[Plugin: Basic Google Maps Placemarks] placemark theme template test

I have been working on a solution wherein i could implement some jquery stuff in the pluging – and in order to not mod the plugin (as i started with) i started building a template for my theme instead – its better than messing up Ian´s code 🙂
So if anyone could or would have the use of such – here is a simple way to get the placemarksdata from the plugin.

template drawing categories :

<?php
/*
Template Name: _forum
*/
//
?>

<?php get_header(); ?>

     <?php $category_args = array(
    'orderby'            => 'name',
    'order'              => 'ASC',
	'taxonomy' 			 => 'bgmp-category'
	);
	//
	$category_names = array();
	$categories;

	if( $posts )
				{
	echo '<div id="filters">';

	$categories = get_categories( $category_args );
 		foreach ($categories as $category) {
			$name = $category->cat_name;
			$nice = $category->category_nicename;
			$id = $category->cat_ID;
			//
			echo '<a> '. $name .'</a>';
			//
		}

	echo '</div><!-- End filters -->';
	//
     }
	 ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

and then how to get the content based on these categories :

<?php
$queryString = 'fish,boat,flag,car' ; // the categroies from which we want to recieve placemarks
	   	$lookUpArgs = array(
   'numberposts' => -1,
   'orderby' => 'rand',
   'post_type' => 'bgmp',
   'bgmp-category' =>  $queryString,//bgmp-category
   'post_status' => 'publish'
	);
	   //

		$posts = get_posts( $lookUpArgs );	

		if( $posts )
				{
					foreach( $posts as $p ) //loop stop
					{
					 	$title	= $p->post_title;
						$address	= get_post_meta( $p->ID, 'bgmp_' . 'address', true );
						$latitude	= get_post_meta( $p->ID, 'bgmp_' . 'latitude', true );
						$longitude	= get_post_meta( $p->ID, 'bgmp_' . 'longitude', true );
						$details	= $p->post_content;
						// this loop will give you somethng to play with 

						}//foreach stop
		 }//if posts stop

	wp_reset_query();

?>

i myself started out building the map with jquery ui map and then put my jquery ui on top of that solution – but one could also make a filter drop-down-box before or after the map and then make a do_shortcode solution (somehow) — anyways. If you have any questions just write – by the way – great plugin

http://ww.wp.xz.cn/extend/plugins/basic-google-maps-placemarks/