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Description:
Smart IP Views Bridge exposes Smart IP visitor's location details to
Views field (coordinates, country, ISO 3166 2-character country code,
region, region code (FIPS), city and zip) and filter (country, ISO 3166
2-character country code, region, region code (FIPS), city and zip).
Requirements:
Drupal 7.x
Smart IP
Views
Installation:
1. Login as an administrator. Enable the module at http://www.example.com/?q=admin/modules
as well as the Smart IP and Views modules.
2. Create your views at http://www.example.com/?q=admin/structure/views
Guide/example of using Smart IP views fields and filters with Location module:
1. Download Location module. Enable Location and Location CCK modules.
2. Add location field to "Basic page" content type at
http://www.example.com/?q=admin/structure/types/manage/page/fields. Populate
the field label with "Location" and field name with "location". Select "Location"
from "Type of data to store".
3. At "Location" field settings > Locative Information > Collection Settings
select "Allow" for the "City" and "Country" items.
4. Create a "Basic page" content. Populate the "Title", "City" and select a country
(Important: be sure that the city and country matches the geolocation that
Smart IP has detected based on your IP. To check, enable the device_geolocation
block - Please refer to the README.txt of device_geolocation module for the instructions).
5. Create your views at http://www.example.com/?q=admin/structure/views
6. Inside your Edit view, add a Filter criteria then select "Location: City" from the
list (click "Add and configure filter criteria" button).
7. In "Configure filter criterion: Location: City", populate the "Value:" textfield
with "smart_ip][location][city" Smart IP Views token and leave the "Is equal to"
selected in "Operator" dropdown menu (click "Apply" button).
8. At your Edit view, add a Filter criteria then select "Location: Country" from the
list (click "Add and configure filter criteria" button).
9. In "Configure filter criterion: Location: Country", scroll down at the
bottom of the "Country" list box and select "Smart IP: visitor's country code".
And select "Is" from "Operator" radio selection (click "Apply" button).
"This will filter contents with the country defined in Location CCK fields (Country
and City) in ralation to your visitor's country and city detected by Smart IP."
10. Add a field then select "Smart IP: Country" from the list (click
"Add and configure fields" button).
11. In "Configure field: Smart IP: Country", change the "Label" to "Your Country"
then select "Country name" from the "Display style:" dropdown menu (click
"Apply" button). This will display the country of your visitor along with other CCK