Geocheckin Suite Installation

Introduction

The Geocheckin Suite for Joomla or K2 Articles is a component and a set of plugins, modules to let administrator and users easily set locations to their articles. Not only it provides each article with one or more maps but it also allows visitors to validate Geo Checkins to the set locations. It works in a very similar way as Foursquare.com. Users earn points and badge for their checkins, become mayors etc...

The check-in process compares the user's coordinates to the article coordinates and if they match ( of course there is a tolerance value) the checkin is validated. Most likely , most users will try to checkin using their phone browser to visit the page. The component will show a module with the users closest venues around him and if close enough, an opportunity to check-in there. The component also provides a QR code checkin feature allowing users to checkin scanning a QR Code.


Installation
The component archive is actually a package containing the component and most required extensions that will be installed automatically in the same process. (One click to install these all)

Go the the Joomla3 administration and extention installer page.

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And select the file named: com_geocheckin-x.x.zip (where x.x is a version number)
Here is what will be installed:
- GEOCHECKIN component: Backend application to manage settings, checkins and mayors
Front end application to provide modules with ajax response for closes places requests, QRcode checkins etc...
- GEOCHECKIN editors-xtd plugin: this is a button that shows on WYSIWYG editors that opens a map to select the article(venue) location and insert the coordinates tag into the article.
- GEOCHECKIN content plugin: It dispalys one or more maps in articles to show the location, checkins numbers, owner , mayor and checkin buttons as QR code and itineraries.
- GEOCHECKIN module: Closest places module will show  alist of the closest venues around the current visitor, ordered by distance. This will allow visitors to check-in from the list if user coordinates matches a venue's.

- If ALPHAUSERPOINTS component is detected, the installation process  will install the 3 userpoints rules: points for a checkin, points for being a venu's owner, points for becoming a mayor
- If JOMSOCIAL component is detected, the installation process will install the 3 rules into Jomsocial Userpoints system and alsa the two profile plugins for user's lates checkins and mayorships count.
- If EASYSOCIAL component is detected, installation process will install the 3 rules into Easysocial Userpoints system and will remind administrator to manually install the profile application for Easysocial profiles.
- If COMMUNITY BUILDER component is detected, installation process will remind administrator to install the 3tabs CB profile plugin manually.

Let's get into business now and have a look at the component settings.
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