Add-On Releases - Country Flags - Postbit & Postbit_Legacy. vB 4.0.x (Inc GO

Description:

This Add on, gives a selection of Countries that your Member (New or Existing) can choose from in a 'Drop-Down Menu'. The Country he/she selects, will be displayed as a Flag in their Postbit.

Credit for the Flags goes to Cobro. (I have renamed each and every flag to work with this Mod).


Instructions:

Firstly ?Upload? ALL the Flag GIF pics to your forum root /images/buttons/flags folder.

IE: yourforumaddress.com/forum/images/buttons/flags

Please Note: Due to the flags folder being too large to upload as one - I have been forced to upload it as "flags1", "flags2" and "flags3" - Please ensure that you add a new folder to "images/buttons/" and name it "flags". Please copy the contents of ALL THREE (3) flags folders in the attachment below to the new 'flags' folder that you have just made. (DO NOT place them as 3 seperate folders!"


Then in your Admin Control Panel (ACP), please do the following:
ACP -> User Profile Fields -> Add New User Profile Field ->Profile Field Type -> Single-Selection Menu (select ?Single-Selection Menu? from the Drop-Down Menu) -> Please enter the following into the following fields (REMEMBER to make a note of the FieldID, because you will need to replace ALL the X?s in [fieldX] with it!!!
(Please see 'FieldID.jpg' attachment below).

Add New User Profile Field Single-Selection Menu:

Title = Country Flag
Description = Add your country flag to your profile:
Profile Field Category = (Uncategorized)
Options = Copy & Paste the Whole contents of the file attached below (OPTIONS)
Set Default = None
Display Order = You Select this (dependant on how many you already have)
Field Required = yes, at registration and profile updating
Field Editable by User = Yes
Private Field = No
Field Searchable on Members List = No
Show on Members List = Yes


Optional Input:

Allow user to input their own value for this option = No
Max length of allowed user input = 100
Field Length = 25
Regular Expression = Leave this Blank


Display Page:

Which page displays this option? = Edit Your Details ** Please note that the vB4.0.4 Version does not show this option. Please select "Edit Profile" option. The selct your country flag option, I can confirm, Also shows on registration too.
** SAVE **


Then, In your Admin Control Panel (ACP)...

ACP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> <<>> -> Postbit Templates -> select the template that you use (ie Postbit or Posbit_legacy) ? This is for the Postbit_Legacy?

FIND:

                    <span class="usertitle">
                        {vb:raw post.usertitle}
                    </span>

If you would like to place it under your number of user posts (to the right of your Postbit) then look for:

<dt>{vb:rawphrase posts}</dt> <dd>{vb:raw post.posts}</dd>

(upto vB4.0.5) ADD BELOW:

<!-- Wy Country Flags Start -->
<vb:if condition="$post['fieldX']"> <dt>Country:</dt> <img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/flags/{vb:raw post.fieldX}.GIF" alt="Users Country Flag" border="" /></vb:if>
<!-- Wy Flags End -->

(for vB4.0.6 AND 4.0.7) ADD BELLOW:

<!-- Wy Country Flags Start -->
<vb:if condition="$post['fieldX']"> <dt>Country</dt> <img src="http://www.YOURFORUM ADDRESS.com/forum/images/buttons/flags/{vb:raw post.fieldX}.GIF" alt="This is {vb:raw post.username}'s Country Flag" border="" /></vb:if></p>
<!-- Wy Flags End -->

(Also adds the Username to the 'alt' Code on Mouseover).

(for vB4.0.8):

<!-- Wy Country Flags Start -->
<vb:if condition="$post['fieldX']"><style="text-align:left"> Country:</dt> <img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/flags/{vb:raw post.fieldX}.GIF" align="middle" alt="Users Country Flag" border="" /></vb:if>  
<!-- Wy Flags End -->

(Thanks to Krusty1231 for this).

(for vB4.1.0 , 4.1.0 PL2 & 4.1.1)

<!-- Wy Country Flags Start -->
<vb:if condition="$post['fieldX']"><style="text-align:left"> Country:</dt> <img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/flags/{vb:raw post.fieldX}.GIF" align="middle" alt="{vb:raw post.fieldX}" border="" /></vb:if>  
<!-- Wy Flags End -->

Even though I have not tested this in these versions, others have and have reported this mod to be working in them.[/B]

Please make sure the style and template edits are still there. Just one of the people can be seen on post 350


** Replace the ?X? with your FieldID number **
** Replace the ?Red Text? with Your Forum Address **



** SAVE Template **





And that's it - Enjoy!


