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!

[Kengan]

Thanks ! COOL Hack ! I will try it tonight !

[The Realist]

In the Install instructions it states the below were it shows up twice.

I can only find it once in my user.php, can anyone help please.

Lost!

Brian

5 - Open admin/user.php

Find the FIRST line of this code (this shows up 2 times in user.cp):
makeinputcode("Birthday<br>(Format yyyy-mm-dd)","birthday");

[Trillian]

Realist,

Simply paste it after the first time you see it. It is true that the exact syntax of the code appears only once in the script. What the author was implying is that there is a second line in the script that looks very familiar to the first, and was trying to avoid confusion

And to the author, GREAT WORK! My members are having a lot of fun with this hack

[Delhaze]

Originally posted by Trillian
Realist,

Simply paste it after the first time you see it. It is true that the exact syntax of the code appears only once in the script. What the author was implying is that there is a second line in the script that looks very familiar to the first, and was trying to avoid confusion

And to the author, GREAT WORK! My members are having a lot of fun with this hack

I dont thing thats correct, the second line that is similar also needs code to be added below it. Read the first page of the thread and it should be clearer.

[jamesdasher]

Okay, can somebody tell me what I did wrong...I wanted the large flags (provided by webhost) so I downloaded all the files unzipped them into the flags folder (at the same time erasing the original flags)...but...all the different pages are still trying to find the old image and saying 'not found'? Can anybody help?

James

[aldamon]

Hi,

The hack has been working great, but I thought you should know there's an error in your instructions. The flag for Great Britain, "Great Britain.gif", is referred to as "Great Britan.gif" (without the "I") in your instructions. You might want to change that. The flag obviously won't display without the change.

Thanks!

[orca]

Hi there,

here's what I did to display the flag in memberlist:

Open memberlist.php and find

PHP Code:

if ($userinfo[receivepm]) {
      eval("\$userinfo[pmlink] = \"".gettemplate("postbit_sendpm")."\";");
    } else {
      $userinfo[pmlink] = " ";
    } 


Just below it add

PHP Code:

// Country Hack
if (!$userinfo[country]) {
  $flag = " ";
} else {
  $Country=$post[country];
  $Countryalt = str_replace("%20"," ",$Country);
  $flag = "<img src=\"images/flags/$Country.gif\" alt=\"$Countryalt\" border=\"0\">";
}
// Country Hack End 


Now you need to modify memberlist and memberlistbit template.

In the template memberlist you need to increase the colspan of the td tag to 7:

PHP Code:

<td bgcolor="{ categorybackcolor }" colspan="7"><normalfont color="{ categoryfontcolor }"><b>$bbtitle Members List</b></normalfont></td> 


After you done that, insert

PHP Code:

<td bgcolor="{ tableheadbgcolor }" align="center"><smallfont color="{ tableheadtextcolor }"><b>Country Flag</b></smallfont></td> 


wherever you like. Be sure the remember where it was since you need to insert it at the same place in memberlistbit. E.g. if you add it after Email you need to put the following

PHP Code:

<td bgcolor="{ firstaltcolor }">$flag</td> 


just after

PHP Code:

<td bgcolor=" { secondaltcolor } ">$userinfo[useremail]</td> 


Please omit the spaces around the {} brackets. You may need to change the order of first- and secondaltcolor to get alternating colors.

Alternatively, you could leave memberlist alone and insert only $userinfo[country]. This will display the countries name.

AJR, Your that man! I got it running, and it works Perfect!! thnx m8! Keep the good hacks comming

[Diva]

Hi... I got the hack up and running. I love it! The problem? This guy tried to help with another, replaced my '.php' with the originals and now I can't seem to get the drop down box. I tried replacing all and basically starting over. The people who had flags still have them. I only see a section where the drop down box should be. Any suggestions? I love this hack!

[Diva]

Yay! It works! I don't know what I did, but I got it working! It looks great. Thanks AJR!

And thanks to Orca for the memberslist add on. It works like a charm!

On to tackle my next hack.