Country Flag Hack v2.0

UPDATED TO v2.1 - 3/11/2002

Version 2.1 - March 11, 2002
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Well, it's been awhile! I sorta disappeared there while
doing many other things! I guess v2.0 that was supposed
to use the same images as vBStats didn't go as planned
(thanks Bane ). I removed this hack from my site
awhile ago when I was having some other problems. I have
finally decided to add it back and it worked great in 2.2.0,
and I'm sure it will work in all other 2.2.x versions.

Changes:
- Updated to work with vBulletin 2.2.x
- Added Display Flag in Member List - Thanks Orca
- Used slightly larger flag images by X-Fan (I did run
them through Ulead's 16-color optimization which cut
the total file size from 271K to 54K!)
- Added 'align="absmiddle"' to image tag for text vertical centering
- Fixed Bane's name in docs below where I botched it up!
- Support for 280 Countries


Version 2.0 - September 6, 2001
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Changes from v1.0:
- Images have been changed from country codes to country names
- Flags will now have their ALT text as country name.
- Modified Hack to work with Bane's vbStats hack that will be released in the future.
- Added CP Addon by Stasik and modded it for new country names
- Changed country field in USER table from CHAR(2) to VARCHAR(50)
- Support for 226 countries

Known Problems:
- Countries with a dash (-) or comma (,) will not show up
automatically in as selected when you or the member edit
their profile (Congo, Korea, and Micronesia are the only 3)
Anyone know a fix please let me know.
- The 'modifyprofile_country' template needs to be changed
to a default original templatesetid of -1 (changed templates
have the templatesetid set to 2) or else the Admin CP addon
will not work (Any ideas why?). To do this, use phpMyAdmin
and run this query:
UPDATE template SET templatesetid="-1" where title="modifyprofile_country"
This will move the template from the custom to default templates
and will be found in the 'User Option Templates' group.

Any questions or comments can be posted here. Enjoy!

[PhotoGenie]

I installed this hack on 2.2.2 and the flags show fine. I had trouble with not being able to register after making changes to the register.php .. I decided to leave the register changes out and everything else is working fine. You can add flags in your edit profile still. I was getting a parse error on the very last line of the register.php file. It could have been my error because I didn't try it again, but I do plan too. This is a great hack and I'll take it anyway I can get it. Thanks!

[KISS]

does this work and and avatars together? or it replaces the avatars?

[PhotoGenie]

With avatars

[PhotoGenie]

I went back and made the changes in my register.php file again and apparently I made a mistake changing the code.. This hack is completly compatible with 2.2.2.. I have tested it thouroughly.

[KISS]

ok cool gonna install this then hehe

[TheComputerGuy]

I have this installed for 2.21, it works great for new people, but me, I can not edit my flag and it show......any idea.....Thanks for a great hack

[PhotoGenie]

Have you looked at your user table in phpMyAdmin in the country field to see if its adding it to the database?

[TheComputerGuy]

I edited it in the admin CP and it started to work...but the flag is not, so the images arent quite yet but I think it is workign )

[TheComputerGuy]

thanks for the help

[khan]

I got an error :surprised
Parse error: parse error in /home/virtual/site35/fst/var/www/html/vportal/forums/member.php on line 528

anybody know what that means
and btw I have 2.2.2
oh yea forgot when I go to user control panel and go to edit profile, edit options or edit password