Please do not forget to click "Install"

Edit & Update TRACKER - Keep Upto date here:

** 30/05/2012 - Update "Flags2 to include correct name on Switzerland flag"..

** 27/09/2010 - Update on 4.0.6 "added code for the 4.0.6 Version, and instructions on how to place the flug under a user's postcount in posbit"..


** 12/07/2010 - Update on 4.0.4 "Which page displays this option"..

** 26/06/2010 - Updated Flag Names and Country Names in the "Options" text file. PLEASE Re-upload and overwrite all three flag folders and the options Text file...

** 15/01/2010 - Made all the Countries in the "OPTIONS.txt" in Alphabetical Order..

** 27/12/2009 - Changed the contents of OPTIONS.ZIP folder from a .docx file to a .txt file, as requested.

** 26/12/2009 - Option 2 Added
- Flag folder Updated (UK.gif changed to UK.GIF)

** 05/12/2009 - OPTIONS File Added.

[bremereric]

Originally Posted by bremereric

I put the same code into the postbits for two other sytles I have and I get the big red x on those sytles. It works fine on vb4 default sytles. I would also like to know where to install the code on postbit legacy in case I want to switch my forum over to that someday. If you go to my site you can see that I am using what I believe to be postbit legacy but the template I added the code to was postbit.

I fixed it by changing the code to this in the black and black/red styles.

<!-- Wy Country Flags Start -->
<vb:if condition="$post['field5']"><style="text-align:left"> Country:</dt> <img src="http://www.aspenandvolare.com/images/buttons/flags/{vb:raw post.field5}.GIF" align="middle" alt="{vb:raw post.field5}" border="" /></vb:if>
<!-- Wy Flags End -->

[datoneer]

Originally Posted by Welshy2008

Hi,

You have the wrong route to your flags folder.

You have:

http://www.imspot.org/images/styles/ColorTheory/buttons/flags/{vb:raw post.field5}.GIF

It should be:

http://www.imspot.org/images/buttons/flags/{vb:raw post.field5}.GIF

Let me know how you get on.

Now it's working. Thank you Welshy

[diades]

Just installed this on version 4.1.9, working fine so far!

Thanks for the work.

[POL_ED]

With each style is ok

<!-- Wy Country Flags Start -->
<vb:if condition="$post['field5']"><style="text-align:left"> </dt> <img src="images/buttons/flags/{vb:raw post.field5}.GIF" align="middle" alt="{vb:raw post.field5}" border="" /></vb:if>  
<!-- Wy Flags End -->

[iSins]

How would i enable this to work on Member Profile? "member.php"

[Bluefin221]

There is no Northern Ireland? Is it possible this could be added?

[Fready]

why does the Wales flag as UK on it?
It's not really the UK flag is it.

[vb50kgpoo]

Wales and Northern Ireland? I would like NATO and one other we can not mention!

Anyway, I just wanted to say this mod is better than presented as it also acts as a Spammer warning system. I have Spam-o-matic but some spammers get through. However, all those show the flag "Aaland" which is the first flag available I guess; they use bots that are not programed for selecting which country flag they want. So, whenever I see a new member with the Aaland flag, I do a Google on their IP address and lo and behold they always come back with spammer warnings.

So the product is great, made greater by the fact it highlights the spammers that get past Spam-om-matic.

:up::up::up:


Nid yw Cymru, rhan o'r UK yw hi?

[CharlieDelta]

Originally Posted by Antique-Swords

I have Spam-o-matic but some spammers get through. However, all those show the flag "Aaland" which is the first flag available I guess; they use bots that are not programed for selecting which country flag they want. So, whenever I see a new member with the Aaland flag, I do a Google on their IP address and lo and behold they always come back with spammer warnings.

Funny. I use it as a tip off this as well.

[BrightStar]

Could someone help me with the code please? My flags directory is located in /forums/images/buttons/flags/image.GIF and everytime I've to upload the directory into the style directory as that's where the script tries to look for.

Is it possible to define a custom location of the directory rather than looking into the style's directory?

Cheers