figured it out, see code at irishman2020.homeip.net for what I did! thanks!
On Nov 7, 9:37 am, Irishman2020 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, so I hosted it. Please review this and help me learn what I need > to do to change the colors of different data'smarkers(chosen by a > "type" field in the database) > lets try this again, here's the link:http://irishman2020.homeip.net > > On Nov 7, 9:36 am, Irishman2020 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ok, so I hosted it. Please review this and help me learn what I need > > to do to change the colors of different data'smarkers(chosen by a > > "type" field in the database) > > > On Nov 6, 2:01 pm, Irishman2020 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Ok, tried replacing it with (baseIcon) with () and now its saying that > > > (point) is undefined..... > > > > On Nov 6, 1:47 pm, "Caleb Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I know that the localhost wont work on the web :) I'm using it locally > > > > for > > > > testing as my host is down... but I will try without the "baseIcon". I > > > > tried > > > > reading the information on custom icons, but I'll be honest, I'm getting > > > > lost. I'm a very basic coder, and I wasnt able to figure it out. Thank > > > > you! > > > > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 1:44 PM, nimo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Have you looked at the documentation online for custom icons? > > > > > > that was just an idea and not actual code to use. > > > > > > try changing GIcon(baseIcon) to GIcon() > > > > > > the first example will not work, the 2nd one should if you have the > > > > > right location specified, localhost would not work on the web > > > > > > On Nov 6, 11:32 am, Irishman2020 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I attempted to do so, here's the code that I tried: > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > //<![CDATA[ > > > > > > var map; > > > > > > var icon = new GIcon(baseIcon); > > > > > > icon.image = " > > > > >http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mapfiles/ms/micons/ > > > > > > blue-dot.png" > > > > > > var marker = new GMarker(point, icon); > > > > > > var geocoder; > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > That gave error: On Line 13: Error: 'baseIcon' is undefined > > > > > > > ****** > > > > > > I also tried " > > > > > > icon.image = "http://localhost/custom_"; + type + ".png" > > > > > > > and "dealer" is a type that I have set and I have an icon labeled > > > > > > custom_dealer.png Either one gives the error on Line 13: Error: > > > > > > 'baseIcon' is undefined > > > > > > > On Nov 5, 5:55 pm, nimo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > something like this should work > > > > > > > > var icon = new GIcon(baseIcon); > > > > > > > icon.image = "http://www.your_domain.com/images/marker_"; + type + > > > > > > > ".png"; > > > > > > > var marker = new GMarker(point, icon); > > > > > > > > On Nov 5, 2:11 pm, Irishman2020 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I apologize, but I don't understand the second half of what you > > > > > > > > said. > > > > > > > > Could you show that in the coding of the example that I posted? > > > > > > > > I'm > > > > > > > > not very code savvy to be honest.... I'm learning as I go, but > > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > > helps to have the code shown to me as I dont understand the > > > > > > > > code very > > > > > > > > much. > > > > > > > > > On Nov 5, 11:25 am, nimo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > you can have the value in the type field be the name of > > > > > > > > > thecolored > > > > > > > > > marker image. > > > > > > > > > > lets say you want to have blue and redcoloredmarkers. in the > > > > > type > > > > > > > > > field specify either blue or red for the value. then have two > > > > >colored > > > > > > > > > icon images files, one labeled blue.gif and another named > > > > > > > > > red.gif. > > > > > in > > > > > > > > > your coded before creating the marker define the icon value by > > > > > > > > > concatenating the type value with .gif and pass that into > > > > > > > > > function > > > > > > > > > that add the marker to the map. > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 5, 9:07 am, Irishman2020 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >http://code.google.com/apis/maps/articles/phpsqlsearch.html > > > > > > > > > > I followed this tutorial to a T, but I was wanting to add > > > > > different > > > > > > > > > >coloredmarkersfor different types of locations. I have the > > > > > table > > > > > > > > > > laid out exactly as they described, with an addition of a > > > > > > > > > > "type" > > > > > field > > > > > > > > > > (you can see that in the image of the import that they had > > > > > > > > > > shown, > > > > > but > > > > > > > > > > they didn't put this in the tuturial for some reason...). I > > > > > would > > > > > > > > > > like to have 2 different types with 2 > > > > > > > > > > differentcoloredmarkers, > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > simpler I can code this the better, as I'm not an > > > > > > > > > > experienced > > > > > coder. > > > > > > > > > > How can I make 2 different entries in the "type" field > > > > > > > > > > produce 2 > > > > > > > > > > differentcoloredmarkers? If you could post the code and > > > > > > > > > > where > > > > > it > > > > > > > > > > would fit in the example on the link above, I would > > > > > > > > > > appreciate > > > > > it. I > > > > > > > > > > am not able to host the actual code I have at this time, as > > > > > > > > > > my > > > > > hosting > > > > > > > > > > site is down. I'm having to test this on localhost until I > > > > > > > > > > can > > > > > re- > > > > > > > > > > host it again. Thanks!- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
