Zipcode Radius Search

I have made a test account with a location and zipcode etc. Then I went on my admin account and used the advanced search and searched between various different miles from different locations using the default zipcode search. I have found that even if I put in a zipcode half way across the country and limit it to say a 10 mile radius the test profile that is on the other side of the country still shows up. Any help would be much appreciated.

Can anyone help me with this or any information please?

Make sure that on the admin side for "Join Form" and "Edit Profile" your "zip" Block is set to "Match with field: zip" in the matching tab.

I have changed the zip field to match zip and tried with percent match of 0 and 100 and I still get the same results. Any other ideas please?

 Did you clear the site cache?

I had a similar issue with zip and this solved my problem.  I only have it set to 10%.

I just set it to 10 and cleared cache and still have the same issue.

Any other ideas? This is a very important feature for the site I am making.

ZIP Code Search is not related to matching.

Go to ZIP Code Search administration page and try

- Geonames if you have no world map module installed, or profile positions aren't geocoded

- Google if you have world map module installed and profile positions are geocoded

Place on search form only Location block, remove other location related fields, except Country.

 Sorry but I am a bit lost with this, can you possibly simplify this process and break it down into steps for me? Thank you.

 Well that sucks.  I've removed country from my Join menu and profile fields.  I didn't even realize that my zip code search wasn't working.

Is there a way to make it work if I do not have country enabled?  I do not have world map installed, I'm not sure what purpose it serves.

brandonr - he is saying going to http://yoursite.com/modules/index.php?r=zipcodesearch/administration/

it says Module(zipcodesearch) was not found

Do you have the zip code module installed?

Go to http://yoursite.com/administration/modules.php and scroll down to "NOT INSTALLED MODULES" and install it.

I have installed zipcode search and enabled it and set it to geonames. Now it does not find the test profile with any zipcode and distance. In addition when I try to install world map to test google i get install failed.

any ideas?

Search powered by Geonames is a free geocoding service and the maximum search radius is always limited to 30km.

Search powered by Google is working when "World Map" module from BoonEx is installed and profile positions are geocoded.

To enable search by ZIP code in profiles' search forms go to: 

Dolphin admin panel -> Builders -> Profile Fields -> Search Profiles.

You need to drag "Country" and "Location" fields, at least. Please remove any other location related blocks like "zip code" and/or "city".

 For clarity, if I do not have my members fill out country when they sign up, my zip code search cannot work; is that correct?

It depends on what is written to the country field in Profiles table, if there is incorrect info in this field it will not work.

 What should be written if I do not want to have a country in the profiles field and I want the zip code search to work?

Like I said... I have installed zipcode search and enabled it and set it to geonames. Now it does not find the test profile with any zipcode and distance (even when searching from the city next to it). In addition when I try to install world map to test google i get install failed.

In addition I do have only country and location on the profile search. I really need to figure this out, this feature is the only reason I chose Dolphin to begin with.

I will most likely want to use world map and google anyway since the search radius is not limited however like I said with world map I get install failed and don't know why.

 It is depending on the purpose of your modification, if this is a site of a single country, then this country should be written to this field by default, you could try to set your country as default value for this field, but it maybe more modifications will be required. 

What is the country you are searching in ? is this country listed here - http://download.geonames.org/export/zip/ ?

Please provide additional info regarding Google Maps installation error, you need to expand the error to see the details

1. I am using United States as my site will be mainly directed to there.

2. World Map Module Installation Error:

INSERT INTO `sys_menu_top` (`Parent`, `Name`, `Caption`, `Link`, `Order`, `Visible`, `Target`, `Onclick`, `Check`, `Editable`, `Deletable`, `Active`, `Type`, `Picture`, `Icon`, `BQuickLink`, `Statistics`) VALUES(138, 'World Map', '_bx_wmap_search_submenu', 'modules/?r=wmap/home', @iCatOrder, 'non,memb', '', '', '', 1, 1, 1, 'custom', '', '', 0, '');

any ideas? I really need zipcode search for a dating site to work lol

anyone?

Geonames based ZIP Code in Unated Stated should definitely work in 30km radius, please try to reproduce on demo.boonex.com, try to check connectivity with geonames.org from your site.

Error in Google Maps installation, it looks like you removed Search menu item, but the module tries to add submenu to this menu item, try to comment out the following lines in X file and try again:

 
-- top menu
-- SET @iCatOrder := (SELECT MAX(`Order`)+1 FROM `sys_menu_top` WHERE `Parent` = 138 ORDER BY `Order` DESC LIMIT 1);
-- INSERT INTO `sys_menu_top` (`Parent`, `Name`, `Caption`, `Link`, `Order`, `Visible`, `Target`, `Onclick`, `Check`, `Editable`, `Deletable`, `Active`, `Type`, `Picture`, `Icon`, `BQuickLink`, `Statistics`) VALUES
-- (138, 'World Map', '_bx_wmap_search_submenu', 'modules/?r=wmap/home', @iCatOrder, 'non,memb', '', '', '', 1, 1, 1, 'custom', '', '', 0, '');

I am getting this code when clicking on the zip code module....

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_LNUMBER in /home/eliteswi/public_html/modules/boonex/zipcodesearch/classes/BxZIPModule.php on line 6

Anyone help?

Russell

 I would suggest to reupload whole modules/boonex/zipcodesearch folder from the original package.

Is there anywhere i can download the module? i dont think i have the original package!

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What version of Dolphin are you using?

If you need old Dolphin version, you can download it here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/boonex-dolphin/files/Dolphin/7.1/

Hi,

Im using 7.0.9

Brilliant, ive got the mod working again by re uploading the mod but........the zip search does not actually work, i know there are members living close to me but no results come up when i search?

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Try to set 'genomes' as geocoding engine, if you set Google, then world map module must be installed and all profiles must be geocoded. 

Running into the same issue Brandon originally had, zip code search is picking up people from other side of the country. Is there a resolution to this particular issue? It originally wasn't picking anything up, then I uninstalled and reinstalled. Started working, but now it picks up anyone. I believe I have everything set up correctly using geonames. Would appreciate any advice!

Cancel that, I realized everything shows up, when you don't have the check box marked off under "zip code search" module. But, now it doesn't pull up any results using zip codes. Any help would be appreciated.

 Please start new topics, as the module is not the same now.

For the zip to work properly there are several steps to make it work right.

Look at what is discussed here.

http://www.boonex.com/forums/topic/Zip-Code-search-doesn-t-work-7-2-0-RC1.htm#262268