jeffersonheard / ga_bigboard

The Big Board - teleconferencing over maps
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Embedding View in URL #35

Closed NathanRSmith closed 12 years ago

NathanRSmith commented 12 years ago

I have added the ability for the bigboard room to parse the room url and look for parameters that specify a center and zoom level. This means that users would be able to share a url that automatically takes anyone with access to the room to a given center/zoom upon entering the room. If the parameters are not present, it defaults to the set room center.

This is useful for sharing a view of interest regardless of what the room center is set to. Also, when creating site-wide notifications this url can be included in the notification to automatically direct users to the location of interest when the click the link.

It uses the purl jquery plugin. I have added a button and textbox to the discussions tab for users to get the url of the current view if desired. It will be in the next pull request.