Anyone aware of a GeoIP module for Joomla
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- Swaggie
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Just wondering whether any one has heard of a GeoIp module using MaxMind's Open source database?
I'd like to create a module that zeroed in on the city of the viewer's IP and show one of my members from that city.
Plenty of dubious sites can do this and give me lists of local ladies that a just waiting to meet me so its about time that this technology can be used for a higher purpose.
Joanne
http://www.freesolicitorconveyancing.com.au (Vortex under development)
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- Swaggie
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I havent actually got this to work yet but with the help of
uk.builder.com/0,39026540,39210356,00.htm
I should be able to get this working on a country level and maybe hack it to a city level
JL
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- Swaggie
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As 50 odd people have viewed this I thought I would mention the next stage in my quest.
I'm looking for state or city level IP identification - Many Joomla sites would be pretty happy with country level geoTargeting.
This should be achievable with two products - wrapping or integration into a module or component is another thing.
There are two free databases avail - http://www.maxmind.com gpl subset of their commercial database and www.hostip.info
There is an interface module at www.hostip.info/contrib/index.html to phpAdsnew which has had a name change to OpenAds http://www.openads.org
This module avoids having to upload a 19meg binary or Mysql database and uses the Hostip API (a 50 meg download) With a bit of manipulation I could strip out the Aust content for states and cities with their associated IP ranges and leave the balance to a default setting as our members are limited to one country so far (look out NZ and pacific isles) This should limit the database to less than 800k and be capable of quick MySql lookups
Still testing
jl
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- Swaggie
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Final piece in the jigsaw
There was a module for joomla released late in January for OpenAds server
wiki.motin.eu/OpenAdsModule
This should be alll the pieces I need now I need to understand the configuration, make some ads and do some testing
JL
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