: www.californiaclassics.co.uk

Will leave it live. If I "could" install the plugin would this enable me to feature the hotspots map on for instance the homepage? or in articles?

Any thoughts much appreciated.

Kate

Hey Kate,
Which plugin are you talking about? The community builder plugin or what? You can install it only trough community builder, since it is written for it.

The hotspots component on the other side can be installed the standard way trough extensions->install/uninstall.

Do you want to show the hotspots map in a module on the frontpage or what?

Aaaah I see, re the plugin, heck that explains why Joomla didnt like it (it being a CB plugin).

Re map, yup, Im trying to put the hotpspot map with add functionality on the home page as its a part of the site we're trying to get people to interact with.

Any idea what the "Status Code:602" error code relates to or how I can stop it, as "debug" mode is turned off via the backend interface of Hotspots.

The present site is sitting at www.californiaclassics.co.uk/index.php
Kate

Hey Kate,
I see the component on the frontpage, but the other thing that I see is that your template has errors. A div is not closed and that is why the layout is broken.
Daniel

P.S. Are you trying to place the marker on water?? The status code: 602 that google returns means that the google geocoder was unable to determine the coordinates of the place(stree, city, etc).

Hi I will look at the div problem, re the google error code, is there anyway to hide the error, as its not very ermm end user friendly? Im guessing its not easy to hide google map errors?

Kate

Hey Kate,
Sorry for the delay in my response, but I had some difficulties finding the right code

Open the file components/com_hotspots/views/showaddhotspot/tmpl/default.php
and go to line 44:and change it to this:
You can also use template overrides to change this file. Well this should disable the error, but I'm not sure if it is good or not, because when you move a marker to a position that cannot be located the user won't be aware of this and will save the marker anyway, and will be impossible to show the marker.

Hey thank you Daniel, heck I wish I could download peoples experience sometimes! Many thanks

Kate