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!

[Splitfyre]

Anyone know how to ensure that this gets stuck at the bottom right for each post:

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged
Warning Level: 0 [ View User Warnings ] [ Warn This User ]

For some reason it won't sit there in certain posts. Thoughts?

[X-Fan]

Hey all, I just searched through the thread but couldn't find an answer - how would I get a user's flag to show up in the welcome panel on the forumhome page?

[reismarktq2]

Have it installed and working great on 2.3.0 WITH the store hack add-on. Thanks!

[Vinney]

ok ... i've installed this ok. Well it seems ok. But, the images are broken :

and are linked like :

/images/flags/Un.gif

instead of

/images/flags/United Kingdom.gif

Why is this happening ?? ( Also the alt text is the same )

[Sc0rp]

is there any way to have this work automated.. so the script will trace where the user origins from..

[Rasbelin]

Splitfyre,

you didn't put the code in the correct place in memberlist or/and memberlistbit. Both codes for the flag has to be at the same spot, e.g. before AIM icon. Should work. As for your second question, it's related to the warning system add-on. See the right support thread for info about it.

X-Fan,

I assume you need to tweak the code similar to member.php and then use $flag in the appropriate template. Try to figure it out yourself. Should be quite easy. I haven't had the welcome panel in use, so I can't test it now.

Vinney,

double check your code. You must have made some misstake. Works perfect here with a hacked vB 2.3.0.

Sc0rp,

that would require quite much work and yet it wouldn't be accurate.

[CRego3D]

thanks for this great hack

I have modify it to display Linux Distro's instead of flags in my forum http://linuxcult.com

now ..

is there a way I can tie a URL to each "flag" ?

[CRego3D]

One last request

http://www.linuxcult.com/forum/membe...hat=datejoined

as you see, the "distro" images is where the flags woudl be .. is there a way I can "sort" by them ?

love this hack .. hehe

[Splitfyre]

Just updated to 2.30 and now it won't show the drop down to select a flag when you try to register

I went and re-hacked it from scratch. Check it out here:

www.futurelooks.com/forums/register.php

[Splitfyre]

Got it installed fine now. I think it was just due to the time I was hacking it, I was near fallin asleep :P

Now my question is that in the postbit it shows the country flag squished.

See my forums: www.futurelooks.com/forums for more on this.

Please and thanks!