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!

[X-Fan]

How would one get the country flags to appear on the memberlist.php page?

I know that would require code added to the memberlist.php file as well as modfying the memberlist templates, but I'm not sure what would need adding to memberlist.php.

[X-Fan]

Hey all,

This hack has proven so popular on my forums that I've done my own update to it to include ever-so-slightly larger-sized flags, updates to several flags from the original release (like Rwanda, whose flag changed on December 31, 2001, Martinique, Reunion, Tuvalu, etc), and to include several flags that weren't in the original, such as the British countries (England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, etc), countries in dispute (like Northern Cyprus, Tibet, French Guiana, etc), and more.

All it takes is an upload of the new flag image files as well as a modification to the modifyprofile_country template. I've attached a text file containing the mods to this post and will attach two zips with the new flag images to my next two posts.

Hope y'all like it!

[X-Fan]

Here's the first zip (74k) containing the updated flags for 2002 from A-M.

[X-Fan]

And here's the second zip (54k) containing the updated flags for 2002 from N-Z!

[X-Fan]

Bump...

[Massiel]

I want to add this hack for my flags, use the avatar for photos and the medals for medals, is this possible? Thanks in advance! I am also wanting to add the star hack. Any known complications?

[X-Fan]

Originally posted by Massiel
I want to add this hack for my flags, use the avatar for photos and the medals for medals, is this possible? Thanks in advance! I am also wanting to add the star hack. Any known complications?

I'm using the flags hack, the medals hack, and avatars without a hitch.

[Massiel]

How do I run a query? I am new at this, was ready to install hack and got stuck here...

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1 - Add to database-Table user, field named: country
properties: ( country varchar(50) NOT NULL )

In phpMyAdmin, you can run this query:
ALTER TABLE user ADD country VARCHAR (50) NOT NULL

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[aldamon]

Works with 2.2.3! Updated instructions attached!

[freehtml]

can we had the flag name be reflected in text format so that if I select SIngapore flag..

It will display the GIF file as well as display "Country : Singapore" ?