Comments on: ZipCodeShop – a word of warning

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:24:25 +0000

Is there any update on a viable replacement solution for ZipCodeShop? I am setting up a directory site using Community Builder, and I want people from my “User B” group to be able to search for people in my “User A” group based on zip code radius and several other factors.

By: A friend

A friend — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:10:22 +0000

Be careful of the owners of ZIpCodeShop. They have a history of setting up businesses and scamming people out of money. That is how they make their living. They have numerous lawsuits against them for this very reason.

By: Mr Ganja

Mr Ganja — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 10:59:28 +0000

Wow, crazy I run up on this thread. I find myself in an almost similar position. I managed to dodge the bullet for ZipCodeShop but was kind of hit with Sams instead and still waiting to see if he is pulling a ZCS part II or what. BUT I have worked with fabrik long time ago, it was a bit … hairy is the nice way to put it, I built a simple app with it and only killed it years later when I updated to php5.3

But using fabrik to do the reads on mosets and localize what is displayed based on geo-location data might just resolve my issue.

For those looking into Sam’s Moxie Maps I have this much to say. Nothing against Sam either, his stuff is totally open but his support is Zip.

I paid for a guaranteed install *GI* but have gotten it working all on my own and just hoping I can get the difference between the DIY price and the *GI* price refunded back to us since he delivered a MIA instead of a *GI*

Crap, now to go look up fabrik again, wonder how much that has changed project wise… Don’t know if I should be petrified or excited by this.
Still scared from my last run-in with Fabrik honestly.

By: Unanimous

Unanimous — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 04:38:58 +0000

I thought I would churn in on this one. You guys think you got took, how about I paid them over 3000.00 for customizations of their products. For 6 months I called, emailed, text everything I could just to get a screen shot of the customizations that were being made. In the end I gave them 2 weeks to provide me with the final code and I got Nothing. Fortuanetly I used a business credit card and all charges were reversed.

Their excuse for my project being delayed “we got a huge State Department project with over a 1,000,000 tables and it has taken up our resources.

Ive made the switch from CB to JomSocial, their are several free “Radius” modules that are outstanding and fully customizable. Go through their extensions, the component is by far better and more stable than CB.

By: Sam Lewis

Sam Lewis — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:43:09 +0000

Chris,

Thanks for the mention of Moxie Maps but the url is actually http://GoMoxieMedia.com I actually developed some of the code for ZipCodeShop and was stiffed on my fee. Michael Chalkley never returned another phone call or email. FYI, Moxie Maps is not encrypted, never will be. It supports Mosets Tree 2.1.x. You can check out a demo at http://demo.gomoxiemedia.com

By: david

david — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:16:35 +0000

david@steadson.com works!

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:58:00 +0000

David,

How do we get ahold of you? I cannot find a link to email anywhere- Chris

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:29:57 +0000

There are so many people facing the same situation these (ZCS)people ought to be in jail. Sadly I too became a victim in January. Why hasn’t the attorney gen. investigated ZCS for fraud/interstate wire fraud already? I encourage each of you to do the same- both in your home state and in GA.

There is a new extension called moxie maps. Visit http://www.moxieGoMoxieMedia.com I am not vouching for them but I just purchased and we are customizing it now.

By: david

david — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:58:32 +0000

Well I have one, but it’s not a simple plugin like the ZCS one. It requires quite a bit of customising for each site. I’m working on simplifying it and some step-by-step instructions. Fabrikar keeps updating their component which keeps me constantly out of date as well!

In short, the Fabrikar GoogleMaps visualization will show you any geocoded data you like. The only two “tricks” are geocoding database addresses and then selecting what you want to show.

Geocoding can be done by various other free components. A radius search requires comparing two geocoded addresses, I’ve simply created a SQL function for this and compare an address submitted by a form with an address already in the database. If you know SQL it’s not that hard to do. If you don’t know SQL, well … you’ll need a step-by-step!

By: cj ferg

cj ferg — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:10:41 +0000

David,

Please update us on the fix if you have one. Or let us know that you don’t. I am sure you understand what it feels like to be missing a solution. I have no idea how to fix this and I really rely on it… Appreciate any response or redirection to possible solutions….thanks a bunch for the blog on this….