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!

[ajk]

Hi, the usuers on my BBS like this hack.

They asked if I can get one made with the US state flags and territories. Have one line for the state flag and another line for the country.

Thanks in adavance

[Mr H]

I installed this hack and now when users try to change the "location" in their profile it says "Thanks for updating your profile" but the location doesnt show up.

Any ideas on where I messed up?

[Funkie]

hi,
I have read right through this rather large post now

I got it working fine in all of the templates,but it will not show up in the postbit
Can any1 help please


Thanx in advance

forget that.sorted now,just added some txt to the showthread,and its working fine
Many thanx to you all

[Mr L]

Can anyone offer any advice who has added additional flags.

One of my members wanted an Ex-Pat flag that I called "United Kingdom Ex Pat.gif" and put into the flags directory.

I modified the template and added this line...

<option value="United%20Kingdom%20Ex%20Pat" $ctryUnited_Kingdom_Ex_Patselected>United Kingdom Ex Pat</option>

...under the User Control panel all works well. They can select their flag.

However under the Admin options I cannot see the new flag, when you look at their profile it appears with a blank name on the right hand side in the country field drop down box. At no point is that flag selectable by Admins.

I'd appricahte any help on this.

Thanks.

[leitel]

Has anyone modified the member search to include an option to search by country?

[Tim Wheatley]

03-30-03 at 04:53 PM HLodder said this in Post #224
Can anyone offer any advice who has added additional flags.

One of my members wanted an Ex-Pat flag that I called "United Kingdom Ex Pat.gif" and put into the flags directory.

I modified the template and added this line...

<option value="United%20Kingdom%20Ex%20Pat" $ctryUnited_Kingdom_Ex_Patselected>United Kingdom Ex Pat</option>

...under the User Control panel all works well. They can select their flag.

However under the Admin options I cannot see the new flag, when you look at their profile it appears with a blank name on the right hand side in the country field drop down box. At no point is that flag selectable by Admins.

I'd appricahte any help on this.

Thanks.

user.php needs the line adding too.

[Splitfyre]

I don't seem to see the following in adminfunctions.php:

$post[joindate]=vbdate($registereddateformat,$post[joindate]);

We're running 2.28

[Dean C]

Spitfyre - you may want to consider upgrading to the latest stable release of vbulletin (2.3.0) as the previous versions have many bug fixes which could leave a big security hole in your board

I have just checked in a clean 2.2.8 in functions.php and that line is there

- miSt

[Splitfyre]

I was looking at the wrong file because I read the script instructions wrong. I thought he was referring to adminfunctions not functions.php

[Splitfyre]

Ack.. someone help: http://www.futurelooksforums.com/for...8418#post58418

2. With the tweak it moved my ICQ button to the next line? How can I fix that?