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.

[Welshy2008]

Originally Posted by niadene

seems my flags are broken ...

(


thanks

Originally Posted by kylek

Got something weird that happened to the flags, they were fine and now are not displaying properly, any ideas what may be causing this?

Attachment 111398

Originally Posted by dieKetzer

this is a firefox 3.6 bug.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=538752

Hi Niadene,

Please see the quotes, that I have quoted above. It appears that there is a known bug with firefox that does that to animated images.

I trust you are seeing that while using Firefox?


Welshy2008.

[Welshy2008]

They are displaying perfect in Internet Explorer, by the way.

[COL NIL SATIS]

yeah my flags are all a1 mate..top mod...any sign of the northern ireland flag welshy??

[niadene]

thanks welshy...yeah ur right im using firefox when im viewing that..

now working perfect with opera browser..

[balkanboy]

flags dont appear correctly with firefox...

But anyways how can i set it so its not under Country: but directly to the right???

[Welshy2008]

Originally Posted by balkanboy

flags dont appear correctly with firefox...

But anyways how can i set it so its not under Country: but directly to the right???

Please read posts, Above. It is a bug in FireFox.

The code that I gave - should place the flag to the right.

[balkanboy]

Originally Posted by Welshy2008

Please read posts, Above. It is a bug in FireFox.

The code that I gave - should place the flag to the right.

Yep i understand the FF issue thats fine but about the code i did use that but seems like it still doesnt show on the right...

<!-- 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 -->

[Welshy2008]

Originally Posted by balkanboy

Yep i understand the FF issue thats fine but about the code i did use that but seems like it still doesnt show on the right...

<!-- 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 -->

Again, That is a Firefox Bug. It shows perfectly, and how it should do, in Internet Explorer.


See attachments as proof.

[balkanboy]

Originally Posted by Welshy2008

Again, That is a Firefox Bug. It shows perfectly, and how it should do, in Internet Explorer.


See attachments as proof.

ahh yea i understand there both FF issues mmm hope FF does some fixing to 3.6

[Welshy2008]

Originally Posted by balkanboy

ahh yea i understand there both FF issues mmm hope FF does some fixing to 3.6

Nope; They haven't, as I use Firefox 3.6. (And my screenshots in my post 2 above this are from my FF 3.6).